Courage Quote by Trudy Bourgeois

“There are other grounds for believing that gays and lesbians should be respected and protected from oppression: their right to privacy and freedom of…

— Simon LeVay

“You can tell a lot about a society by those they push to the margins, and our community doesn’t leave much room for men…

— Nico Lang

“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

“The move to render the presence of lesbians and gay men invisible in the intricate fabric of Black existence and survival is a move…

— Audre Lorde

Everyone—whether straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender—should be allowed to show their true colors, and be accepted and loved for who they are.

— Cyndi Lauper

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

“Us LGBT folk are courageous. By coming out, we are saying that we’re ready to face any negative consequences that come our way. It’s…

— Lucy Sutcliffe

“Feministing writer Jos Truitt puts it, “trans women are disrespected and treated terribly when they don’t pass, but if they do pass they’re called…

— Anne Helen Petersen

We must do our part to make ourselves visible to the world. Let everyone see that being a queer parent of color is normal…

— Karamo Brown

There is still so much acceptance, representation and visibility needed for trans women of color and gender non-conforming people of color.

— Asia Kate Dillon

I hope that upon this scorched earth we have planted the seeds of ideas that will bear the fruit of more diverse and inclusive…

— Wilson Cruz

But it is true that some magazines have a policy to show only a certain amount of black girls on their covers. Naomi is…

— Claudia Schiffer