Heterosexism Quotes

Speciesism is morally objectionable because, like racism, sexism, and heterosexism, it links personhood with an irrelevant criterion. Those who reject speciesism are committed to rejecting racism, sexism, heterosexism, and other forms of discrimination as well.

Homophobia is just that: a phobia.

If God does not condone homosexual behavior, He must not condone homosexual marriage…. God created man and woman. These two comprise humanity. God did not create homosexuals.

Just like my straight friends, I am repeatedly asked when I plan to have kids, and have been told many times, by various branches of my bloodline, that 'even lesbians can have babies these days.'

I suppose that I inherited the same vocabulary and world view as most black Christians do, most Christians in general, to be sure. It was heterosexist in the sense that it took the heterosexual orientation as the norm from which to start as the given. And everything that fell outside of that was not acceptable.

I've known that people were racist and misogynistic and homophobic since I was very little.

In Hollywood it seems that you're considered gay until proven otherwise.

So much of male heterosexual comedy can be steeped in a gay panic. A lot of juvenile comedy is predicated on that.

I never felt welcome in the heteronormative groups.

Battling racism and battling heterosexism and battling apartheid share the same urgency inside me as battling cancer.

Homophobia is not the monopoly of any one country, culture, or religion.

Racism and sexism, misogyny and homophobia, they're so visible. They're out in the open. When they're visible, it's a lot easier to deal with them.

Homophobia is rampant in soccer, probably more so than in any other sport. I'm not sure why.