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“Powerful words.
The act of defining one’s self.
The act of forever coming out, naming ourselves.
Voicing those words to family and friends, who sometimes
act deaf, who often pretend that we have not spoken,
that they did not hear. I am a Lesbian”
Makeda Silvera: Piece of My Heart: A Lesbian of
Colour Anthology
“Naming is power. When I tell you who I am
I give you the power to name me. When someone else
names me, they define who I am and usurp the power
that is rightfully mine. The beginning or end of
our freedom lies in the power to name ourselves
or others.”
Margaret Dierdre O’Hartigan: Transsisters,
The Journal of Transsexual Feminism #7 |
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