"If I'm not with a butch everyone just assumes I'm straight. It's like I'm passing too, against my will. I'm sick of the world thinking I'm straight. I've worked hard to be discriminated against as a lesbian"

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Source : Leslie Feinberg (2010). “Stone Butch Blues”, p.275, ReadHowYouWant.com

Leslie Feinberg

#Thinking Quotes #Sick Quotes #World Quotes

“Hold tenderly that which you cherish, for it is precious and a tight grip may crush it. Do not let the fear of dropping it cause you to hold it too tightly: the chances are, it's holding you, too.”
“The Australian way of affirmative action is setting goals and recognising discrimination and lack of opportunity and deciding to take action and setting some goals and targets. I guess I prefer that language to talking about quotas.”
“Distraction and procrastination come in a variety of flavors... when I'm distracted and I walk over and stare out the window, it's a very different experience than when I feed the distraction by cramming in a few emails or make a phone call.”
“I don't get many hecklers now but answering them is an art form in itself.”
“A player who makes a team great is better than a great player.”
“There really is something raw about sexuality that's real and good and we must continue to learn to not be ashamed of it. But - we have to honor the reality of practicing safer sex.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“The idea that more taxes and more government spending is the best way to help hardworking middle class taxpayers - that's an old idea that's failed every time it's been tried.”
“Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.”

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