“Those who tied love to sex, or even love to romance, didn’t own the emotion itself.” — A.M. Strickland Copy Share Image
“To her, not packing our lunches every day or joining the PTA is a feminist rallying cry.” — Christina Lauren Copy Share Image
“Privilege is when you contribute to the oppression of others and then claim that you are the one being discriminated against.” — DaShanne Stokes Copy Share Image
“Bye bye binary. For gender, for sexuality, for everything. ... Lots of people can like lots of people. And could everyone please… — Cath Crowley Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t that she hated the idea of sex, just . . . she didn’t want it. Didn’t need it. But no… — Elyse Springer Copy Share Image
“They say that it’s always darkest before the dawn, but sometimes it’s really darkest the moment you realize a dream was just… — David Clawson Copy Share Image
“He's not recruiting me to the oiled-up Gay Bliss Club of Northern Utah, but to the LDS Church.” — Christina Lauren Copy Share Image
“Race, gender, religion, sexuality, we are all people and that's it. We're all people. We're all equal.” — Connor Franta Copy Share Image
“Are they always so mean?” I asked. “It’s the oldest story in the book— the bullied become the bullies.” — David Clawson Copy Share Image
“The scrutiny on our bodies distracts us from what's really going on here: control. The emphasis on our appearance distracts us from… — Alok Vaid-Menon Copy Share Image
“Queer people have had to actively make their culture and community and institutions, because the non-queer world is not going to do… — Sarah Liss Copy Share Image
“It's like being handed over a scantron sheet and demanded to paint a self-portrait on it. It's possible, of course, but why… — Alok Vaid-Menon Copy Share Image
“This same system could condemn injustice, but instead it chooses to condemn something as simple and fundamental as the search for the… — Martha Brockenbrough Copy Share Image
“There's this idea that if you're not straight, you HAVE to tell all your family and friends immediately , like you owe… — Alice Oseman Copy Share Image
“Well, as I was saying, it costs a lot to be authentic, madam. And one can't be stingy with these things, because… — Pedro Almodovar Copy Share Image
“Trauma or no, I would have been trans no matter what body I'd been born with. Tell the doctors that we exist… — Kate Bornstein S. Bear Bergman Copy Share Image
“At a fundamental level, we are still having to argue for the very ability to exist. The truth is, I still cannot… — Alok Vaid-Menon Copy Share Image
“The choices you have for your children are not the same as mine. For me, there is no such thing as a… — Sara Ellie MacKenzie Copy Share Image
“And it was hard to explain. That they didn't want to be a man, but that they had never felt quite right… — Anita Kelly Copy Share Image
“Child, I am taking you to The Autumnal Ball.” “The . . . but . . . but . . . I… — David Clawson Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I still feel that there are two of me: one clean, flawless picture, the other imperfect and cracked; one boy, one… — Abigail Tarttelin Copy Share Image
“When trust is violated, it's like you're left with an empty piggy bank. Building trust again, she said, is like putting big,… — Bill Konigsberg Copy Share Image
“Gay rights aren't predicated on being born gay or having the right gene. Gay rights are predicated on having choice and consent.… — Chester Brown Copy Share Image
“Light bursts behind my closed eyes, so intensely I nearly hear the popping sound. It's my brain melting, or my world ending,… — Christina Lauren Copy Share Image
“I don't like kissing." "I suppose it is a matter of taste."[...]"I wondered, did anyone ever," shrug, "you know, hurt you so… — Keri Hulme Copy Share Image
“Instead of saying that all gender is this or all gender is that, let's recognize that the word gender has scores of… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
“Come out of that closet, baby, the air’s so bright and disco out here.” — Suzette Mayr Copy Share Image
“It's a surreal experience to have your personhood be reduced to a prop.” — Alok Vaid-Menon Copy Share Image
“I don’t want anyone to hold back who they are. It’s not okay… it’s not a good thing” — Connor Franta Copy Share Image
“I am a monster beneath him, with arching hips, an octopus with hands everywhere at once. I don't think anything in the… — Christina Lauren Copy Share Image