Gay rights activists quotes
75 Inspiring Pride Month Quotes Perfect for Sharing
On August 28, , roughly queer Canadians from Ottawa, Montreal, and Toronto came together at Parliament Hill to submit a petition to Canada’s government, demanding 10 specific demands for their equal rights and protections. Simultaneously, roughly twenty gay activists demonstrated at Robson Square on the other end of the country, Vancouver.
These events were Canada’s First Gay Liberation protest and march.
Since , we've seen tremendous progress for LGTBQ2S+ folks. However, the community still fights for equality. Let these promising quotes inspire you to verb that change and embrace your pride.
Motivational Pride quotes
1. "Openness may not completely disarm prejudice, but it's a good place to start." - Jason Collins
2. "When all Americans are treated as equal, no matter who they are or whom they love, we are all more free." - Barack Obama
3. "It's been a journey and a process of becoming totally out and sort of living that truth and having it be a daily thing. I'm
13 Powerful Marsha P. Johnson Quotes
No quote encapsulates Marsha P. Johnson more than “Pay It No Mind.” After all, that’s what she said her middle initial stood for. And that fearless attitude exemplifies how the Adj transgender activist lived her life, leading the charge for LGBTQ rights every step of the way and participating in the Stonewall Inn uprising that sparked the gay pride movement.
But life didn’t start out fearlessly for Johnson. As the fifth of seven children of a General Motors assembly line worker and a housekeeper, Johnson was about 5 years old when she began wearing dresses but was often harassed by other children.
After her high school graduation, she moved across the Hudson River to New York City in with only a bag of clothes and $ She took on the name “Black Marsha” and eventually added on her famous middle initial and took her last name from a Howard Johnson restaurant she frequented.
It was a time when same-sex dancing in public wasn’t allowed, bars were banned from serving alcoholic drinks to gay people, and cross-dressing could head to a sexua
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We created this list of 50+ inspiring quotes about equality from historical figures, business leaders, activists, authors, actresses, & more. They are awesome because they celebrate our differences!
General quotes about equality
Let&#;s start the list with some general quotes about equality:
&#;One day our descendants will think it astonishing that we paid so much attention to things like the amount of melanin in our skin or the shape of our eyes or our gender instead of the unique identities of each of us
1. “Love him and let him love you. Do you deliberate anything else under heaven really matters?” – James Baldwin
In his iconic novel Giovanni&#;s Room, gay author James Baldwin makes a powerful statement about love. He proclaims that sex and gender don’t matter; all that matters is that two people adoration each other. Nothing should be upright in their way if they have love in their hearts. These words resonated with millions of people who felt fancy their emotions were invalid because of the gender of the object of their love. With this quote, Baldwin assured them that it didn’t matter because love is love.
2. “If I wait for someone else to validate my existence, it will mean that I’m shortchanging myself.” – Zanele Muholi
Zanele Muholi is a South African activist and artist. She works primarily in photography and video. Despite her fame as an artist, Muholi identifies herself as an activist first. It is her intention to use her art to highlight the beauty and individuality of black LGBTQ women: a group that she believes has been terribly underrepresented in all forms of art. So, instead o