Stonewall Page #5

Maybe I can look, you know?

Maybe I can look and see if I

can find us something better.

Why do you care?

Because you're my friend.

What?

Because you're my friend.

I'm sorry.

Come here.

I'm sorry.

Come here. Come here. Shh! Shh!

I'm tired.

- Wake up!

- What? What?

So, did he give this to you?

No, some other guy gave it to me.

Why are you lying to me?

What?

Oh, give it a rest, Ray, please.

You know, Danny,

you're turning out to be

a real New York cocksucker.

Learning how to lie before

you even get dressed!

What the f*** was that?

More and more we are

seeing that homosexuals

will no longer tolerate

discrimination.

People will recognize

that gay is good.

The American people

will start to understand

that firing us for being

gay is just plain wrong,

and that is the day

we are working for.

But we have to fight

in a peaceful way

and resist the radicalism

that I see starting to

take hold in some quarters.

Don't forget,

wearing a suit and tie

will make them understand

you're just like them...

That's how we win!

With the new appointments to the Court,

we're pretty optimistic

that the right action

in the right jurisdiction

might actually get us a little

closer to where we want to go.

Um, excuse me.

Do you mind if I ask you a quick question?

Not at all.

Um, you're an astronomer, right?

By training, yes, I am.

I'm actually going to Columbia in the fall

and was hoping to do the same thing,

and maybe end up at NASA.

I was wondering if you

might have some advice or...

They fired me.

You can't be a homosexual

and work for the government.

You're going to have

to find something else.

We're not there yet, I'm sad to say.

Sorry. But we will be.

It's a long journey, a long road.

Right. Thank you, sir.

Thank you.

Hey, Danny.

Thanks for coming.

Yeah. It was great.

I mean, aside from being told

that what I want to be in life

isn't available to me because I'm gay.

Sure. That's what we're trying to change.

People like Frank Kameny

have been fighting this battle for years.

No one has done as much

for our cause as he has.

What, by wearing a suit and tie?

Come on!

Is that really what you want?

To blend in?

I mean, we are different, right?

You know, I'm beginning to realize

just how different we really are.

Yeah, like wearing a dress

and prancing up and

down Christopher Street?

Hey, it takes a lot more

balls to wear a dress

than it does a suit and tie.

What would you have me do, huh?

Be a f***in' florist or decorator?

Come on!

What, are these the options open to me?

Of course not.

You know, I'm getting to really feel like

I just want to break something, you know?

Me too.

But you're not gonna, are you?

Ever.

Look...

Why don't you let me buy you some dinner?

I don't know about you,

but I'm starving. Come on.

My folks are liberals,

or maybe I just outwitted them.

You outwitted them. What did you tell them?

Let me get this straight.

Your version of fairness and equality

ends with who you sleep with?

That's nuts.

So every family dinner,

I just threw it at them

until they surrendered.

That's how you do it.

- With words.

- Wow.

I mean, my family is like,

"He's turned to a pillar of salt."

Danny, you can't let them shame you.

I miss them so much,

especially my little sister, you know.

All of that just taken away

from me because I got caught.

With some guy?

No, not some guy.

I've known Joe my whole life.

I was in love with him.

You know, when we got busted, he just...

Turned his back on you.

Yeah... And you left.

Why didn't you fight back?

Do you know anything

about life in a small town

and what happens to you

when you suddenly become disgusting?

You will never be disgusting,

and I really wanna know everything.

Everything about you.

Hey.

Hey.

I don't want you to go.

Look, I know this is sudden,

but you need a safe place to stay.

Why don't you just stay here, with me?

You know, for a little while.

You still drunk, or are

you just talking sh*t?

No.

You can get a job,

start paying me some rent

so it doesn't feel weird.

Look, Danny.

Something happened to me when

I saw you at the Stonewall.

I kind of fell into deep water.

So stay, okay?

Winters' residence.

Danny?

Are you still in New York?

Yes, Mom. Look, I called for Phoebe, okay?

Are you all right?

I pray for you, every day.

I don't need you to pray for me, Mom.

I need you to sign my goddamn

scholarship application

and send it in, all right?

That will be a lot

better than prayers.

Can you please just get Phebes, all right?

Phoebe, it's Danny on the phone.

Danny, Danny! Hold on.

Got it?

Trevor Nichols.

Okay. Got it.

So how's it going, Phebes?

Mom and Dad are fighting every day.

I stopped talking to either one of them.

I just can't wait

to get out of here.

I miss you so much.

Hey, have you met Jacqueline

Kennedy Onassis yet?

Or Andy Warhol?

Yeah. No, we have lunch

every other day, stupid.

Look what the cat dragged in.

Hey, guys.

So I just want to tell you

all that, um, I got a place

or somewhere, you know,

to live for a little bit.

Where?

It's Trevor's place.

Oooh, honey, honey, me oh my!

Columbia's leaving us for good.

Danny Boy's found himself a nice, rich,

smart sugar daddy.

Look, you only been here

for like two months, right?

Damn! A quick learner, right, girls?

Maybe you could teach me a trick or two.

Why are you such an a**hole?

No! I'm proud.

Baby, you played it right,

moving your little country boy ass indoors.

And what's wrong with that, huh?

Well, like your life is so great, Ray?

Getting beat up all the time

and blowing guys in doorways?

Yeah! A life of excitement, baby!

You know, the last time I saw you,

you were begging me to

get out of this life.

Let me tell you something, hmm?

The difference between

us, I don't have a choice,

and you just wanted a little time

with someone in the streets.

What, so tricking was just

an adventure in your story?

I know what this is, this

is a little funny story

about Ray and Lee and

Paul and Cong and Annie.

Funny f***in' story, isn't it?

Let's go!

I guess I need my stuff.

- Are you sure about that?

- Yeah, I'm sure!

I can't sit in the park like you all day

watching the world go by, can I?

F***! I'm sorry. I didn't mean that.

I was rude. I'm sorry.

Yes, but like a lot of rude

things, very, very true.

You were in the Navy?

South Pacific.

I was 18.

You had to be a total dick

not to serve in that one.

But Vietnam, wouldn't go near it.

Oh, thanks.

Yeah, I thought about enlisting

when my parents kicked me out.

You know, just to spite them.

You're damn lucky you didn't.

Look, Ray started tricking in

Times Square when he was 12.

This isn't him being mean to you.

He just loves you, is all.

And love isn't always pretty.

They should put that on a poster.

He'll get over it.

Eventually.

Every guy has to get over

being in love with someone

who can't love him back.

What makes you so sure that's what it is?

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