We exist outside the traditional structure-and our existence threatens it. - Martha Shelley

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We exist outside the traditional structure-and our existence threatens it.

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About Martha Shelley

Martha Shelley (born December 27, 1943) is an activist, writer, and poet best known for her involvement in lesbian feminist activism in the USA.

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Look out, straights. Here comes the Gay Liberation Front, springing up like warts all over the bland face of Amerika, causing shudders of indigestion in the delicately balanced bowels of the movement. Here come the gays, marching with six-foot banners to Washington and embarrassing the liberals, taking over Mayor Alioto's office, staining the good names of War Resisters League and Women's Liberation by refusing to pass for straight anymore.

It's too late for liberalism. Because what I do outside of bed may have nothing to do with what I do inside-but my consciousness is branded, is permeated with homosexuality. For years I have been branded with your label for me. The result is that when I am among gays or in bed with another woman, I am a person, not a lesbian. When I am observable to the straight world, I become gay. You are my litmus paper.

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