"We often hear the question asked , "What shall we do?" Here is an opportunity for doing something now. Every man and every woman present may do something by showing that we fear not a mob, and, in the midst of threatenings and revilings, by opening our mouths for the dumb and pleading the cause of those who are ready to perish."


This quote from the last that you post of Angelina's speeches, is priceless enough to warrant another kick for this thread via my continued rant here.
When some feel that they are more oppressed than others, or that others are wearing their oppression too much on their sleeve, and resent them for that regardless the righteousness, we start to forget that all oppression is one oppression, that those in power are not really working on being bigotted or prejudicial, they are fostering these things in order to divide and conquer all the oppressed masses. Thus with each issue we must become one with each group, as you say , we are all gay, we are all homeless, we are all of all colors, we are all of all beliefs, we are all genders, we are all workers at every job, and all those bereft of work, all handicapped, mentally ill, we are all oppressed..

And we must all to the greatest of our capacity use our voices, spread our stories, tell it like it is...(Sojourner Truth comes to mind...)