“The pop star has intentionally included boy band-esque choreography in her videos, thanks to a repressed childhood fantasy — which is super relatable to other former queer kids.”— Jill Gutowitz, them.us
“'Cause I wake up up in the morning time And there's nobody here by my side I wish, I wish, I wish I found love”— Hayley Kiyoko, open.spotify.com
“I’m struck by the memory of 21-year-old me, scared and alone, wondering why Alex and Piper sent simultaneously pleasurable and earth-shattering sensations rippling through my body, and the stark contrast of where I am now: on my couch in a furnished apartment, watching the final episodes with my gir…”— Jill Gutowitz, time.com
“O’Hara’s sideline kiss wasn’t bold. It was your humdrum, everyday, post-win kiss, and that’s what makes it monumental.”— Jill Gutowitz, glamour.com
“Someone’s pride is inevitably someone else’s shame, however, and everything I love about the US women’s team is everything plenty of others despise about it — in our country and around the world.”— Shannon Keating, buzzfeednews.com
“There is nothing else in the world like Accutane. It is a miracle and a nightmare.”— Sabrina Imbler, gay.medium.com
“I sometimes describe my dating decision-making processes as a being like a child standing in front of a stove. The red-hot glow of messy lesbian dating calls to me, and it feels impossible not to reach out and touch.”— Amanda Richards, instyle.com
“Not only am I gay (automatic letdown), but I’m the wrong kind of gay. In fact, I’m not even convinced I am gay. I’m indecisive, flexible, a Kinsey 3.4, queer — a word that originally meant 'freakish.'”— Anna Dorn, humanparts.medium.com
“The usage of chosen or true names versus 'deadnames' in the trans and non-binary communities is more than a source of identity, it is also an issue of mental health and safety.”— AJ Willingham, cnn.com
“Is this not the same Taylor Swift that refuses to comment to the press or travel without an entourage of security? Strange, because she sets up a scenario where she believes an average Twitter user could realistically carry on an engaging dialogue with a pop star.”— Joan Summers, themuse.jezebel.com
“This year’s Pride Month comes 50 years after the Stonewall Inn uprising in New York City, a touchstone moment that helped define the course of the LGBTQ movement.”— Lucy Diavolo, teenvogue.com
“If the repeated harassment in these videos doesn’t cross the line by YouTube’s standards, then your line needs to be moved.”— Joe Posner , Lauren Williams, vox.com
“Pride is, for me, recognizing that we have so far to go as queer people in America, but we have so fucking much to be grateful for.”— Miz Cracker, youtube.com
“As soon as that sweet little spring breeze makes its way through the static city sky and the air begins to smell like FLOWERS instead of SHIT — I’m totally and completely screwed.”— Zara Barrie, gomag.com
“Lesbians love jewelry but we’re allergic to those Pandora bracelet things, and the 'Return to Tiffany' chunk bracelets trigger us (they remind us of middle school when we were closeted and bullied). And we’re definitely not sporting Jesus apparel either.”— Zara Barrie, gomag.com
“Your sexuality is fluid throughout your lifetime. Don’t get too hung up on labels.”— Brittany Wong, huffpost.com