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“I cannot understand a society that is more afraid of a man in a dress than a man in a soldier’s uniform.”

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Joan Nestle is an American writer, born on May 12, 1940. Her work primarily focuses on the lives and challenges of LGBTQ+ communities, especially the elderly LGBTQ+ population. Nestle is known for her profound understanding of LGBTQ+ history and extensive research. more

“I love America more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually. I think all theories are suspect, that the finest principles may have to be modified, or may even be pulverized by the demands of life, and that one must find, therefore, one's own moral center and move through the world hoping that this center will guide one aright.”

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Author:James A. Baldwin

“All over Harlem, Negro boys and girls are growing into stunted maturity, trying desperately to find a place to stand; and the wonder is not that so many are ruined but that so many survive.”

Trying Girl Wonder Boys Growing Maturity Ruined Boy And Girl Harlem

Author:James A. Baldwin

“People who have been wronged will attempt to right the wrong; they would not be people if they didn't. They can rarely afford to be scrupulous about the means they will use. They will use such means as come to hand. Neither, in the main, will they distinguish one oppressor from another, nor see through to the root principle of their oppression.”

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Author:James A. Baldwin

“The American idea of racial progress is measured by how fast I become white.”

Ideas White Progress

Author:James A. Baldwin

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