172 Quotes About Homophobia

Your working assumption, when you meet a homophobe, should be that they are gay.

Battle Hymn of The Public (The Humanist Sonnet)Mine eyes have seen the glory,Of the rising of the Gods.We are fighting all the worry,Trampling authority of the frauds.We are awakening ourselves,Breaking the spell of tradition.Finally we are breathing free,Devoid of all segregation.We still have our prejudices,But we no longer bow to them.Biases may still prevail in us,No more do we submit to them.God ain't up there but here in you and me.Awake, Arise O Mighty Gods to die for the unfree.

Black doesn't mean dangerous, white doesn't mean trash, brown doesn't mean smuggler, muslim doesn't mean terrorist, woman doesn't mean weak, and lgbt doesn't mean sick. These are the fundamentals that we must realize if we are to build a just and humane society.

Black lives matter is not a black people's movement - metoo is not a women's movement - pride is not a gay people's movement - it's all humanity's movement - a movement for being accepted as humans by the humans.

Fuck you, CB! I’d rather you say “we beat the shit out of you because we can’t stand you” than to say you’re just “messing” with me! That implies light teasing or slight opprobrious behavior. I haven’t had lunch in the cafeteria in two and half years for fear of going home with some part of it smeared across my shirt! I haven’t been in a bathroom on campus since the time my head got slammed into the wall. I believe you were there.

If two people could make each other smile and laugh and forget all the pain and darkness in the world for a moment, why should we feel ashamed of it?

The roots of sexism and homophobia are found in the same economic and political institutions that serve as the foundation of racism in this country and, more often than not, the same extremist circles that inflict violence on people of color are responsible for the eruptions of violence inspired by sexist and homophobic biases. Our political activism must clearly manifest our understanding of these connections.

There is nothing sane, merciful, heroic, devout, redemptive, wise, holy, loving, peaceful, joyous, righteous, gracious, remotely spiritual, or worthy of praise where mass murder is concerned. We have been in this world long enough to know that by now and to understand that nonviolent conflict resolution informed by mutual compassion is the far better option.

At Chadham High, the safest place to be gay was in the closet.