#lesbia

I would say that I'm a feminist theorist before I'm a queer theorist or a gay and lesbian theorist. ↗

— Judith Butler

#feminist #gay #i #lesbian #queer

But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#deals #ever #feminist #lesbian #out

Part of the lesbian consciousness is an absolute recognition of the erotic within our lives and, taking that a step further, dealing with the erotic not only in sexual terms. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#consciousness #dealing #further #lesbian #lives

Feminism is a socialist, anti-family, political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians. ↗

— Pat Robertson

#capitalism #children #destroy #encourages #feminism

Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians. ↗

— Pat Robertson

#capitalism #children #destroy #encourages #feminism

An agent said he didn't know what to do with me, I wouldn't be able to play any parts but lesbians and aliens. ↗

— Allison Janney

#agent #any #i #know #lesbians

My feelings for Ellen overrode all of my fear about being out as a lesbian. I had to be with her, and I just figured I'd deal with the other stuff later. ↗

— Portia de Rossi

#being #deal #ellen #fear #feelings

I have met many feminists who were not Lesbians but I have never met a Lesbian who was not a feminist. ↗

— Martha Shelley

#feminists #i #lesbian #lesbians #many

Nature has made a mistake in the choice of my sexuality and I must do a life-long penance for it, for the moral power to suffer the unavoidable with dignity is lost. ↗

— Richard von Krafft-Ebing

#gender #homosexuality #lesbianism #morality #nature

Once," Fran says, settling against the worktable, folding her arms, "I knew this kid who very bravely and bossily came out of the closet when she was only fourteen years old. She told me then that we can't choose who we love. We just love the people we love, no mattter what anyone else might want for us. Wasn't that you? ↗

— Madeleine George

#coming-out #gay-and-lesbian #honesty #love #relationships