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It’s a struggle but that’s why we exist, so that another generation of Lesbians of color will not have to invent themselves, or their history, all over again.

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It’s a struggle but that’s why we exist, so that another generation of Lesbians of color will not have to invent themselves, or their history, all over again.
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I remember how being young and Black and gay and lonely felt. A lot of it was fine, feeling I had the truth and the light and the key, but a lot of it was purely hell.
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Pain is important: how we evade it, how we succumb to it, how we deal with it, how we transcend it.
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I am a Black, Lesbian, Feminist, Warrior, Poet, Mother – stronger for all my identities, and I am indivisible.
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When times are hard, do something. If it works, do it some more. If it does not work, do something else. But keep going.
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Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.
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Hopefully, we can learn from the 60s that we cannot afford to do our enemies work by destroying each other.
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