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1 " If Harvey had not been taken from us 30 years ago, I think he would want me to say to all the gay and lesbian kids out there tonight who have been told they are less than by the churches, by the government, by their families, that you are beautiful, wonderful creatures of value, and that no matter what anyone tells you, God does love you and that very soon, I promise you, you will have equal rights, federally, across this great nation of ours. "
― Dustin Lance Black
2 " When I was 13 years old, my beautiful mother and my father moved me from a conservative Mormon home in San Antonio, Texas, to California, and I heard the story of Harvey Milk. And it gave me hope. It gave me the hope to live my life; it gave me the hope that one day I could live my life openly as who I am and that maybe even I could fall in love and one day get married. Most of all, if Harvey had not been taken from us 30 years ago, I think he'd want me to say to all of the gay and lesbian kids out there tonight who have been told they are less than by their churches, or by the government, or by their families, that you are beautiful, wonderful creatures of value. And that no matter what everyone tells you, God does love you, and that very soon, I promise you, you will have equal rights federally across this great nation of ours. "
3 " Because when you grow up poor in the South, you have two options: you can either sink into your misery and die, or you celebrate every little thing you can and live. "
― Dustin Lance Black , Mama's Boy: A Story from Our Americas
4 " You beg for crumbs, you get less crumbs. "
5 " It wasn't Los Angeles or the film business that had turned me into a troublemaking twenty-year-old. No. It was my mom, who had often told me to "stand up straight and tall." Her conservative values, and even the lessons from her Mormon Church, had taught me that you don't hang an innocent man at high noon, and that good folks stick up for themselves. "
6 " I'll never forget the supposed LGBTQ leader up on that stage shouting at us all, "Wait! Where are you going? I'm not done!" And how most refused to heed her demand to stand still. Not tonight. Not one minute longer. We marched. "
7 " Proposition 8's passage had sparked something in a new generations that had never felt the sting of discrimination before, while simultaneously calling an older generation back to the fight. "
8 " And braver than any court case or organization, individuals across the country were coming out and sharing their stories on the most consequential stage there is: the family dinner table. "
9 " To my heart, it felt like the nation I'd always loved was finally getting to know and love their LGBTQ children. "
