LGBTQIA+ Equal Rights
& Anti-Bigotry Stance

“Hope will never be silent.”
– Harvey Milk

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr

“Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood.”
– Coretta Scott King

“The hostile attitude of conquering nature ignores the basic interdependence of all things and events—that the world beyond the skin is actually an extension of our own bodies—and will end in destroying the very environment from which we emerge and upon which our whole life depends.”
– Alan Watts

“I raise up my voice—not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard.”
– Malala Yousafzai

“Transgender people are some of the bravest people on earth. Because they’re dealing with the fact of living in a world where they’re not supposed to exist. I hope they know that even if we have a long way to go, they have already changed the world.”
– Laverne Cox

“Mental health is something that we all need to talk about, and we need to take the stigma away from it. So let’s raise the awareness. Let’s let everybody know it’s OK to have a mental illness and addiction problem. It’s okay to love yourself enough to take care of your mind, body, and soul.”
– Demi Lovato

“Homophobia is a social disease.”
– Ty Cobb

“Racism is not merely a simplistic hatred. It is, more often, broad sympathy toward some and broader skepticism toward others.”
– Ta-Nehisi Coates

“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.”
– Audre Lorde

“I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.”
– Angela Davis

“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.”
– George Takei

“Feminism isn’t about making women stronger. Women are already strong. It’s about changing the way the world perceives that strength.”
– G.D. Anderson

“I hate the word homophobia. It’s not a phobia. You’re not scared. You’re an asshole.”
– Morgan Freeman

“Disability is not a brave struggle or ‘courage in the face of adversity.’ Disability is an art. It’s an ingenious way to live.”
– Neil Marcus

“We should conceptualize gender as a spectrum rather than a binary. Non-binary people have always existed, but we haven’t always had the vocabulary to talk about it.” 
– Jacob Tobia

“It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.”
– Maya Angelou

“The power of the people is much stronger than the people in power.”
– Wael Ghonim

“Feminism is not a dirty word. It does not mean you hate men, it does not mean you hate girls that have nice legs and a tan, and it does not mean you are a bitch or a dyke. It means you believe in equality.”
– Kate Nash

“We seldom realize, for example, that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society.”
– Alan Watts