Quotes tagged ‘LGBTQ’

“Especially in the LGBTQ community, one’s definition of 'sex' is highly individual and certainly isn’t confined to p-in-the-v intercourse. I define it loosely as any form of sexual intimacy between people of any gender, especially if it leads to mutual pleasure. Basically, sex is whatever you want it…”

— Nona Willis Aronowitz , teenvogue.com

“If you’re still looking to have fun without the crowds, a small celebration where you can surround yourself with friends may be your best bet. A small gathering can be whatever you want, as long as you feel safe and happy surrounded by people you care for and who care for you.”

— Elly Belle, teenvogue.com

“So much energy is circling around you right now, more than what you might know what to do with. You may find yourself feeling inspired — perhaps aggressively so.”

— Fariha Roisin, them.us

“Ours is a culture that loves to fit everyone and everything into neat, rigid little boxes. It helps us make sense of things. It makes us feel comfortable. But not everything can be so easily packed.”

— Bobby Box, them.us

“Dana: I don't get it. I mean, what does Shane have that I don't have? Tina: It has to do with her attitude. Dana: I've got attitude! Marina: It's because she's so withholding. Tina: No. It's because she's so confident. Dana: No, it's because she's so STUPID and stupid people are too dumb to be insec…”

— Kathy Greenberg, Ilene Chaiken, Dana Fairbanks, Erin Daniels, imdb.com

“A raunchy and irreverent corner of the web would be my saving grace, my sanctuary, my safe house.”

— Jon Shadel, them.us

“I'm just saying why can't black men explore their sexuality without being labeled as gay or bi or whatever?”

— Amy Aniobi, Issa Dee, Issa Rae, imdb.com

“Whether it’s Pride month or not, there’s always a fabulous slew of LGBTQ+ books on the available to read.”

— Judith Utz, teenvogue.com

“I’m preparing to binge every episode of The Handmaid’s Tale. The show’s lack of transgender characters, whether intentional or unintentional, brings up a lot of questions about what the future may hold for the trans community in a dystopian world.”

— Jessie Earl, advocate.com

“No, you're so smart, you're such an incredible person. Don't let anybody tell you what you can and can't do. Especially yourself.”

— Logic, youtube.com

“Clarice defeats Bill, who crumples to the ground, curled into a shaking form clearly meant to convey (an ableist vision of) monstrousness. And Clarice rescues femininity from the darkest depths of male violence: the lair of a trans woman.”

— Jos Truitt, feministing.com

“If people who aren’t trans women want to advance a version of feminism that values trans women and prioritizes our struggles, they must reckon with the real harm that has been done to us in feminism’s name.”

— Jos Truitt, feministing.com

“Trans women’s very existence (was seen as) an act of sexual violence against cis women, which supported the transmisogynistic feminist argument that trans women were violent men invading women’s spaces. These ideas were used by feminists to successfully exclude trans women from accessing women’s she…”

— Jos Truitt, feministing.com

“I will always love her like walking into fire. She will always be the kind of pretty so sharp it feels like loving a knife.”

— Natalie Wee, thoughtcatalog.com

“I think that the Church not only should apologize … to a gay person whom it offended but it must also apologize to the poor as well, to the women who have been exploited, to children who have been exploited by (being forced to) work. It must apologize for having blessed so many weapons.”

— Pope Francis, refinery29.com

“So I encourage everyone to do more than seek out a label - seek out yourself”

— Equality Speaks, youtube.com

“My gender is a murmuration of starlings. My sexuality is a chainsaw made of lavender.”

— Casey Rocheteau, siblingrivalrypress.bigcartel.com

“In the face of hate and violence, we will love one another. We will not give in to fear.”

— Barack Obama, twitter.com

“And so, what are we left with, besides the awareness that even in our refuges we are not safe?”

— Saeed Jones, buzzfeed.com

“we are not a people born of sin and belligerent scripture... ...am I not human? is this not flesh I feel?”

— onniki pooka, onniki.tumblr.com