Life would be so much harder if I had to lie about who I was.

After being sworn in to office, vice presidents have usually been relegated to the sidelines, where they just don't get to do very much.

Campaigning in Wyoming is politics at its most retail level. It's done one voter at a time.

There are millions of gay people in the United States, including well-known celebrities.

Having loving and supporting parents didn't make me feel any better about the possibility of seeing my personal life splashed across newspapers and tabloids.

Every piece of remotely responsible research that has been done in the last 20 years on this issue has shown there is no difference between children who are raised by same-sex parents and children who are raised by opposite-sex parents. What matters is that children are being raised in a stable, loving environment.

I'd rather not be known as the Vice President's lesbian daughter.