Sasha Velour Quotes

I want to thank the fans across the country who have supported me in this effort to fight for equality and justice. I want to thank those that have dedicated their lives to this fight, as I know that it is not easy. And I want to challenge those who stay silent to be courageous and use your platforms to become part of the solution. God Bless.

We need more leaders speaking up for minority groups who have been marginalized and attacked.

We need someone who is going to stand up, speak up, and speak out for the people who need help, for the people who have been discriminated against.

There are people in our country, in our communities who are being marginalized and discriminated against every single day. I fight for them.

No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.

We must stand up and do everything we can for the people who do not have a voice.

Wherever there was injustice, war, discrimination against women, gays and the disadvantaged, I did my best to show up and exert moral persuasion.

We need someone who will stand up and speak up and speak out for the people who need help, for people who are being discriminated against. And it doesn't matter whether they are black or white, Latino, Asian or Native American, whether they are straight or gay, Muslim, Christian, or Jews.

I consider myself a social justice person.

I don't believe that the fight for trans rights or African American rights is different from the fight against war, or the fight for refugees.

I believe Native Americans, women, and all of us deserve representation, and that we all need to fight with everything we have to make it so.

When marginalized people gain voice and center their own experiences, things begin changing. And we see this in all kinds of grassroots movements.

Gays and lesbians gained rights in this country though activism and organizing, creating political space and demanding change so that lawmakers and justices could do what they knew was right. That organizing allowed Americans to get to know gays and lesbians as our daughters and sons, our neighbors, and our friends.

We must use words to uplift and include. We can use our words to fight back against oppression and hate. But we must also channel our words into action.

My mother has always rooted for the underdog, so to speak. She has always been in support of uplifting historically marginalized and historically disenfranchised people.

Anywhere where the humanity of people is undermined, anywhere where people are left in the dust, there we will find our cause.

At 12, I knew that the point of being human was to spend one's life fighting social injustice.

Dare to look at the intersectionalities.

In the unceasing ebb and flow of justice and oppression we must all dig channels as best we may, that at the propitious moment somewhat of the swelling tide may be conducted to the barren places of life.

I am passionate about human rights.

I'm not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.

For some reason, I have always been interested in the stories of people who are exiled and who are deprived of rights. My main motive to make a film is to keep the society in mind and the hospitality adhered.

I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.

We cannot reform institutional racism or systemic policies if we are not actively engaged. It's not enough to simply complain about injustice; the only way to prevent future injustice is to create the society we would like to see, one where we are all equal under the law.

I think it is important that you have people from all different vanguards, from all different walks of society and different viewpoints to be focused on the struggle for equality and democracy. We need as many champions for the cause and as many events as possible to help keep this in focus.