Some people call me the unofficial mayor of Castro Street..

I have tasted freedom. I will not give up that which I have tasted. I have a lot more to drink. For that reason, the political numbers game will be p….

Coming out is the most political thing you can do.

All young people, regardless of sexual orientation or identity, deserve a safe and supportive environment in which to achieve their full potential..

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..

Hope will never be silent..

Freedom is too enormous to be slipped under a closet door..

Rights are won only by those who make their voices heard..

If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door in the country..

Politics is theater. It doesn't matter if you win. You make a statement. You say, "I'm here, pay attention to me.

We are coming out to tell the truths about gays, for I am tired of the conspiracy of silence, so I'm going to talk about it. And I want you to talk a….

I cannot prevent anyone from getting angry, or mad, or frustrated. I can only hope that they'll turn that anger and frustration and madness into some….

Let me have my tax money go for my protection and not for my prosecution. Let my tax money go for the protection of me. Protect my home, protect my s….

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….

I finally reached the point where I knew I had to become involved or shut up..

If I do a good job, people won't care if I am green or have three heads..

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 m….

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

It takes no compromising to give people their rights. It takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no survey to remove repressions..

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 Altoon….

The fact is that more people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single reason. That, THAT my friends, is true perversio….