“I find it ridiculous when people talk about QAF like it’s supposed to carry some enormous humanitarian agenda. No one expects The O.C. to change the world.”

“Because Reagan said nothing for so long and said too little when he finally did, and because his administration failed to act more aggressively, precious time was lost in [AIDS] research and prevention. No amount of rosy press coverage or warm personal remembrances can remove that bloody stain from the Reagan record.”

“The [anti-Reagan] outpouring from my gay peers has been hateful, distasteful, bitter. They wrongly blame him for killing the people that died from AIDS from the ’80s up through the present day. In typical fashion, they ignore the fact that the Democrat-controlled Congress offered no more funding than Reagan’s administration. ... Dancing on graves is a terrible business. On Saturday, I got a call from a friend celebrating the death of Reagan. I felt for a moment ashamed to be gay. I hadn’t felt that since the Clinton Administration. Reagan believed that there was a hero in all of us. Whether black, white, gay, straight, male or female, he aimed at inspiring the best from us. That most gay people will remember Reagan with hatred and disrespect speaks more of where our movement is headed than of the great man at the receiving end of it.”