Every Indifference To Prejudice Is Suicide Because,

I Would Say Except When I Have Been Attacked The Black Community Has Seldom Seen Fit To Even Mention The Gay Aspect. And Since When I Have Been Attacked I Have Usually Been Defended By The Black Community, I Would Say That The Black Newspapers Have Played It Very Straight. If I Was Attacked They Simply Published That I Was Attacked, If I Was Defended They Simply Said I Had Been Defended. But I Don't Think They Have Taken Any Effort At Maligning Me Or Maligning Gays Or Making Any Effort To Give To People Anything That Wasn't News.

My Activism Did Not Spring From Being Black...the Racial Injustice That Was Present In This Country During My Youth Was A Challenge To My Belief In The Oneness Of The Human Family.

The Real Radical Is That Person Who Has A Vision Of Equality And Is Willing To Do Those Things That Will Bring Reality Closer To That Vision. . .

Looking Back At His Career, Mr. Rustin, A Quaker, Once Wrote: ‘the Principal Factors Which Influenced My Life Are 1) Nonviolent Tactics; 2) Constitutional Means; 3) Democratic Procedures; 4) Respect For Human Personality; 5) A Belief That All People Are One.’

If We Desire A Society Without Discrimination, Then We Must Not Discriminate Against Anyone In The Process Of Building This Society. If We Desire A Society That Is Democratic, Then Democracy Must Become A Means As Well As An End.