I finally reached the point where I knew I had to become involved or shut up.

It takes no compromise to give people their rights

All over the country, they're reading about me, and the story doesn't center on me being gay. It's just about a gay person who is doing his job.

Rights are won only by those who make their voices heard.

San Francisco can start right now to become number one. We can set examples so that others will follow. We can start overnight. We don't have to wait for budgets to be passed, surveys to be made, political wheelings and dealings ... for it takes no money ... It takes no compromising to give the people their rights. It takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no political deal to give people freedom. It takes no survey to remove repression.

Hope will never be silent.

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