Gay Rights Quotes - Page 4

• Fundamentalists tell us to fear the specter of special rights for gay citizens, though of course gay Americans aren't after special rights - merely equal rights. The irony is that special rights actually do exist in this country-for religious groups.

  Sean Faircloth

  Country, Religious, Gay

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• Realizing that other people have a problem with [homosexuality] was the weirdest thing for me. As a kid it wasn't even something that was mentioned. It was never something that was even explained to me. It was just, "That's Mark and he's gay." Mark was just another friend of my dad's who would talk about his boyfriend instead of his girlfriend. I was 5. I didn't care. It seemed perfectly normal, and still does.

  Daniel Radcliffe

  Girlfriend, Dad, Kids

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• Gay Marriage isn't Special Rights, it's Equal Rights. 'Special Rights' are for political churches that don't pay taxes.

  John Fugelsang

  Gay, Rights, Political

  FaceBook post by John Fugelsang from Jun 11, 2013

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• I've always been infuriated by Bertie, I have to say. I never appreciated his style of politics. I thought it was very superficial, running around the country opening crisp packets, as they say, never really engaging with the substance of what was being debated and it clearly had a hugely negative impact on this country.

  Lucinda Creighton

  Running, Country, Gay

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• I don't spend much time in it. I go in there for my lunch and for coffee in the afternoon. I'd rarely be in there at night. I don't think it's neccessarily a bad thing but if it's abused obviously it's a bad thing.

  Lucinda Creighton

  Coffee, Gay, Night

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• It has long been a bug bear of mine... it needs to change, very simply.

  Lucinda Creighton

  Gay, Long, Needs

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• I am a fierce supporter of Planned Parenthood, NARAL, and gay rights in this country.

  Bernie Sanders

  Country, Gay, Rights

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• The individual has always to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Being Yourself, Lonely, Loneliness

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• Gay rights is not something most of us think about - because most of us happen to have been born straight.

  Jodi Picoult

  Gay, Thinking, Rights

  "A conversation with Jodi about Sing You Home". www.jodipicoult.com.

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• By in large in this country the issue of gay rights and equality should be past the point of debate. Really, there should be no debate anymore.

  Scott Fujita

  Country, Gay, Past

  "“Why I Support the National Equality March”: NFL’s Scott Fujita Speaks Out for Gay Rights". Interview with Dave Zirin, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• Some women can't say the word lesbian... even when their mouth is full of one.

  Kate Clinton

  Gay, Lgbt, Mouths

  FaceBook post by Kate Clinton from Jun 24, 2014

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• The gay rights movement is not a party. It is not a lifestyle. It is not a hair style. It is not a fad or a fringe or a sickness. It is not about sin or salvation. The gay rights movement is an integral part of the American promise of freedom.

  Urvashi Vaid

  Party, Gay, Rights

  At the March on Washington, April 25, 1993.

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• I was still closeted, but from the day I decided to run for office, knowing that I was gay, I decided that I would, of course, still be closeted but that I would work very hard for gay rights. It would be totally dishonorable, being gay, not to do that. So I had that as kind of a secondary agenda.

  Barney Frank

  Running, Gay, Rights

  "In Conversation: Barney Frank". Interview with Jason Zengerle, nymag.com. April 15, 2012.

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• Here's why I cannot vote for Rudy Giuliani. He's pro-abortion. He's never repudiated gay marriage in New York City or at least the civil unions in New York City. He's called a champion of gay rights. Rudy is opposed to school choice. He's in favor of open borders.

  James Dobson

  New York, School, Gay

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• The gay rights activists who yell 'bigot' at those who disagree with them are the Imams of America's cultural ghetto.

  Erick Erickson

  Ghetto, Gay, Rights

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• It is up to us to take care of this planet, it is our only home. To betray nature is to betray us. To save nature is to save us. Because whatever you're fighting for, racism or poverty. Feminism, gay rights or any type of equality. It won't matter in the least. Because if we don't all work together to save the environment, we will be equally extinct.

  Prince Ea

  Home, Heart, Gay

  "Dear future generations: Sorry". Prince Ea's video address to the people about mitigating climate change on Earth Day, www.globalcitizen.org. April 22, 2015.

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• To me gay rights is the last civil right that we have not granted in America and I think it's an enormous embarrassment.

  Jodi Picoult

  Gay, Thinking, Rights

  Source: www.afterellen.com

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• There are sharply different, competing models of what trans advocacy looks like - those that seek to follow the path laid out by the most visible and well-funded lesbian and gay rights organizations in the US and those that seek to use grassroots strategies, center issues of race and poverty, and aim to dismantle harmful institutions and conditions to redistribute life chances.

  Dean Spade

  Gay, Organization, Issues

  "On Normal Life". Interview with Natalie Oswin, societyandspace.org. January 15, 2014.

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• Trans rights formation that mimics the models and strategies of the lesbian and gay rights framework is growing, and there are many significant strategy disagreements between those building that work and those doing racial and economic justice centered trans work.

  Dean Spade

  Gay, Rights, Justice

  "On Normal Life". Interview with Natalie Oswin, societyandspace.org. January 15, 2014.

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• In an American context, let's say gay rights or marriage policy - that's a progressive thing. I understand that in an American context.

  Trevor Noah

  Gay, Rights, Progressive

  Source: www.indiewire.com

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• It's better to be black than gay because when you're black you don't have to tell your mother.

  Charlie Pierce

  Sarcastic, Mother, Gay

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• I said those things about gay rights and abortion on opposite day. I cannot BELIEVE you don't have opposite day in North Carolina!

  Mitt Romney

  Believe, Gay, Rights

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• Growing up in the '80s, questions of style and music and youth culture all seemed inherently political - like gay rights issues, dressing up, wearing makeup, arms protests. A lot of attitude and opinions were expressed through clothes, and they all were meaningful. So in that way, I was so excited about the connection between our private lives and politics - who I kiss, how I like to dance.

  Wolfgang Tillmans

  Meaningful, Attitude, Growing Up

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Because gay people were so much more visible, violence against gays was more common and reported on. But they were definitely related to each other. In the wake of AIDS, gay people felt like they had to organize, become much more active and visible. AIDS fostered a gay rights movement that made gay people more powerful and more vulnerable at the same time.

  Dale Peck

  Powerful, Gay, Rights

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I'm passionate about gay rights, but I think we need admit that there are some gay wrongs as well.

  Dov Davidoff

  Gay, Thinking, Rights

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