Quotes on Lgbt

Trans women of color dangerously fall in between the cracks of racial justice, feminist and LGbt movements.

I am the Love that dare not speak its name.

Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?

If public figures came out of the closet, then the LGBT kids who saw them on TV would feel safe, before they even knew why they felt dangerous. Maybe if enough people came out of the closet, gay kids would never feel dangerous. Maybe we could have a world where we could all just live. We may not all agree, but why can't we just all live?

If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door in the country.

I'm homosexual. How and why are idle questions. It's a little like wanting to know why my eyes are green.

You know, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender - people are people.

Why can't they have gay people in the army? Personally, I think they are just afraid of a thousand guys with M16s going, "Who'd you call a faggot?"

You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight.

It's of very little importance to me that I was born gay. It doesn't make me a better athlete, it doesn't make me a stronger person, it doesn't really do anything to enhance my life. It's just something I was born with, the same as green eyes.

We can celebrate the speed at which LGBT equality has progressed, but we also have to acknowledge that it wasn't fast enough, because too many people didn't get to experience it. We can never be too impatient.

No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.

In fact, the Alejandro video...is a celebration of my love and appreciation for the gay community, my admiration of their bravery, and their love for one another, their courage in their relationships.

Whatever the public blames you for, cultivate it; it is yourself.

Why shouldn't gay people be allowed to be able to marry? Those against gay marriages say marriage should only be between a man and a woman. God, I of all people know that doesn't always work!

I was pursuing my acting career, but I was silent on the LGBT issue, the issue that was closest to me. I knew if I came out then, I'd have had to change careers.

A huge part of what animates homophobia among young people is paranoia and fear of their own capacity to be gay themselves.

The most violent element in society is ignorance.

Costs are incurred whenever any group is treated as lesser or the other, whether they are women, racial, or religious minorities, or the LGBT.

Violence toward women isn't cultural; it's criminal.

It is a violation of human rights when governments declare it illegal to be gay.