I mean, homosexuals have high incomes, they have high levels of education; they’re owners of major credit cards. There was a survey done. So you’re not talking about poor people, homeless people living under a bridge. —Reverend Lou Sheldon, a conservative Christian leader

Jay Toole (left) with her partner, Sheila King: Toole plans to go back into the shelters and bring gay people into the community, “so they don’t have to be alone as I was.”