All kinds Quote by John Amaechi

There is no separation between the black community and the LGBT community. As a black, queer woman myself, I often have to assert, right,…

— Alicia Garza

“Often black people, especially non-gay folk, become enraged when they hear a white person who is gay suggest homosexuality is synonymous with the suffering…

— bell hooks

The marginalization of African-Americans within their own community based on sexuality is a construct that is more complex than the idea that 'blacks just…

— Karamo Brown

“The assumption that being gay or black necessarily harms the self-worth of all who fit this category has a patronizing dimension, because it neglects…

— Michael Kenny

For my grandfather, there was no distinction. There was no tension between his support for civil rights for black people and his animus toward…

— Megan Phelps-Roper

Identity is becoming more dependent on what people are willing subscribe to and less dependent on objective criteria such as skin colour or where…

— Stuart Hall

Different identity groups hold specific levels of power over others when their battles play out in the media. To wit: Black beats white. Gay…

— Andrew Breitbart

I think there is unnecessary conflict right now between the vehemently religious and the LGBT community. The extremes of religion I think and the…

— John Amaechi

I am instinctively wary of identity politics. Ultimately, no two black men are the same, any more than two white men are the same.

— Sam Gyimah

I do identify myself as a black man before I identify myself as a gay man.

— Jason Collins

Life experiences with oppression and homophobia often become internalized and can have detrimental effects on the development of positive sexual identity for Southern black…

— Karamo Brown

Within the lesbian community I am Black, and within the Black community I am a lesbian. Any attack against Black people is a lesbian…

— Audre Lorde