Putting a label [homosexual] on myself was a big step forward…once I said, ‘Yes, that’s me, that’s what I am,’ I was able to work with it.

Equality means more than passing laws. The struggle is really won in the hearts and minds of the community, where it really counts.
BARBARA GITTINGS

Heart Mean Struggle
What the homosexual wants, and here he is neither willing to compromise nor morally required to compromise – is acceptance of homosexuality as a way of life fully on a par with heterosexuality.
BARBARA GITTINGS

Acceptance Heterosexuality Want
Putting a label [homosexual] on myself was a big step forward…once I said, ‘Yes, that’s me, that’s what I am,’ I was able to work with it.
BARBARA GITTINGS

Able Labels Steps
Do you remember when we picketed the White House in 1965?
BARBARA GITTINGS

House Remember White

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