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“There was no single gay point of view. Like skin color or gender or any of those arbitrary, sometimes artificial, difference sexual orientation didn't make us all the same. But it did affect us. It had to.”

Differences Race Acceptance Diversity Gender Sexual Orientation Similarities

Book:Eating Fire: My Life as a Lesbian Avenger

Source: Eating Fire: My Life as a Lesbian Avenger

“It is a big deal to work with people who are different from you. And if you're white or of a higher class,no matter what race you are, you'll probably mess up. Maybe get yelled at. But there are worse things. Like keeping your dignity safe at home, while the world goes to hell.”

Inspiration Diversity Race Relations

Book:Eating Fire: My Life as a Lesbian Avenger

Source: Eating Fire: My Life as a Lesbian Avenger

“I wanted to drag them all out, flay us all, destroy all the artificial separations of history. You'd merely done what I had, after all--split from two cells into four then eight then sixteen until you've accumulated all your arms and legs and organs and pushed yourself into the world--so fucking what? You honkey, nigger, spic, dyke, cunt. If I cry out, who will hear me?”

Race Diversity Gender

Book:Eating Fire: My Life as a Lesbian Avenger

Source: Eating Fire: My Life as a Lesbian Avenger

“I begged Ana to shut them up, come out as Cuban, play the jail card. But she refused to claim that authority. 'It will mean you, as a Kentucky girl, have nothing valuable to say about Cuba. And Cubans have nothing to say about the rest of the world.”

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Book:Eating Fire: My Life as a Lesbian Avenger

Source: Eating Fire: My Life as a Lesbian Avenger

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