Andrej Pejic Quotes

It would be thrilling, obviously, to be able to have a woman and an openly LGBT person as the mayor of New York City.

There are thousands on thousands in New York who have no assignable home.

It is hard to be unhappy in a gay bar where everyone's singing show tunes! In fact, I've spent many a night in those kind of places - in that particular place, actually - Marie's Crisis: it's truly a New York establishment.

We encrypt 'Drag Race' with the secret language that kept gay people linked for many years before the '80s.

To me, it's mind-boggling to think that homosexuality was forbidden up until 1967.

The inspiration behind '1950' was... gay history and the way that our people had to hide in public and how that affected the way that we love each other now.

We still have gaps that are rooted in gender inequality. Certainly we have discrimination against the LGBT community.

I was just a queer theater kid from New York City.

I was watching 'The September Issue' in the back of a theater in New York, and I thought, 'I know I really can do this with actors.'

For a long time, I lived in West Hollywood and watched young gay men strolling through life having no idea what came before. They didn't know about the riots at Stonewall, the vice squad, the raids.

There are not actually many people in Finland who are openly gay together, let alone two women.

I call it the LGBT Q and A community 'cause there's so many questions and answers.

I'm from the inner city of Buffalo.

It is no secret that New York City has an affordable housing shortage. For those who've returned from the battlefield, the problem is even more pronounced.

First time we played in New York was in 2013. It was all very eye-opening. A very bright lights, big-city sort of vibe, and we played the Mercury Lounge.

We have so much work to do to meet the challenges of people living on our streets. But every day we are out there doing the work, finding solutions not only to help those living on our streets, but to prevent more people from ending up there in the future.

I'm from Queensbridge. It's the largest housing project in New York. And growing up in Queens, it was different because I wasn't really experienced in traveling to the City. I never really got used to the City.

For more than two decades, GLAAD has combatted anti-LGBT images in the media and changed the national conversation about LGBT people.

If you look at the history of the LGBTQ community, from my perspective growing up as I did in the U.K. in the '50s, there was just terrible, terrible discrimination, you know? It was extremely difficult to live your life as you should have been allowed to do.

It was a very scary place to be. I don't think any mother or father would like to have their five year old wandering alone in the slums and train stations of Calcutta.

Being LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender) in Russia is anything but fun.

I like 'Paris is Burning' by Jennie Livington.

The seeds of marriage equality... were planted on MTV.

With commitment and the right investments, we can create a San Francisco where no one is forced, relegated, or allowed to sleep on the streets, and where no one endures addiction or mental illness on the streets without supportive and effective services.

Pop music has a pretty good track record of embracing queer culture.