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

Black gay activists should try to build coalitions of people for the elimination of all injustice.

If we desire a society without discrimination, then we must not discriminate against anyone in the process of building this society. If we desire a society that is democratic, then democracy must become a means as well as an end.

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

The moral man is he who is opposed to injustice per se, opposed to injustice wherever he finds it; the moral man looks for injustice first of all in himself.

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.

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