There are two things that I put my focus on. One is the fight against AIDS and finding a cure. The other is human rights.

Somewhere we turn ourselves into victims instead of being the powerful women we really are meant to be.

It happens all the time! People are always talking about that explosive moment in their family history that sort of changed everything and rattled the cage, and more times than not it has nothing to do with trans issues. That's why people are relating to the show Transparent, because our family is their family and they understand that dynamic.

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

Exactly Straight women who surround themselves only with gay men or white people who refuse any other race into their circles are unhealthy and it has more to do with one's individual fear and individual closets.

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.

I think it's very important for me to work on myself while I'm working on a character, and also it's important how I'm giving to and educating an audience. So I tend to go with people who are complex and substantive.