--- title: "11 Queer Community Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 11 Queer Community quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Queer Community sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/853/camille-perri-15748_community_the-queer-community-deserves-a-happy-end_1062415.jpg" --- > [The queer community deserves a happy ending just as much as anybody else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camille-perri/the-queer-community-deserves-a-happy-ending-just-as-much-as-anybody/) [Camille Perri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camille-perri/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/853/camille-perri-15748_community_the-queer-community-deserves-a-happy-end_1062415.jpg) > [Everyone who passes through 'Drag Race,' and especially the people who are able to have really big careers after the show, has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sasha-velour/everyone-who-passes-through-drag-race-and-especially-the-people-who/) [Sasha Velour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sasha-velour/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c8/sasha-velour-6096_community_everyone-who-passes-through-drag-race-an_1263717.jpg) > [We still live in a country where there's disproportionate violence faced by our community, especially trans people and trans people of color.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sasha-velour/we-still-live-in-a-country-where-there-s-disproportionate-violence/) [Sasha Velour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sasha-velour/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d39/sasha-velour-6096_activism_we-still-live-in-a-country-where-there-s_312062.jpg) > [Since we get so much love and support from the queer community around the world, we really wanted to connect with U.S.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-origliasso/since-we-get-so-much-love-and-support-from-the-queer-community-around/) [Jessica Origliasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-origliasso/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5b/jessica-origliasso-10571_amazing_since-we-get-so-much-love-and-support-fr_1901631.jpg) > [Not only does the title 'We're Here' highlight the fact that me, Shangela, and Eureka are here, but we as a queer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-the-drag-queen/not-only-does-the-title-we-re-here-highlight-the-fact-that-me/) [Bob the Drag Queen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-the-drag-queen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02c/bob-the-drag-queen-5504_big_not-only-does-the-title-we-re-here-highl_2027659.jpg) > [It's really great to see the queer landscape really change to include everybody and make the rest of the world understand that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nico-santos/it-s-really-great-to-see-the-queer-landscape-really-change-to-include/) [Nico Santos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nico-santos/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc8/nico-santos-10028_change_it-s-really-great-to-see-the-queer-lands_438576.jpg) > [We believe the Queer community is a model for our global extended family, and together we have the power to create positive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alaska/we-believe-the-queer-community-is-a-model-for-our-global-extended/) [Alaska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alaska/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d0/alaska-5608_believe_we-believe-the-queer-community-is-a-mode_2446076.jpg) > [Working on 'Love Lies Bleeding' meant so much much more to me than just a chance to play a starring role on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katy-o-brian/working-on-love-lies-bleeding-meant-so-much-much-more-to-me-than-just/) [Katy O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katy-o-brian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a3/katy-o-brian-6067_big-screen_working-on-love-lies-bleeding-meant-so-m_2763557.jpg) > [I'm still figuring it all out, and I think everyone is. And that's kind of the point is that there's no fixed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-corrin/i-m-still-figuring-it-all-out-and-i-think-everyone-is-and-that-s-kind/) [Emma Corrin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-corrin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/041/emma-corrin-6646_community_i-m-still-figuring-it-all-out-and-i-thin_1695586.jpg) > [Pittsburgh's definitely the city where I learned how to be on a stage, hold a microphone, and interact with an audience. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alaska/pittsburgh-s-definitely-the-city-where-i-learned-how-to-be-on-a-stage/) [Alaska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alaska/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/348/alaska-5608_city_pittsburgh-s-definitely-the-city-where-i_611473.jpg) > [“They were waiting for a bus when Oliver said to Lee, 'Being gay is like being invisible. No one ever tells you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kyle-labe/they-were-waiting-for-a-bus-when-oliver-said-to-lee-being-gay-is-like/) [Kyle Labe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kyle-labe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b5/kyle-labe-27655_gay_they-were-waiting-for-a-bus-when-oliver_2906388.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/queer-community/#itemlist", "name": "Queer Community Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The queer community deserves a happy ending just as much as anybody else.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Camille Perri" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camille-perri/the-queer-community-deserves-a-happy-ending-just-as-much-as-anybody/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/853/camille-perri-15748_community_the-queer-community-deserves-a-happy-end_1062415.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/853/camille-perri-15748_community_the-queer-community-deserves-a-happy-end_1062415.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/853/camille-perri-15748_community_the-queer-community-deserves-a-happy-end_1062415.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The queer community deserves a happy ending just as much as anybody else.” — Camille Perri", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Everyone who passes through 'Drag Race,' and especially the people who are able to have really big careers after the show, has a responsibility to the queer community to do a good job of representing queer people across the board to be kind and loving.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sasha Velour" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sasha-velour/everyone-who-passes-through-drag-race-and-especially-the-people-who/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c8/sasha-velour-6096_community_everyone-who-passes-through-drag-race-an_1263717.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c8/sasha-velour-6096_community_everyone-who-passes-through-drag-race-an_1263717.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c8/sasha-velour-6096_community_everyone-who-passes-through-drag-race-an_1263717.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Everyone who passes through 'Drag Race,' and especially the people who are able to have really big careers…” — Sasha Velour", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We still live in a country where there's disproportionate violence faced by our community, especially trans people and trans people of color. 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There's so much about the queer community that needs to be represented.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nico Santos" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nico-santos/it-s-really-great-to-see-the-queer-landscape-really-change-to-include/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc8/nico-santos-10028_change_it-s-really-great-to-see-the-queer-lands_438576.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc8/nico-santos-10028_change_it-s-really-great-to-see-the-queer-lands_438576.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc8/nico-santos-10028_change_it-s-really-great-to-see-the-queer-lands_438576.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's really great to see the queer landscape really change to include everybody and make the rest of the…” — Nico Santos", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We believe the Queer community is a model for our global extended family, and together we have the power to create positive change for all of humanity.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alaska" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alaska/we-believe-the-queer-community-is-a-model-for-our-global-extended/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d0/alaska-5608_believe_we-believe-the-queer-community-is-a-mode_2446076.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d0/alaska-5608_believe_we-believe-the-queer-community-is-a-mode_2446076.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d0/alaska-5608_believe_we-believe-the-queer-community-is-a-mode_2446076.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We believe the Queer community is a model for our global extended family, and together we have the power to…” — Alaska", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Working on 'Love Lies Bleeding' meant so much much more to me than just a chance to play a starring role on the big screen. It's my hope that people in the queer community will watch this movie and see reflections of themselves and their experiences.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Katy O'Brian" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katy-o-brian/working-on-love-lies-bleeding-meant-so-much-much-more-to-me-than-just/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a3/katy-o-brian-6067_big-screen_working-on-love-lies-bleeding-meant-so-m_2763557.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a3/katy-o-brian-6067_big-screen_working-on-love-lies-bleeding-meant-so-m_2763557.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a3/katy-o-brian-6067_big-screen_working-on-love-lies-bleeding-meant-so-m_2763557.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Working on 'Love Lies Bleeding' meant so much much more to me than just a chance to play a starring role on…” — Katy O'Brian", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm still figuring it all out, and I think everyone is. And that's kind of the point is that there's no fixed identity, especially for like people in the queer community. It's going to be an ongoing journey, but yeah, I hope that sharing it helps people.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Emma Corrin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-corrin/i-m-still-figuring-it-all-out-and-i-think-everyone-is-and-that-s-kind/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/041/emma-corrin-6646_community_i-m-still-figuring-it-all-out-and-i-thin_1695586.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/041/emma-corrin-6646_community_i-m-still-figuring-it-all-out-and-i-thin_1695586.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/041/emma-corrin-6646_community_i-m-still-figuring-it-all-out-and-i-thin_1695586.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm still figuring it all out, and I think everyone is. 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It's where I got my chops as an entertainer and as a performer, so I'm grateful to the queer community there because they are active and vocal and they care about each other.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alaska" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alaska/pittsburgh-s-definitely-the-city-where-i-learned-how-to-be-on-a-stage/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/348/alaska-5608_city_pittsburgh-s-definitely-the-city-where-i_611473.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/348/alaska-5608_city_pittsburgh-s-definitely-the-city-where-i_611473.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/348/alaska-5608_city_pittsburgh-s-definitely-the-city-where-i_611473.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Pittsburgh's definitely the city where I learned how to be on a stage, hold a microphone, and interact with…” — Alaska", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“They were waiting for a bus when Oliver said to Lee, 'Being gay is like being invisible. No one ever tells you about the loneliness, the isolation of it. Your whole life is on the outside looking in. Everyone is straight and happy - and then there you are. We don't have any spaces. They think just because we can marry, just because we can wear rainbow pins on our shirt that we're equal. And it's not even the straights - it's the queer community too. We're horrible to each other. There's no kinship, no matter how much we say there is. I had someone tell me that two men loving one another is uncomplicated nowadays. I wanted to shake her and shout, What? Uncomplicated? Are you that egotistical? Can you not see? Personally I think one of the biggest lies that we tell gay youth is that it gets better. That narrative needs to cease. It doesn't get better. You only learn to deal with things better...”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kyle Labe" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kyle-labe/they-were-waiting-for-a-bus-when-oliver-said-to-lee-being-gay-is-like/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b5/kyle-labe-27655_gay_they-were-waiting-for-a-bus-when-oliver_2906388.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b5/kyle-labe-27655_gay_they-were-waiting-for-a-bus-when-oliver_2906388.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b5/kyle-labe-27655_gay_they-were-waiting-for-a-bus-when-oliver_2906388.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“They were waiting for a bus when Oliver said to Lee, 'Being gay is like being invisible. 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