These kids at the Ali Forney Center are literally dumped by their families because of the fact that they are lesbian, gay, or transgender - this organization really is saving lives.
Interpretation
The quote highlights the harsh realities faced by LGBTQ+ youth and the crucial role of supportive organizations.
In this quote, Bea Arthur emphasizes the significant struggles that LGBTQ+ youth face, especially when they are rejected by their families due to their sexual orientation or gender identity. The Ali Forney Center plays a vital role in providing shelter and resources for these marginalized individuals, helping to save lives and offering a safe space for those who have been cast aside by their loved ones.
In practice
During a speech at a LGBTQ+ rights rally.
I realised I had spent the majority of my adult life doing two characters - Maude from 1972-'79 and Dorothy from 1985-'92 - and I really didn't know what I wanted to do after 'Golden Girls.' I knew what I didn't want to do - any more sitcoms, or wait for the next great role that might never come.
The connection was so bad, and I couldn’t talk at all during most of the call. How terrible it is when you say I love you and the person at the other end shouts back ‘What?
He breathed out the bitter air that makes women doubt everything, and I breathed it in, as I had always done. I expelled my dust, the powder of everything I had destroyed with doubt, and he pulled it into his lungs.
Marriage is the most natural state of man, and therefore the state in which one is most likely to find solid happiness.
If you're black, you got to look at America a little bit different. You got to look at America like the uncle who paid for you to go to college, but who molested you.
Treat a man like dirt-he produces flowers.
Those who are silent, self-effacing and attentive become the recipients of confidences.
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