“The Lord is my Shepherd and He knows I’m gay.” - Troy Perry “When you put love out in the world it travels, and it can touch people and reach people in ways that we never even expected.” - Laverne Cox “To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.” - Oscar Wilde Survivors always have an obligation to those who will face the same challenges.” - Bob Paris “Every gay and lesbian person who has been lucky enough to survive the turmoil of growing up is a survivor. “I’m living by example by continuing on with my career and having a full, rich life, and I am incidentally gay.” - Portia de Rossi “Our society needs to recognize the unstoppable momentum toward unequivocal civil equality for every gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender citizen of this country.” - Zachary Quinto “We need, in every community, a group of angelic troublemakers.” - Bayard Rustin Related: 30 Pride Month Memes to Celebrate LGBTQIA+ Identity, Culture and Representation
“There are worst things in life than kissing boys.” - Benjamin Alire Sáenz “Love is never wrong.” - Melissa Etheridge We are ordinary people, living our lives, and trying as civil rights activist Dorothy Cotton said, to ‘fix what ain’t right’ in our society.” - Sen. We are no more-and no less-heroic than the suffragists and abolitionists of the 19th century and the labor organizers, Freedom Riders, Stonewall demonstrators, and environmentalists of the 20th century. “All of us who are openly gay are living and writing the history of our movement. Accept no one’s definition of your life define yourself.” - Harvey Fierstein Never allow yourself to be made a victim. The struggle is really won in the hearts and minds of the community, where it really counts.” - Barbara Gittings “What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart, oh, no, it’s curved like a road through mountains.” - Tennessee Williams Everything bad that’s ever happened to me has taught me compassion.” - Ellen DeGeneres “I learned compassion from being discriminated against. “The next time someone asks you why LGBT Pride marches exist or why Gay Pride Month is June tell them, ‘A bisexual woman named Brenda Howard thought it should be.’” - Brenda Howard “If you help elect more gay people, that gives a green light to all who feel disenfranchised a green light to move forward.” - Harvey Milk