What are you talking about?’ All identity labels are umbrella terms to some degree, but this term bisexual is not only serviceable but it is sufficient. And I had to say, ‘Charles, snap out of that. I was so special – I was so different from everybody else I was meeting. I wanted something that was so singular, a label that was so singular for me. ”Part of what my discomfort was, in the beginning, is that I wanted something that didn’t exist. Blow – Journalist, Columnist, and Commentator “Please remember, especially in these times of group-think and the right-on chorus, that no person is your friend (or kin) who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow and be perceived as fully blossomed as you were intended.” 5.
Alice Walker – Novelist, Essayist, and Activist We are the class that does the work of the world, and can revolutionize it. Genuine bonds of solidarity can be forged between people who respect each other’s differences and are willing to fight their enemy together. We are pitted against each other in order to keep up from seeing each other as allies. “Like racism and all forms of prejudice, bigotry against transgender people is a deadly carcinogen.
Leslie Feinberg – Author and Transgender Activist We make that day by doing things publicly until it’s simply the way things are.” 3. “There will not be a magic day when we wake up and it’s now okay to express ourselves publicly. ”We should indeed keep calm in the face of difference, and live our lives in a state of inclusion and wonder at the diversity of humanity.” 2. George Takei – Actor, Director, and Activist Read on for the 13 inspiring quotes from LGBT leaders. While the world is becoming a more inclusive place, there’s still a long way to go for complete freedom from discrimination.įrom sports players and politicians, to poets and playwrights, these activists continue to push for equality and understanding. Scores of people in the LGBT community and their advocates fought back at a police raid of the Stonewall Inn.īack then, the Stonewall Inn was one of the rare establishments that accepted marginalized people of the LGBT community. It’s only been 50 years since the Stonewall Riots, which is considered one of the most important events leading to the gay liberation movement.