For lesbians and gay men have always been in the vanguard of struggles for liberation and justice in this country and within our communities ... This is the beginning of a new front. We are saying to the world that the struggle of lesbians and gay men is a real and particular and inseparable part of the struggle of all oppressed people within this country. I am proud to raise my voice here as a black lesbian feminist committed to struggle for a world where all our children can grow free ... Not one of us will ever be free until we are all free.
-- Audre Lorde, speaking at the March for Lesbians and Gay Rights, 1979
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