The assimilationist movement is running us into the ground.

- Harry Hay

Underneath that facade, I'm a terrified little sissy, just like everybody else. But I never let it show.

- Harry Hay

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…

- Harry Hay

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…

- Harry Hay

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.

- Harry Hay

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.

- Harry Hay

I always say to people, "If you share my dream, why don't we walk together?" And that's my only organizing tool.

- Harry Hay

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…

- Harry Hay

Giving votes in exchange for ideological support. To wit: identity politics for homosexuals.

- Harry Hay