Occupation: Activist Birth: April 7, 1912 Death: October 24, 2002
If you look into the history of fashion, you'll discover that Gernreich was the leading name for years and the leading fashion designer both here in ….
The police had a practice of entrapping people. This was done all over the country, but we had a particularly vicious group here in Southern Californ….
The assimilationist movement is running us into the ground..
Assimilation is the way you excuse yourself. It absolutely never worked at all. You may not think you are noticeable. But they know who you are. They….
When we begin to love and respect Great Mother Nature's gift to us of gayness, we'll discover that the bondage of our childhood and adolescence in th….
The moment you say, "We are proud. I'm proud to be this, and I'm proud to be that," what you're saying is we're almost as good as the others. "Almost….
Out of the mists of our long oppression, / We bring love for ourselves and each other, / And love for the gifts we bear, /So heavy and so painful the….
Underneath that facade, I'm a terrified little sissy, just like everybody else. But I never let it show..
I was an older brother. So I had to do a lot of things first. My father was a self-made man, and he would beat me senseless. But he was a Scotsman, a….
Give yourself permission to enjoy being gay. You do have to give yourself permission. You have been told you may not. Give yourself permission to be ….
With the full realization that, in order to earn for ourselves any place in the sun, we must with perseverance and self-discipline work collectively ….
I always say to people, "If you share my dream, why don't we walk together?" And that's my only organizing tool..
Confronted with the loving-sharing Consensus of subject-SUBJECT relationships all Authoritarianism must vanish. The Fairy Family Circle, co-joined in….
Up until I was eleven years old, I thought I was the only one of my kind in the world. I couldn't find anybody else who felt as I did..
I knew that I was gay in every bone of my body. So I did the only thing I could do. I started the movement..
I was accustomed to walking alone. I'd find other people who agreed with me, but they also said, "I wouldn't dare mention it." I was the only one who….
Giving votes in exchange for ideological support. To wit: identity politics for homosexuals..
I've always felt I carried a golden secret, a wonderful secret. Every time I thought about it, it made me feel warm inside and good..
I'm not looking for a boyish girl. I'm looking for a boy. And I'm not looking for a girlish boy either..
I condemn the national gay press for its emphasis on consumerism..
Ostracism means you don't exist at all. And that's a very difficult situation to live with. As gay people, we had been chasing ostracism by that poin….