All young people, regardless of sexual orientation or identity, deserve a safe and supportive environment in which to achieve their full potential.

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"If you're not personally free to be yourself in that most important of all human activities — the expression of love — then life itself loses its meaning."

- Harvey Milk

Love

"How can people change their minds about us if they don’t know who we are?"

- Harvey Milk

Awareness

"Hope will never be silent."

- Harvey Milk

Hope

"Rights are won only by those who make their voices heard."

- Harvey Milk

Courage

"We will not win our rights by staying quietly in our closets."

- Harvey Milk

Courage

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"The Lord is sending more exceptional spirits to earth. As a body they excel the average capacity of their forebears. Their potential for personal growth and positive contribution is enormous."

- Elder Richard G. Scott

Empowerment

"As leaders of the Church, there isn’t anything in this world we wouldn’t do that’s right for you. We have great confidence in you. You are not just ordinary young men and young women. You are choice spirits, many of you having been held back in reserve for almost 6,000 years to come forth in this day, at this time, when the temptations, responsibilities, and opportunities are the very greatest."

- President Ezra Taft Benson

Empowerment

"Women challenge the status quo because we are never it."

- Cindy Gallop

Empowerment

"We don’t just sit around and wait for other people. We just make, and we do."

- Arlan Hamilton

Empowerment

"Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness."

- Oprah Winfrey

Empowerment