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It became clear to me in an instant that living a gay life without publicly acknowledging it is simply not enough to make any significant contribution to the immense work that lies ahead on the road to complete equality.

Our invisibility is the essence of our oppression. And until we eliminate that invisibility, people are going to be able to perpetuate the lies and myths about gay people.

There's an awareness of fashion in this country, and it's not limited to gay people.

Gay rights are human rights.

Gay rights and body acceptance are two things I feel very passionately about.

For gay people, we learned about our lives in secrecy and a lot of fear.

The successes of the LGBT civil rights movement and the more prominent role openly gay people are playing in the public eye has actually turned up the temperature in middle schools and high schools for queer kids.

It seems to me the most important issue in the LGBT community is the right to be queer-the right to be free of the heterosexual assumption.

Gay culture is surviving and thriving. Some activists believe the recent rise in homophobic violence might be a gauge of the success of positive gay images.

If a person wants to be publicly gay, they should not be teaching in the public schools.