Even in my town, even in San Francisco, thousands of gay men were arrested usually using entrapment techniques every single year for sexual behavior between consenting adults. That continued well into the 1970s until it was finally decriminalized in 1976, I believe.

To all my friends in Los Angeles: the Sultan of Brunei, owner of the Beverly Hills Hotel, has signed legislation calling for gay people to be stoned to death.

The sense of urgency has almost completely vanished.

I recently heard young people talking about collective bargaining agreements - I hadn't heard young people use that phrase in forever!

People's lives can be transformed by the movement.

The majority of new infections in America are among young gay and bisexual men of color, and the full resources that could be brought to bear simply are not.

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.