Audre Lorde Heterosexuality Is Quotations

I agreed to take part in a New York University Institute for Humanities conference a year ago. . . .

I stand here as a black lesbian feminist, having been invited to comment within the only panel at this conference where the input of black feminists and lesbians is represented. What this says about the vision of this conference is sad, in a country where racism, sexism and homophobia are inseparable. . . .

The absence of any consideration of lesbian consciousness or the consciousness of third world women leaves a serious gap within this conference. . . .