In retrospect, I've been gay my entire life. It just takes some time to examine yourself and come to realize the truth.

We should be part of the curriculum because we are a part of society. There have always been gay people, and we aren't going anywhere.

We have a right to be here, because this school teaches that being gay is being sick and sinful. We have a right to question and to show how we are children of God.

Our hope is, we can have a productive day of dialogue [at each stop] about gay and lesbian issues.

We also hope to send out a clear message to gay-lesbian-bisexual-transgender students that God loves them as they are. Today, it's gay and lesbian people who are the outcasts of the church, and later the church will have to repent from it.

This is my last year; I've got nothing to hold back. I'm ready to go; I'm pumped up.