Here's a link to the speech by Angela Davis.
http://sisterezili.blogspot.com/2009/01/tactfulness-of-heart-angela-davis-on.html
This link from the Advocate also offers some context
http://www.advocate.com/politics/2016/9/12/black-panthers-and-gay-rights

There are a few reasons I chose to read this piece. Overall, I thought that
it had many layers, which I hoped would inspire folks t think about
intersections when fighting oppression.

1.) Perspective. This was Angela Davis speaking in Paris 1991 about her
activism experience in the USA in 1970.  I always find hindsight and
context interesting. She also quotes Huey Newton, which brings in another
perspective.
2.) The speech addresses the ongoing need for white people and artists to
use their platforms and positions of power to support movements that
protect the rights of and lives of people of color, and shows a powerful
example of Jean Genet doing just that.
3.) It gives an example of leaders in an anti-oppression activist group
recognizing the ways they might be contributing to the oppression of others
(gays and women) and willingness to change, and in that sense shows people
with different life experiences, identities, and perspectives working
together.
4.) I find it very inspiring.