Being respectful of extraordinary work that has happened in the last thirty-five years is not the same thing as it reflecting my values. I'm not sorry that gays can now enter the military and I'm not sorry that we can marry, but frankly I come from a moment in time, a radical vision in time that never made marriage or the military my criteria of success.

Issues of the economy are profoundly affected by how you live out sexual orientation and gender identity.

We gain power in our refusal to accept less than we deserve.

The economy is not removed from the way you live out your private life.

In some ways, the challenge of staying political is to stay a dreamer at the same time.

There's a profound price to the incorrect assumption that LGBTQ movements are white, male and wealthy. That is not a good thing to be dealing with if you're in the midst of a conversation where the recession profoundly impacts you at the same time because people say well, "Really? What's your issue? I mean you all have money. You all have access."

Frankly, sex work and stripping is very good if you have radical politics. You can go to meetings all night long.