Code Quote by Ti-Grace Atkinson

For a woman to be a lesbian in a male-supremacist, capitalist, misogynist, racist, homophobic, imperialist culture, such as that of North America, is an…

— Cheryl Clarke

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

“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

“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

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

Feminism is the theory, lesbianism is the practice.

— Ti-Grace Atkinson

Feminism is a theory, lesbianism is a practice.

— Ti-Grace Atkinson

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

— Rita Mae Brown

Feminism is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression.

— Bell Hooks

Lesbianism has always seemed to me an extremely inventive response to a shortage of men, but otherwise not worth the trouble.

— Nora Ephron

I’m glad mainstream culture is starting to catch up to where lesbian-feminism was 30 years ago.

— Alison Bechdel

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