Authentic self Quote by Lena Waithe

As long as we remain self-reflective and keep looking at who and what we are, as long as we keep our analysis that way,…

— Frederick Lenz

I am whatever you want me to be and I can't control that. My experience is my experience, but I can't really claim anything.…

— Doja Cat

“As a black lesbian feminist comfortable with the many different ingredients of my identity, and a woman committed to racial and sexual freedom from…

— Audre Lorde

I'm a black woman and I'm so happy to represent myself in that respect, but I don't want it to be something that defines…

— Rachel Lindsay

You have a real freedom when you don't have to worry about what you look like.

— Charlotte Hope

I like having the freedom to dress as I desire.

— Alber Elbaz

I realize that I'm black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and this is everybody's wish.

— Michael Jordan

There's absolutely no way you can feel the freedom to embarrass and humiliate yourself unless you have finally recognized that your identity is in…

— Tullian Tchividjian

Freedom is the crux of self-respect. It is difficult to feel good about ourselves when we are unnaturally dependent on someone or something.

— David J. Lieberman

We can't walk where we want to walk or be who we want to be or dress the way we want to dress or…

— Eve Ensler

I've never been a person that has had fear of, like, 'Oh, I don't want to be the poster child for all black lesbian…

— Lena Waithe

“Makes me feel like no matter how dressed up we are, no matter how respectful we are, some people will only see what they…

— Renée Watson