Quotes About Equality

There is no scriptural basis for segregation.

I want to be elected on my own ability. Only then do you have progress... People should not use race as a basis for labelling me.

I like women's basketball.

I would like to see more films being made with people of color behind the camera and in front of the camera, because the more times at bat we have, the better we get.

I got called a boy all the time. Going into the bathroom, I still get the shocked look, like, 'Are you supposed to be in here?' But I'm so used to it now, I'm just like, 'I'm a girl, I'm in the right bathroom.'

I used to work at Bloomingdale's when I was transitioning, and they didn't want me using the same bathroom as the female employees or what have you, so it was a struggle.

You have to have the same power to lead the life you want as a man does, and that means earning the same amount of money. We still have a battle on our hands with that.

We were alive during the 'Battle of the Sexes', but that story hadn't really been told.

I have to battle so many issues, and the biggest is racism.

We need to stop refighting 40-year old battles on women's rights.

All writers are battling and fighting as to how a woman should be characterised.

If I'd learned nothing else, it was this: If you want to be a great writer, be a man. If you can't be a man, write like one.

You can be a man who loves a woman but love someone the way a gay man loves another man or a woman loves a woman.

I've learnt I don't have to be a man and I don't have to be a woman, I can just be me.

I don't like to be different; I would like to be the same.

The kids say, 'Oh are we weird somehow?' and I say, 'It's OK to be different.'

It's OK to be different, and it's OK to not follow.

I am a father, and I know the feel of being a father. Why wouldn't I want my gay friends to also be happy parents?

I respect every gay man and woman. They're that way, and they just want to be happy.

I believe gay, straight, anybody, everybody's supposed to be happy in this world, man.

My mom was a little weepy. My dad was very logical about it. Once they realized you can't change, they wanted to know that you can be happy and be gay. Once they realized that, they were very cool about it.

Everybody has an equal right to be on this earth and to be happy on this earth and to achieve on this earth. That's kind of the way that I would like to try and go about living.

Everyone can be rude, and everyone can be kind.

Be nice to everyone you meet, including janitors, receptionists, and everyone.