{"quotes":[{"text":"Today's 'religious freedom' policies should not be seen as a problem limited to LGBT people but as a co-optation of religion that affects us all.","author":"DaShanne Stokes","tags":["bias","biased","biases","bigot","bigotry","bigots","co-optation","co-opting","discrimination","discrimination","first-amendment","first-amendment-defense-act","freedom-of-religion","gay-rights","government","government","homophobia","homophobic","lgbt","lgbt","lgbt-rights","lgbtq","lgbtqia","politics","politics-of-the-united-states","politics","prejudice","religion","religious-freedom"],"id":1033,"author_id":"DaShanne+Stokes"},{"text":"Today's 'religious freedom' policies should not be seen as a problem limited to LGBT people but as a co-optation of religion that affects us all.","author":"DaShanne Stokes","tags":["bias","biased","biases","bigot","bigotry","bigots","co-optation","co-opting","discrimination","discrimination","first-amendment","first-amendment-defense-act","freedom-of-religion","gay-rights","government","government","homophobia","homophobic","lgbt","lgbt","lgbt-rights","lgbtq","lgbtqia","politics","politics-of-the-united-states","politics","prejudice","religion","religious-freedom"],"id":1033,"author_id":"DaShanne+Stokes"},{"text":"The Santa Ana Windgusts downdesert canyons.Hot. Dry. Electric.Some say it ignites tempers.I say it ignited us.","author":"Kristin Elizabeth Clark","tags":["freakboy","lgbt","lgbtq","love"],"id":1519,"author_id":"Kristin+Elizabeth+Clark"},{"text":"He closed the pages and stuffed them back into his jacket. Keeping his eyes cast downwards as he sipped his wine, he pulled out and lit a cigarette – almost a post-coital gesture. From The Willow Lake Group by Kelly Proudfoot.","author":"Kelly Proudfoot","tags":["food","friendships","lgbt","literature-about-literature","pagan","quotes","romance","wicca"],"id":2629,"author_id":"Kelly+Proudfoot"},{"text":"We're all rejected people, we know what it is to be refused, we know what it is to be oppressed, depressed, and then, accused, and I am very much cognizant of that feeling. Nothing in the world is more painful than rejection. I am a rejected, oppressed person, and so I understand them, as best as I can, even though I am a ❗☒.","author":"Eartha Kitt","tags":["lgbt"],"id":5293,"author_id":"Eartha+Kitt"},{"text":"I don’t want anyone to hold back who they are. It’s not okay… it’s not a good thing.","author":"Connor Franta","tags":["coming-out","inspirational","lgbt","lgbtqia","team-internet","youtube"],"id":6092,"author_id":"Connor+Franta"},{"text":"I wrote too many poems in a language I did not yet know how to speak.","author":"Andrea Gibson","tags":["andrea-gibson","heartbreak","lesbian","lgbt","love","maybe-i-need-you","spoken-word"],"id":7756,"author_id":"Andrea+Gibson"},{"text":"Hollywood is too busy trying to make old formulas hit the jackpot again to see the future. Hollywood is yesterday, forever catching up with what's happening today. This will change only when it becomes financially profitable, and reality will never be profitable until society overcomes its fear and hatred of difference and begins to see that we're all in this together.","author":"Vito Russo","tags":["hollywood","lgbt","movies","unity"],"id":7888,"author_id":"Vito+Russo"},{"text":"Don’t answer the door without a shirt! Now, go get dressed before you catch a cold,” I scolded.“Why? He was kinda cute. Do you think he would’ve went for it if I said I didn’t have any money?” Wesley asked.“You’re mine and I wouldn’t let you prostitute yourself for pizza. Now go put on a shirt,” I said, pulling two slices onto a plate.","author":"J.M. Colail","tags":["funny","gay-romance","humor","jealousy","lgbt","relationship"],"id":8329,"author_id":"J.M.+Colail"},{"text":"It's stillness and pressure and rhythm and breathing.","author":"Becky Albertalli","tags":["first-kiss","lgbt","love","simon-spier","teen"],"id":9560,"author_id":"Becky+Albertalli"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":453,"pages":46,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}