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"Discrimination within the LGBT community is actually a thing that happens."
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"Rather than same sex marriage, I'm more focused on how I get called a slut when I come out as bisexual. I'm focused on how future partners assume I am going to cheat on them, based on my sexuality. When, in reality, my sexuality does not define my personality or my choices."
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"One of the biggest issues is the Christian church demonizing homosexuals when they are supposed to be following a religion that tells you to love and accept everyone and to leave the judging to god. We have a lesbian pastor who is really proactive in the LGBT church community and they don't let transgender people become ministers in the church we're with, even when they have the schooling and passion to preach and help people."
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"Before speaking on behalf of someone else, make sure that you understand the entirety of what you are saying. Do research and actually talk to queer people about what they think you should be doing to help us survive."
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"Sex and gender are two different things."
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"When I came out to my dad, he cried because he didn't want me to be treated badly because of who I am. When I came out to my mom, she laughed because she thought my sexual orientation didn't exist."
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"Don't be Mackelmore. The job of an ally is to boost the choices of the oppressed, not to speak over them or before them."
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"I am not greedy, I am not confused, and I do not need to "choose one." I am not gay and I am not straight. I am pansexual."
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"There are issues like people discriminating against people due to them just being gay. To be able to publicly proclaim that you hate a group of people doesn't makes someone feel safe, but it still happens. For me, the issue is that people don't' see people as people, regardless of what their differences are."
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"While I, as a queer and trans person, appreciate the support and love of many allies, please remember that these issues are not about you. You don't have to face the intimidation of your own religion or fear that your family will reject you."
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"People have tried to dehumanize me because of my gender identity. Being called "it" makes you feel like more of an object than a person."
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"I want to walk the streets without fearing for my life because I don't always pass."
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"Queer people face a lot of prejudice, but at the heart of things the face we give the community is one we think is most palatable to the masses, instead of the face of the people who truly live day to day in fear of things far more pressing than the sad fact we cannot marry. When we give our community this happy-go-lucky outward appearance full of rainbows, we only treat the surface issues and call it a day, while the people pushed deep into the metaphorical closet we like to pretend we have gotten rid of. Instead there's really been a new one created that we put "less marketable" queers in to hush and "wait their turn" for a chance at real rights."
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