Speaking for our lives : historic speeches and rhetoric for gay and lesbian rights (1892-2000) / Robert B. Ridinger, editor.

Section I: Pre-1950
Section II: The 1950s
Section III: The 1960s
Section IV: The 1970s
Secton V: The 1980s
Section VI: The 1990s
Section VII: 2000.

Introduction
Section I: Pre-1950.
March 30, 1892. Address at the Funeral of Walt Whitman / Robert G. Ingersoll
October 8, 1904. What Interest Does the Women's Movement Have in Solving the Homosexual Problem? / Anna Rueling
1928. Appeal . . . on Behalf of an Oppressed Human Variety / Kurt Hller
Section II: The 1950s.
September 1952. Address to the International Committee for Sexual Equality / Donald Webster Cory
January/February 1955. An Open Letter to Senator Dirksen / Anonymous
May 15, 1955. Resolution / Mattachine Society, Inc
Summer 1956. The Homosexual Faces a Challenge / Ken Burns
October 1956. President's Message / Del Martin
January 26, 1957. How Homosexuals Can Combat Anti-Homosexualism / Albert Ellis
November 1958. Progress Report / Homosexual Law Reform Society of London
Section III: The 1960s.
August 25, 1962. A Decade of Progress in the Homophile Movement / Hal Call
March 1963. Towards a Sexually Sane Society / Antony Grey
1964. Open Letter to the Florida Legislature's "Johns Committee" / Hal Call
July 22, 1964. Civil Liberties: A Progress Report / Franklin Kameny
August 7, 1964. Resolution of the National Capital Area Civil Liberties Union on Federal Employment of Homosexuals
November 16, 1964. On Getting and Using Power / A. Cecil Williams
December 1964. SIR's Statement of Policy / Society for Individual Rights
July 1965. What's in It for Me? / Ronald Keith
July 1965. Introductory Address / Robert Sloane
February 19-20, 1966. Homophile Organizations Adopt Statement / National Planning Conference of Homophile Organizations
August 20, 1966. A Challenge to San Francisco / William Beardemphl
November 1966. What Concrete Steps Can Be Taken to Further the Homophile Movement? / Shirley Willer
April 21-23, 1967. Homophile Movement Policy Statement / Western Regional Planning Conference of Homphile Organizations
May 1967. Why I Joined the Homophile Movement / Jack Nichols
August 1967. Washington Statement / North American Homophile Conference
Section IV: The 1970s.
February 14-15, 1970. Western Homophile Conference Keynote Address / Harry Hay
January 27, 1971. An Open Letter to Gay Activists Alliance / Arthur Bell
1971. Preamble to the Constitution and Bylaws of the Gay Activists Alliance, Inc. / Gay Activists Alliance
1971. The GAA Alternative / Gay Activists Alliance
June 25, 1971. Frieda Smith Tells It Like It Is / Frieda Smith
August 28, 1971. We Demand / Gay Day Committee
February 1972. The Lesbian and God-the-Father / Sally Gearhart
February 13, 1972. Waffle / Jearld Moldenhauer
August 1972. Democrats, Nation, Hear Gay Delegates / Jim Foster
August 1972. Address to the Democratic National Convention / Madeline Davis
August 1972. Speech to the American Bar Association / Richard Hongisto
August 1972. Speech to the Resolutions Committee of the American Bar Association / Donald Lunde
1973. The Potential of Our Vision / Judy Quinlan
January 8, 1973. Viewpoint / Bruce Voeller
March 16, 1973. Walt Whitman: Poet of Comrades and Love / Jack Nichols
April 14, 1973. Lesbianism and Feminism: Synonyms or Contradictions? / Robin Morgan
May 9, 1973. Stop It, You're Making Me Sick / Ronald Gold
January 18, 1974. Remarks for Integrity/Houston / Morty Manford
May 4, 1974. Joint Statement / Ad Hoc Committee for Gay Organizations / Ad Hoc Committee of Gay Organizations
Summer 1974. Sexual Liberation Through Revolution, not Reform! / Revolutionary Marxist Group
September 13, 1974. For My Granddaughters .../Valerie Taylor
March 25, 1975. Seeks Equal Protection / Bella S. Abzug
August 10, 1975. British Theologian Speaks to Gays / W. Norman Pittenger
September 19, 1975. The Possibilities Are Staggering / Barbara Grier
January 10, 1976. The Gay Pagan's Manifesto / Thomas Avicolli
March 30, 1976. Privacy and Sexuality / Ed Koch
July 11, 1976. Speech at NYSCGO Demonstration / David Thorstad
August 17, 1976. Statement on Sex and Violence on Television / Ginny Vida
August 17, 1976. Gay People on Television / Newton Deiter
August 29, 1976. How Do You Define "Lesbianism"? / New Jersey Lesbian Caucus
March 1977. Neither Profit Nor Salvation / Barbara Grier
June 8, 1977. Prayer Breakfast / Barbara Gittings


June 9, 1977. Tribute to Troy D. Perry /Henry Waxman
August 1977. A Lesbian Mother on the Abortion Issue / Joyce Kaufman
August 24, 1977. Resolution on Anita Bryant / Libertarian Party
January 1978. An Open Letter to Anita Bryant / Wages Due Lesbians, Toronto
April 30, 1978. Gay Rights Can Be Achieved / Alan Cranston
May 12, 1978. A Union Leader Speaks for Gay Rights / David McDonald
June 17, 1978. Speech at Boston Lesbian and Gay Pride Rally / Kate Gyllensvird
June 25, 1978. Speech at Gay and Lesbian Pride Rally, New York City /Kay Whitlock
July 1978. Lesbian Schoolworkers Stand Against Briggs / Lesbian Schoolworkers in San Francisco
September 19, 1978. A House Divided / Gay Community News
1979. Letter to the Pope / International Gay Association
March 16, 1979. Farewell / Charles Brydon
June 20, 1979. Community and Power: Building Gay Services for the Next Ten Years / Susan Rosen
November 27, 1979. Speech at Harvey Milk's Memorial / Wayne Friday
Section V: The 1980s.
February 11, 1980. A Petition from the Netherlands Parliament / Henry Waxman
March 3, 1980. Carter Response to NGTF Survey / Robert Strauss
May 23, 1980. Presentation to the Temporary Committee on Resolutions / Timothy Drake
May 24, 1980. Building the Lavender Left / Joyce Levine
May 30, 1980. 25 Ways to Shaft the Gay Movement / J. F. Guthrie
June 1980. Speech to the Democratic Party Platform Committee / Bill Kraus
June 1980. Speech to the Democratic Party Platform Committee / Virginia Apuzzo
June 22, 1980. The Cock of Basel / Rosalie Nichols
August 14, 1980. Speech to the Democratic National Convention / Mel Boozer
October 4, 1980. NOW Speech / Lucia Valeska
December 4, 1980. Address to the Kennedy Institute for Politics, Harvard University / Virginia Apuzzo
June 26, 1981. Speech at Daley Plaza / Jay Deacon
September 5, 1981. The Gay Tradition: Strategies for the Decades Ahead / Jack Nichols
April 24, 1982. The Fem Question, or We Will Not Go Away / Joan Nestle
August 21, 1982. Harnessing Our Anger / Bob Nelson
October 13, 1982. Speech at the Human Rights Campaign Fund Banquet / Barbara Gittings
November 27, 1982. Statement / Boston Lesbian Sadomasochist Group
March 26, 1983. Who Belongs in the Gay Movement, Who Decides? / Chicago Stonewall Committee
April 22, 1983. An Open Letter to Archbishop James Hickey / Larry Uhrig
May 5, 1983. The Boston Project Studies Queerbashing / Larry Goldsmith
May 15, 1983. Testifying on AIDS Before Congress / Virginia Apuzzo
June 26, 1983. The Eyes of the World / Robert Gurdian
June 26, 1983. Militarism, Feminism, and Homophobia / Diane Warnock
October 9, 1983. Jericho: A Call for Activism in the Black Gay Community / Michelle Parkerson
October 22, 1983. Speech at the Philadelphia Gay Walk-A-Thon / Barbara Gittings
November 19, 1983. Gays, Politicking, and Republicans / Bill Green
November 19, 1983. Sexual Politics of "Crime": Inside and Out / Mike Riegle
November 28, 1983. Police Brutality: The Continual Erosion of Our Most Basic Rights / James Credle
December 9, 1983. Being Who We Are / Gary Hirshberg
December 17, 1983. United We Stand / Steve Endean
February 16, 1984. In Support of Gay Rights / David Roberti
May 1984. Victory Speech / Merle Woo
May 12, 1984. The Limitations of the Legal Fight / Susan Ritter
May 30, 1984. Lesbians Oppose the Klan / LIPS
June 24, 1984. Passion Is Our Politics / Joan Nestle
June 30, 1984. Unity and More in '84 / Harry Hay
November 14, 1984. Why Aren't More Gay Men Feminists? / Aubrey Wertheim
1985. An Open Letter to the Gay Community / Vic Basile
1985. Black Men Loving Black Men: The Revolutionary Act of the Eighties / Joseph Beam
May 23, 1985. We Are Everywhere, and We Have Children / Louise Rice
June 11, 1985. Building Alliances for a Stronger Community / Henry C. Chinn
June 15, 1985. No Regrets / Don Babets, David Jean
June 15, 1985. The Need to Refight Stonewall / Angela Bowen
June 15, 1985. Fifteen Years of Pride / Gil Gerald
June 15, 1985. Speaking for Our Lives / David Summers
1985. Remarks to the Democratic National Committee / David Scondras
September 15, 1985. Text of the Harvey Milk Memorial Plaque
November 14, 1985. No More Lies! / Darrel Yates Rist


November 27, 1985. San Francisco City Hall Speech / Cleve Jones
1985. A Challenge to Gay and Lesbian Leadership / Rosemary Dunn Dalston
1986. Remarks by 1985 Mr. Leather to the Courts / Richard Hennigh
April 29, 1986. Address to the Dorian Group / Jeff Levi
May 3, 1986. Lesbians and Children: The Community We Create / Cindy Rizzo
May 12, 1986. Answering the Call / Richard C. Failla
May 31, 1986. Speech to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference Women's Conference on AIDS / Gil Gerald
1986. Speech for Gay and Lesbian Pride Day 1986 / Chuck Harbaugh
July 18, 1986. An Open Letter to the Chicago City Council, Mayor Harold Washington, Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, Gay and Lesbian Communities, and the People of Chicago
1986. The Injury of Living Unawarely / Lorry Sorgman
November 11, 1986. Remembering David Summers / Wayne Steinman
1986. A Seat at the Banquet: Remarks to the Conference on International Human Rights / Will Hutchinson
January 8, 1987. Goodbye to Wisconsin Governor Anthony Earl / Earl Bricker
1987. Greater Seattle Business Association Address / Barbara Roberts
March 27, 1987. National AIDS Network Conference Speech / Tony Coelho
Summer 1987. We the People, We the 25 Million / David Fair
August 1987. A Letter from South Africa / Simon Nkoli
October 2, 1987. Chicago March on Washington Day Proclamation / Harold Washington
October 11, 1987. Our Demands / March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights
October 11, 1987. From the Stage / Barbara Smith
November 7, 1987. Being Open Is Best / John Maddux
April 14, 1988. The Hour of the Rooster, the Hour of the Owl / Catherine Lohr
April 30, 1988. We Gather in Dubuque / Sue Hyde
June 1988. You Can't Build a Movement on Anger: Feeling Our Way Toward Failure, Thinking Our Way Toward Success / John D'Emilio
January 1989. Time Is Not Right to March on Washington / Cathy Woolard
June 8, 1989. A Love Letter to the Movement / Robin Tyler
June 14, 1989. The 20th Anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion / Ted Weiss
October 6-8, 1989. It Is We Who Are Kind / Cleve Jones
Autumn 1989. Concession Speech / Harry Britt
Section VI: The 1990s.
1990. Song to My Master / John Eric Larsen
January 9, 1990. Into the Light or into the Darkness? / Jim Thomas
June 1990. I Hate Straights
June 2, 1990. Philadelphia Gay and Lesbian Pride Parade Speech / Barbara Gittings
June 15, 1990. Toasting Troy Perry / Barbara Gittings
July 13, 1990. Chicago Speech / Tim McFeeley
April 27, 1991. The National Lesbian Agenda / Urvashi Vaid
June 25, 1991. Gay Pride Month / Ted Weiss
August 19, 1991. Memorial to A. Damien Martin / Barbara Gittings
November 4, 1991. Tribute to Steve Endean / Olav Sabo
November 22, 1991. In Honor of Roman Kalinin / Nancy Pelosi
May 28, 1992. African-American Community Celebrates Black Gay Pride Day / Eleanor Holmes Norton
April 21, 1993. Remembering Gay Victims of the Holocaust / Gerry Studds
April 22, 1993. Report of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force on Anti-Gay Violence / Paul Simon
April 1993. Letter to the March on Washington / William Jefferson Clinton
April 25, 1993. Unashamed, We Embrace the Traditions of the Broad Civil Rights Movement in America / Eric Rofes
April 25, 1993. Speech at the March on Washington / Urvashi Vaid
September 18, 1993. Dallas/Fort Worth Speech / Tim McFeeley
November 16, 1993. Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Rights in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights / Jerrold Nadler
February 11, 1994. Abraham Lincoln Award Acceptance Speech / Barbara Gittings
April 11, 1994. A Moment of Great Crisis, Great Potential, and Great Danger / Margaret Cerullo
June 30, 1994. Gay Rights / Major R. Owens
August 19, 1994. Asian-American and Lesbian/Gay Communities / Nancy Pelosi
December 28, 1994. Welcoming Speech at the ILGA Opening Plenary / Hannele Lehtikuusi
March 1, 1995. Prix EGALITÉ 1995 Speech / Claudia Roth
April 3, 1995. A Victory for Common Sense / Gerry Studds
October 19, 1995. Honoring an American Hero / Gerry Studds
November 16-19, 1995. The City, the Country, the World: Not What They Used to Be / Douglas Sanders
1996. Introduction to the Film Stonewall / Barbara Gittings
February 27, 1996. Philadelphia Gay News Celebrates Twenty Years of Service / Thomas M. Foglietta


April 16, 1996. Gay and Lesbian Activist Alliance 25th Anniversary / Eleanor Holmes Norton
May 20, 1996. On Striking Down Colorado's Amendment 2 / Suzanne B. Goldberg
October 11, 1996. Remarks at Walk Without Fear '96 / Richard Rosendall
March 7, 1997. Log Cabin Republican Address / Jim Kolbe
April 1997. Why Can't We All Get Together, and What Do We Have in Common? / Jim Kepner
June 29, 1997. Press Conference Remarks at New York Gay Pride March / Barbara Gittings
July 8, 1997. Gay and Lesbian Pride Celebration 1997 / Barney Frank
November 16, 1997. The Emerging Sex Panic Targeting Gay Men / Eric Rofes
January 28, 1998. Congregation Beth Simchat Torah / Eliot L. Engel
March 5, 1998. Why a Millennium March on Washington? / Troy Perry
May 22, 1998. A Celebration of Jim Kepner's Life / Franklin E. Kameny
May 22, 1998. Remembering Jim Kepner / Barbara Gittings
October 23, 1998. Introduction to the Documentary / Barbara Gittings
November 13, 1998. Building a Movement for Sexual Freedom During a Moment of Sexual Panic / Eric Rofes
February 5, 1999. Why We Are Going to the Millennium March on Washington for Equality / Troy Perry
May 6, 1999. First Annual GBLT Memorial Day / Jerrold Nadler
June 7, 1999. The Spirit of Stonewall / Carolyn B. Maloney
June 17, 1999. Gay and Lesbian Democratic Club 25th Anniversary / Carolyn B. Maloney
June 19, 1999. Jacksonville, Florida, Gay Pride Rally Speech / Barbara Gittings
July 29, 1999. A Gay Men's Health Movement Is Born / Eric Rofes
September 1, 1999. Australia's First Openly Gay Senator Speaks / Brian Greig
October 14, 1999. 20th Anniversary of the First National March on Washington for Gay and Lesbian Rights / Malcolm Lazin
October 14, 1999. Celebrating the Memory of Matthew Shepard / Mark Udall
October 18, 1999. The Tragic Death of Matthew Shepard / Nancy Pelosi
November 16, 1999. Recognizing Amnesty International-USA for Its Leadership in Promoting LGBT Human Rights / Tom Lantos
Section VII: 2000.
February 20, 2000. Speech at the Dedication of the Leather Archives and Museum / Joseph Bean
March 8, 2000. Human Rights Violations Based on Sexual Orientation / Tom Lantos
March 9, 2000. An Open Letter to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community
April 25, 2000. The GLBT Movement at a Crossroads / Elizabeth Toledo
April 30, 2000. Keep the Flame Alive for Rights / Tammy Baldwin
April 30, 2000. Remarks at the Millennium March for Equality / Troy Perry
May 2, 2000. Honoring Dr. Franklin Kameny and the GLAA / Eleanor Holmes Norton
July 5, 2000. Boy Scouts of America Rally / Ken South
July 19, 2000. What Is a Healthy Gay Man? / Eric Rofes
September 16, 2000. Accepting the SPARC Lifetime Achievement Award / Barbara Gittings
September 30, 2000. The Future of Leather / Joseph Bean
October 10, 2000. The Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Lesbian/Gay Community Service Center of Cleveland / Dennis J. Kucinich.