#lgbt

We, gays, can get married in Canada. We let heterosexuals too, but that was a huge thing, we had to have a referendum and a vote, it’s crazy! But then we were like, if they want to get married.. that’s cool. That’s gonna destroy their relationships, but.. Heterosexuals deserve the same rights as homosexuals. ↗

— Tegan Quin

#equality #gay-marriage #gay-rights #lgbt #sara-quin

The beauty of standing up for your rights is others will see you standing and stand up as well. ↗

— Cassandra Duffy

#inspirational #lesbian #lgbt #beauty

I felt old. Again. It had been happening a lot lately. I did not live the life of an old lady, but I could hear it beckoning to me, like a mermaid on a rock." — Michelle Tea, "Paris: A Lie" from the anthology Pills, Thrills, Chills and Heartache ↗

— Clint Catalyst and MIchelle Tea

#anthology #clint-catalyst #editors #experimental #first-person-narrative

Well, as I was saying, it costs a lot to be authentic, madam. And one can't be stingy with these things, because you are more authentic the more you resemble what you've dreamed you are. - Agrado from "Todo Sobre Mi Madre ↗

— Pedro Almodóvar

#film #lgbt #lgbtqia #spanish #transgender

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 moon will still not be made of cheese, and I will still not be attracted to men. ↗

— Cristina Marrero

#lesbian #lgbtq #philosophy #truth #equality

Me being in love with a girl and wanting her to be with me, doing what I need to do to make her stay with me; it affects no one, yet it’s terrifying to people and they think you’re a monster. ↗

— Sara Quin

#equality #gay-marriage #lgbt #love #relationships

In my family nudity just doesn’t exist; I’m pretty sure my parents were both born fully clothed and still shower that way. ↗

— Huston Piner

#lgbt #romance #ya #young-adult #family

It's astonishing the amount of time that certain straight people devote to gay sex - trying to determine what goes where and how often. They can't imagine any system outside their own, and seem obsessed with the idea of roles, both in bed and out of it. Who calls whom a bitch? Who cries harder when the cat dies? Which one spends the most time in the bathroom? I guess they think that it's that cut-and-dried, though of course it's not. Hugh might do the cooking, and actually wear an apron while he's at it, but he also chops the firewood, repairs the hot-water heater, and could tear off my arm with no more effort than it takes to uproot a dandelion. ↗

— David Sedaris

#lgbt #humor

You had to be willing to fight in order for a love story to last a life time. ↗

— Cristina Marrero

#cristy-anne #lesbian #lgbtq #love #queer-youth

It comes to this then: there always have been people like me and always will be, and generally they have been persecuted. ↗

— E.M. Forster

#life #persecution #life