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> [My struggle has allowed me to transcend that sense of shame and stigma identified with my being a Black gay man. Having come through the fire, they can't touch me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlon-riggs/my-struggle-has-allowed-me-to-transcend-that-sense-of-shame-and/)

[Marlon Riggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlon-riggs/)

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## Other authors on Black Gay

## More by Marlon Riggs

> [When nobody speaks your name, or even knows it, you, knowing it, must be the first to speak it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlon-riggs/when-nobody-speaks-your-name-or-even-knows-it-you-knowing-it-must-be/)

[Marlon Riggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlon-riggs/)

> [So much of my life has been about self-effacement, pretense, masquerading, concealment, and indirection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlon-riggs/so-much-of-my-life-has-been-about-self-effacement-pretense/)

[Marlon Riggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlon-riggs/)

> [Silence kills the soul; it diminishes its possibilities to rise and fly and explore. Silence withers what makes you human. The soul shrinks, until…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlon-riggs/silence-kills-the-soul-it-diminishes-its-possibilities-to-rise-and/)

[Marlon Riggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlon-riggs/)

> [Black men loving black men is THE revolutionary act.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlon-riggs/black-men-loving-black-men-is-the-revolutionary-act/)

[Marlon Riggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlon-riggs/)

> [Silence is my weapon, silence is my shield.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlon-riggs/silence-is-my-weapon-silence-is-my-shield/)

[Marlon Riggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlon-riggs/)

> [It is necessary to constantly remind ourselves that we are not an abomination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlon-riggs/it-is-necessary-to-constantly-remind-ourselves-that-we-are-not-an/)

[Marlon Riggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlon-riggs/)

> [As long as I have work then I'm not going to die, cause work is a living spirit in me - that which wants…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlon-riggs/as-long-as-i-have-work-then-i-m-not-going-to-die-cause-work-is-a/)

[Marlon Riggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlon-riggs/)

> [My struggle has allowed me to transcend that sense of shame and stigma identified with my being a Black gay man. Having come through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlon-riggs/my-struggle-has-allowed-me-to-transcend-that-sense-of-shame-and/)

[Marlon Riggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlon-riggs/)

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