Finally, fighting for gay rights, speaking out in various places and making friends, men and women, was great.

Coming out to gays is a way of affirming sanity and self-worth.

I felt like an apostle of the obvious and people imagined that I was doing something daring.

I'm really not an avowed heterosexual. I'm no more proud of it than of being white or tall.

All who love are conspirators.

All love is original, no matter how many other people have loved before.

We have many cases of men committing suicide rather than face their own individuality. I know of no case of a woman who committed suicide because she was gay.