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Lgbt Quotes

If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door in the country.

Tape recording (November 18, 1977) to be played in the event of his assassination (the version of recording given to Frank Robinson) as quoted in Randy Shilts "The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk" (p. 372), 1982.

Marriage should be between a spouse and a spouse, not a gender and a gender.

"Obama and Gay Marriage: Runaway Bride?". www.newyorker.com. June 30, 2011.

It always seemed to me a bit pointless to disapprove of homosexuality. It's like disapproving of rain.

"UK Politics 'Your Family Matters Most'". The Sunday Times Interview, news.bbc.co.uk. November 15, 1998.

The Lord is my Shepherd and he knows I'm gay.

"Lord Is My Shepherd and He Knows I'm Gay". Book by Troy Perry, 1972.

Gender is the poetry each of us makes out of the language we are taught.

Leslie Feinberg (1998). “Trans liberation: beyond pink or blue”, Beacon Pr

It should never be a crime to be gay.

International Human Rights Day Address at Palais des Nations, delivered 6 December 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

Openness may not completely disarm prejudice, but it's a good place to start.

"Jason Collins’ Courage in Coming Out" by Abbe Land, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 1, 2013.

I am a strong, black lesbian woman. Every single time I say it, I feel so much better.

"Owning The Middle". Interview with Kate Fagan, www.espn.com. May 29, 2013.

When all Americans are treated as equal we are all more free.

Barack Obama's remarks on the Supreme Court Decision on Marriage Equality at the White House Rose Garden in Washington, D.C., obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. June 26, 2015.