"Lesbianism is the ultimate expression of a feminist philosophy."

"For a woman to be a lesbian in a male-supremacist, capitalist, misogynist, racist, homophobic, imperialist culture, s…"

"Should one of you boys happen upon a girl who doesn't put out, do not jump to the conclusion that you have found a la…"

"There is, for me, no difference between writing a good poem and moving into sunlight against the body of a woman I love."

"Lesbians are "dykes," not "dikes." We are not dams, although some people consider us damned."

"At the 2008 Lambda Literary Awards (the awards the LGBT community gives to books ignored by straight book awards) not…"

"Forever in love with the word. Lesbian. The slow sexuality of it, a snake in the mouth."

"It was a foot in name only. The misshapen mass looked more like a hoof bisected by a crack."

"Strange to think it was an erotic thing. To us, the smell of rotting flesh would be unbearable. But back then men wro…"

"The bandages that women used for footbinding were about 10 feet long, so it was difficult for them to wash their feet…"