Quotes About Advocacy

I think, in the future, people are going to look back and say, 'I can't believe that gay and lesbian people had to fight to be able to get married.'

I never go anywhere and encourage people to get married to someone of the same gender or to have abortions - the issue never comes up.

Let gay people get married.

Even when I was dating a man I always said I'd never get married until marriage equality was passed in Australia. It wouldn't feel right.

As a mom, I'm going to be out there still fighting to make sure that every beautiful child has good schools, same communities, and a chance to succeed because God has given everybody unique gifts.

Feminism is not about girl power. It is about equal power.

Give me your support, and I'll fight for you... I'll fight for you because I am you.

To sit back and say, 'Oh, we're going to let the government do whatever they want, right or wrong,' is giving up.

Body shaming is really bad and I'm glad that people have actually started coming forth and speaking about it.

I never want to see a woman's right to choose go away.

My equality rants have been out there so much that people must be getting sick of it, and frankly, so am I, but if a writer wants to do another story about it, then go for it, because the cause is a good one.

The Coogan Law had to come and it just happens that I was the goat for it.

Gay Africans must speak up and let everyone know they are there, they have always been there, and that they are not going away.

I started when I was three, and on some courses they wouldn't let me play because they said I was too little. They wouldn't accept that a child could play. So my parents had to argue at times with some people at golf courses so I could.

It bothers me so much that people have gone out of their way to make trans people feel less than.

I don't mind fighting as long as it's for a good cause.

I think I've done a good job of trying to figure out ways to continue to use my voice and platform for the right things.

If the gay community thinks you're doing a good job, you're in. I don't think anything gets done in this business without the gay community - at least not anything good.

Good man! Genuine gentleman! God bless George Thompson, the great-hearted friend of my race.

We want to give a voice to all the good people of the South.

Anytime we're talking about Thurgood Marshall, that's a good thing, I think, because it gives us an opportunity to go back, look at the history, and recognize what his contributions were.

I don't think it's a good thing to talk about women's issues being exactly the same as the issues of trans women because I don't think that's true.

When is not a good time to speak up for our vets and support them in any way that we can?

My work has never been about me, and I've never made a big deal about my race. I've actually tried hard to avoid ever making a big deal out of it and have, instead, simply tried to do good work that matters.