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And still, the iconic activist's poignant words live on decades later as an inspiration to be proud, to be counted, and to fight on. He broke down barriers for the gay community and other marginalized people everywhere, and he spoke passionately about hope and equity as a leader in the LGBTQ+ civil rights movement until he was assassinated in 1978. But multitudes have perished, and are perishing every hour - and in the oddest places! - for the lack of it.The civil and human rights champion Harvey Milk is a hero to many. "Somebody, your father or mine, should have told us that not many people have ever died of love. That's what happens when you're finally honest about who you are you find others like you." - Chaz Bono "The beauty of standing up for your rights is others see you standing and stand up as well." - Cassandra Duffy Accept no one's definition of your life define yourself." - Harvey Fierstein Never allow yourself to be made a victim. So until we're all the way there, I'll probably die talking about it." - Megan Rapinoe We're coming so far as a society, but we still have so far to go. I'm at the point now that I want people to know that, and I want to talk about it. "It's been a journey and a process of becoming totally out and sort of living that truth and having it be a daily thing. "I think being gay is a blessing, and it's something I am thankful for every single day." - Anderson Cooper "I'm living by example by continuing on with my career and having a full, rich life, and I am incidentally gay." - Portia DeRossi We are ordinary people, living our lives, and trying as civil-rights activist Dorothy Cotton said, to 'fix what ain't right' in our society." - Senator Tammy Baldwin We are no more - and no less - heroic than the suffragists and abolitionists of the 19th century and the labor organizers, Freedom Riders, Stonewall demonstrators, and environmentalists of the 20th century.
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"All of us who are openly gay are living and writing the history of our movement. Survivors always have an obligation to those who will face the same challenges." - Bob Paris "Every gay and lesbian person who has been lucky enough to survive the turmoil of growing up is a survivor. "It takes some intelligence and insight to figure out you're gay and then a tremendous amount of balls to live it and live it proudly." - Jason Bateman "I believe that no one should ever have to choose between a career we love and living our lives with authenticity and integrity" - Out & Equal Executive Director Selisse Berry "Personally, coming out was one of the most important things I've ever done, lifting from my shoulders the millstone of lies that I hadn't even realized I was carrying." - Sir Ian McKellen "Where my evolution took place was not in my attitude toward same-sex couples, it was in understanding the pain and the sense of stigma that was being placed on same-sex couples who are friends of mine, where they'd say, "You know what, if you're not calling it marriage, it doesn't feel like the same thing." - Barack Obama "Do we have to know who's gay and who's straight? Can't we just love everybody and judge them by the car they drive?" - Ellen DeGeneres
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Love, the most powerful of human emotions, is calling you to freedom and wholeness." - Anthony Venn Brown
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The richness, beauty and depths of love can only be fully experienced in a climate of complete openness, honesty and vulnerability. The love you are experiencing encourages you to face the reality that this is who you really are and also has the power to set you free. "If you are in the closet and fall in love with someone of the same gender, it doesn't automatically remove the shame and fear that's kept you locked away. "I very much want to inject gay culture into the mainstream. "It is revolutionary for any trans person to choose to be seen and visible in a world that tells us we should not exist." - Laverne Cox
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"All young people, regardless of sexual orientation or identity, deserve a safe and supportive environment in which to achieve their full potential." - Harvey Milk There were so many different ways to be beautiful." - Michael Cunningham The fact that many Americans consider it a disease says more about them than it does about homosexuality." - James Baldwin You you fall in love with a boy, you fall in love with a boy. There's a lot wrong with the world you live in." - Chris Colfer "Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law." - Boethius