"I add to the culture of invisibility becoming complicit with it."

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“Why do they think "fat dyke" is an insult? To me that means, "I'm-a eat fried chicken and pussy.”

“Trying to fault gays and lesbians for standing up for their rights is backwards and unconscionable. We have no idea how powerful we actually are. We were never considered part of the general, respectable population.”

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