If we [gays] want to be equal under the law, we must now - as the great heroes of the Civil Rights movement of 1963 and 1964 showed us - turn our attention to the federal government.
If I had to say what my one greatest achievement is, it's that I lasted, and I'm still happy. I hope that comes through. - Cleve Jones
If I had to say what my one greatest achievement is, it's that I lasted, and I'm still happy. I hope that comes through.
- Cleve Jones
Marches work, rallies work, civil disobedience works, direct action works, voting works, writing letters works, speaking to churches and schools work… - Cleve Jones
Marches work, rallies work, civil disobedience works, direct action works, voting works, writing letters works, speaking to churches and schools work…
I don't even want to go to the Pride marches anymore. The politics have been removed almost entirely. They're just huge corporate showcases. - Cleve Jones
I don't even want to go to the Pride marches anymore. The politics have been removed almost entirely. They're just huge corporate showcases.
Even today every year we lose an awful lot of young people, teenagers, who take their own lives because they're - they are gay or transgender. - Cleve Jones
Even today every year we lose an awful lot of young people, teenagers, who take their own lives because they're - they are gay or transgender.
I think that a big part of the energy that was going into fighting AIDS was reduced when we saw that more of the new infections were among our black … - Cleve Jones
I think that a big part of the energy that was going into fighting AIDS was reduced when we saw that more of the new infections were among our black …
I believe we are entering into a period of political chaos. Out of that chaos is the potential for great evil, but there is also the possibility of g… - Cleve Jones
I believe we are entering into a period of political chaos. Out of that chaos is the potential for great evil, but there is also the possibility of g…
If you tell me I can't understand you because of my color or you can't understand me because of your sexual orientation or she can't understand us be… - Cleve Jones
If you tell me I can't understand you because of my color or you can't understand me because of your sexual orientation or she can't understand us be…
A movement that seeks to advance only its own members is going to accomplish little - Cleve Jones
A movement that seeks to advance only its own members is going to accomplish little
A whole lot of the way identity politics has gone seems to me to deny empathy. - Cleve Jones
A whole lot of the way identity politics has gone seems to me to deny empathy.
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