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.

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

I know that you cannot live on hope alone, but without it, life is not worth living. And you...And you...And you...Gotta give em hope.

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

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.

If it were true that children mimicked their teachers, you'd sure have a helluva lot more nuns running around.

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