Simply the act of coming out to friends and family is enormous. There are many other LGBT leaders in the community that also deserve recognition. These quotes from LGBT leaders address many aspects of the LGBT experience: from the strength needed to survive in a hostile world to the power of community. The fight for positive change and equality is far from over. “When you become the image of your own imagination, it’s the most powerful thing you could ever do.” LGBT Leaders: Forces of Change
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Rupaul – Drag queen, Actor, Songwriter, and TV Personality So, when I fight for my freedom I must fight against both oppressions… All those who believe in a democratic South Africa must fight against all oppression, all intolerance, all injustice.” 13. In South Africa, I am oppressed because I am a black man and I am oppressed because I am a gay man. I cannot separate the two parts of me into secondary or primary struggles. Everything bad that’s ever happened to me has taught me compassion.” 12. ”I learned compassion from being discriminated against. “I believe that telling our stories, first to ourselves and then to one another and the world, is a revolutionary act.” 11. Janet Mock – Author, TV Host, Transgender Rights Activist That’s what happens when you’re finally honest about who you are you find others like you.” 10.
“I’m living by example by continuing on with my career and having a full, rich life, and I am incidentally gay.” 9. Portia DeRossi – Actor, Model, and Philanthropist But I don’t want you to beat me up and kill me. Kristen Beck – First Openly Transgender Former U.S. Survivors always have an obligation to those who will face the same challenges.” 7. “Every gay and lesbian person who has been lucky enough to survive the turmoil of growing up is a survivor. Bob Paris – Author, Bodybuilder, Former Mr. And maybe that’s the beauty of labels: that they force you to be with other people and see the difference.” 6. And yes, it brings together a bunch of people who are maybe shades different from one another. 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.
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