We will not win our rights by staying quietly in our closets.

All young people, regardless of sexual orientation or identity, deserve a safe and supportive environment in which to achieve their full potential.

We are coming out to tell the truths about gays, for I am tired of the conspiracy of silence, so I'm going to talk about it. And I want you to talk about it.

A reading of the Declaration of Independence on the steps of a building is widely covered. The events that started the American Revolution were the meetings in homes, pubs, on street corners.

I ask for the movement to continue, for the movement to grow, because last week I got a phone call from Altoona, Pennsylvania, and my election gave somebody else, one more person, hope. And after all, that's what this is all about. It's not about personal gain, not about ego, not about power - it's about giving those young people out there in the Altoona, Pennsylvanias, hope. You gotta give them hope.

If we wish to rebuild our cities, we must first rebuild our neighborhoods.

Politics is theater. It doesn't matter if you win. You make a statement. You say, "I'm here, pay attention to me