Dustin Lance Black speaks at MITM

"Truth always finds the light."

"I came here to help restart the mighty grassroots campaign that Harvey Milk started 3 decades ago."

"We must build coalitions with our new allies here in Fresno.  The coalition of the us'es is unbeatable at the ballot box."

"Thirty years after Harvey Milk gave his life for the LGBT movement, I am still less than the heterosexual community when it comes to rights."

"There is a kid out there tonight in my hometown who woke up on Tueday and heard that gay and lesbian people had been denied their civil rights, and I know what flashed through their head."

"It is our obligation here today to save those lives.  Good things do not come to those who wait - good things come to those who agitate (quoting Julian Bond).

"There are people who are satisfied with crumbs because that is all they think they can get.  Where in reality, if they demand what they want, there is a good chance that they can get it." Harvey Milk

"It is time for us to stop asking for crumbs and to demand the real thing."

We must demand full and equal federal rights.

"To those who say wait, I say we should not be forced to wait to be treated equally under the constitution while our lives are going on."

MLK: For years now, I have heard the word "wait", and this word has almost always meant never.  Now is the time... Truth is on our side, and truth always finds the light."

To all the LGBT kids out there: "You are not less than - ypu have brothers and sisters - your struggle is our struggle, and your fight is our fight.  You are loved, and there is hope for a better tomorrow."