Quotes About Community

Just in my experience as a drag queen, I've been able to connect with queer people around the world - and to see them connecting with each other over a shared love of drag!

We still live in a country where there's disproportionate violence faced by our community, especially trans people and trans people of color. I think activism within the queer community continues to need to focus on those issues first.

All my friends were doing just dumb stuff that kids do, like making out with people at parties and starting to date... I didn't know any gay people growing up or any queer people growing up, and so I just really felt alone and kind of lost, and I just wasn't experiencing life.

To see queer people keeping each other down makes me so sad because I've been around for a long time - I've seen the people who came before us fight for what we have right now, and they did not fight like that for us to go backwards.

It's really great to see the queer landscape really change to include everybody and make the rest of the world understand that we're not just one or two things. There's so much about the queer community that needs to be represented.

I was just a queer theater kid from New York City.

I think as queer people, we were very used to accommodating.

If queer people are nothing, we are strong.

Honestly, drag queens are embedded within every part of queer culture.

You can celebrate pride, by lifting up what Black queer people have given us.

I'm still figuring it all out, and I think everyone is. And that's kind of the point is that there's no fixed identity, especially for like people in the queer community. It's going to be an ongoing journey, but yeah, I hope that sharing it helps people.

After the 'Fallon' set, I had a lot of queer people message me about how much it meant to see a queer perspective on late night TV.

Normally when you go to a queer space the people often look like you, they are the same age as you and so on, but at Mardi Gras and at queer events in general, everybody is different, everybody comes together. And that is what I love about Pride and Mardi Gras and those sort of events.

Since we get so much love and support from the queer community around the world, we really wanted to connect with U.S. audiences too and put on amazing shows wherever we can!

I identify as a gay man all the time, but I also like to identify as queer.

That's what Pride really is: A chance for people who are extremely queer to feel, once-a-year, extremely normal.

I think it's what art should do: make you feel less alone - either in the quest for truth or in dealing with any pain you have.

My nucleus of friends or something protects me from the machinery that is Hollywood. I don't think I'm on the same quest that a lot of people are. I guess that could be a limitation.

I would love to approach, like, what are the lives of the people that actually play 'Mythic Quest,' because you have these devs that are affecting their lives.

There are many positive things to say about the black community. No question about it.

I don't want to run for governor, but I don't think anyone should put public service out of the question because that's not what a good citizen does.

We are asking the question: What makes the most sense for public-private partnerships for affordable housing.

In my neighborhood if you had a nice car, you know what they said about it? You didn't pay for it. If you wore your clothes a certain way, they questioned your sexuality. If you was smart in school they called you a nerd. If you had a disability, they highlighted it. There's no praise. There's only criticism.

I grew up outside of Seattle and have lived here my whole life, and I think that there is a culture of questioning and guilt. Almost an 'anti-ambition.'