Quotes about Identity

I think as queer people, we were very used to accommodating.

Everybody has asked the question, and they learned to ask it early of the abolitionists, 'What shall we do with the Negro?' I have had but one answer from the beginning. Do nothing with us! Your doing with us has already played the mischief with us.

Being outspoken about my faith isn't just something that I do; it's who I am because my faith isn't just a little piece of my life. It is my life. It's not a question of whether I'm outspoken about it or not. I'm definitely not ashamed of it.

Let's let our men be happy, be sad, be trans, be questioning, be bisexual, be non-conforming, be feminine, be masculine!

Well, there's that beautiful quote about Loki from the comics, which is that he's the god of outcasts, and I think he said 'They see themselves in me, and I in them.' I think that's a big part of why I love Loki, but also, you know, he is isolated.

It bothered me that women were taught they can't be beautiful just being themselves - it filled me with rage.

I was raised in a Baptist household, went to a Catholic church, lived in a Jewish neighborhood, and had the biggest crush on the Muslim girls from one neighborhood over.

When my children were born, I made the choice I wanted them to be raised as Jews and to have a Jewish education.

For me, being raised in a free America made all the difference.

The biggest gap there is in America is not economic; the gap is spiritual and cultural.

Gender doesn't exist in my book.

Your gender should not matter in your heart or in the way you express your personality.