Finding your flock takes a strong sense of self and an openness to others.

Straight privilege is thinking that queer people seeking equity want "special" rights.

Not to take a stand is to stand with the oppressors.

Let's normalize queer empowerment.

If you're struggling to figure out which end is up, don't worry: none of them are. There is no "up." There is only here and now.

Bigotry and good mental health cannot co-exist in the moment.

Think about it: regardless of what you intend, when you tell queer people to "stop shoving" our "sexual orientation in your face," what...

We speak up and stand tall, because we learned long ago that "silence = death."

Gay love is enduring.

Punitive conformity within gay liberation movements is just another way for us to stay safe and play it small.

Gay love is gorgeous.

It's a waste of time and energy to try to prove our intrinsic worth and win the extrinsic esteem of those who meet us in bad faith.

Queer people won't allow the constraints of straight society to suppress us. We can't be contained.

Let's not leave our love unspoken.

Empathy and honesty go hand-in-hand.

Some men lack Y chromosomes. Maleness and masculinity have never been about body parts.

Let's set down our adolescent approach to life, so that we might ripen and mature sufficiently, and be of our highest service.

Let's love how we like, and not become beholden to straight grievances or fragility.

Queer people have long been at the mercy of men unable to afford the full range of their attractions and desires.

In a society steeped in straight supremacy, public displays of queer love are beautiful, brave, and essential.