Never Take An Elevator In City Hall.

We Will Not Win Our Rights By Staying Quietly In Our Closets.

Some People Call Me The Unofficial Mayor Of Castro Street.

Freedom Is Too Enormous To Be Slipped Under A Closet Door.

If I Turned Around Every Time Somebody Called Me A Faggot, I'd Be Walking Backward - And I Don't Want To Walk Backward.

I Would Like To See Every Gay Doctor Come Out, Every Gay Lawyer, Every Gay Architect Come Out, Stand Up And Let That World Know. That Would Do More To End Prejudice Overnight Than Anybody Would Imagine. I Urge Them To Do That, Urge Them To Come Out. Only That Way Will We Start To Achieve Our Rights.