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The LGBTQ Community Mourns Beloved Author Toni Morrison
The LGBTQ Community Mourns Beloved Author Toni Morrison
Social media lit up with remembrances and quotations from the late writer.
Toni Morrison has died.
The Nobel laureate -- whose novels Beloved, Song of Solomon, and The Bluest Eye explored race in America -- passed Monday in the Bronx at age 88.
Morrison was a towering figure in the literary community. She wrote 11 novels in her lifetime, and her honors included the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Pulitzer Prize, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Her work often centered on a Black female protagonist and featured predominantly African-American characters -- a revolutionary point of view within her literary generation. In her writing and interviews, Morrison spoke truth to power, laying bare the impact of oppression and racism, as well as the power of words to fight them.
In the wake of the news of her death, members of the LGBTQ community took to social media to share some of these words of wisdom and Morrison's impact on their own lives. Take a look at some of the remembrances below.
\u201cI didn\u2019t know that words could do what they did until Toni Morrison.\u201d— deray (@deray) 1565103758
\u201cToni Morrison is an eternal inspiring and elevating force.\n\nUnabashedly Black, woman, brilliant, beautiful, and strong. Though she has many descendants (living and to come), there will never be another.\u201d— Raquel Willis (she/her) (@Raquel Willis (she/her)) 1565103509
\u201cThankful for the brave and beautiful life of Toni Morrison. What a beloved gift she was and will forever be to us. I\u2019m certain the heavens are welcoming her in a most jubilant way. #ToniMorrison https://t.co/qXgOZuamCV\u201d— Ay\u1ecd (fka Opal) Tometi \ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@Ay\u1ecd (fka Opal) Tometi \ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8) 1565108085
\u201c\u201cIf you wanna fly\u2014you gotta give up the shit that weighs you down.\u201d\n-Toni Morrison\u201d— Sampson (@Sampson) 1565107206
\u201c\u201cHe licked his lips. \u2018Well, if you want my opinion-\u2018\n\u2018I don\u2019t, \u2018 She said. \u2018I have my own.\u201d\n\u2014 Toni Morrison, BELOVED\u201d— Saeed Jones (@Saeed Jones) 1565098671
\u201c\u201cSo scary are the consequences of a collapse of white privilege that many Americans have flocked to a political platform that supports and translates violence against the defenseless as strength.\u201c Toni Morrison on the history of white supremacy in America https://t.co/m3h5v6Pc9P\u201d— NCLR \u2013 National Center for Lesbian Rights (@NCLR \u2013 National Center for Lesbian Rights) 1565108683
\u201cJust learned that #ToniMorisson has died. #thebluesteye had a profound impact on me - I had to read it three times b/c the 1st time I missed it. It also taught me that what happened to black girls - happened to me. TY Toni Morrison for your courage to love yourself & then us.\u201d— Wade Davis II (@Wade Davis II) 1565110226
\u201cNobel laureate, poet/author America hero #ToniMorrison "At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint, or even remember it. It is enough." #RIP thank you for your incredible poetry , inspiring words and power.\u201d— Zac Posen (@Zac Posen) 1565110351
\u201c"We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives." \u2013 Toni Morrison\n\nRest in power, goddess.\u201d— Zach Stafford (@Zach Stafford) 1565097691
\u201c"Something that is loved is never lost." \n\nRest in Power Toni Morrison\nhttps://t.co/a8EZ9BlJ5k\u201d— Human Rights Campaign (@Human Rights Campaign) 1565101900
