People say, 'Well don't you regret not having kids?' And I go, 'No, not really.' And then if they keep asking, I always say this, 'Well, you know, maybe I'll adopt.' But I don't mean that. It's just something I say to make me sound like a nicer person.

There are just so many more laws and rules that apply with marriage that do not come with domestic partnership and also to me it's the commitment.

When my parents send me emails the first 3 are blank.

I'm proud to be a woman. I'm proud to be a black woman, and I'm proud to be gay.

Being gay is harder than being black. I didn't have to come out black. I didn't have to tell my parents about what its like to be black.

I love my family but my family - they're the type of people that never let you forget anything you ever did... I was in the first grade Christmas play - I'm playing Mary. Now, during the course of the play, I dropped the baby Jesus... They still talk about this. I go to my family reunion, and one of my cousins just had a baby. So I'm like, 'Oh, that's a cute little baby. Let me hold the baby...' And my aunt runs over, 'Don't you give her that baby! You know she dropped the baby Jesus!'

I'm here today because I hated everything else.