The only weapon we have is our bodies, and we need to tuck them in places so wheels don't turn

Bigotrys birthplace is the sinister back room of the mind where plots and schemes are hatched for the persecution and oppression of other human beings.

The real radical is that person who has a vision of equality and is willing to do those things that will bring reality closer to that vision. . .

I would say except when I have been attacked the black community has seldom seen fit to even mention the gay aspect. And since when I have been attacked I have usually been defended by the black community, I would say that the black newspapers have played it very straight. If I was attacked they simply published that I was attacked, if I was defended they simply said I had been defended. But I don't think they have taken any effort at maligning me or maligning gays or making any effort to give to people anything that wasn't news.

The organizers and perpetuators of segregation are as much the enemy of America as any foreign invader.

People will never fight for your freedom if you have not given evidence that you are prepared to fight for it yourself.

Today, blacks are no longer the litmus paper or the barometer of social change. Blacks are in every segment of society and there are laws that help to protect them from racial discrimination. The new ‘niggers’ are gays. It is in this sense that gay people are the new barometer for social change. The question of social change should be framed with the most vulnerable group in mind: gay people.