iO Tillett Wright quotes

At sleepovers I would have panic attacks trying to break it to girls that they didn't want to kiss me without outing myself. (iO Tillett Wright)
We are neurologically hardwired to seek out people like ourselves. We start forming cliques as soon as we're old enough to know what acceptance feels like. We bond together based on anything that we can - music preference, race, gender, the block that we grew up on. View quote
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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. View quote
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All I'm ever looking for in my work in general is honesty and truth and people being real to themselves. View quote
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Along with racial equality and the late bloom of women's rights, future generations will have to explain how, in the past, gays were misunderstood and publicly humiliated for loving each other, and, eventually, how they stood together and conquered stupidity and hypocritical hatred, and fought their way out of marginalization. View quote
iO Tillett Wright

iO Tillett Wright

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Photo: Zorah Olivia, CC BY 2.0
Occupation: American Artist
Born: September 2, 1985
Quotes count: 5