La douleur d’Orphée (Orpheus’ Sorrow), 1876
by Pascal Adolphe Jean Dagnan-Bouveret
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“My morality and faith are choices.
My sexual orientation however isn't.”
~Anthony Venn-Brown
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“Whether it's men, women—it doesn't really matter. The human race is filled with passion and lust. And to coin terms like heterosexuality, homosexuality or even bisexuality makes no sense to me. You are human. You love who you love. You fuck who you fuck. That should be enough—no labels. No stigmas. Nothing. Just be to be. But life isn't that kind. People will always find things to hate.”
~Krista Ritchie
(Kiss the Sky)
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“When I was 13 years old, my beautiful mother and my father moved me from a conservative Mormon home in San Antonio, Texas, to California, and I heard the story of Harvey Milk. And it gave me hope. It gave me the hope to live my life; it gave me the hope that one day I could live my life openly as who I am and that maybe even I could fall in love and one day get married. Most of all, if Harvey had not been taken from us 30 years ago, I think he'd want me to say to all of the gay and lesbian kids out there tonight who have been told they are less than by their churches, or by the government, or by their families, that you are beautiful, wonderful creatures of value. And that no matter what everyone tells you, God does love you, and that very soon, I promise you, you will have equal rights federally across this great nation of ours.”
~Dustin Lance Black
Lance is an American screenwriter, director, film and television producer, and LGBT rights activist. He has won a Writers Guild of America Award and an Oscar for the 2008 film Milk. He is also husband to Tom Daley.