Every man Quote by Doris Lessing

“To learn of the existence of other lesbians through the media, no matter how unfortunate those characters were, must have been reassuring to women…

— Lillian Faderman

“I guess lesbianism wasn't so rampant in those days, they would've gotten a bunk with each other and just left me alone, you know.…

— Charles Bukowski

“If you are a girl, I don't think you should necessarily become a lesbian, although if the idea appeals to you, I wouldn't say…

— Suzanne Finnamore

“Some women who married and also had lesbian relationships were genuinely bisexual. Many others married because they could see no other viable choice in…

— Lillian Faderman

“Of course there are lesbians. Every piece of media I consume now must have lesbians. This is how lesbianism works.”

— Siera Maley

“[E]ven today, when confident and self-affirmative lesbian identities have emerged and are available to women, images of `lesbianism’ are still regularly appropriated by a…

— Nivedita Menon

I always had this idea that, 'Sure, I wished I was a boy and felt more like a boy and all of that.' But…

— Chaz Bono

“But some survive. Many of us have lived to tell our stories, to create Lesbian texts, to read Lesbian texts, even to write commentaries…

— Julia Penelope

When I was young there were lesbians who said "Oh, I will free myself of all norms of masculinity, all norms of heterosexuality ".…

— Judith Butler

“And then there were the lesbians.”

— Ann Bausum

I am a lesbian, and it was a later in life recognition of that fact.

— Meredith Baxter

Lesbians are the poets of the humanity of women.

— Nicole Brossard