Out Of The Bars And

If I Turned Around Every Time Somebody Called Me A Faggot, I'd Be Walking Backward - And I Don't Want To Walk Backward.

To Sit On The Front Steps — Whether It's A Veranda In A Small Town Or A Concrete Stoop In A Big City — And To Talk To Our Neighborhoods Is Infinitely More Important Than To Huddle On The Living-room Lounger And Watch A Make-believe World In Not-quite Living Color.

It Takes No Compromise To Give People Their Rights

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.

I Wish I Had Time To Explain Everything I Did. Almost Everything Was Done With An Eye On The Glbt Movement...last Week I Got A Phone Call From Altoona, Pennsylvania, And The Voice Was Young, My Election Gave One More Young Person, Hope