Some reporter called me 'the angriest gay man in the world' or some such. Well, it stuck, but I realized it was very useful.
Larry KramerThe media in America is not covering American AIDS very much. They're covering African AIDS as if somehow miraculously it's all stopped here. Well, it hasn't, and the one thing they're not saying about Africa is that all those people are going to die; there's no way these people can be saved - none.
Larry KramerSaying someone is gay who is gay no longer constitutes defamation or slander or libel. You cannot defame someone by telling the truth.
Larry KramerThe only way we'll have real pride is when we demand recognition of a culture that isn't just sexual. It's all there--all throughhistory we've been there; but we have to claim it, and identify who was in it, and articulate what's in our minds and hearts and all our creative contributions to this earth. And until we do that, and until we organise ourselves block by neighborhood by city by state into a united visible community that fights back, we're doomed.
Larry KramerItโs so wonderful being a gay person. I said that before. Iโm going to say it again. I love being gay. And I love gay people. I think weโre better than other people. I really do. I think weโre smarter and more talented and more aware and I do, I do, I totally do. And I think weโre more tuned in to whatโs happening, tuned into the moment, tuned into our emotions, and other peopleโs emotions, and weโre better friends. I really do think all of these things. And I try not to forget them.
Larry Kramer