The penalties for homosexual conduct were - would vary from state to state, but they were - it was a felony in most states punishable with prison terms of varying lengths.

I get to interact with a bunch of young people that are up against despair constantly.

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

I saw great hope in the Sanders campaign - a flawed candidate, not perfect, but pretty damn close. Millions of young people were inspired by him.

A whole lot of the way identity politics has gone seems to me to deny empathy.

If you tell me I can't understand you because of my color or you can't understand me because of your sexual orientation or she can't understand us because of her faith, well, if you can't have empathy how will you ever have solidarity?

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