Quotes About Advocacy

Do I support the idea of gay marriage? No, I don't.

I don't discriminate against any fans. Fans are fans, and gay men are great. I support gay marriage and the whole bit. I think everybody should be able to be with who they want to be with.

I'm not a gay rights activist.

I was still closeted, but from the day I decided to run for office, knowing that I was gay, I decided that I would, of course, still be closeted but that I would work very hard for gay rights. It would be totally dishonorable, being gay, not to do that. So I had that as kind of a secondary agenda.

As I got more into gay rights, I got more into equal pay, and you just see that it's all connected. You can't really speak out on one thing and not another without it not being the full picture.

Darling, I want my gay rights now.

I'm for all kinds of gay rights. I'm almost like a gay man myself.

I filed the first gay rights bill in Massachusetts history in 1972 in the legislature, one of the first in the country.

Civil rights and women's rights and gay rights all take time in this country.

Lesbians and gays... they still have to fight, even inside. It's not that simple, even if they seem to be accepted.

I think that in many ways, gays are behind women and behind blacks, as far as rights go. But I always say, if you know one of us, it's hard to hate us.

The power I exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments, not on my gender.

I mean, I absolutely call myself a feminist. And by that, I mean a woman who believes that your opportunities should not be constrained by your gender, that women should be entitled to the same opportunities as men.

I feel like a feminist is gender equality.

What the government and we in society need to do is to address the issue of gender justice.

I had a really honest conversation with my husband about equal pay because we met on a movie where he was paid more than me just because of gender.

We must make sure #MeToo breaks the race, class, gender, and faith lines that make it so hard for marginalized people to be heard.

Let's have a People's Vote to safeguard gender equality and continue the drive towards a fairer world for us all.

I want the men of our nation to stand and take a stand against gender based violence.

Anita Bryant is an important figure in gay history because she enraged a generation of people who got active.

I've had the experience of going through homophobia in my work, and I can share my experiences so future generations don't have to deal with what I've dealt with.

Gul Makai' is a story of a brave heart and a gentle advocate of peace who fought for her right to go to school and became a global teacher.

I'm George Takei, and I'm straight... up asking you to vote.

I don't have to get married myself in order to campaign on behalf of gay marriage.