#lesbians

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

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

Lesbians are likely to be drawn to stand-up, if only because it's cheaper to produce and therefore more accessible for women. But the very form of stand-up is masculine. ↗

— Kate Clinton

#because #cheaper #drawn #form #lesbians

God did not create gays and lesbians so He could have something to hate! ↗

— Troy Perry

#create #did #gays #god #hate

If you had told me 28 years ago that the largest organization in the world touching the lives of gays and lesbians would be a church, I would not have believed you. ↗

— Troy Perry

#believed #church #gays #had #i

We cannot keep turning our backs on gay and lesbian Americans. I have fought too hard and too long against discrimination based on race and color not to stand up against discrimination based on sexual orientation. ↗

— John Lewis

#equal-rights #gays #lesbians #racial-discrimination #sexual-orientation

Women who love women are Lesbians. Men, because they can only think of women in sexual terms, define Lesbian as sex between women. ↗

— Rita Mae Brown

#between #define #lesbian #lesbians #love

There are lesbians, God knows... if you came up through lesbian circles in the forties and fifties in New York... who were not feminist and would not call themselves feminists. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#came #circles #feminist #feminists #fifties

I don't think it's the responsibility of gays and lesbians to reinvent the family. ↗

— Dan Savage

#gays #i #lesbians #reinvent #responsibility