Lgbt Community Quotes

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

  Ernest Gaines

  Motivational, Respect, Integrity

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  What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart, oh, no, it's curved like a road through mountains.

  Tennessee Williams

  Heart, Gay, Lgbt Pride

  Tennessee Williams (1975). “Memoirs”, p.54, New Directions Publishing

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• Understand that sexuality is as wide as the sea.

  Derek Jarman

  Sea, Lgbt Pride, Gay Pride

  Derek Jarman (2010). “At Your Own Risk: A Saint's Testament”

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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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• Openness may not completely disarm prejudice, but it's a good place to start.

  Jason Collins

  Gay, May, Prejudice

  "Jason Collins’ Courage in Coming Out" by Abbe Land, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 1, 2013.

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• Only the human mind invents categories and tries to force facts into separated pigeonholes.

  Alfred Kinsey

  Lgbt Pride, Mind, Trying

  Sexual Behavior in the Human Male ch. 21 (1948)

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• In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or a man; either, a human being, without feeling fear, restraint, or obligation.

  Simone de Beauvoir

  Gay, Men, Heterosexuality Is

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• Marriage should be between a spouse and a spouse, not a gender and a gender.

  Hendrik Hertzberg

  Marriage, Gay, Lgbt Pride

  "Obama and Gay Marriage: Runaway Bride?". www.newyorker.com. June 30, 2011.

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• Understand that sexuality is as wide as the sea. Understand that your morality is not law. Understand that we are you. Understand that if we decide to have sex whether safe, safer, or unsafe, it is our decision and you have no rights in our lovemaking.

  Derek Jarman

  Sex, Gay, Rights

  Derek Jarman (2010). “At Your Own Risk: A Saint's Testament”

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• I have a half-brother who is very, very, very gay, many cousins, best friends who are all members of the LGBT community, and for me to not say anything would be hypocritical. There is a lot of prejudice. People think it is abnormal. No, its just another normal.

  Lea Salonga

  Brother, Cousin, Gay

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• Our government treats the LGBT community like second-class citizens.

  Cindy McCain

  Government, Class, Citizens

  "To-Do List: Fort Hood Hearing Resumed, Peace Talks Renewed, AOL Revamped" by Samantha Henig, www.newyorker.com. November 15, 2010.

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• I always feel that my whole life is representing the LGBT community. It's kind of what I do all the time.

  Boy George

  Kind, Life Is, Whole Life

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• I am a proud member of the LGBT community and could never bear the idea that someone could say I was closeted.

  Amber Heard

  Ideas, Amber, Proud

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• I love travel shows. I love Anthony Bourdain. I love No Reservations. I always learn so much, and I wanted to see one from a gay perspective that explored LGBT communities around the world.

  Ellen Page

  Gay, Perspective, World

  Source: www.slate.com

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• There's the continuing challenges of racism, of sexism, of discrimination against the LGBT community, of the way that we treat people as opposed to how we want to be treated.

  Hillary Clinton

  Racism, People, Challenges

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• I grew up in the South where there's discrimination, and when I witnessed the judgment around me, I always thought someone needs to stick up for not just the LGBT community but any outsider, anybody that wasn't the mold in Texas.

  Demi Lovato

  Texas, Sticks, Mold

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

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• I'm hoping my presence alone in Russia will be a show of strength for the Russian LGBT community.

  Johnny Weir

  Russia, Shows, Community

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• We still have gaps that are rooted in gender inequality. Certainly we have discrimination against the LGBT community.

  Hillary Clinton

  Gaps, Discrimination, Gender

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• I think if you look at Hollywood as a whole and the type of content that they put out over the years, it's pretty homogeneous, right? They haven't done a really deep dive into a lot of stories of people of color. I don't want to say that there haven't been attempts, and there has been some great product that has come out over the years, but I think in 2016, we're in a world of struggle. It's not just about race, it's also about the LGBT community too and others.

  Mike Jackson

  Struggle, Thinking, Race

  Source: deadline.com

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• We need a Supreme Court that will stand up on behalf of women's rights, on behalf of the rights of the LGBT community, that will stand up and say no to Citizens United, a decision that has undermined the election system in our country because of the way it permits dark, unaccountable money to come into our electoral system.

  Hillary Clinton

  Country, Dark, Rights

  Source: www.christianpost.com

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• The executions, persecution and imprisonment of political dissidents and the LGBT community, denial of free press, elections and religious freedoms, continue to be Fidel Castro's legacy.

  Andy Garcia

  Religious, Political, Legacy

  "Cuban-American celebrities offer messages of hope following death of Fidel Castro". www.foxnews.com. November 27, 2016.

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• [Mark] Lilla sees a deeper problem, and he wrote an article in The New York Times denouncing identity liberalism.He says liberals have appealed to African-Americans or women or the LGBT community but failed to craft a strong, broad national message. He's not the only person saying this. Long before the votes were cast, Bernie Sanders argued the Democrats lost the white working class by not speaking broadly to the country.

  Steve Inskeep

  Country, Strong, New York

  Source: www.npr.org

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• While the President [Barack Obama] did a good thing when he said he personally supported equal marriage, he then quickly backed away and said that he wasn't going to do anything about it - that it was a state matter, and that he wasn't going to interfere, as opposed to being than being a real advocate for equality across the board in marriage. He also, I think two weeks prior to that statement, refused to sign an executive order to establish equal rights in the workplace for the LGBT community.

  Jill Stein

  Real, Thinking, Order

  Source: www.pqmonthly.com

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• You can expect to see a robust discussion and representation of those issues throughout the convention program. Not just from the nominee, but through other vehicles as well. Expect to see the African-American community, the Latino community, the LGBT community, and others represented on stage and in the substance of our policies throughout the week.

  Leah D. Daughtry

  Issues, African American, Substance

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I think there is unnecessary conflict right now between the vehemently religious and the LGBT community. The extremes of religion I think and the LGBT community have an issue and because a lot of black families in America are more religious, I think that is where the conflict comes into play.

  John Amaechi

  Religious, Thinking, Play

  "Big Think Interview With John Amaechi". Interview with Max Miller, bigthink.com. October 7, 2010.

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