Backward Quote by Sarah McBride

We have to open hearts and change minds while at the same time pushing for laws that protect LGBTQ people from discrimination.

— Sarah McBride

I am arguing that it is a mistake for trans activists to focus our resources and attention on winning inclusion in legal equality frameworks,…

— Dean Spade

We still live in a country where there's disproportionate violence faced by our community, especially trans people and trans people of color. I think…

— Sasha Velour

Our nation was built on the promise of equality and opportunity, and the Equality Act extends that promise to our extraordinary LGBTQ community.

— Dean Phillips

We've made some incredible progress, but there are still steps we need to take to ensure LGBT Americans are treated as equal citizens.

— John Fetterman

We need to continue to build and support queer and trans communities and end the profiling and criminalization that so many face.

— Chelsea Manning

Our society needs to recognize the unstoppable momentum toward unequivocal civil equality for every gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered citizen of this country.

— Zachary Quinto

I have always adopted nondiscriminatory policies toward the LGBTQ community in my public offices in local and state government.

— Richard Cordray

All across my home state, throughout the South, and around the country, LGBT people and their families are seeking basic respect and dignity. This…

— Chad Griffin

While continuing to speak out and work against those laws that sanction homosexuality, we also shall continue to seek help and change for homosexuals…

— Anita Bryant

Discriminatory legislation emboldens those who seek to make us afraid while giving those communities it hurts a concrete reason to fear. We must stay…

— Stacey Abrams

Anyone who attacks our LGBT community, anyone who attacks anyone in our state, will be gone after with the full extent of the law.

— Pam Bondi