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Lesbian Quotes by Audre Lorde
- Within the lesbian community I am Black, and within the Black community I am a lesbian. Any attack against Black people is a lesbian and…
- Perhaps...I am the face of one of your fears. Because I am a woman, because I am Black, because I am a lesbian, because I…
- I stand here as a black lesbian feminist, having been invited to comment within the only panel at this conference where the input of black…
- The absence of any consideration of lesbian consciousness or the consciousness of third world women leaves a serious gap within this conference. . . .
- But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women.
- Part of the lesbian consciousness is an absolute recognition of the erotic within our lives and, taking that a step further, dealing with the erotic…
- I would like to do another piece of fiction dealing with a number of issues: Lesbian parenting, the 1960's, and interracial relationships in the Lesbian…
- There are lesbians, God knows... if you came up through lesbian circles in the forties and fifties in New York... who were not feminist and…
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- Growing up in a Jewish matriarchal world inside the patriarchal paradise of Salt Lake City, Utah, gave me increased perspective on gender… — Roseanne Barr
- I think specifically because of the character that I played, people are very connected to her. I used to get letters from… — Amber Benson
- We women continue to swallow this line that it's unladylike or even proof of being a lesbian if you wear flat shoes… — Jo Brand
- I often tell audiences at the start of my shows that I'm not gay because I've got petitions from lesbian groups saying… — Jo Brand
- I became a lesbian because of women, because women are beautiful, strong, and compassionate. — Rita Mae Brown
- Women who love women are Lesbians. Men, because they can only think of women in sexual terms, define Lesbian as sex between… — Rita Mae Brown
- Oh, there's all these rumors that I'm a lesbian. I have a boyfriend now, Brandon Blackstock; my manager Narvel's son, Reba McEntire's… — Kelly Clarkson
- I'm not a lesbian, but my girlfriend is. — Gina Gershon
- One distressing thing is the way men react to women who assert their equality: their ultimate weapon is to call them unfeminine.… — Shirley Chisholm
- If we even tolerate any oppression of gay and lesbian Americans, if we join those who would intrude upon the choices of… — June Jordan
- As a woman, as a lesbian, as a Jew, much of what I call history, others will not. But answering that challenge… — Joan Nestle
- Ever since the Evil Empire turned out to be a collection of third-world countries, Americans aligned on the far right have tried… — Anna Quindlen