LGBTQ slogans

{{Short description|Slogans that express support for LGBT people}}

LGBTQ slogans are catchphrases or slogans which express support for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) communities and LGBTQ rights.

Slogans

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Slogan ! Notes
"Gay? There's nothing queer about it" \|This slogan is used in a TV-commercial about homosexuality in name of the Royal Dutch Football Association. It is a translation of the original Dutch pay-off "Homo? Boeit geen flikker" by Delight Agency, an advertising agency from Amsterdam.
"Gay Is Good" \| Coined by early gay activist Frank Kameny, modeled on the African American slogan "Black is beautiful".Kameny, collected in Blasius and Phelan, p. 374
"Gays Bash Back" \| This slogan is often used by more militant gay people and implies self-defense against gay bashers.
"Majority doesn't exist" \| This slogan was popularized by MAKEOUT in Belarus during the 2016 opening of the "meta- queer festival".
"We're here. We're queer. Get used to it"{{cite web\|url=https://www.salon.com/1999/06/30/pride/\|title="We're here, we're queer, I'm sick of it" - Salon\|date=30 June 1999}} \| This slogan was popularized by Queer Nation.{{cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/06/nyregion/militants-back-queer-shoving-gay-the-way-of-negro.html\|title=Militants Back 'Queer,' Shoving 'Gay' the Way of 'Negro'\|first=Alessandra\|last=Stanley\|newspaper=The New York Times\|date=6 April 1991}}
"Hey, hey! Ho, ho! Homophobia's got to go!" \| Used by National Organization for Women (NOW).[http://www.now.org/issues/marriage/equal_marriage_chants.html NOW website, Equal Marriage Rights Chants] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100505201534/http://www.now.org/issues/marriage/equal_marriage_chants.html \|date=2010-05-05 }}
"We say gay!" / "It's okay to say gay!" \| Protest slogan against the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act and other Anti-LGBT curriculum laws in the United States, which have been referred to by the media as "don't say gay" bills.
"Don't say DeSantis!" \|Protest slogan against Ron DeSantis, the current Governor of Florida, who passed the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act, the original "don't say gay" bill.
"Hey, hey! Ho, ho! Ron DeSantis has got to go!" \|Protest slogan against Ron DeSantis, the current Governor of Florida, who passed the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act, the original "don't say gay" bill.
"Racist, sexist, anti-gay, Ron DeSantis go away!" \|Protest slogan against Ron DeSantis, the current Governor of Florida, who passed the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act, the original "don't say gay" bill.
"We're here, we're queer and we'd like to say hello!" \| A variation of the above used by Queer Nation during the 1992 opening of the "Queer Shopping Network".
"Silence=Death/Action=Life" \| Designed by six people,{{cite news \|date=December 2003 \|title=When Political Are Mattered \|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9807E3DE113AF934A35751C1A9659C8B63 \|work=New York Times \|access-date=2007-07-08 \| first=Jesse \| last=Green }} including Avram Finkelstein,{{cite news \|date=July 2001 \|title=Aids—20 Years And Counting - Panel Discussion \|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_7_31/ai_76638204/pg_3 \|publisher=Interview in Arts \|access-date=2007-07-08 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071116165346/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_7_31/ai_76638204/pg_3 \|archive-date = 2007-11-16}} this slogan was used by ACT UP to draw attention to the AIDS crisis in America. It was often used in conjunction with a right-side up pink triangle.
"Two, Four, Six, Eight! How Do You Know Your Kids Are Straight?" \| This slogan against heterosexism was also used by Queer Nation. Another variation is "One, Two, Three, Four! Open up the closet door! Five, Six, Seven, Eight! Don't assume your kids are straight!"{{cite web\|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/77515894.html?dids=77515894:77515894&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+18%2C+1992&author=Jim+Dwyer&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=ILGO+Fights+Hate%27s+Snarl&pqatl=google\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130111131222/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/77515894.html?dids=77515894:77515894&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+18,+1992&author=Jim+Dwyer&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=ILGO+Fights+Hate's+Snarl&pqatl=google\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=January 11, 2013\|title="ILGO Fights Hate's Snarl" - Newsday}}
"Out of the Closets and into the Streets" \| This slogan was also used by Queer Nation.{{cite book\| last1 = Reichert\| first1 = Tom\| last2 = Lambiase\| first2 = Jacqueline\| title = Sex in Advertising: Perspectives on the Erotic Appeal\| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=oIKUQ2ezggUC&pg=PA232\| year = 2003\| publisher = Lawrence Erlbaum Associates\| isbn = 978-0-8058-4118-3\| page = 232 }}
"Rainbows Reign" \| Used most notably on banners of the Pink Pistols organization.
"Gay by birth, fabulous by choice" \| Made popular by [https://web.archive.org/web/20100105074353/http://www.bculgbt.com/ Birmingham City University LGBT Society]
"Let's get one thing straight, I'm not" \| Made popular by Rob, Bureau of matters concerning discrimination of The Hague area and mid-Holland, The Netherlands
"Why be afraid to be enGayged" \| Brooks foundation
"Sorry girls, I suck dick" \| Used on shirts by the Swedish magazine and Internet-community QX.
"Love Wins" \| The title of Rob Bell's 2011 book, which "addresses one of the most controversial issues of faith —hell and the afterlife— arguing, would a loving God send people to eternal torment forever?"{{Cite web \|last=Noble \|first=Barnes & \|title=Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived{{!}}Paperback \|url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/love-wins-rob-bell/1100053641?ean=9780062049650 \|access-date=2023-06-04 \|website=Barnes & Noble \|language=en}} The prominent Christian pastor also came out in support of Gay marriage in 2013.{{Cite web \|last=Affairs \|first=Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World \|title=Love, Gender Roles, and the Fight for Gay Marriage: A Conversation with Rob and Kristen Bell \|url=https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/posts/love-gender-roles-and-the-fight-for-gay-marriage-a-conversation-with-rob-and-kristen-bell \|access-date=2023-06-04 \|website=berkleycenter.georgetown.edu \|language=en}} #LoveWins also became popular following the U. S. Supreme Court's decision to uphold same-sex marriage in June 2015.{{Cite web \|title=HRC's #LoveWins Hashtag Goes Viral; Celebrates Marriage Equality Victory - The Shorty Awards \|url=http://shortyawards.com/8th/hrcs-lovewins-hashtag-goes-viral-celebrates-marriage-equality-victory \|access-date=2023-06-04 \|website=shortyawards.com}}
"Armed gays don't get bashed" \| The slogan for the Pink Pistols organization.[http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-5506703/San-Francisco-s-recent-election.html "San Francisco's recent election offers a tale of two pinks" - National Review]
"Free Mom Hugs" \|Emotional support slogan made popular by Sara Cunningham of [https://freemomhugs.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewpage&pageid=544 FreeMomHugs.org].{{Cite news\|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2019/01/04/this-woman-offered-be-mom-any-gay-wedding-her-post-went-viral/\|title=This woman offered to be the 'mom' at any gay wedding. Her post went viral.\|last=Free\|first=Cathy\|newspaper=Washington Post\|language=en\|access-date=2019-11-02}}
"Be bold, be proud, be gay" \|Anti-assimilationist and anti-capitalist slogan.{{Cite web\|url=https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/what-does-be-gay-do-crime-mean/\|title=What does 'Be Gay, Do Crime' mean?\|last=Hudson\|first=David\|website=Gay Star News\|language=en\|date=2018-08-10\|access-date=2020-04-16\|archive-date=2021-06-05\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605172230/https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/what-does-be-gay-do-crime-mean/\|url-status=dead}}
"Be gay, do crime" \|An anti-authority and anti-capitalist slogan.
"Sounds gay, I'm in" \|Used by the community.
"Trans rights are human rights" \|Used by the community, origin unclear{{Cite web \|last=Everhart \|first=Avery R. \|date=2020-10-06 \|title=The limits and the promise of trans rights as human rights claims \|url=https://www.openglobalrights.org/the-limits-and-the-promise-of-trans-rights-as-human-rights-claims/ \|access-date=2022-12-16 \|website=OpenGlobalRights \|language=en}}
"Protect trans kids" \|Slogan used in support of transgender youth.
"Cake/Garlic bread is better than sex" \|Slogan often used by the asexual community.{{cite web\|url=https://www.bonappetit.com/story/cake-dessert-asexual-symbol-pride\|title=For Asexual Folks Like Me, Cake Is Actually Better Than Sex\|website=bonappetit.com\|access-date=13 October 2024}}{{cite web\|url=https://www.injectionmag.com/post/asexuality-interview\|title=Asexuality: What It Really Means to Be Ace\|website=Injection magazine\|access-date=13 October 2024}}{{cite web\|url=https://the-avocado.org/2020/08/02/the-pursuit-of-garlic-bread-an-illustrated-primer-to-asexuality/\|title=The Pursuit of Garlic Bread: An Illustrated Primer to Asexuality\|access-date=13 October 2024}}

class="wikitable"

Slogan

! Notes

"Gay? There's nothing queer about it"

|This slogan is used in a TV-commercial about homosexuality in name of the Royal Dutch Football Association. It is a translation of the original Dutch pay-off "Homo? Boeit geen flikker" by Delight Agency, an advertising agency from Amsterdam.

"Gay Is Good"

| Coined by early gay activist Frank Kameny, modeled on the African American slogan "Black is beautiful".Kameny, collected in Blasius and Phelan, p. 374

"Gays Bash Back"

| This slogan is often used by more militant gay people and implies self-defense against gay bashers.

"Majority doesn't exist"

| This slogan was popularized by MAKEOUT in Belarus during the 2016 opening of the "meta- queer festival".

"We're here. We're queer. Get used to it"{{cite web|url=https://www.salon.com/1999/06/30/pride/|title="We're here, we're queer, I'm sick of it" - Salon|date=30 June 1999}}

| This slogan was popularized by Queer Nation.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/06/nyregion/militants-back-queer-shoving-gay-the-way-of-negro.html|title=Militants Back 'Queer,' Shoving 'Gay' the Way of 'Negro'|first=Alessandra|last=Stanley|newspaper=The New York Times|date=6 April 1991}}

"Hey, hey! Ho, ho! Homophobia's got to go!"

| Used by National Organization for Women (NOW).[http://www.now.org/issues/marriage/equal_marriage_chants.html NOW website, Equal Marriage Rights Chants] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100505201534/http://www.now.org/issues/marriage/equal_marriage_chants.html |date=2010-05-05 }}

"We say gay!" / "It's okay to say gay!"

| Protest slogan against the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act and other Anti-LGBT curriculum laws in the United States, which have been referred to by the media as "don't say gay" bills.

"Don't say DeSantis!"

|Protest slogan against Ron DeSantis, the current Governor of Florida, who passed the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act, the original "don't say gay" bill.

"Hey, hey! Ho, ho! Ron DeSantis has got to go!"

|Protest slogan against Ron DeSantis, the current Governor of Florida, who passed the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act, the original "don't say gay" bill.

"Racist, sexist, anti-gay, Ron DeSantis go away!"

|Protest slogan against Ron DeSantis, the current Governor of Florida, who passed the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act, the original "don't say gay" bill.

"We're here, we're queer and we'd like to say hello!"

| A variation of the above used by Queer Nation during the 1992 opening of the "Queer Shopping Network".

"Silence=Death/Action=Life"

| Designed by six people,{{cite news

|date=December 2003

|title=When Political Are Mattered

|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9807E3DE113AF934A35751C1A9659C8B63

|work=New York Times

|access-date=2007-07-08

| first=Jesse

| last=Green

}} including Avram Finkelstein,{{cite news

|date=July 2001

|title=Aids—20 Years And Counting - Panel Discussion

|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_7_31/ai_76638204/pg_3

|publisher=Interview in Arts

|access-date=2007-07-08

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071116165346/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_7_31/ai_76638204/pg_3 |archive-date = 2007-11-16}} this slogan was used by ACT UP to draw attention to the AIDS crisis in America. It was often used in conjunction with a right-side up pink triangle.

"Two, Four, Six, Eight! How Do You Know Your Kids Are Straight?"

| This slogan against heterosexism was also used by Queer Nation. Another variation is "One, Two, Three, Four! Open up the closet door! Five, Six, Seven, Eight! Don't assume your kids are straight!"{{cite web|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/77515894.html?dids=77515894:77515894&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+18%2C+1992&author=Jim+Dwyer&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=ILGO+Fights+Hate%27s+Snarl&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130111131222/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/77515894.html?dids=77515894:77515894&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+18,+1992&author=Jim+Dwyer&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=ILGO+Fights+Hate's+Snarl&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 11, 2013|title="ILGO Fights Hate's Snarl" - Newsday}}

"Out of the Closets and into the Streets"

| This slogan was also used by Queer Nation.{{cite book| last1 = Reichert| first1 = Tom| last2 = Lambiase| first2 = Jacqueline| title = Sex in Advertising: Perspectives on the Erotic Appeal| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=oIKUQ2ezggUC&pg=PA232| year = 2003| publisher = Lawrence Erlbaum Associates| isbn = 978-0-8058-4118-3| page = 232 }}

"Rainbows Reign"

| Used most notably on banners of the Pink Pistols organization.

"Gay by birth, fabulous by choice"

| Made popular by [https://web.archive.org/web/20100105074353/http://www.bculgbt.com/ Birmingham City University LGBT Society]

"Let's get one thing straight, I'm not"

| Made popular by Rob, Bureau of matters concerning discrimination of The Hague area and mid-Holland, The Netherlands

"Why be afraid to be enGayged"

| Brooks foundation

"Sorry girls, I suck dick"

| Used on shirts by the Swedish magazine and Internet-community QX.

"Love Wins"

| The title of Rob Bell's 2011 book, which "addresses one of the most controversial issues of faith —hell and the afterlife— arguing, would a loving God send people to eternal torment forever?"{{Cite web |last=Noble |first=Barnes & |title=Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived{{!}}Paperback |url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/love-wins-rob-bell/1100053641?ean=9780062049650 |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=Barnes & Noble |language=en}} The prominent Christian pastor also came out in support of Gay marriage in 2013.{{Cite web |last=Affairs |first=Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World |title=Love, Gender Roles, and the Fight for Gay Marriage: A Conversation with Rob and Kristen Bell |url=https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/posts/love-gender-roles-and-the-fight-for-gay-marriage-a-conversation-with-rob-and-kristen-bell |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=berkleycenter.georgetown.edu |language=en}} #LoveWins also became popular following the U. S. Supreme Court's decision to uphold same-sex marriage in June 2015.{{Cite web |title=HRC's #LoveWins Hashtag Goes Viral; Celebrates Marriage Equality Victory - The Shorty Awards |url=http://shortyawards.com/8th/hrcs-lovewins-hashtag-goes-viral-celebrates-marriage-equality-victory |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=shortyawards.com}}

"Armed gays don't get bashed"

| The slogan for the Pink Pistols organization.[http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-5506703/San-Francisco-s-recent-election.html "San Francisco's recent election offers a tale of two pinks" - National Review]

"Free Mom Hugs"

|Emotional support slogan made popular by Sara Cunningham of [https://freemomhugs.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewpage&pageid=544 FreeMomHugs.org].{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2019/01/04/this-woman-offered-be-mom-any-gay-wedding-her-post-went-viral/|title=This woman offered to be the 'mom' at any gay wedding. Her post went viral.|last=Free|first=Cathy|newspaper=Washington Post|language=en|access-date=2019-11-02}}

"Be bold, be proud, be gay"

|Anti-assimilationist and anti-capitalist slogan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/what-does-be-gay-do-crime-mean/|title=What does 'Be Gay, Do Crime' mean?|last=Hudson|first=David|website=Gay Star News|language=en|date=2018-08-10|access-date=2020-04-16|archive-date=2021-06-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605172230/https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/what-does-be-gay-do-crime-mean/|url-status=dead}}

"Be gay, do crime"

|An anti-authority and anti-capitalist slogan.

"Sounds gay, I'm in"

|Used by the community.

"Trans rights are human rights"

|Used by the community, origin unclear{{Cite web |last=Everhart |first=Avery R. |date=2020-10-06 |title=The limits and the promise of trans rights as human rights claims |url=https://www.openglobalrights.org/the-limits-and-the-promise-of-trans-rights-as-human-rights-claims/ |access-date=2022-12-16 |website=OpenGlobalRights |language=en}}

"Protect trans kids"

|Slogan used in support of transgender youth.

"Cake/Garlic bread is better than sex"

|Slogan often used by the asexual community.{{cite web|url=https://www.bonappetit.com/story/cake-dessert-asexual-symbol-pride|title=For Asexual Folks Like Me, Cake Is Actually Better Than Sex|website=bonappetit.com|access-date=13 October 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.injectionmag.com/post/asexuality-interview|title=Asexuality: What It Really Means to Be Ace|website=Injection magazine|access-date=13 October 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://the-avocado.org/2020/08/02/the-pursuit-of-garlic-bread-an-illustrated-primer-to-asexuality/|title=The Pursuit of Garlic Bread: An Illustrated Primer to Asexuality|access-date=13 October 2024}}

References

{{cite book| last1 = Blasius| first1 = Mark| last2 = Phelan| first2 = Shane| title = We Are Everywhere: A Historical Sourcebook in Gay and Lesbian Politics| year = 1997| publisher = Psychology Press| isbn = 978-0-415-90859-7 }}

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