“The tribal attitude said, and continues to say, that Gay people are especially empowered because we are able to identify with both sexes and can see into more than one world at once, having the capacity to see from more than one point of view at a time. And that is also an Indian way of seeing.” PeopleWorldWaySaidAbleSexViewsAttitudeSeeingGayCapacitySexualityPoint Of ViewIndianEmpoweredGay People Book:Another Mother Tongue: Gay Words, Gay Worlds Source: Another Mother Tongue: Gay Words, Gay Worlds
“Gay people are not in the habit of thinking of ourselves as leading our civilization, and yet we do.” PeopleThinkingHabitCivilizationGayGay People Author:Judy Grahn
“The shaman/priest/artist/teacher/leader does not operate for the sole benefit of herself and her kind but for the benefit of the people at large and of the universe and its patterns, as becomes what she perceives as fitting into place, into her sense of natural justice.” PeopleKindDoeArtistUniverseWomenNaturalLeadershipJusticeLeaderTeacherBenefitsPatternsPerceivePriestsSoleFittingNatural Justice Book:Another Mother Tongue: Gay Words, Gay Worlds Source: Another Mother Tongue: Gay Words, Gay Worlds