“If we can be revised after we’re dead, by the very thing we fight against while we’re alive, then what are we fighting for?”
“Jennie Hodgers, aka Albert Cashier, is a symbol of defiance and bravery—She dreamed bigger than the world would allow. Rewriting Jennie Hodgers as a “man,” does a great disservice to her legacy, and erases the sexism that led her to make the choices she did.”
“Marsha Johnson, aka Malcolm, was a self-proclaimed gay man, drag queen, transvestite, until his death in 1992… So how did Johnson’s story come to be so drastically revised?”
“Some of us never realize that pink and blue boxes are nothing more than the grand design of the men that built them. Some of us never find our way out of internalized homophobia.”
“When you soak a child in shame, they cannot develop the neurological pathways that carry thoughts of self-worth.” — Hannah Gadsby
“Many in the community are just now learning of the news and are
disappointed that (as is so often the case with lesbians and more
specifically butch lesbians) there has been no coverage of this attack in
‘LGBTQ’ media.”
“Reclaiming my word! Reclaiming my word! Reclaiming my word! Lesbian! What they failed to tell you, is that IT’S MY WORD… And I CAN reclaim it!”
Kerrice Lewis. Say her name.
“Some love stories change the world.” — Brandi Mells
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