The more we can purge ourselves of the diseases we create the more we can become magnificent people

I wish we lived in a society that made it safe and provided the courage for everyone to come out.

The message of transformation and how we all can live from our heart, not just from our head, was a very important message for me to learn in my own life.

Yet I've discovered that how I look is not a function of anything as ephemeral as my hair

Women don't realize how powerful they are

I was different and people made fun of me.

To me, celebrity doesn't mean a whole lot unless you're willing to use it. So I wanted to use it in a different way, with my AIDS work, the human rights stuff for the gay and lesbian community and the speaking I do