
Faika El-Nagashi: It was Never About Butch Lesbians
by Faika El-Nagashi When I thought the trans debate couldn’t get any more absurd, the arguments thrown around by trans rights activists after the UK
by Faika El-Nagashi When I thought the trans debate couldn’t get any more absurd, the arguments thrown around by trans rights activists after the UK
“My name is Pauli Murray. My whole history has been a struggle in a society dominated by the ideas that blacks were inferior to whites,
“Every now and again, as you’re marching forward, turn around and wave back at us. We’re still here… Much the same way as I needed to acknowledge the shoulders that I stood on, I would like others to acknowledge us. We did a lot of work. And it wasn’t easy.”
How I found myself getting in touch with my spiritual side amidst the Covid quarantine, by clearing my chakras and shifting my mindset.
Lesbian leader, Lin Farley, reminds us to “stand up and take our own rights into our own hands.”
“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.”
“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.”
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