Best 93 quotes in «lgbt rights quotes» category

Discrimination is discrimination, even when people claim it's 'tradition.

Either you are homophobic or you are a human - you cannot be both.

Freedom isn't just about voting and marrying and kissing on the street, although all of these things are important. Freedom is also about what you will allow yourself to do.

Fear is the intended result of codifying homophobia into law.

If you can't tell from my rap lyrics already, yes I am a feminist. And when I'm saying "hoe" or "bitch" I am actually referring to men. ...That sounded bad, in someway. But at the end of the day, I'm sick of rappers using "bitches" and "hoes" as terms towards women. Feminists are NOT a hate group. Feminists are not all female. Nor has it got an anti-male agenda. It's about equality! I've had a weird, special bond with women since I was a kid. And it's just a shame really that I'm gay.

Être homosexuel n’est pas plus anormal que d’être gaucher.

Homosexuality is immutable, irreversible and nonpathological.

Homosexuals are not made, they are born.

If you'd combat bigotry, use honest language and call things out for what they really are.

I hear the word "tolerance" -- that some people are trying to teach people to be tolerant of gays. I'm not satisfied with that word. I am gay, and I am not seeking to be "tolerated." One tolerates a toothache, rush-hour traffic, an annoying neighbor with a cluttered yard. I am not a negative to be tolerated.

i’ll be okay even if i don’t understand how i don’t want to be a girl, but also don’t want to be a man

In 2014, an American television show interviewed Russians about their country’s oppressive laws against the LGBT community. To explain what had inspired her decision to protest these laws, one woman quoted a line from Angel: “If nothing we do matters, then all that matters is what we do.

In the unification of two minds, orientation of sexuality is irrelevant.

I oppose same-sex marriage but I would advance equal rights in employment for gay and lesbian people. I appointed a few judges who were gay and I had few people in my cabinet that I found out were gay. I never asked peoples sexual orientation.

I oppose same-sex marriage and civil unions but I support domestic partnership between gay and lesbian couples. I have no problem with gay and lesbian couples adopting. I support equal benefits for same-sex couples such as hospital visitation rights

If you think your religion requires discrimination, you're probably misreading your faith.

It's not conversion 'therapy;' it's conversion brainwashing.

It's not 'over-sensitivity' to ask to be treated with the same dignity and respect shown to others.

It's terrifying to think you could become the next statistic.

It is immensely gratifying to hear from fans from around the world where being a gay or lesbian teen, having feelings for someone of your own gender is simply not acceptable. We noticed that our show fills a huge void for large audiences in many different countries. That’s why our choice of format for the show, the web series, is such a fortunate one as it allows viewers in those countries to feel acknowledged. While the series is not exclusively dealing with gay and lesbian issues, the fact that we don’t sanitize it gives us truly global appeal, especially with the gay and lesbian community. In fact, demand is such that we are subtitling the show in French and perhaps other languages to even better reach those audiences.

It is exhausting living in a population where people don't speak up if what they witness doesn't directly threaten them.

Living in a world that is grossly opposed to who you are, the bravest and most radical thing to do is to be yourself. And being a part of the LGBT+ community is just that – brave.

Love has no gender - compassion has no religion - character has no race.

Never be content to sit back and watch as others' rights are trampled upon. Your rights could be next.

Love should never mean having to live in fear.

my blood runs pink (for my sexuality that is mine to embrace, not yours to strike with lightning bolts of change) and red (for the life i will continue to live, the life you cannot take away from me) and orange (for my siblings who heal me with their love and understanding, helping me piece myself back together after you tried to break me) and yellow (for the sunlight from within that still manages to shine in these dark times) and green (for existing in the natural, physical world when all you want is my disappearance) and blue (for the serenity we bring amidst the disturbances we face) and purple (for my spirit, which won’t be broken) (it can never be broken and you will never break us)

On a day-to-day basis you forget that being a lesbian, being gay or trans, you're not like everybody else, that you're different. You lige your life, working hard, paying taxes, trying to be productive, looking for love and happiness like everybody else, and then something like this happens and you're forced to confront the fact [...]

On a day-to-day basis you forget that being a lesbian, being gay or trans, you're not like everybody else, that you're different. You lige your life, working hard, paying taxes, trying ti be productive, looking for love and happiness like everybody else, and then something like this happens and you're forced to confront the fact [...]

I've fought for religious freedom and I can tell you that anti-gay 'religious freedom' bills aren't it.

People think that LGBTs adopting children will hurt them, but it's not being in loving homes that hurts children most.

One day, progress being what it was, I hoped no one would have to have a big gay coming-out or a bisexual coming-out. It would just be what it was, and that would be that. But we weren't quite there yet.

One of the best ways you can fight discrimination is by taking good care of yourself. Your survival is not just important; it's an act of revolution.

Persecution complexes are reaffirming to those who benefit from unearned privileges.

Privilege is when you contribute to the oppression of others and then claim that you are the one being discriminated against.

Prejudice plunges you into a world of fear and hate. That's no way to live.

Privilege is not knowing that you're hurting others and not listening when they tell you.

Privilege is when you can afford to sit back and watch as others' rights are trampled upon.

Prejudice is learned. What will you teach others through your actions and words?

Pride is not an LGBT celebration, it's a human rights celebration - it's a celebration of equality - it's a celebration of inclusion - it's a celebration of acceptance.

Privilege doesn't just insulate people from the consequences of their prejudice, it cuts them off from their humanity.

Reducing a group to a slur or stereotype reduces us all.

Same-sex couples should have equal rights to full benefits both state and federal level. I support repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell because it hasn't worked and military should based on conduct not your sexual orientation

Rainbow on the inside!” He giggles. “Can you imagine if we all took them for Pride? Dozens of us. Hundreds. Thousands? All of us marching, rainbow to the core?

Same-sex marriage has not created problems for religious institutions; religious institutions have created problems for same-sex marriage.

Saying something is 'politically correct' is often a way of dismissing the voices of the oppressed.

Soit vous êtes homophobes, soit vous êtes humains - être à la fois humain et homophobe est incompatible.

Sadly, in the volatile arena of the sexuality/Christianity debate, interaction is often reduced to name calling by angry gay activists and self-righteous Christian conservatives. Name calling never enhances conversation, rational discussion or creates a constructive dialogue. It only reinforces each other's perceptions/positions. It must be remembered however, that one of the reasons some LGBT people are quick to revert to name calling (bigot, homophobe, hater) is because they learnt about its impact early in life (faggot, queer, pervert).

Sometimes it takes more than shouting it to show your pride. It takes more than a sign, a fabulous outfit, or a month of parades. Pride has to resonate from within; shine out to everyone around you. It has mean something to you and only you first before you announce it to the world.

The Catholic Church standing in "solidarity" with members of the LGBT community while condemning their behavior as "sinful" is a little like attempting to stand with two feet in one shoe. "Love the sinner, hate the sin" sounds really high-minded until you realize the only sin committed was being born different.

The mere fact that I exist, means that I deserve to be here and to express myself any damn way I please.