America Quote by Cheryl Clarke

Since the beginning of the Movement, lesbianism has been a kind of code word for female resistance.

— Ti-Grace Atkinson

“It would be putting it mildly to say that the lesbian represents a threat to patriarchal protocol: Western civilization has for centuries been haunted…

— Terry Castle

Feminism is lesbian in the sense that lesbians have always hated the female role and coveted the male role. It is based on Marxist…

— Henry Makow

The lesbian is the archtypical feminist, because she's not into men - she's the independent woman par excellence.

— Kate Millett

It iscrucial that we understand lesbian/feminism in the deepest, most radical sense: as that love for ourselves and other women, that commitment to the…

— Adrienne Rich

“It should first be understood that lesbianism, like male homosexuality, is a category of behavior possible only in a sexist society characterized by rigid…

— Radicalesbians

Lesbian existence comprises both the breaking of a taboo and the rejection of a compulsory way of life. It is also a direct or…

— Adrienne Rich

Our very strength as lesbians lies in the fact that we are outside of patriarchy; our existence challenges its life.

— Charlotte Bunch

Lesbianism, politically organized, is the greatest threat that exists to male supremacy.

— Rita Mae Brown

“Americans, by which I mean people who live in the United States, are incredibly juvenile about social change. Robin Morgan called it “ejaculatory politics”:…

— Andrea Dworkin

Lesbian feminists, for all their ideals of sisterhood and solidarity, can treat each other with a fickleness, a parasitic exploitativeness, and vicious spite that…

— Camille Paglia

Heterosexuality is a die-hard custom through which male-supremacist institutions insure their own perpetuity and control over us. Women are kept, maintained and contained through…

— Cheryl Clarke