{"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":"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":"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":"Baseball was a safe bet. Baseball also didn't have a girlfriend. Then again, baseball didn't have big brown eyes or show a little hint of cleavage under its uniforms. Decisions, decisions.","author":"Rachel Spangler","tags":["baseball","brown-eyes","cleavage","crush","decisions","duke","heart-of-the-game","lesbian-romance","lgbtqia","rachel-spangler","romance"],"id":56536,"author_id":"Rachel+Spangler"},{"text":"Building bridges takes us further than building walls.","author":"DaShanne Stokes","tags":["bias","biased","biases","bigot","bigoted","bigotry","building-bridges","building-bridges-not-walls","building-bridges","discriminating","discrimination","discrimination","gay-rights","hate","hatred","immigration","lgbt","lgbt","lgbt-rights","lgbtq","lgbtqia","prejudice","prejudiced","prejudices","race","race-and-racism-in-america","race-relations","racism","racism-in-america","racism","racism","religion","religion-and-philosophy","religion-spirituality","religious-tolerance","tolerance","tolerance"],"id":61272,"author_id":"DaShanne+Stokes"},{"text":"I've always been fascinated by weather.","author":"Shepard Smith","tags":["insight","journalism","lgbtqia","truth"],"id":71790,"author_id":"Shepard+Smith"},{"text":"Reducing a group to a slur or stereotype reduces us all.","author":"DaShanne Stokes","tags":["bias","biases","civil-rights","civil-rights","discriminating","discrimination","discrimination","ethnic-team-names","gay-rights","hate","homophobia","human-rights","lgbt","lgbt-rights","lgbtq","lgbtqia","mascot","mascots","native-american-stereotypes","native-american-team-names","prejudice","prejudices","race","racism","racist","rights","slur","slurs","stereotype","stereotypes"],"id":93218,"author_id":"DaShanne+Stokes"},{"text":"I can always recognize the fellow wounded.","author":"Suzette Mayr","tags":["community","healing","lgbtq","lgbtqia","recovery","support"],"id":99440,"author_id":"Suzette+Mayr"},{"text":"High school is such an incestuous little pool.","author":"Christina Lauren","tags":["lgbtq","lgbtqia","teen","ya","young-adult"],"id":103783,"author_id":"Christina+Lauren"},{"text":"I was so used to pretending to be something I wasn't, it shocked me to be seen for what I was.","author":"Kim van Alkemade","tags":["crying","kiss","lesbian","lgbtqia","librarian","loneliness","rachel","romance"],"id":118947,"author_id":"Kim+van+Alkemade"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":45,"pages":5,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}