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The penalties for homosexual conduct were - would vary from state to state, but they were - it was a felony in most states punishable with prison terms of varying lengths.
Cleve Jones
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Cleve Jones
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: October 10
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Dealing with Hollywood and commercial entertainment, you always have to worry that the political message is going to be skewed or obscured.
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A movement that seeks to advance only its own members is going to accomplish little
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The joy with which we denigrate each others' efforts, I hate that.
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When you lose the gayborhoods, you lose the political power that comes when you're concentrated in precincts, and you also lose the cultural vitality.
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Marches work, rallies work, civil disobedience works, direct action works, voting works, writing letters works, speaking to churches and schools works, rioting works.
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Hello! The world is a mess!
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Everybody will always find some way of diminishing your work, but it's all a lie!
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I was bullied pretty badly especially in middle school. High school was not as bad as middle school, but I was not a macho kid at all. And the kids saw me as different from a very, very early age.
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The sense of urgency has almost completely vanished.
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