Politicians In Washington And Madison Aren't Hearing,

I Had A Serious Childhood Illness - Sort Of Like Spinal Meningitis - That Led To A Three-month Hospitalization. Afterward, I Couldn't Be Insured Because Of A Pre-existing Condition.

I Find It Greatly Disturbing That The Bush Administration Has Used Political And Religious Ideologies To Influence National Policy On Science And Medicine.

In My Grandfather's Lab, Scientists Did Independent Research, And Peers Reviewed And Commented On Its Merits. Politics, He Taught Me, Had No Place In The Scientific Process.

From Day One, I Have Always Been Open About My Sexual Orientation.

Remember, There Are Two Things That Keep Us Oppressed: Them And Us. We Are Half Of The Equation. There Will Not Be A Magic Day When We Wake Up And It's Now Ok To Express Ourselves Publicly. We Must Make That Day Ourselves, By Speaking Out Publicly -- First In Small Numbers, Then In Greater Numbers, Until It's Simply The Way Things Are And No One Thinks Twice. Never Doubt That We Will Create This World, Because, My Friends, We Are Fortunate To Live In A Democracy, And In A Democracy, We Decide What's Possible.