“Somehow, the only part of my Catholic upbringing that seems to have survived my youth is the feeling that divorce is wrong, preventable and my fault. So I’ve wondered: Should I have been gayer? Waited longer? Chosen not to date so I wouldn’t have to feel this pain? Married everyone I dated so this w…”— Cameron Esposito, nytimes.com
“Life is hard enough, and I want everyone to know that I love them, I want everyone to know that I’m having a nice time. This is my goal: When people leave a conversation with me, I want them to think, What a kind lovely person, I really felt connected to them, and DONE.”— E.R. Fightmaster, thecut.com
“Siwa doesn’t owe us a single thing, but as I approach my 30s, I’m deeply grateful to her anyway.”— Emma Specter, vogue.com
“Ellen crawled so Kirsten Stewart could walk, Elliot Page walked so millennials could run, and millennials ran so Gen Z could fly.”— Valerie Anne, autostraddle.com
“A hole busted through the Wall Of Internalized Homophobia in my brain. This rendezvous ended up being a revolution.”— Alison Hinman, thoughtcatalog.com
“Benito Skinner is so attuned to all that’s culturally relevant that Benny Drama is perpetually relatable.”— Mary Beth Barone, coveteur.com
“I have always been an extroverted introvert, a contradicting duality I often attribute to being a Gemini, which makes connecting with people difficult.”— Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya, autostraddle.com
“Then again, simply being in public can be a disaster when you’re queer. Having sex in a public place almost comes naturally when your body is hardly welcomed to begin with.”— Ana Valens, dailydot.com
“I loved that Santana was a queer woman of color, of course I did. But I loved that she was a bitch even more.”— Christina Tucker, teenvogue.com
“I love our community's sense of humor! Walking fast, iced coffee, complaining about cishet people being 'Like That,' not sitting in chairs properly, ALL the puns, our insistence in claiming characters as our own.”— Lauren Yapalater, BuzzFeed Staff, buzzfeed.com
“The intense backlash apparently made Jameela feel the need to come out, which should never be the case. Each person should feel comfortable coming out on their own time, if they feel safe doing so.”— Brittney McNamara, teenvogue.com
“There’s power to be found in women behaving badly—and in women behaving rudely.”— Rachel Charlene Lewis, autostraddle.com
“In typical Capricorn sun, Leo rising fashion, I absolutely love to entertain, but it makes me anxious as all hell.”— Hannah Rimm, refinery29.com
“I was rude, I was vile, I was queer, I was myself.”— Russell T Davies, John Preston , Norman Scott, Ben Whishaw, imdb.com
“The way I feel about cis men now is the same way I feel about Triscuits. If I was starving on an airplane, I suppose I could eat some Triscuits, but do you have freshly baked bread? Is there butter?”— Lauren Duca, out.com
“Demi and Kristian's reunion was nothing short of ADORABLE and PURE and PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!”— Syd Robinson, buzzfeed.com
“It’s crucial to examine how we respond to Bi+ celebrities—and to understand how we harm our community when we shame Bi+ people.”— Elly Belle, bitchmedia.org
“Later I will meet a girl who I’ll want like I want Barbie. Oh, cute girls, pretty girls, girls who’ll tell me that I’m just what they want when we’re all alone. But oh, those same girls do a number on me when we’re around other people.”— Kristen Arnett, buzzfeednews.com