I don't even like watching sex scenes in movies. I have a slight prudish side to me.

My sexuality is a part of me that I really like. But it's not the totality of me.

I began to see myself as someone who can help others understand diversity rather than feeling like a social outcast. Ellen taught me to not care about other people's opinions. She taught me to be truthful. She taught me to be free. I began to live my life in love and complete acceptance. For the first time I had truly accepted myself.

I don't even like watching sex scenes in movies. I have a slight prudish side to me.

Supermodels are over, and the new picture girl has become the television actress.

Being sick allows you to check out of life. Getting well again means you have to check back in. It is absolutely crucial that you feel ready to check back into life because you feel as though something has changed from the time before you were sick. Whatever it was that made you feel insecure, less than, or pressured to live in a way that was uncomfortable to you has to change before you want to go back there and start over.

If I was 14 and knew some gay people, I wouldn't nearly have had the struggle I had. Our world is definitely changing.