Quotes About Equality

When I was in elementary school, we weren't allowed to do sports other than cheerleading. By junior high, they let us play, but we had to come back after 6:30 p.m. to practice because there was only one gymnasium and the boys used it first.

Black jurors sit on juries every day and convict black people every day.

It is apparent, if you go back through our history, that the grand juries of the criminal justice system do not value black lives.

I've been an activist in the LGBT community for a long time. I think nothing's changed, I'm just a little bit more focused on the 'T' now than I was on the 'L' or the 'G.'

I'm not saying that I don't have skills. I'm saying I don't feel like I can use my skills to achieve self-esteem. I feel like it's cheating. I think that I should have self-esteem simply because I am a human being who deserves love and deserves everything just as much or just as little as everyone else.

Men should be able to see themselves in female characters and female strength, just as much as women are able to see themselves in male characters.

Honestly I believe that men can wear makeup, teach makeup, and vlog about it just as much as girls can, and I am fighting for that equality with my channel.

In our eyes, heroes, gods, masters do not exist. We love and respect every musician, whether from the past, the future, or... someone who doesn't yet exist... just as much as birdsong interests us.

I want to design women's clothes just as much as men's clothes.

Women are capable of accomplishing just as much as men are but aren't always given the same attention and opportunity.

Black lives matter just as much as White lives matter, just as much as Hispanic lives matter.

Don't be afraid. Don't be ashamed. Don't ever apologize for your sexuality. Just be you.

In the end, everyone just deserves the right to be their authentic selves, just be who they are.

I think a big part of feminism - and this is something I'm sure a bunch of women will take my head off for - but a big part of feminism is women allowing other women to just be the kind of women that they are.

'Diverse' shouldn't be an actionable thing - it should just be.

When I talk, it shouldn't just be black girls listening.

Everyone should just be exactly who they are.

There are so few roles out there. And even if it is a film that could be led by a black actress, how many times is that film going to get funded? Let's just be real. But it's not just black people. It's Asians, it's Hispanic people if you're not Salma Hayek. It's hard. It's hard to get films funded.

Sometimes females feel like they should act like men, but they should really just be themselves.

When they speak about 'We the people...,' we the people have to have a voice. It can't just be the establishment voice.

I read so many scripts, and it's not really exciting to just be the girlfriend.

I wish everyone could just be free.

There are gays and lesbians in every country, so there should be no discrimination against them just because of their destiny.

Just because you're of the same sex, what difference does it make? Get married to whomever you want.