I always looked upon the acts of racist exclusion, or insult, as pitiable, for the other person. I never absorbed that. I always thought that there was something deficient about such people.

He kept telling me I was queer, and I didn't like it. The word, I mean. Shutting you away, somehow; roping you off with a lot of people you don't feel much in common with, half of whom hate the other half anyway, and just keep together so that they can lean up against each other for support.

If you are observing someone you naturally dislike, or who reminds you of someone unpleasant in your past, you will tend to see almost any cue as unfriendly or hostile. You will do the opposite for people you like. In these exercises you must strive to subtract your personal preferences and prejudices about people.

When I say that I am unattractive or ugly, I am not internalizing the dominant culture’s assessment of me. I am naming what has been done to me. And signaling who did it.

Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism
and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to
dehumanize a large group of people, to deny
their humanity, their dignity and personhood.

The keynote of minority prejudice is this: They are loathed because they are feared.

329. — We believe, sometimes, that we hate flattery — we only dislike the method.

Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood. This sets the stage for further repression and violence that spread all too easily to victimize the next minority group.

Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.

We sometimes think that we hate flattery, but we only hate the manner in which it is done.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

Sé que hay gente que no ama a sus semejantes y yo odio a la gente como esa

Just because you're naked doesn't mean you're sexy. Just because you're cynical doesn't mean you're cool.

Wanting to be liked is often a very unlikeable characteristic.