Coming Out Is The Most Political Thing

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 More Important Than To Huddle On The Living-room Lounger And Watch A Make-believe World In Not-quite Living Color.

Never Take An Elevator In City Hall.

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 Tell The People You Work With. You Must Tell The People In The Stores You Shop In. Once They Realize That We Are Indeed Their Children, That We Are Indeed Everywhere, Every Myth, Every Lie, Every Innuendo Will Be Destroyed Once And All. And Once You Do, You Will Feel So Much Better

I Was Born Of Heterosexual Parents. I Was Taught By Heterosexual Teachers In A Fiercely Heterosexual Society. Television Ads And Newspaper Ads — Fiercely Heterosexual. A Society That Puts Down Homosexuality. And Why Am I A Homosexual If I'm Affected By Role Models? I Should Have Been A Heterosexual. And No Offense Meant, But If Teachers Are Going To Affect You As Role Models, There'd Be A Lot Of Nuns Running Around The Streets Today.

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.