There are many lesbians and gay men trapped by their fear into silence and invisibility, and they exist in a dim valley of terror wearing nooses of conformity.

I am a post-mastectomy woman who believes our feelings need voice in order to be recognized, respected, and of use.

Anger is loaded with information and energy.

My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you. But for every real word spoken, for every attempt I had ever made to speak those truths for which I am still seeking, I had made contact with other women while we examined the words to fit a world in which we all believed, bridging our differences.

Only by learning to live in harmony with your contradictions can you keep it all afloat.

Guilt is not a response to anger; it is a response to one's own actions or lack of action.

I am still learning - how to take joy in all the people I am, how to use all my selves in the service of what I believe, how to accept when I fail and rejoice when I succeed.