The Pink Line Quotes

“And what the right wing and conservative forces fear, is true: rights are rights are rights. When you do start to fight for the equality of LGBT people, it will at some point lead to calls for marriage equality, and that’s terrifying, even if marriage equality is not what activists are asking for today in, say, Nigeria or Russia. They are simply asking to live in peace and not be killed, to have the same basic protections as everyone else.”
― Mark Gevisser, The Pink Line: Journeys Across the World's Queer Frontiers

“A poll taken at the time showed that 31 percent of Polish men under thirty-nine saw “LGBT” and “gender ideology” to be the greatest threat to their country, more than Russia or the climate crisis.”
― Mark Gevisser, The Pink Line: Journeys Across the World's Queer Frontiers