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For Hamer, the issue of involuntary sterilization was as urgent as that of police brutality and other manifestations of state-sanctioned violence.
Keisha N. Blain • Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America
“The ultimate logic of racism is genocide,”
Taylor Branch • At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68
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Lillian Faderman • The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle
Hollibaugh sized up the audience and saw that many there were over fifty, and she realized how she could isolate the pastor. “Well, you know, Reverend Blue,” she said, “my guess would be that most of the people in this audience fought against someone who had that position in World War II, and my guess is that the audience does not support genocide.
... See moreLillian Faderman • The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle
there will never be a way to flawlessly determine who is the perfect candidate for transition without removing a person’s agency.
Alo Johnston • Am I Trans Enough?: How to Overcome Your Doubts and Find Your Authentic Self
“We represent the human race. Let’s start there.”
Lillian Faderman • The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle
Police Chief E. Francis Riggs
Nelson Denis • War Against All Puerto Ricans
There she met Evan Wolfson. He convinced her that marriage would be the surest shield against society’s contemptuous abuse of those in same-sex relationships.