Barbara Gittings Professions : Activist Born : July 31, 1932 Died : February 18, 2007 Browse All Authors Top 5 quotes by Barbara Gittings 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 struggle heart mean As a teenager, I had to struggle alone to learn about myself and what it meant to be gay. Now for [48] years I've had the satisfaction of working with other gay people all across the country to get the bigots off our backs, to oil the closet door hinges, to change prejudiced hearts and minds, and to show that gay love is good for us and for the rest of the world too. It's hard work---but it's vital, and it's gratifying, and it's often fun! Barbara Gittings teenager fun country What the homosexual wants, and here he is neither willing to compromise nor morally required to compromise — is acceptance of homosexuality as a way of life fully on a par with heterosexuality. Barbara Gittings heterosexuality acceptance want Putting a label [homosexual] on myself was a big step forward...once I said, 'Yes, that's me, that's what I am,' I was able to work with it. Barbara Gittings labels able steps Do you remember when we picketed the White House in 1965? Barbara Gittings white house remember Similar Authors Brooke Axtell activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali activist Assata Shakur activist Arun Manilal Gandhi activist Arthur Hertzberg activist Arlene Holt Baker activist All Authors
