LOVE.

THEY'RE AFRAID OF THE BIG, BLACK, THREATENING CLOUD THAT HANGS ABOVE EACH AND EVERY ONE.

"THE OBJECT OF THE HOMEOSEXUAL TO LIVE WITHOUT FEAR OF DISCRIMI— NATION AND PERSECUTION WILL NEVER BE ATTAINED WITHOUT A FIGHT. IF THE GAY ELEMENT WANTS ITS FREEDOM, IT HAS NO CHOISE BUT TO FIGHT, FOR FREEDOM IN THIS COUNTRY OR ANY COUNTRY IS NOT A THING GIVEN OR GUARANTEED TO ANYONE WHO DOES NOT HOLD IT IN HIGHEST ESTEEM. THE WORD FIGHT IS A FRIGHTENING WORD.

"GAY PEOPLE, LIKE MANY AMERICANS, THINK IN TERMS OF JOBS, MONEY, REPUTATION, AND PRESTIGE. LIKE MOST AMERICANS, THEY FEEL THESE

ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN EITHER ETHICS OR MORALS. FOR THIS REASON, THEY SEEM TO BE PRIMARILY CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR OWN NECKS. NOT ONLY HAVE THEY LOST SIGHT OF THEIR OWN RIGHTS, BUT THEY SEEM COMPLETELY TO HAVE FORGOTTEN HOMOSEXUAL POSTERITY. NO LEGAL MIRACLE IS GOING TO FREE US OR THOSE WHO COME AFTER US.

IF WE EVER HOPE TO WIN OUR BATTLE, WE MUST FIGHT. FIRST, WE N:! UNSHACKLE OURSELVES FROM FEAR, FOR IT ALONE IS OUR OMNIPRESENT ENEMY. WE FEAR SACRIFICE, THOUGH SACRIFICE IS CALLED FOR. IN ANY WAR – PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, CIVIL, OR INTERNATIONAL BOTH SIDES SUFFER; IN THE COURSE OF WARFARE, BEFORE OR AFTER, ALL INVOLVED MUST SUFFER, WE ARE AFRAID TO SUFFER IN BATTLE, THOUGH IT MAY WELL BE THAT OUR SUFFERINGS WILL BE AUGMENTED A THOUSAND TIMES IF WE DO NOT FIGHT. IF WE DO NOT FIGHT, IF WE DO NOT FIGHT, WE WILL CONTINUE

IN EVER-INCREASING NUMBERS AND THE POLICE'S BLOWS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE RIDICULED, PERSECUTED, DENIED OUR LEGAL RIGHTS, AND FALSELY PROSECUTED AT THE COMMAND OF OUR DISCRIMINATING MASTER, ARE WE TO BE BOUND AS CHILDREN BY THE FEAR WHICH DISORGANIZES US? ARE WE TO THINK AS CHILDREN OF THE WORLD FILLED WITH MONEY TREES AND SUGARPLUM TREES, WHERE WE WILL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER? WE ARE A MINORITY GROUP AND BECAUSE WE ARE, WE CONSIDER OURSELVES ORPHANS OF SOCIETY, WITHOUT PARENTS TO PROTECT US AND WITHOUT LOVE. ORPHANS GROW UP, THOUGH, AS WE MUST. THEN THEY REALIZE THAT THEY HAVE TO LOOK OUT AFTER THEIR OWN INTERESTS, THE SKY BECOMES THE LIMIT. OUR CASE IS NOT RADICALLY DIFFERENT.

TO BE MADE THE TARGET OF SOCIETY'S

"WE HAVE MANY ADNANTAGES, IF WE WOULD STOP TO CONSIDER THEM, FIRST, WE HAVE NUMBERS. THERE ARE MORE OF US IN THIS COUNTRY THAN THE JAILS AND PRISONS ON LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL LEVELS

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