A Quote by Rita Mae Brown

all outcast peoples struggle to be recognized as individuals. The damage of oppression is that it robs you of your individuality. You're just a faggot. Or whatever - fill in the blank. Everything you do is seen through the prism of your gayness or your womanness or your blackness by some people.

Rita Mae Brown

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Rita Mae Brown
American - Writer
Born: November 28, 1944

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