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

If our history has taught us anything, it is that action for change directed against the external conditions of our oppressions is not enough.

When you are a member of an out-group, and you challenge others with whom you share this outsider position to examine some aspect of their lives that distorts differences between you, then there can be a great deal of pain.

But the question is a matter of the survival and the teaching. That's what our work comes down to. No matter where we key into it, it's the same work, just different pieces of ourselves doing it.

Our visions begin with our desires.

I can't really define it in sexual terms alone although our sexuality is so energizing why not enjoy it too?

Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me. I am who I am, doing what I came to do, acting upon you like a drug or a chisel to remind you of your me-ness, as I discover you in myself.