The broader your audience, the more people you have to appeal to.

I have been very clear to everybody that just because I'm getting married does not mean I call myself a straight.

I told my mother at about the seventh year of therapy that I had been abused sexually by my father and she hung up the phone on me.

He raped me … he fondled me, he put me on all fours, and had sex with me.

When you are coming out, you say it's for you. But when everybody says it's not OK, it becomes about that rather than about you. It disappointed me.

The decisions that Ellen made on her show were between her and her producers. I supported her decisions. I was there to hug her when she got home.

I have given money to the Obama campaign online and now they bombard me with emails every day. Why did I do that online? Why didn't I just walk into an office?