Tolerance of intolerance enables oppression.
Privilege is when you can afford to sit back and watch as others' rights are trampled upon.
If you think being straight means you're being discriminated against, you're probably misreading your privilege.
People who concern themselves with the rights of other adults who engage in consensual acts involving sex, love, and/or eating croissants together are damaged and in pain.
Persecution complexes are reaffirming to those who benefit from unearned privileges.
Saying it's hard being straight is like complaining to the poor that it's difficult being wealthy.
The eye of youth is very observant. Youth has its moments of keen intuition, even normal youth -- but the intuition of those who stand mi-way between the sexes is so ruthless, so poignant, so deadly,...
Reducing a group to a slur or stereotype reduces us all.
Discrimination is discrimination, even when people claim it's 'tradition.
Bigots often like to say they're the ones being hurt as they oppress and hurt others. Never fall for the 'pity the privileged' routine.
I am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual men and women marrying another are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, all...
Prejudice is learned. What will you teach others through your actions and words?
Privilege doesn't just insulate people from the consequences of their prejudice, it cuts them off from their humanity.
Once he asked me what I thought had turned me gay.I hope you told him you were bitten by a gay spider, said Simon.
A conversation in which the two parties have different beliefs should never begin with the intention of converting the other party to your own beliefs. Every worthwhile conversation's goal should be t...
The truth is, the notion that gay marriage is harmful to marriage, is sort of mind-boggling, because these are people trying to get married. But it seems to me, if you want to defend marriage against...
Are you bisexual""Labels were invented for people like you who can't grasp a reality outside of a defined gender role. I like what i like.
When we are surrounded by such diversity - in nature, in culture, in human spirit - how can we stand not to acknowledge it?
Sure, I could tell you I am no longer a lesbian or that I am no longer attracted to women and am straight, or I could even tell you the moon is made of cheese. I could tell you many things, but the mo...
I can't read him. I can't grasp him. I have no idea what he's thinking and if he's messing with me or if he really is this good, but never before have I wanted so fiercely to learn forward and put my...