{"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":"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":"Those with unearned privileges often spin things as 'political correctness' to further silence those they wish to oppress.","author":"DaShanne Stokes","tags":["biased","biased-opinion","biases","gay-rights","hate","hatred","homophobia","homophobic","lgbt","lgbt","lgbt-rights","lgbtq","oppression","oppression","political-correct","political-correctness","political-spins","politically-correct","politically-correct-culture","politically-incorrect","power","privilege","privileges","propaganda","propaganda","racism","racism-and-culture","racism-in-america","racism","racism","racist","silence","silence","silencing","silencing-dissent","silencing-others","spin","spinning","unearned-blessings"],"id":12055,"author_id":"DaShanne+Stokes"},{"text":"Being equal does not mean being the same.","author":"Rebekah Elizabeth Gamble","tags":["culture","gender","identity","lgbtq","race","relationships"],"id":14465,"author_id":"Rebekah+Elizabeth+Gamble"},{"text":"Tolerance of intolerance enables oppression.","author":"DaShanne Stokes","tags":["bias","biases","civil-rights","civil-rights-movement","civil-rights","discriminating","discrimination","discrimination","human-rights","human-rights-violations","intolerance","intolerance","lgbt","lgbt-rights","lgbtq","lgbtqia","oppression","oppression","prejudice","prejudices","privilege","privileged","privileges","race","racism","racist","rights","tolerance","tolerance"],"id":16927,"author_id":"DaShanne+Stokes"},{"text":"So please, for the love of gender- go bloom. Or water someone else while they do.","author":"S. Bear Bergman","tags":["gender","lgbtq"],"id":18360,"author_id":"S.+Bear+Bergman"},{"text":"I was an utterance in absentia. I was a forgotten word, uttered and mislaid long ago. I was the word that existed because there was another word that was my opposite, and without it I was nothing. I gained meaning only by acknowledging that possible other.Nida.","author":"Faiqa Mansab","tags":["fiction","lgbtq","literary-fiction","tragedy"],"id":18607,"author_id":"Faiqa+Mansab"},{"text":"Most people think the closet is a small room. They think you can touch the walls, touch the door, turn the handle, and walk free. But when you're inside it, the closet is vast. No walls, no door, just empty darkness stretching the length of the world.","author":"S.J. Sindu","tags":["closeted","lgbt","lgbtq"],"id":20597,"author_id":"S.J.+Sindu"},{"text":"If you don't know for sure, then what's the big thing about trying stuff out?' Jamie said, looking not at me but looking out at that statue, just like Hennitz.I still didn't have any of the right words. 'It's more like maybe I do know and I'm still confused too, at the same time. Does that make sense? I mean, it's like how you noticed this thing about me tonight, you saw it, or you already knew it - it's there. But that doesn't mean it's not confusing or whatever.","author":"Emily M. Danforth","tags":["lesbian","lgbt","lgbtq"],"id":23278,"author_id":"Emily+M.+Danforth"},{"text":"There is nothing 'honorable' or 'reasonable' in giving a pass to those who want to discriminate.","author":"DaShanne Stokes","tags":["bias","biased","biases","bigot","bigotry","bigots","discriminating","discrimination","discrimination","gay-rights","honor","honor","honorable","lgbt","lgbt","lgbt-rights","lgbtq","prejudice","prejudices","race","race-relations","racism","racism-in-america","racism","racism","reason","reasonable"],"id":46960,"author_id":"DaShanne+Stokes"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":135,"pages":14,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}