"That made me feel good, not to go to a resort where outside the door is extreme poverty." — Jasmine Guy

The state and the church seldom approve of anything I do. I don't need their approval. I don't aspire to the heterosexual nuclear family model.

Young people discovering their sexuality must know they walk with a strong tradition and that they are not alone. They have a right to information without being pressured.

It seems to me the most important issue in the LGBT community is the right to be queer-the right to be free of the heterosexual assumption.

As the middle begins to feel safe enough to accept some of the so-called radical thinking, ideas move to the middle and a new edge is created.