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We have many cases of men committing suicide rather than face their own individuality. I know of no case of a woman who committed suicide because she was gay.

We live in a country where people still get beaten to death because of their sexual orientation.

There are still parts of the country where it's hard: when you realize you're gay, it's like a death sentence.

My mother thought me being gay was a death sentence.

Homosexuals are riding high in the media.

I would like to draw your attention to the fact that in Russia, unlike in one third of the world's countries, being gay is not a crime.

There's no question that the gay movement would not be as far along as it is without AIDS. But how can there be any other issue in the face of death, possible extinction?

We have to keep in mind that it's not just about the numbers of people who died; it's also the manner which many of these victims met their deaths.

My dad was a homicide cop in the gay neighborhood in the city when gay neighborhoods were desperate, depressing, sad places run by the mob. The only gay people he'd met when I came out to him were corpses.