America is like an unfaithful love who promises us more than we got.

I'd make a comment at a meeting and nobody would even acknowledge me. Then some man would say the same thing and they'd all nod.

Leadership is people taking the initiative, carrying things through, having ideas and the imagination to get something started, and exhibiting particular skills in different areas.

Women have a lot to say about how to advance women's rights, and governments need to learn from that, listen to the movement and respond.

Sexual, racial, gender violence and other forms of discrimination and violence in a culture cannot be eliminated without changing culture.

We need women leaders. But we need them to have a vision for something.

Our very strength as lesbians lies in the fact that we are outside of patriarchy; our existence challenges its life.