Every gay person must come out. As difficult as it is, you must tell your immediate family. You must tell your relatives. You must tell your friends if indeed they are your friends. You must...

The only thing they have to look forward to is hope. And you have to give them hope. Hope for a better world, hope for a better tomorrow, hope for a better place to come...

Let’s make no mistake about this: The American Dream starts with the neighborhoods. If we wish to rebuild our cities, we must first rebuild our neighborhoods. And to do that, we must understand that the...

Burst down those closet doors once and for all, and stand up and start to fight.

It’s not my victory, it’s yours and yours and yours. If a gay can win, it means there is hope that the system can work for all minorities if we fight. We’ve given them hope.

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

It takes no compromise to give people their rights…it takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no political deal to give people freedom. It takes no survey to remove repression.

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.

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

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

All men are created equal. Now matter how hard they try, they can never erase those words. That is what America is about.

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