You know, when people who were once religious no longer believe in God, they never really change; they just go on, hunting for the ecstatic food, trying to satisfy that hunger.

English. That was where I met him.

i have been told many times by family, friends, colleagues and strangers that I, a black African Muslim lesbian, am not included in this vision; that my dreams are a reflection of my upbringing in...

Privilege is not knowing that you’re hurting others and not listening when they tell you.

Only in hindsight can we see the moments where our lives skewed off-course, where we traveled down the wrong path, where the worst lies we told were the ones we told ourselves.

Trauma or no, I would have been trans no matter what body I’d been born with. Tell the doctors that we exist for the health of humanity, which needs to find wholeness and belief in...

If I was gay, I wouldn’t need an asterisk beside my name. I could stop worrying if the girl I like will bounce when she finds out I also like dick. I could have a...

That lovely face sets off a fire inside me that isn’t ever supposed to burn.

One, the check is in the mail. Two, I will not come in your mouth. And three, all Puerto Ricans have big cocks,” he said.

The beauty of standing up for your rights is others will see you standing and stand up as well.

[‘non-white’ gay men] are run over at the intersection of racism and homophobia

Anything.

Father Brendan Flynn: “A woman was gossiping with her friend about a man whom they hardly knew – I know none of you have ever done this. That night, she had a dream: a great...

Being lesbian isn’t a way of life, it’s a trivial attribute that doesn’t change your character.

From the standpoint of integrity, I think we all need to own up to our dirty little secrets. I believe that when we are open about our own strange desires or unusual lives, it paves...

Does it go away?” she asks. “Missing each other?” I think about how much I missed Maman. I still do, though it isn´t as acute as it once was. “A little bit,” I whisper.”Enough so...

I wrote too many poems in a language I did not yet know how to speak.

I can’t help its being gay. I have been a full-time fag for the past five years, I realized the other day. Everyone I know is gay, everything I do is gay, all my fantasies...

I am an unspeakable of the Oscar Wilde sort.

D’improvviso, il mondo attorno a loro tornò ad avere un colore e un profumo ed entrambi si sentirono di nuovo vivi, poiché, in fin dei conti, poco importava chi fossero singolarmente: contava solo che insieme...

I mostly believe, deep in my bones, that life is very simply beyond description; regardless of what one makes of it, life always spills over the parameters of how anyone has chosen to define it.

They’ll never know we were here.

I didn’t set out to do a gay comic, but given the current political and religious climate in this country, I feel it is important as a gay person, and a Christian, to create stories...

He hesitates, then says, “You don’t think Otter… gets offended by what I say?” He begins to speak faster. “I mean, I don’t care who Otter sleeps with. I don’t care that he’s a fa-...

They were bound together by a common love of a certain kind of music, physical beauty, and style—all the things one shouldn’t throw away an ounce of energy pursuing, and sometimes throw away a life...

I seek a woman, the woman of my desires. Who won’t be scared by loyalty and truth, nor turn away from the darkness of a soiled past. – Decades

gay summer capital” he should feel unwanted, excluded.

What does religious freedom mean if we would use it as a cover for hate and privilege?

Hell, yes,” Dev says, sitting up now. “Don’t get me wrong – we’re totally going to make the beast with two backs tonight. But if we do it right, it’s going to feel like holding...

I know what I am. I know that I’ve chosen to identify as a transgender woman, and that I am – by and large – happy with where I am in this world. I’m far...

It’s what he needs, and whether he ever admits it to us or not, it’s what he loves” – Theoden (From Commanded:House of Theoden)

Do not hope to understand the source of my understanding.

The more beautiful the sky, the more hopeless the neighborhood.

My body is a political battlefield.It is a place of war, of death and suffering, of triumph and victory, of damage and repair, of blood and tears and sweat.It is a place where memories go...

the Bible is only as good and decent as the person reading it.

Because it’s not your fault I’m straight. And it’s not your fault you’re attracted to me. If I can’t give you everything you want I can at least give you a birthday to remember, right?”...

She was sad and lost and alone in the dark,” Cecil said. “She needed somebody to hold her.””And you think she’s going to get tired of that?””You did,” Cecil said. “You shut me right out.””It...

With ignorance comes fear- from fear comes bigotry. Education is the key to acceptance.

You’re sadly fucked up. And really homo, too.”Jared scowled. “Bisexual, fuck you very much, and unless I yank your dong it’s none of your business anyway.

Then came the most exquisite moment of her whole life passing a stone urn with flowers in it. Sally stopped; picked a flower; kissed her on the lips. The whole world might have turned upside...

It’s difficult to make the argument that one female fist inserted into one male ass–or, for that matter, dozens or even hundreds of fists inserted into as many asses–can really make a difference for, say,...

Homosexuality is like a boarding school in which there are no vacations.

It comes to this then: there always have been people like me and always will be, and generally they have been persecuted.

The thing is we never needed anyone’s consent to get married. What is happening is that the established powers are starting realize how much of jack asses they have looked like for not acknowledging our...

Sometimes life takes unexpected turns. Sometimes we hide the very core of our existence because we fear the judgment of others. Sometimes the universe shifts and we are provided with a brief moment to begin...

We do not choose the one we fall in love with, and our perception of happiness is our own and is determined by what we experience…

There’s a Greek legend—no, it’s in something Plato wrote—about how true lovers are really two halves of the same person. It says that people wander around searching for their other half, and when they find...

Perhaps once one realised how deeply one could bond with a creature as foreign as a dragon, all forms of human love seemed more acceptable.

For the fact was drugs were not necessary to most of us, because the music, youth, sweaty bodies were enough. And if it was too hot, too humid to sleep the next day, and we...

But my point is, homosexual is genetic. ‘Gay’ is a choice. ‘Gay’ is the admitting to yourself that you are not only homosexual, but you embrace it. You find joy in it. You’re thankful for...