“We lavender folk spray up, spontaneously flowering in the color we had learned as an identifying mark of our culture when it was subterranean and secret.” CultureSecretColorMarkFolksSexualityIdentifyingSprayFloweringLavender Author:Judy Grahn
“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 culture is far from 'marginal,' being rather 'intersectional,' the conduits between unlike beings.” CultureGaySexualityGay Culture Book:Another Mother Tongue: Gay Words, Gay Worlds Source: Another Mother Tongue: Gay Words, Gay Worlds
“The walls of the closet are guarded by the dogs of terror, and the inside of the closet is a house of mirrors.” HouseDogWallMirrorsTerrorSexualityClosetsGuarded Book:Another Mother Tongue: Gay Words, Gay Worlds Source: Another Mother Tongue: Gay Words, Gay Worlds
