Quote by Nikhil Saluja

I hate the word 'lesbian.'

— Syd

I hate the word lesbian; it tells you nothing; its only purpose is to inflame.

— Jeanette Winterson

Calling a trans person by their former name is referred to as "deadnaming" and is considered highly offensive to most trans people I know.

— Steven Petrow

There are lesbians, God knows... if you came up through lesbian circles in the forties and fifties in New York... who were not feminist…

— Audre Lorde

If someone is being misogynistic, you have to name it. It's not convenient to talk about discrimination, but if you don't do it, you…

— Jagmeet Singh

Feminist...a nicer way of saying, lesbian.

— Nikhil Saluja

To me there is a name for each person. I think it’s marvelous to have a name. A woman is not a woman. It’s…

— John Cassavetes

A lesbian is a radical or she is not a lesbian.

— Nicole Brossard

I even feel unsure about really sinking my claws into the term 'nonbinary' and 'they/them' pronouns, because it feels like it's ironic to be…

— Cole Escola

I know many of my female friends do not like being referred to as "ladies."

— Steven Petrow

I came to live in a country I love; some people label me a defector. I have loved men and women in my life;…

— Martina Navratilova

It's a funny thing about names, how they become a part of someone.

— Lois Lowry