We lavender folk spray up, spontaneously flowering in the color we had learned as an identifying mark of our culture when it was subterranean and secret. — Judy Grahn Copy Share Image
He called her: mother of pearl, barley woman, rice provider, millet basket, corn maid, flax princess, all-maker, weef She called him: fawn, roebuck, stag,… — Judy Grahn Copy Share Image
The shaman/priest/artist/teacher/leader does not operate for the sole benefit of herself and her kind but for the benefit of the people at large and… — Judy Grahn Copy Share Image
From my mother, a rock, / I have learned that rocks give / most of all. — Judy Grahn Copy Share Image
Gay culture is far from 'marginal,' being rather 'intersectional,' the conduits between unlike beings. — Judy Grahn Copy Share Image
Gay people are not in the habit of thinking of ourselves as leading our civilization, and yet we do. — Judy Grahn Copy Share Image
The walls of the closet are guarded by the dogs of terror, and the inside of the closet is a house of mirrors. — Judy Grahn Copy Share Image
“Here, the sea strains to climb up on the land and the wind blows dust in a single direction. The trees bend themselves all… — Judy Grahn Copy Share Image
Woman is as common as a loaf of bread, and like a loaf of bread, will rise. — Judy Grahn Copy Share Image
We cannot live in the past, nor can we re-create it. Yet as we unravel the past, the future also unfolds before us, as… — Judy Grahn Copy Share Image
The tribal attitude said, and continues to say, that Gay people are especially empowered because we are able to identify with both sexes and… — Judy Grahn Copy Share Image
