I recently heard young people talking about collective bargaining agreements - I hadn't heard young people use that phrase in forever!
Cleve JonesMost of the young people I know are working so hard, 60 or 70 hours a week. They have no time for recreation or love affairs; it's just work and struggle. I want them to endure, and find that strength and be able to continue.
Cleve JonesAny social movement that seeks to benefit only its own members I think is a shallow movement and probably doomed to failure.
Cleve JonesWhen I was saving pills to kill myself, I thought there was no hope. I thought my life was over because I was a homosexual.
Cleve JonesThe 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.
Cleve JonesI am tired of fighting state by state, county by county, city by city, for fractions of equality. I am tired of compromises and I am tired of the strategy that divides us from each other. It is time for us to unite across state boundaries in a truly nationwide movement to win full, actual equality, which can only come from the federal government. That's not my opinion. That's a fact.
Cleve Jones