"Because, I think, there is a queerness about rollergirls—whatever their gender preference in partners. There is an understanding that as women, the world we’ve been given and the roles we’ve been assigned aren’t quite right, don’t quite fit. There is a determination to do things differently, to in fact do everything we aren’t supposed to do: act out, speak up, take up space, know ourselves and be true to ourselves, own our sexuality and whatever it means to us, fight for what we want instead of accepting what we get, always have each other’s backs."

—Rachel MadHo from DC Roller Girls

http://derbygirlsblog.com/2011/03/01/youre-not-gay-well-your-derby-wife-is-guest-post-byrachel-madho-of-the-dc-rollergirls/

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