36 Quotes About Lesbian

It’s hard to imagine that anyone would choose to be gay, lesbian, or bisexual. But how many of us ever really stop to consider that? It’s almost as if we’ve become so accustomed to our own sexualities, identities, and gender expressions that we take them for granted. But what if the people around you are so different than you are? What if they don’t act or dress or think or talk like you do? What if they don’t share your same sexual attractions, desires, or fantasies? What if they don’t even go through puberty? It turns out that not everyone is comfortable with the same things. And if you think about it, it makes perfect sense that someone might just not feel comfortable with the same body parts that you do Read more

And that’s okay! Everyone is different.

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She puts her hands on either side of my face, and the room falls away. I have never gotten so lost in a kiss before. And then, the space between us explodes. My heart keeps missing beats and my hands cannot bring her close enough to me. I taste her and realize I have been starving. I have loved before, but it didn't feel like this. I have kissed before, but it didn't burn me alive. Maybe it lasts a minute, and maybe it's an hour. All I know is that kiss, and how soft her skin is when it brushes against mine, and that even if I did not know it until now, I have been waiting for this person forever. Jodi Picoult
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When selecting a one-night stand, a heterosexual woman who is materialistic is a trillion times more likely to choose a sexually unattractive poor man who seems rich over a sexually attractive rich man who seems poor. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
He who is jealous is better off not dating someone...
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He who is jealous is better off not dating someone who is bisexual. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Fear is the intended result of codifying homophobia into law.
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Fear is the intended result of codifying homophobia into law. DaShanne Stokes
Love should never mean having to live in fear.
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Love should never mean having to live in fear. DaShanne Stokes
In the unification of two minds, orientation of sexuality is...
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In the unification of two minds, orientation of sexuality is irrelevant. Abhijit Naskar
The world could use more love. Why deny it to...
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The world could use more love. Why deny it to others? DaShanne Stokes
People think that LGBTs adopting children will hurt them, but...
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People think that LGBTs adopting children will hurt them, but it's not being in loving homes that hurts children most. DaShanne Stokes
What does love mean if we would deny it to...
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What does love mean if we would deny it to others? DaShanne Stokes
How deep congenital sex-inversion roots may be gathered from the...
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How deep congenital sex-inversion roots may be gathered from the fact that the pleasure-dream of the male Urning has to do with male persons, and of the female with females. Richard Von KrafftEbing
Most people who are would each not be in love...
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Most people who are would each not be in love with their partner, if they did not have the kind of genitals they have. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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Those of us who stand outside the circle of this society's definition of acceptable women; those of us who have been forged in the crucibles of difference - those of us who are poor, who are lesbians, who are black, who are older - know that survival is not an academic skill... For the master's tools will not dismantle the master's house. They will never allow us to bring about genuine change. Audre Lorde
Only by speaking out can we create lasting change. And...
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Only by speaking out can we create lasting change. And that change begins with coming out. DaShanne Stokes
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Love has no gender - compassion has no religion - character has no race. Abhijit Naskar
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Either you are homophobic or you are a human - you cannot be both. Abhijit Naskar
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Homosexuals are not made, they are born. Abhijit Naskar
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Homosexuality is immutable, irreversible and nonpathological. Abhijit Naskar
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Being homosexual is no more abnormal than being lefthanded. Abhijit Naskar
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Can you imagine, somebody telling you, your love for your dearly beloved is a sin! Can you imagine, somebody telling you, women are inferior to men, and are meant only serve the men! Can you imagine, somebody telling you, a man can have multiple wives, and yet be deemed civilized! Here that somebody is a fundamentalist ape - a theoretical pest from the stone-age, that somehow managed to survive even amidst all the rise of reasoning and intellect. Abhijit Naskar
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For the hundreds of thousands of Californians in gay and lesbian households who are managing their day-to-day lives, this decision affirms the full legal protections and safeguards I believe everyone deserves. Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Homophobia is the ignorant and arrogant assumption that copulation and reproduction is all there is to a relationship. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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Compared with lesbians, gays seem to be more unapologetic about their sexual orientation. The former must not have balls. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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The woman who refuses to see her sexual organs as mere wood chips, designed to make the man's life more comfortable, is in danger of becoming a lesbian--an active, phallic woman, an intellectual virago with a fire of her own .. The lesbian body is a particularly pernicious and depraved version of the female body in general; it is susceptible to auto-eroticism, clitoral pleasure and self-actualization. Sigmund Freud
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Are you sure you've never dated girls before? You're awfully good at this." Hunter's gaze returned to me. I could see some of that hated anger still in her eyes. "Kissing?"I couldn't help laughing. "That, top. But I meant facing off against the Purity Crusader over there, " I clarified. "I've been with women who were too afraid to even hold my hand in public." I don't see it as a big deal, " Hunter replied. "It shouldn't matter if a person is straight or gay or something in between. If I want to show i care about someone, I shouldn't have to hide it. Eliza Lentzski
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Years ago, homosexuals were given special status within the tribe. They had powerful medicine. I think it's even more true today, even though our tribe has assimilated into homophobia. I mean, a person has to have magic to assert their identity without regard to all the bullshit, right? Sherman Alexie
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I am usually able to tolerate all kinds of victims of indoctrination except those who have been infected with xenophobia, racism, or homophobia. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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What matters most is not 'what' you are, but 'who' you are. DaShanne Stokes
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I left the bed as she had left it, unmade and rumpled, coverlets awry, so that her body's print might rest still warm beside my own. Until the next day I did not go to bathe, I wore no clothes and did not dress my hair, for fear I might erase some sweet caress. That morning I did not eat, nor yet at dusk, and put no rouge nor powder on my lips, so that her kiss might cling a little longer. I left the shutters closed, and did not open the door, for fear the memory of the night before might vanish with the wind. . Unknown
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I’m going to become a beat poet and a lesbian! Unknown
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Bigotry and sexism destroy the unity needed for a nation to live. DaShanne Stokes
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Gay male and lesbian culture is obsessed with purity of identity as the only basis for figuring out who you can trust or dance with. -Pat Califia Carol Queen
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Barbara had really missed her calling. She should have been a gynecologist. Nothing pleased her more than having her face between another woman’s legs. Elysia N. Fields
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Terror doesn't change people from gay to straight. It just hurts innocent people. DaShanne Stokes
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I wondered if all women did with other women was lie and hug. Sarah Winman
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Amazing how eye and skin color come in many shades yet many think sexuality is just gay or straight. DaShanne Stokes