“I became a part of the Civil Rights movement early on and that has really shaped a great deal of my thinking.” ThinkingDealsRightsMovementCivil RightsCivil Rights Movement Author:Amber Hollibaugh
“Do we now fight for the kind of passionate belief that I have about sexuality, about the importance of the erotic, of people actually getting to fulfill desire and not be punished because they have it? No, we're nowhere near close to that. We're dealing with an AIDS epidemic that continues out of control globally and in this country, NO, THIS IS NOT the movement that I am fighting to create. Has it succeeded in places that are very significant? Yes it has - and it would be foolish to say that those things don't matter.” PeopleKindCountryMatterWould BeDesireFightingBeliefMovementImportancePassionateSexualityAidsFoolishSignificantEroticEpidemicsAids Epidemic Author:Amber Hollibaugh
“No political movement can avoid the reality of desire in its midst. Every office building is full of the illicit affairs, the unwanted pregnancies, the crises that happen in human lives.” HumansRealityHappensPoliticalDesireMovementBuildingOfficeCrisisAffairHuman LifeMidstPregnancyUnwantedPolitical MovementsOffice BuildingsUnwanted Pregnancy Author:Amber Hollibaugh
“For a political movement to not understand that sexuality is a profound component of both how people are oppressed and how people dream, is not to recognize the reality of political power and where it's centered.” PeopleDreamRealityPoliticalMovementProfoundSexualityOppressedComponentsPolitical PowerPolitical Movements Author:Amber Hollibaugh
“When people give up sex and give up love or they only have love in the context of tradition then I think we're missing the opportunity of saying to each other building community, building desire in community gives all of us the possibility of learning how to be who we always were terrified we'd find out we were, and then not be ashamed of it and to not have our desire and our love embedded in shame is a profound thing and it's part of what drives the movement.” PeopleThinkingGivingDesireOpportunitySexCommunityMissingMovementPossibilityBuildingGiving UpTraditionShameProfoundAshamedTerrifiedOur LoveEmbeddedCommunity BuildingBuilding Community Author:Amber Hollibaugh
“There's a profound price to the incorrect assumption that LGBTQ movements are white, male and wealthy. That is not a good thing to be dealing with if you're in the midst of a conversation where the recession profoundly impacts you at the same time because people say well, "Really? What's your issue? I mean you all have money. You all have access."” PeopleIfsWellsMeanWhiteIssuesMovementConversationImpactGood ThingsProfoundMalesAccessAssumptionMidstWealthyRecessionsIncorrect Assumptions Author:Amber Hollibaugh
