Academic writing Quote by Joe Lycett

Of course it is very limiting to be labeled a lesbian or queer writer. We live in a homophobic culture, and even people who…

— Michelle Tea

I looked out into the audience, saw dozens of faces I knew well - LGBTQ folks, mostly - all avid comics readers and superhero…

— Gail Simone

It's daunting, taking on the task of representing the gay community, because there are so many different facets and different schools of thought and…

— Jonathan Groff

Sexuality is a topic that has huge shifts in -society. Attitudes toward different sexualities change, but the actual sexuality of a human being is…

— Ben Barnes

We're targeted as LGBTQ people because we make people nervous around sex and we practice desire or have the possibility of practicing desire in…

— Amber Hollibaugh

“The chain booksellers, like Barnes and Noble, began to dominate the market, and they instituted a “gay and lesbian” section in many of their…

— Sarah Schulman

Because bisexual people almost have a foot in the gay and the straight world, their friends can misunderstand them too. Like if a bisexual…

— Courtney Act

Maybe the most interesting thing gay writers can do is show the tension between the breadth of gay experiences and the unity of what…

— Vestal McIntyre

We are traumatized by growing up in a world that doesn't really accept us. Obviously, we've made great leaps and bounds, but I think…

— Olly Alexander

If you're a teacher, for instance, there are ways to have positive representation of gay people in the classroom. Making sure that, historically, people…

— Amy Ray

Few writers in history have ever been 'politically correct' (a notion that rapidly changes in any case), and there's no reason to imagine that…

— Edmund White

There is an enormous pressure placed on gay novelists because they are the only spokespeople. The novelist's first obligation is to be true to…

— Edmund White