I think that a big part of the energy that was going into fighting AIDS was reduced when we saw that more of the new infections were among our black and brown young people. That's a sad truth to have to claim, but I believe it's true.

The joy with which we denigrate each others' efforts, I hate that.

When I was saving pills to kill myself, I thought there was no hope. I thought my life was over because I was a homosexual.

I am not proud to be gay any more than I am proud to be right handed or to breathe oxygen.

The reality is that the "gayborhoods" are going away. It's because of many factors, including the internet and increased acceptance, but mostly it's the cost of housing.

We spend countless hours talking about people's feelings and issues that aren't going to change anything.

Any social movement that seeks to benefit only its own members I think is a shallow movement and probably doomed to failure.