Gay Quote by Gilbert Baker

Anita Bryant had the effect of galvanizing the whole gay movement. She was somebody whom everybody could hate. She was easy to hate.

— Gilbert Baker

The gay rights movement of recent years has been an inspiring victory for humanity and it is in the tradition of the civil rights…

— Al Gore

“One of the lessons I have learned in trying to live with history is that for every repression, we have found a suitable form…

— Joan Nestle

“It was my conclusion that any people who were oppressed, particularly gay people like myself, could not depend upon others to be our heroes.…

— Troy D. Perry

In light of Jamey [Rodemeyer]'s death -- it became clear to me in an instant that living a gay life without publicly acknowledging it…

— Zachary Quinto

For many years now, I have been an outspoken supporter of civil and human rights for gay and lesbian people. Gays and lesbians stood…

— Coretta Scott King

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

My dearest friend in the movement is Jack Nichols. If there were no such thing as gay or straight, we would still talk and…

— George Weinberg

Gays and lesbians began to gain civil rights when Americans realized that their brothers, cousins, daughters were gay.

— Nicholas Kristof

I think one of the people that's done the most for the gay movement is Ellen DeGeneres.

— LP

“Dimly, with her burning heart more than her mind, she began to understand why she had always liked gay men. They suffered, were persecuted,…

— Nancy Springer

“Perhaps rage was an inextricable part of lesbian-feminism, because once these women analyzed the female's position in society they realized they had much to…

— Lillian Faderman