“For a woman to be a lesbian in a male-supremacist, capitalist, misogynist, racist, homophobic, imperialist culture, such as that of North America, is an act of resistance.”
Known For:Cheryl Clark is known for her poems, essays, and literary criticisms that advocate for LGBTQ+ rights.
Cheryl Clark is an American poet and activist who is best known for her poems, essays, and literary criticisms that advocate for LGBTQ+ rights. Having experienced the horrors of Jim Crow laws firsthand, she became a civil rights activist at a very young age.
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