By in large in this country the issue of gay rights and equality should be past the point of debate. Really, there should be no debate anymore.
The only way to ensure equality for women is to clearly declare it in our Constitution.
I was part of a show called ‘Manifest Equality’ in Los Angeles in 2010, and I realized there was a disconnect between people who are gay or have gay friends and are gay-friendly, and people who think they don’t know any gay people.
As we celebrate the considerable progress we’ve made toward full equality in our military, we cannot forget about those who continue to suffer because of the discriminatory policies of our past.
‘Garage Magazine’ has a strong track record of promoting diversity and racial and gender equality in the worlds of art and fashion and will continue in our mission to stir positive debate on these and other issues.
I don’t think we really think about where we get our equality from. There is a sense of feminism and women become passe, in my opinion.
I think ‘I Spy,’ still when you look at it, speaks volumes in terms of propaganda for equality. It’s just magnificent.
We will not build a society that reflects who we are and that has opportunities for equality or justice if we don’t make progress for all participants.
An idea like equality between men and women, which is now accepted in the West, is quite new.
When I was coming of age, I remembered reading and studying the initial ideas within the feminist movement. There was this idea with my parents’ generation that in order to find equality, a woman would need to behave like a man.
What I find most interesting about the U.S. is this idea of equality.
We know we cannot achieve our twin goals of ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity without ending poverty and creating equality for women and girls.
Despite great advances in women’s rights, statistics show that when it comes to the balance of power between the sexes, equality is far from being a global reality.
My vision for Scotland is one in which we fight together for the values we are care about: equality, fairness and social justice. Those values are the same whether you live in Dumfries or Carlisle.
True gender equality in Scotland – and elsewhere – is still some way off.
Together, we can build the kind of world in which we all seek to live, one of universal equality and justice.
For me, feminism is about equality. So, when someone works for a Wall Street firm and says they’re a feminist, my eyes are going to roll.
We have equality of men and women in western society, whereas in Islamic culture, women are inferior to men.
As a young man on the streets of Derry, I saw Ian Paisley as an immortal opponent of everything to do with equality, justice, fairness, and respect for Irishness.
As long as we set up equality, we’ll go in the right direction.
I want everyone to know what they deserve in relationships: that they can demand equality and kindness. Because everyone will have a relationship at some point in their life. It’s what we all do, every day, and we need to know how to do it.
Transgender folks have been part of the push for LGBT equality from the beginning, and we’ve spoken with loud and intelligent voices and have found political and personal success and advancement all over the world.
I support marriage equality and oppose legislation that defines marriage as only being between a man and a woman.
The feminist movement is way bigger than the word. I don’t police people on what they call themselves, but equality and a general sense of togetherness are really important to me.
In New York City, the idea that district schools advance equality is a myth.
