Silence kills the soul; it diminishes its possibilities to rise and fly and explore. Silence withers what makes you human. The soul shrinks, until it's nothing. — Marlon Riggs Copy Share Image
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. — Marlon Riggs Copy Share Image
When nobody speaks your name, or even knows it, you, knowing it, must be the first to speak it. — Marlon Riggs Copy Share Image
So much of my life has been about self-effacement, pretense, masquerading, concealment, and indirection. — Marlon Riggs Copy Share Image
Silence kills the soul; it diminishes its possibilities to rise and fly and explore. Silence withers what makes you human. The soul shrinks, until… — Marlon Riggs Copy Share Image
It is necessary to constantly remind ourselves that we are not an abomination. — Marlon Riggs Copy Share Image
As long as I have work then I'm not going to die, cause work is a living spirit in me - that which wants… — Marlon Riggs Copy Share Image
My struggle has allowed me to transcend that sense of shame and stigma identified with my being a Black gay man. Having come through… — Marlon Riggs Copy Share Image
