Gay and lesbian people want to love and be loved. Some of us want to get married. Some want to have and build families. We want our kids to have their lives be a little bit better than what we've had.
Interpretation
The quote expresses the desire for love, family, and a better future among LGBTQ+ individuals.
Dustin Lance Black highlights the universal human desire for love and belonging, particularly within the context of the LGBTQ+ community. He emphasizes that their aspirations for marriage and family parallel those of heterosexual individuals, striving for a better life for their children and fostering a sense of hope and progress for future generations.
In practice
This quote can be used in an LGBTQ+ pride event to emphasize the importance of love and family.
If Harvey [Milk] had not been taken from us 30 years ago, I think he would want me to say to all the gay and lesbian kids out there tonight who have been told they are less than by the churches, by the government, by their families, that you are beautiful, wonderful creatures of value, and that no matter what anyone tells you, God does love you and that very soon, I promise you, you will have equal rights, federally, across this great nation of ours.
How amazing is it that when a young gay or lesbian person has their first crush, no matter where they live in the country, they can imagine that all the way to marriage? When I first experienced a crush, in Texas, there was maybe a second of butterflies that were then dammed in by the fear of what that meant.
My mom was paralyzed from polio at the age of 2, abandoned by her husband, left with a 2-year-old, a 6-year-old and a 10-year-old, and so, we were raising her as much as she was raising us.
I wrote 'Milk' for me. I wrote it for the younger version of me that had no clue that there are people who'd ever fought for my rights.
Every single person in this world is a minority in one way or another. It just depends on how you slice the pie.
I think one of the biggest misconceptions is that this is somehow a stranger who is carrying your child. And this is absolutely not true. Your surrogate becomes one of your best friends and a member of your family.
Lovers communicate not inside sentences, but between them. Passion lurks within interstice. It is grouting rather than bricks.
Lovers are the ones who know most about God; the theologian must listen to them.
life is a deep sleep of which love is the dream
He who wins a thousand common hearts is entitled to some renown; but he who keeps undisputed sway over the heart of a coquette is indeed a hero.
Love is the force that transforms and improves the Soul of the World.
Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.
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