It's a struggle but that's why we exist, so that another generation of…

Audre Lorde
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It's a struggle but that's why we exist, so that another generation of Lesbians of color will not have to invent themselves, or their history, all over again. ✨ Audre Lorde, Joan Wylie Hall (2004). Conversations with Audre Lorde, p.130, Univ. Press of Mississippi
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It's a struggle but that's why we exist, so that another generation of Lesbians of color will not have to invent themselves, or their history, all over again. ✨ Audre Lorde, Joan Wylie Hall (2004). Conversations with Audre Lorde, p.130, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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