The American Dream starts with the neighborhoods.

I would like to see every gay doctor come out, every gay lawyer, every gay architect come out, stand up and let that world know. That would do more to end prejudice overnight than anybody would imagine. I urge them to do that, urge them to come out. Only that way will we start to achieve our rights.

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

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

Let me have my tax money go for my protection and not for my prosecution. Let my tax money go for the protection of me. Protect my home, protect my streets, protect my car, protect my life, protect my property...worry about becoming a human being and not about how you can prevent others from enjoying their lives because of your own inability to adjust to life.

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