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Quotes About Visibility

Quien se oculta tiene siempre más prestigio que quien se muestra abiertamente.
~ Antonio Munoz Molina
Pequeño es aquel que para mostrarse, esconde.
~ Antonio Porchia
In full light we are not even a shadow.
~ Antonio Porchia
Jeg er jeg. En viktig person. Den viktigste i hele verden. Men jeg kan ikke være/kan ikke bli jeg uten andre. I så fall er jeg/blir jeg ingenting – usynlig – og det vil jeg ikke være. I forhold til deg – den viktigste personen i hele verden. Kyss meg!
~ Arild Nyquist
I truly felt like I was a Division I quarterback, and I'd felt that way for a long time. I just wanted other people to see it.
~ Josh Allen
I just want to be a shining leader for the LGBTQIA-plus community. Drag queens have always been the leaders of the community.
~ Aquaria
Not only does the title 'We're Here' highlight the fact that me, Shangela, and Eureka are here, but we as a queer community, we were already here. We were already existing in your space before these drag queens showed up with a big purse bus.
~ Bob the Drag Queen
I think the earnestness of what we're saying and what other bands like us are totally saying - or other queer bands - is 'We exist.'
~ Ben Hopkins
I take the time to show up for people in my field who are often not seen and heard in the same capacity as I am. Applauding other women and queer writers of color enables me to recognize and showcase the abundance of talent and work being created.
~ Janet Mock
My favorite job, and definitely the one that means the most to me, is 'Queer Eye.'
~ Karamo Brown
I won't do press anymore unless I can talk about the homophobia and let queer people know our ideas are mainstream.
~ Justin Tranter
Encourage your friend and family member who are queer parents of color to post their stories and share it with the world. It's time for us to be seen.
~ Karamo Brown
I grew up in a town of 30,000 people, and 'Queer Eye' was a beacon of light.
~ Jonathan Van Ness
My brownness is something that I can't hide. There are some straight-acting or straight-passing queer people out there, but I'm not one of them. This is something I would rather not have to hide.
~ Nico Santos
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.
~ Jaboukie Young-White
As an actor, it was important to me to play gay characters because, growing up, it was something I never really saw done on television and in film, and I was questioning why there weren't more people like me.
~ Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman
Sometimes you move publicly, sometimes privately. Sometimes quietly, sometimes at the top of your voice.
~ James Baker
The work that needs to be done now is to diversify the picture of LGBTQ people so that people can see that we come from all races, different genders; we have trans people.
~ Wilson Cruz
In many cases, Rhode Island is just not on the radar of a lot of companies. But once companies or people take the time to look at our high quality of life, low cost of living, great talent, good business environment, often people see it's an excellent place, and they want to take a harder look.
~ Gina Raimondo
If you weren't on Chris Economaki's radar screen, you probably weren't on anybody's.
~ Mario Andretti
People think coming in under the radar is like being a fighter pilot and actually coming in under the radar. It's a completely ridiculous idea to come in under the radar. It's the Olympics; everyone is on the radar here.
~ Bode Miller
If you haven't done shows that are on everyone's radar, then you're something out of nowhere.
~ Sterling K. Brown
When you play quarterback in San Francisco, not much goes under the radar.
~ Steve Young
I play my best stuff when I am a little under the radar.
~ Judd Trump