I think art is definitely a great thing, and looked at as a way to open people up.

If you're a teacher, for instance, there are ways to have positive representation of gay people in the classroom. Making sure that, historically, people are noted and archived, and that kids are getting just positive images of people who are gay.

You can spend time self-identifying and figuring out what you are on that, but at some point, you just want to be who you are and not walk around telling people.

When I do solo stuff, when I do anything involving music, it's very collaborative.

Maybe our gender is one thing and our sexuality is another. And that's a cool thing I think.

I do think within any job you do, you have a chance to serve the community.

Tolerance ain't the same as acceptance, even though we all wish it was.