Keith Boykin Quotes

A man can have protected sex with a different partner every day for the rest of his life and never contract HIV, while another man could have unprotected sex once in his life and become infected the same day.

very pleased that eight months of discussions with Minister Louis Farrakhan and march organizers have begun to pay off.

We are part of this family, and we will not be divided by any person.

He was unusually committed to exposing the truth about AIDS in the black community, and he was unafraid to challenge conventional wisdom.

(Responding to a Washington Post report on Saturday that Farrakhan had agreed to include) gay speakers ... very pleased that eight months of discussions with Minister Louis Farrakhan and March organizers have begun to pay off.

It`s a tragedy that one person stuck in the past can prevent our community from moving forward.

(The president of the National Black Justice Coalition, a gay civil rights group that met with Farrakhan on Wednesday, said he was barred from the stage even though he had been invited to speak.) I`m disappointed, ... They reneged on their agreement.

(Farrakhan`s invitation comes even as other African American leaders, from Reverend Al Sharpton to hip-hop superstar Kanye West, call for greater acceptance of gay people.) This could signal a turning point in our community, ... We are seeing an unprecedented discussion about sexuality in the black community. I`m confident that 20 to 30 years from now we will look at homophobia in the same light that we now look at racism.

I am very pleased that eight months of discussions with Minister Louis Farrakhan and march organizers have begun to pay off,

The effort to discourage HIV infection is laudable, but the campaign against sex parties is completely misguided,