Minorities have never been given their rights. They have always had to wage a political and legal battle to win them.

I'm not interested in dating. I like being with my own best friend, me. Certain women, particularly older women, cannot believe I like going to a social event by myself. But I do.

I'm a civil rights attorney. I'm a victim rights attorney.

People who are pierced should not be snickered at, should not become the object of ridicule, should not be singled out for special and uneven and unequal treatment. They should be respected just like everybody else.

As my father would have said, I went through the college of hard knocks.

There still is a war on women in terms of politicians in Washington and the state legislatures trying to eliminate any rights we have fought to win and that the Supreme Court has afforded us.

There are endless new variations on how to hurt a woman physically, emotionally, financially, and socially.