Anthony Venn-Brown Quotes

#1. The closet does have a benefit. It provides safety. Which at times is important. But remember, as long as you are in there, two other things will be too. Fear and shame.

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#2. In life we either become bitter or better'. And the only person who determines that outcome is ourselves.

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#3. The enemy is not individuals, churches, 'ex-gay' organisations or political parties; the enemy is ignorance. Change is created by focusing our energies on overcoming the latter instead of attacking the former.

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#4. It's better to live one day on this planet being true to yourself than an entire lifetime which is a lie

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#5. My morality and faith are choices. My sexual orientation however isn't.

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#6. When the battle is long and hard the victory is even sweeter

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#7. Every single courageous act of coming out chips away at the curse of homophobia. Most importantly it's destroyed within yourself, and that act creates the potential for its destruction where it exists in friends, family and society.

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#8. When we choose to live authentically we chip away at others prisons of pretend and create an opportunity for them to walk out of darkness into freedom.

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#9. Outing someone is like ripping a butterfly from its cocoon. You can damage them for life and rob them of THEIR life changing experience of liberation. For a successful emergence THEY have to struggle through the cocoon of fear and shame. THEN they can fly.

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