“A child might not like the things you think they should— and that’s not an indication of their sex, or even . . . take a deep breath . . . their sexuality.”
“The night Magdalen Berns died, a rare harvest moon hung over Manhattan. It felt as though the sky had somehow coordinated its timing, so it too could pay tribute to a rare force of nature.”
“As an adopted nonconforming child, who was same-sex attracted, Sheng didn’t see butch lesbians reflected anywhere… not even on The L Word, a show about lesbians.
Instead, Sheng found Max.
The L Word reboot cast-member was 13 at the time…”
“Claire shrugged and kept knitting.”
“Repeat. Requesting Backup. We only have 7 cops per lesbian.”
“Dykes aren’t out here to smile and stroke egos. We’re not out here to play nice. We’re out here to come with the realness. And if that makes you sad, you can always just call the cops and have us removed for being a lesbian.”
“Like so many lesbians, I feel disconnected from Pride, but I still managed to find an array of colors, hiding in some unexpected places.”
“It’s well past the time for mainstream media, including “LGBTQ” media, its publications and organizations, to take responsibility for the part they play in encouraging violence against lesbians.”
On June 28, 1969, a cop hit Stormé DeLarverie on the head with a billy club. She was bleeding from that wound when she threw the first punch, at Stonewall—“The cop hit me, and I hit him back.”
She started a Revolution.
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