I don't even want to go to the Pride marches anymore. The politics have been removed almost entirely. They're just huge corporate showcases.

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.

Since the industrial revolution, cities, and especially the inner cities, were the places for the newly arrived. Voluntary immigrants seeking economic betterment, refugees, the bohemians, the artists - all of those people were crammed into densely populated neighborhoods and tenements. And as people climbed up the economic ladder they moved out, which really accelerated with the "white flight" phenomenon in the '60s and '70s.

I don't blame younger generations for their lack of awareness. Americans in general are not interested in history.

I don't have any hobbies! I don't golf, I can't imagine what I would do if I retired other than get fat.

The subset of our population that has not benefited from the advancement of medication is black and brown people.

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.