I know what it feels like to be an outsider.

We all have our own closets to come out of

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.

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.

I got into theatre very early, so yes I was surrounded by gay people quite early and frequently.

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.

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