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Jasmine Guy
American
Actress
About the author
We are a complex species to observe.
Jasmine Guy,
American
Actress
One disco, one soft ball game, one lost love, one gay pride rally at a time.
Jasmine Guy,
American
Actress
#Time
#Love
#Pride
#Gay
That made me feel good, not to go to a resort where outside the door is extreme poverty.
Jasmine Guy,
American
Actress
#Poverty
#Extreme
The building of friendship, family, community and love is complicated. We are so isolated in this country, no longer supported by tribes and villages.
Jasmine Guy,
American
Actress
#Love
#Building
#Family
#Country
#Community
#Friendship
The kitchen may not get cleaned, and I have to accept that. I do the important things.
Jasmine Guy,
American
Actress
#May
#Kitchen
The more confident one becomes, the less one needs all people to be the same.
Jasmine Guy,
American
Actress
#People
#Needs
The state and the church seldom approve of anything I do. I don't need their approval. I don't aspire to the heterosexual nuclear family model.
Jasmine Guy,
American
Actress
#Family
#State
#Church
#Approval
There is no sexuality that is greater or lesser than another.
Jasmine Guy,
American
Actress
#Sexuality
We gave up having a TV last year. I am out of the loop. Life is way better than TV. I recommend it to anyone who has forgotten they have one.
Jasmine Guy,
American
Actress
#Life
You tend to be afraid when someone seems foreign to you. But if you aren't careful, that can lead to bigotry.
Jasmine Guy,
American
Actress
#Bigotry
Young people discovering their sexuality must know they walk with a strong tradition and that they are not alone. They have a right to information without being pressured.
Jasmine Guy,
American
Actress
#Right
#People
#Being
#Information
#Tradition
#Sexuality
Life is way better than TV. I recommend it to anyone who has forgotten they have one.
Jasmine Guy,
American
Actress
#Life
It seems to me the most important issue in the LGBT community is the right to be queer-the right to be free of the heterosexual assumption.
Jasmine Guy,
American
Actress
#Right
#Community
There are brilliant out lesbians and gay men and bisexuals and transgendered people and heterosexuals keeping the fire of change alive. Not a day goes by when I don't feel grateful to them for their work.
Jasmine Guy,
American
Actress
#People
#Work
#Day
#Men
#Change
#Fire
#Gay
Anything that is non-violent is OK with me.
Jasmine Guy,
American
Actress
An activist is one who is actively involved in creating community, whether that is locally in their neighborhood or internationally. It is an admirable quality.
Jasmine Guy,
American
Actress
#Community
#Quality
If one is desperate for love, I suggest looking at one's friends and family and see if love is all around. If not, get a new set of friends, a new family.
Jasmine Guy,
American
Actress
#Love
#Family
#Friends
It is a full time job being honest one moment at a time, remembering to love, to honor, to respect. It is a practice, a discipline, worthy of every moment.
Jasmine Guy,
American
Actress
#Time
#Love
#Honor
#Practice
#Being
#Respect
#Job
#Discipline
If black people mistrust white people, they are mistrusting racism, and that is appropriate.
Jasmine Guy,
American
Actress
#People
#Racism
#Mistrust
I want word of mouth to be our biggest voice.
Jasmine Guy,
American
Actress
#Want
#Word
#Voice
I meet so many people, but I don't know anybody.
Jasmine Guy,
American
Actress
#People
I have often felt bad that I am not great at any one thing. Like just a super super singer. Or the Gregory Hines of something.
Jasmine Guy,
American
Actress
I don't much care who is gay or straight or married or not. I mostly notice if they are brave enough to confront bigotry.
Jasmine Guy,
American
Actress
#Care
#Gay
#Bigotry
I believe people who practice their beliefs in daily life are activists.
Jasmine Guy,
American
Actress
#Life
#People
#Practice
#Beliefs
I am very sad for men and women trapped in any relationship where there is cruelty, dominance, inequity. I long for the liberation of all people.
Jasmine Guy,
American
Actress
#People
#Men
#Women
#Cruelty
I am going to sing lesbian love songs and support gay rights no matter what. The rest is public relations.
Jasmine Guy,
American
Actress
#Songs
#Love
#Public
#Support
#Rest
#Rights
#Gay
#Lesbian
Bigotry and judgment are the height of insecurity.
Jasmine Guy,
American
Actress
#Judgment
#Insecurity
#Bigotry
As the middle begins to feel safe enough to accept some of the so-called radical thinking, ideas move to the middle and a new edge is created.
Jasmine Guy,
American
Actress
#Thinking
#Ideas
#Radical
People in power need to control others in order to maintain power. One of the ways to do that is to take that which is threatening and demonize it.
Jasmine Guy,
American
Actress
#People
#Power
#Control
#Order