If I turned around every time somebody called me a faggot, I'd be walking backward - and I don't want to walk backward.

Every gay person must come out.... Once they realize we are indeed their children, we are indeed everywhere, every myth, every lie, every innuendo will be destroyed once and for all.

It takes no compromise to give people their rights

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

If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door in the country.

I fully realize that a person who stands for what I stand for, an activist, a gay activist, becomes the target or the potential target for a person who is insecure, terrified, afraid, or very disturbed with themselves.

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.