WE THE PEOPLE
They are freedom fighters, pioneers, women.
They navigate through times, societies, against our very societal values such as racism, misogyny, sexism, neo-colonialism, capitalism, and lesbophobia.
They are everyday leaders and they won’t be silenced.
Alice Coffin, French journalist, lesbian activist: "In France there is this cultural background that as a minority you need to be discrete."(RFI)
Alison Bechdel, American cartoonist: "I still found literary criticism to be a suspect activity" (Fun Home)
Shirley Souagnon, French humorist: "Gender is a fiction, like Santa"
Hoshi, French singer:"All you have to do is believe" (Artisterevelation)
Beverley Palesa Ditsie, South African lesbian activist, artist, and filmmaker: "As artists and activists, the only thing we can do is keep on telling our stories" (News24)
Unknown: Audre Lorde said once: "The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house".
Joëlle, afropean, lesbian, freedom screamer