#lesbians

I think what you're seeing is a profound recognition on the part of the American people that gays and lesbians and transgender persons are our brothers, our sisters, our children, our cousins, our friends, our co-workers, and that they've got to be treated like every other American. And I think that principle will win out. ↗

— Barack Obama

#american people #brothers #children #co-workers #cousins

I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying. ↗

— Barack Obama

#also #amend #any #ban #constitution

What I believe is that marriage is between a man and a woman, but what I also believe is that we have an obligation to make sure that gays and lesbians have the rights of citizenship that afford them visitations to hospitals, that allow them to be, to transfer property between partners, to make certain that they're not discriminated on the job. ↗

— Barack Obama

#allow #also #believe #between #certain

God did not create gays and lesbians so He could have something to hate! ↗

— Troy Perry

#create #did #gays #god #hate

If you had told me 28 years ago that the largest organization in the world touching the lives of gays and lesbians would be a church, I would not have believed you. ↗

— Troy Perry

#believed #church #gays #had #i

We cannot keep turning our backs on gay and lesbian Americans. I have fought too hard and too long against discrimination based on race and color not to stand up against discrimination based on sexual orientation. ↗

— John Lewis

#equal-rights #gays #lesbians #racial-discrimination #sexual-orientation

I hope that I can get people to read it without having to change it. Especially now that the strip has more different kinds of characters. It's really not all lesbians any more. ↗

— Alison Bechdel

#change #characters #different #different kinds #especially

It's very hard for a woman in comedy. It's hard for women to be bold and not care what anyone, particularly men, think. Maybe that is why so many women comics are lesbians. ↗

— Margaret Cho

#bold #care #comedy #comics #hard

Even if there are a lot women in films, there are few who are lesbians, that people know about. ↗

— Catherine Deneuve

#even #few #films #know #lesbians

There is so much work to be done to treat gays and lesbians and gay and lesbian couples with the respect that they're entitled to. They deserve, in my judgment, partnership benefits. They deserve to be treated fairly when it comes to adoption and immigration. ↗

— John Edwards

#benefits #comes #couples #deserve #done