“Labels are for filing. Labels are for clothing. Labels are not for people.”

— Martina Navrátilová

Source: Queer Notions, A Fabulous Collection of Gay and Lesbian Wit and Wisdom, 1996, p. 18.

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American-Czech tennis player 1956

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