“I begged Ana to shut them up, come out as Cuban, play the jail card. But she refused to claim that authority. 'It will mean you, as a Kentucky girl, have nothing valuable to say about Cuba. And Cubans have… — Kelly J. Cogswell Copy Share Image
“It all suddenly seemed like a hopeless fight, but so what? I told myself. What does it cost you to pretend that the can… — Kelly J. Cogswell Copy Share Image
“We Lesbian Avengers have built this shrine. It stands for our fear. It stands for our grief. It stands for our rage. And it… — Kelly J. Cogswell Copy Share Image
“Hell, a pig had most humans beat, smarter than small children, and we didn't eat those but maybe we should.” — Kelly J. Cogswell Copy Share Image
“It inspired a kind of Huck Finn moment when I decided it was better to risk hell than shrivel in the midst of a… — Kelly J. Cogswell Copy Share Image
“It is a big deal to work with people who are different from you. And if you're white or of a higher class,no matter… — Kelly J. Cogswell Copy Share Image
“I wanted to drag them all out, flay us all, destroy all the artificial separations of history. You'd merely done what I had, after… — Kelly J. Cogswell Copy Share Image
“I begged Ana to shut them up, come out as Cuban, play the jail card. But she refused to claim that authority. 'It will… — Kelly J. Cogswell Copy Share Image
“I feel weird spilling it now but have to. Because after a while, it took root, the way shared stories do when you live… — Kelly J. Cogswell Copy Share Image
“There was no single gay point of view. Like skin color or gender or any of those arbitrary, sometimes artificial, difference sexual orientation didn't… — Kelly J. Cogswell Copy Share Image
