I would like to see every gay doctor come out, every gay lawyer, every gay architect come out, stand up and let that world know. That would do more to end prejudice overnight than anybody would imagine. I urge them to do that, urge them to come out. Only that way will we start to achieve our rights.
Tape recording (November 18, 1977) to be played in the event of his assassination as quoted in Randy Shilts "The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk" (pp. 276-277), 1982.
