Activism Quote by Daayiee Abdullah

It's in the hands of activists to expand the universal concept of human rights to include homosexuals. Once they persuade the people, the politicians…

— Park Won-soon

Politicians have to be straight with people.

— Nick Boles

A gay person in office can set a tone, can command respect not only from the larger community but from the young people in…

— Harvey Milk

There are plenty of organisations making a real difference to the lives of gay people around the country that do need our help, so…

— Robert Rinder

The conservative movement, to which I subscribe, has as one of its basic tenets the belief that government should stay out of people’s private…

— Barry Goldwater

For historic reasons - principally the political Right's opposition to gay rights - most gay spokespeople continue to think that the political Right is…

— Douglas Murray

Gays and lesbians gained rights in this country though activism and organizing, creating political space and demanding change so that lawmakers and justices could…

— Pramila Jayapal

“Politicians know that if they fail to engage with the gay community, and fail to develop coherent positions on the issues that concern them,…

— Anonymous

The most important political step that any gay man or lesbian can take is to come out of the closet. It's been proven that…

— Amanda Bearse

Being gay is not a political accomplishment in itself. It's not enough to constitute a political platform.

— Jens Spahn

There are a lot of people that form movements around particular commitments, like gay rights. It is important, but it does not link easily…

— Noam Chomsky

What's great about it is that you see, the great struggle for gay people is that the politics is just not going to work…

— Andrew Sullivan