Famous quotes containing the words gay and/or rights:
“...I discovered that I could take a risk and survive. I could march in Philadelphia. I could go out in the street and be gay even in a dress or a skirt without getting shot. Each victory gave me courage for the next one.”
—Martha Shelley, U.S. author and social activist. As quoted in Making History, part 3, by Eric Marcus (1992)
“Since woman’s rights have come up a young woman is better able to fight her own battle.”
—Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)