Evan Kirby

17 Great Quotes For LGBTQ

Some of the best quotes in support of equal love, anti-homophobia, and the LGTBQ community.
Sade Andria Zabala
June 16, 2016
“Each one of us is in hundreds of boxes, like watercolors, splish-splashing elements of ourselves over into the others, and in my view, when colors bleed into each other, we get the most beautiful rainbows.”
— iO Tillett Wright, He / She / It / ... Me
Tagged: LGBT, Boxes, Labels, Being Yourself, Freedom
“You have to know what you stand for, not just what you stand against.”
— Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak
Tagged: Pride, Self-Worth, Stand For Something
“A society cannot CONSISTENTLY spew vitriol about gay people, legislate against them, then act like this shooting is an isolated incident.”
— Léonicka, via twitter.com
Tagged: Society, Anti-LGBT Legislation, Shootings
“Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.”
— Iain Thomas, Fur
Tagged: Pain, Love, Choosing Love, Compassion, strength, Hatred
“Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values.”
— Ellen Degeneres, Ellen DeGeneres I Stand For Honesty Equality Kindness Compassion
Tagged: Love, Compassion, LGBQT, Pride, kindness, Values
“He was free, free in every way, free to behave like a fool or a machine, free to accept, free to refuse, free to equivocate; to marry, to give up the game, to drag this death weight about with him for years to come. He could do what he liked, no one had the right to advise him, there would be for him no Good or Evil unless he thought them into being.”
— Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness
“HEAVEN LIKE, YOU CAN BE HOLY,
BUT ONLY IF YOU LOVE THE RIGHT WAY.”
— Schuyler Peck, Paradise
Tagged: LGBTQ, Religion, Love, Homophobia, Poetry, Spilled Ink
“American media and politicians love pinning the blame on the whole muslim population so that they do not have to feel like part of the problem and because this, once again, is apparently a matter of religion so that they don't have to reexamine their own views on gun control or homophobia.”
— Anonymous, via Tumblr
Tagged: LGBTQ, Homophobia, Gun Control, America
“Love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love and love cannot be killed or swept aside.”
— Lin-Manuel Miranda, 2016 Tony Awards
Tagged: Love, LGBTQ, Homophobia, Analepsis
“Gay bars are therapy for people who can’t afford therapy; temples for people who lost their religion, or whose religion lost them; vacations for people who can’t go on vacation; homes for folk without families; sanctuaries against aggression.”
— Richard Kim, Please Don’t Stop the Music
Tagged: LGBTQ, Homophobia, Acceptance
“When I asked [my dad why the sky was blue] he said it was because God’s a boy. If God were a girl, the sky would be pink.
‘What about sunrise and sunset?’ I’d asked.
Dad had looked dumbfounded. 'You kids. You think too much.’
It frightened me how shallow the gene pool was that Liam and I were wading in.”
— Julie Anne Peters, Luna
Tagged: LGBTQ, Gender Norms, Equality
“When I say ‘women,’ I just mean ‘not men,’’ I have heard people protest when these issues are brought up — and I get that. It’s easier. It’s simple: 'women’ equals 'not men.’ But for many of us, neither are applicable terms. And when groups refuse to acknowledge or engage in conversations about marginalization, the setting can start to feel like a bar where non-binary people are allowed to come inside so long as we don’t drink, dance, or socialize. We aren’t to question the environment —  in fact, it’s as if we’re supposed to feel grateful we were even allowed in the door.”
— Sam Escobar, On Being Non-Binary in Female-Centric Spaces — Femsplain
Tagged: Equality, Non-Binary, Gender Norms
“we are not a people
born of sin and
belligerent scripture...

...am I not
human?

is this not flesh
I feel?”
— onniki pooka, Pulse
Tagged: LGBTQ, Orlando, Equality, Homophobia
“And so, what are we left with, besides the awareness that even in our refuges we are not safe?”
— Saeed Jones, There Is No Such Thing As A "Safe" City For Queer People
Tagged: LGBTQ, Equality, Homophobia
“In the face of hate and violence, we will love one another. We will not give in to fear.”
— Barack Obama, via twitter.com
Tagged: Hate, Violence, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Peace, LGBTQ
“My gender is a murmuration of starlings.
My sexuality is a chainsaw made of lavender.”
— Casey Rocheteau, The Dozen by Casey Rocheteau
Tagged: Gender Labels, LGBTQ, Gender Norms, Equality
“So I encourage everyone to do more than seek out a label - seek out yourself”
— Equality Speaks, Labels - Sexuality & Gender
Tagged: Gender Labels, Gender Norms, LGBTQ, Identity