Steven Petrow Quotes

• Too many people think that "good manners" are about subjugating yourself to others. Not true. Respect, and just as important, self-respect are two key elements in this equation.

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  Thinking, Keys, Self

  "Civilities: Steven Petrow answers all your LGBT and straight social dilemmas for the hour". Live Chat, live.washingtonpost.com. September 13, 2016.

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• Acceptance comes through understanding.

  Steven Petrow

  Acceptance, Understanding

  "Civilities: Steven Petrow answers all your LGBT and straight social dilemmas for the hour". Live Chat, live.washingtonpost.com. September 13, 2016.

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• There's nothing you can say that won't make you seem ungrateful or rude.

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  Ungrateful, Rude, Seems

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

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• A big question that we have is that we do not understand why the comfort of the few should override the comfort of the many.

  Steven Petrow

  Comfort

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

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• I keep reading that Donald Trump is the most pro-LGBT GOP presidential nominee of all time - and I actually think that's true.

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  Reading, Thinking, Presidential

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

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• Rely on facts, figures, principles of equality and fairness.

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  Principles, Facts, Fairness

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

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• The murkiness of Donald Trump's position is really what distinguishes him from other Republican nominees and contenders who have been steadfast in their opposition to LGBTQ equality.

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  Republican, Trump, Steadfast

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

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• Cross-dressing is more of a set of actions or behaviors and not synonymous with gender identity (straight, gay, bisexual, transgender, among others).

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  Gay, Bisexual, Identity

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

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• Calling a trans person by their former name is referred to as "deadnaming" and is considered highly offensive to most trans people I know.

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  Names, People, Calling

  "Civilities: Steven Petrow answers all your LGBT and straight social dilemmas for the hour". The Washington Post Live Chat, live.washingtonpost.com. September 13, 2016.

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• When someone transitions you should refer to them by their new name both in the present and with references back in time.

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  Names, Transition, Should

  "Civilities: Steven Petrow answers all your LGBT and straight social dilemmas for the hour". The Washington Post Live Chat, live.washingtonpost.com. September 13, 2016.

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• A quick comeback is usually meant as license to be mean.

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  Mean, Comeback, License

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

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• I know many of my female friends do not like being referred to as "ladies."

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  Female, Knows, Female Friends

  "Civilities: Steven Petrow answers all your LGBT and straight social dilemmas for the hour". The Washington Post Live Chat, live.washingtonpost.com. September 13, 2016.

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• Every generation seems to have its members who think the world has gone to hell and a hand basket and that they need to explain a challenging world to their kids.

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  Kids, Thinking, Hands

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

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• Most pedophiles are straight not gay.

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  Gay

  "Civilities: We'll be talking about your reactions to the Orlando massacre for the full hour". Live chat, live.washingtonpost.com. June 21, 2016.

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• To parents who find a child's disclosure about sexual or gender identity challenging, I always urge what I'd call "moderated" honesty. If you can't say "I love you," then say something like, "I'm going to need some time to digest this news." Buy time this way. And then think.

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  Children, Honesty, Love You

  "Civilities: Steven Petrow answers all your LGBT and straight social dilemmas for the hour". Live chat, live.washingtonpost.com. September 13, 2016.

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• More people use guns to kill themselves than to kill others.

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  Gun, People, Use

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

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• What really surprised me was that more than half of all deaths by gunshot are suicides, more than 20,000 a year, about 58 a day.

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  Suicide, Years, Half

  "Civilities: Steven Petrow answers all your LGBT and straight social dilemmas for the hour". The Washington Post Live Chat, live.washingtonpost.com. September 13, 2016.

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• From my vantage point, when I'm criticized in a way that I can hear what's being said - i.e., the issues - I'm more likely to listen and respond. A lot of the personal email I receive consists of name calling; I'll write back and say: Talk to me like I'm a person and you're a person and tell me where you disagree with me. I can't tell you how that turns people upside down. More often than not they write back with an apology and a reasoned argument.

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  Writing, Apology, People

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

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• Okay, so here's my question: When did civility become incompatible with protest? Why do some people consider civility an antonym - anathema, even - to political action and dissent? Because, and I'm raising my voice, it's not. Have we forgotten how Mahatma Gandhi used nonviolent civil disobedience to free India from British rule and inspire civil rights movements worldwide?

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  People, Political, Inspire

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

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• Putting our heads in the sand is not a wise strategy.

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  Wise, Sand, Strategy

  "Civilities: Is this the beginning of the end for Breitbart's Milo Yiannopoulos? Taking your questions and comments". Live Chat, live.washingtonpost.com. February 21, 2017.

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• The right to be married was hard earned by the marriage equality movement and one of its "perks" is the right to use the terms commonly associated with marriage; husband and wife are the two most common.

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  Husband, Two, Wife

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

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• You do not need to be female to be offended.

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  Female, Needs, Offended

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

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• I think identity issues have their place in the workplace, less so personal behaviors.

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  Thinking, Issues, Identity

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

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• I really don't understand how parents can talk about gay couples' PDA as a problem or a transgender teen's suicide and not the fact that too many of our kids are being murdered in the schools and on the streets.

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  Suicide, Couple, School

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

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• Please Mr. Trump: Say what you mean. Mean what you say.

  Steven Petrow

  Mean, Trump, Please

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

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