Lgbt Quotes - Page 3

• When people have asked me in the past if I'm gay, I've said "I'm not gay, but I'm festive."

  Sharon Gless

  Gay, Past, People

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• Wherever it has been established that it is shameful to be involved with sexual relationships with men, that is due to evil on the part of the rulers, and to cowardice on the part of the governed.

  Plato

  Inspirational, Men, Evil

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• Homosexuality in Russia is a crime and the punishment is seven years in prison, locked up with the other men. There is a three year waiting list.

  Yakov Smirnoff

  Funny, Gay, Men

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• When I was at Baylor, I wasn't fully happy because I couldn't be all the way out. It feels so good saying it: I am a strong, black lesbian woman.

  Brittney Griner

  Happy, Strong, Women

  "Owning The Middle". Article by Kate Fagan, www.espn.com. May 29, 2013.

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  If you are not personally free to be yourself in that most important of all human activities... the expression of love... then life itself loses its meaning.

  Harvey Milk

  Being Yourself, Gay, Expression

  Harvey Milk (2013). “An Archive of Hope: Harvey Milk's Speeches and Writings”, p.214, Univ of California Press

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• Soon the day will come when science will win victory over error, justice a victory over injustice, and human love a victory over human hatred and ignorance.

  Magnus Hirschfeld

  Love, Inspirational, Attitude

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• My struggle has allowed me to transcend that sense of shame and stigma identified with my being a Black gay man. Having come through the fire, they can't touch me.

  Marlon Riggs

  Struggle, Gay, Men

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• The day we stop resisting our instincts, we'll have learned how to live.

  Federico Garcia Lorca

  Gay, Instinct, Resisting

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• It always seemed to me a bit pointless to disapprove of homosexuality. It's like disapproving of rain.

  Francis Maude

  Rain, Gay, Lgbt Pride

  "UK Politics 'Your Family Matters Most'". The Sunday Times Interview, news.bbc.co.uk. November 15, 1998.

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• A winner is a dreamer who never gives up

  Nelson Mandela

  Motivational, Courage, Giving Up

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• I think it is important for someone like me to not run away from who I am but embrace it. LGBT people across the country need to know they have a friend in Congress.

  Mark Takano

  Running, Country, Thinking

  "The Challenges of Being a Gay Member of Congress" by Andrew Longhi, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 29, 2013.

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• I'm a supporter of gay rights. And not a closet supporter either. From the time I was a kid, I have never been able to understand attacks upon the gay community. There are so many qualities that make up a human being... by the time I get through with all the things that I really admire about people, what they do with their private parts is probably so low on the list that it is irrelevant.

  Paul Newman

  Inspiring, Kids, Gay

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I bring quadruple diversity to the Senate: I'm a woman; I'll be the first Asian woman ever to be elected to the U.S. Senate; I am an immigrant; I am a Buddhist. When I said this at one of my gatherings, they said, 'Yes, but are you gay?' and I said, 'Nobody's perfect.'

  Mazie Hirono

  Buddhist, Gay, Government

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• 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!

  Elizabeth Taylor

  Gay, Men, People

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• I just wish more of my fellow queers would come out sometimes. It's nice out here, you know?

  Elton John

  Nice, Gay, Wish

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• It's better to be a dictator than gay.

  Alexander Lukashenko

  Funny, Sarcastic, Humorous

  "Guido Westerwelle, former German foreign minister, dies at 54" by Kate Connolly, www.theguardian.com. March 18, 2016.

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• Unemployment is down, confidence is up, DOW 5,000 above Bush - or as Republicans put it, let's talk about gay people and abortion!

  Bill Maher

  Confidence, Gay, Usa

  Twitter post from Feb 20, 2012

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• I want you to understand that racial justice is not about justice for those who are black or brown; racial justice is about American justice. Justice for LGBT Americans is not about gay and lesbian justice; it's about American justice. Equality for women isn't about women; it's about United States equality. You cannot enjoy justice anywhere in this country until we make sure there is justice everywhere in this country.

  Cory Booker

  Country, Gay, Justice

  Source: hightimes.com

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• There are some people in this world that believe being gay is a choice. It's not a choice, we're born this way.

  Lady Gaga

  Believe, Gay, People

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• If your Bible tells you that gay people ought not be married in your church, don't tell them they can't be married at city hall. Marriage is a civil rite as well a civil right, and we can't let religious bigotry close the door to justice to anyone.

  Julian Bond

  Religious, Gay, Doors

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• It should never be a crime to be gay.

  Hillary Clinton

  Gay, Crime, Should

  International Human Rights Day Address at Palais des Nations, delivered 6 December 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

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• My mother took me to a psychiatrist when I was fifteen because she thought I was a latent homosexual. There was nothing latent about it.

  Amanda Bearse

  Mother, Gay, Fifteen

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• At the end of the day it doesn't matter which group is most oppressed or whether they are identically oppressed, what matters is that no group be oppressed.

  Keith Boykin

  Gay, What Matters, The End Of The Day

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

  Janet Mock

  Fall, Color, Justice

  "A Note on Visibility in the Wake of 6 Trans Women’s Murders in 2015". janetmock.com. February 16, 2015.

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• As I have said, the first thing is to be honest with yourself. You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself... Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility.

  Nelson Mandela

  Motivational, Confidence, Honesty

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