It's a struggle but that's why we exist, so that another generation of Lesbians of color will not have to invent themselves, or their history, all over again.

The absence of any consideration of lesbian consciousness or the consciousness of third world women leaves a serious gap within this conference. . . .

When we create out of our experiences, as feminists of color, women of color, we have to develop those structures that will present and circulate our culture.

I cannot afford to believe that freedom from intolerance is the right of only one particular group. And I cannot afford to choose between the fronts upon which I must battle these forces of discrimination, wherever they appear to destroy me. And when they appear to destroy me, it will not be long before they appear to destroy you.

Guilt is only another way of avoiding informed action.

If you don’t define yourself for yourself then you will be crushed into other's fantasies of you and eaten alive

We must recognize and nurture the creative parts of each other without always understanding what will be created.