“If I wait for someone else to validate my existence, it will mean that I’m shortchanging myself.”
– Zanele Muholi, South African artist and activist
“Equality means more than passing laws. The struggle is really won in the hearts and minds of the community, where it really counts.”
– Barbara Gittings, American activist for the LGBTQ population
“My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you.”
– Audre Lorde, poet
“We need, in every community, a group of angelic troublemakers.”
– Bayard Rustin, Lawyer, and Civil Rights Movement Activist
