AIDS was allowed to happen. It is a plague that need not have happened. It is a plague that could have been contained from the very beginning.
Larry KramerI think being gay and gay people are the most wonderful things in the world. I wish all of us could have the power and pride to benefit from what is rightfully ours. Why isn't there an enormous building in Washington called the 'National Association of Lesbian and Gay Concerns' to lobby for us?
Larry KramerGay life in 1970 was very bleak, compartmentalized. You didn't take it to work. You had to really lead a double life. There were bars, but you sort of snuck in and snuck out. Activism and gay pride simply didn't exist. I don't even think the word 'gay' was in existence.
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 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