#lesbian

There are other grounds for believing that gays and lesbians should be respected and protected from oppression: their right to privacy and freedom of action and expression; the "victimless" nature of homosexual relations; and the many valuable contributions that gays and lesbians make to society. ↗

— Simon LeVay

#gays-and-lesbians #respect #freedom

You had to be willing to fight in order for a love story to last a life time. ↗

— Cristina Marrero

#cristy-anne #lesbian #lgbtq #love #queer-youth

The inextinguishable lesbian spark. You've surely heard about it? The one that was first ignited at Lesbos, because Sappho was so sad every time a young woman left the academy that she wrote her a poem. Fancy being sad because someone leaves! Perverted, that's what I call it. Don't you? ↗

— Gerd Brantenberg

#sappho #sarcasm #nature

Heather leaned toward me and placed a soothing hand on my knee. “It’ll be fine, sweetie. You’ll see.” “I’ve never done anything like this. What if I can’t go through with it? I’ll feel like such a dolt.” “I won’t let that happen. Once I get you warmed up, you’ll forget all these silly insecurities. And I’d bet my favorite dildo that the instant you see Blake in the buff, you’ll be damn glad you followed through on this little plan. ↗

— Anne Rainey

#lesbian #erotic-romance

Lesbians and gays... they still have to fight, even inside. It's not that simple, even if they seem to be accepted. ↗

— Catherine Deneuve

#even #fight #gays #inside #lesbians

I never thought to myself, I'm going to grow up and fall in love with a man or I'm going to fall in love with a woman because my mother is a lesbian. ↗

— Ally Sheedy

#fall #going #grow #grow up #i

It's a curious, wanting thing. ↗

— Sarah Waters

#love #lust #love

There are plenty of lesbians in Hollywood, but they're not out. And that's their choice, but I can't do that, it's too important to me. ↗

— Jill Bennett

#hollywood #i #important #lesbians #me

Nature has made a mistake in the choice of my sexuality and I must do a life-long penance for it, for the moral power to suffer the unavoidable with dignity is lost. ↗

— Richard von Krafft-Ebing

#gender #homosexuality #lesbianism #morality #nature

Once," Fran says, settling against the worktable, folding her arms, "I knew this kid who very bravely and bossily came out of the closet when she was only fourteen years old. She told me then that we can't choose who we love. We just love the people we love, no mattter what anyone else might want for us. Wasn't that you? ↗

— Madeleine George

#coming-out #gay-and-lesbian #honesty #love #relationships