Being gay is like glitter, it never goes away.

I’d rather be poor and happy than rich and alone.

I´m not a wandering slave, I am a woman of choice

I remember watching the mascara tears flood the ivories and I thought, "It's OK to be sad." I've been trained to love my darkness.

Being different is a talent. You illuminate what makes you special in the sea of sameness around you.

The way that I sing, what I sing about, what I wear, who I am, this is me. I was born this way.

More education for women. More jobs for women. More equal opportunities for women. More women to be taken seriously. And I think more than anything we wish to be heard and not to be shut down. I think this is a good thing to think about for any community; what is important is that our voices be heard and not swallowed in an abyss of history.