Calling a trans person by their former name is referred to as "deadnaming" and is considered highly offensive to most trans people I know.

The murkiness of Donald Trump's position is really what distinguishes him from other Republican nominees and contenders who have been steadfast in their opposition to LGBTQ equality.

Too many people think that "good manners" are about subjugating yourself to others. Not true. Respect, and just as important, self-respect are two key elements in this equation.

I keep reading that Donald Trump is the most pro-LGBT GOP presidential nominee of all time - and I actually think that's true.

Rely on facts, figures, principles of equality and fairness.

There's nothing you can say that won't make you seem ungrateful or rude.

When someone transitions you should refer to them by their new name both in the present and with references back in time.

Acceptance comes through understanding.

A big question that we have is that we do not understand why the comfort of the few should override the comfort of the many.

More people use guns to kill themselves than to kill others.

Putting our heads in the sand is not a wise strategy.

I thought that the light-house looked lovely as hope, That star on life's tremulous ocean.

Uprootedness uproots everything except the need for roots.

I have found success is ultimately realized by people who make more right choices . . . and recover quickly from their bad choices.

Does somebody have an explanation why there's human flesh on the hall window upstairs?

[Bertholt] Brecht looked very thin, like a herring with very sensitive hands.

Rs 6500 crore disclosed under compliance window of black money & foreign assets law. People fear the law that has now been created. Stringent provisions will not be diluted despite pressures.

From within or from behind, a light shines through us upon things, and makes us aware that we are nothing, but the light is all.

I'm interested in the left side of the Bell Curve.

On the other hand, I think it is wonderful for everyone to take ballet classes, at any age. It gives you a discipline, it gives you a place to go. It gives you some control in your life.

I was raised in a Baptist household, went to a Catholic church, lived in a Jewish neighborhood, and had the biggest crush on the Muslim girls from one neighborhood over.