Quote of the Day

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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I have always wanted to be both man and woman, to incorporate the strongest and richest parts of my mother and father within/into me...

-- Audre Lorde, Zami, p. 7

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You become strong by doing the things you need to be strong for.  This is the way genuine learning takes place.  That's a very difficult way to live, but it also has served me.  It's been an asset as well as a liability.

-- Audre Lorde

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That visibility which makes us most vulnerable is that which also is the source of our greatest strength.

-- Audre Lorde

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If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.

-- Audre Lorde

Audre Lorde:

That you can't change City Hall is a rumor being spread by City Hall.

Audre Lorde:

Your silence will not protect you.

Audre Lorde:

When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.

Audre Lorde:

It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.

Audre Lorde:

In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction.

Audre Lorde:

I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.

Audre Lorde:

Perhaps ... I am the face of one of your fears. Because I am a woman, because I am Black, because I am a lesbian, because I am myself -- a Black woman warrior poet doing my work -- come to ask you, are you doing yours?

"The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action"