Homophobic and Transphobic Quotes 90

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“How does it feel to be a pregnant man? Incredible.”

Thomas Beattie. He has given birth to a healthy baby girl (I am bored.com 07-07-08)

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“We have invited a number of schools to the event but no schools are attending. I am really disappointed with this.

“I know schools are busy at the moment with exams and so on but you would have thought they could have found someone.”

Thames Valley Gay Police Association’s Alistair Melling commenting on a Conference on Homophobic bullying to which schools in Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire were invited,  but not one sent an attendee (Reading Evening Post 10-07-08)

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That which is holy is desecrated, abused and distorted when we reduce God to the measure of our fears.

Daniel Snyder, a Christian, on why he believes Exodus International, an organisation that “heals homosexuals”, is sacrilegious. (Citizen Times.com 11-07-08)

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Colage and KOT

Two New England Organisations. The first stands for Children of lesbians and gays everywhere and the second Kids of Trans (Bay Windows 12-07-08)

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“We’re being attacked by a bunch of trannies: Send back-up!”

A London Pride steward calls for help after being challenged for refusing to let a transwoman use the Ladies’

Roz Keveney (transatpride.org no date)

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K“Progress is always possible, and I think it’s happening at the grassroots level. We’re in a time in the Catholic Church where the hierarchy is threatened, disconnected and out of touch. The hierarchy is in a crisis of credibility and authority that is perhaps unprecedented. They’re reacting by trying to impose a narrow definition of orthodoxy that reinforces their power. But the house is crumbling at the foundations.

Here’s an example. Just after I got home from captivity, my partner, Dan Hunt, and I went to mass at my parents’ church in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. People came up to us and gave us hugs and said how happy they were that we were there. The fact that we are gay partners wasn’t an issue. That’s what I mean about the grassroots level.”

James Loney in an interview. James is a practising Roman Catholic Gay man who was kidnapped and held in Iraq. He is interviewed after being granted the Craig Chaplin Memorial Award (United Church Observer July/August)

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"The tribunal has ruled that people of faith are above the law."

Peter Tatchell on the Ladele case (pinkNews 10-07-08)

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"Homo. Homo in red. Norwegian Homo."

Will Smith in character in the film Hancock, referring to a fellow super-hero (Ireland-online 10-07-08)