Now you have to decide whether or not you want to be part of the bigotry that is Donald Trump. You have to decide whether you want to be part of the sexism and misogyny that is Donald Trump.

I had set about trying to make myself more polished than a country boy would be.

One thing the gay rights movement taught the world is the importance of being visible.

Trying hard and working hard is its own reward. It feeds the soul. It affirms your will and your power. And it radiates from you, lighting the way for all those who see you.

The internet is ruthless. And people are very, very happy to let you know when they don't like something.

Great leadership isn’t shaped in the absence of opposition but in the presence of it. Great leaders draw us together by our universal humanity; they galvanize the wills of the willing; they draw clarity from the spigot of chaos.

Different is not deviant, no matter what the world may say. You have the moral obligation to love yourself.