“Diana stands as a reminder that sometimes, people don’t just keep their stiff upper lip and compartmentalize.”— David Levesley, them.us
“Sometimes you hug someone and you can just feel too much weight in their chest for a 14-year-old. You’re like, I see you. I get what’s going on.”— Troye Sivan, nytimes.com
“College is where I found my queerness, where I began to complicate my gender, where I learned to link my queerness to my politics.”— Ben Kesslen, them.us
“My current therapist likes to say that exercise in any form is a gift we give ourselves. It’s a gift of action, of honoring the body by moving it, flexing it, challenging it. It’s a gift of satisfaction.”— Conley Lyons, them.us
“Queerness and autism are both marginalized identities that make navigating society difficult; thus, I crave companionship and solidarity in both communities. In order to do this, I need queer spaces that are more accessible to autistic people.”— Chrysanthe Tan, them.us
“Even when I was a kid, my imaginary friend would play with the kid across the street. I'd be like, "Hey, so I guess I'll see you later," and he's, like, "Whatever, queer". That's a hate crime!”— Daniel Tosh, amazon.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
“We need more representation of boring bisexual people so boring people like me will have someone to look up to.”— Mara Wilson, twitter.com
“If you can't come out on coming out day, do not feel badly. I think it makes things better (in the long run) but it's tough!”— Gaby Dunn, twitter.com
“I was 20 years old. Attending a catholic college where I was playing basketball for, no joke, the Lady Monks. As often as she could my girlfriend would drive three hours to pick me up and drive me back to her house for the weekend. I was so in love and so desperate to see her, but as soon as I’d get…”— Andrea Gibson, facebook.com