Richard Rodriguez Quotes

Being gay doesn't mean that you are less than anybody else. It's just who you are.

I think that anybody coming out and saying, 'This is who I am, and let me show it to you...' is good for the world.

I want to show the world that if you want to be a bearded lady you are allowed to do it without being discriminated against.

My message is: beauty has no gender. At the end of the day beauty is beauty.

I love being gay. I love gay people. I think we're better than other people. I really do. I think we're smarter and more talented and more aware. I do, I totally do. I really do think all of these things. And I try very hard to remember all this.

Gay pride's beautiful. If somebody needs to be expressing that, then it's a positive thing.

I've always been a big supporter of equal rights and encouraging people to be who they are.

A lot of people come up to me all the time and say thank you for helping me be who I am. So my thing wasn't just about sexuality. It was about anyone who felt different; anyone who felt out of place. Being gay was one part of it.

I'm out here to represent the gingers, the gypsies, and the outcasts. Because I am all of the above, and I'm all about having a great time.

I feel at home in Shondaland. I feel a lot of things at Shondaland, but one of the things I feel that I haven't felt before is at home. I feel accepted for who I am and acknowledged for who I am. I feel like my ideas are embraced.

I'm lucky to be in a space where I've been accepted for who I am and celebrated for who I am.

Drag allows people to celebrate their individuality, together.

I would love for 'Hedwig' to be in every tiny shopping mall so every freakish kid like I was can have a broadening experience.

Prince was unapologetically different, and he made it okay for his fans to be different and to celebrate their individuality. His social conscience challenged us to look deeper than the skin color of our neighbors.

I feel like my shows have always been a place where people can wear and be and seem however they want, and it's a heartening event.

I can't pull back. I'm 6 foot 3, I'm tall, and I'm gay. I light up the room.

I think Pride, it means ultimately, finally, being able to live with freedom in some ways. Or, at least, that's what we're striving for.

As many of you know, my story begins where most people's in the LGBT+ community begins... with fear. I knew I was different from my peers, my friends, and those around me when I started to discover who I was and who I identified as from a young age.

Anybody who has been following me right from the get-go, even prior to being on 'Drag Race,' has known that my platform has always been about spreading love and spreading light and celebrating identity. It's always been very positive because I feel like we need that.

I'm proud to be black and white and look the way I look. I'm proud to not speak down on women or glorify things that are unimportant.

I don't care if you're talking about gay, straight, black, white, how in the name of hell can you guarantee that nobody will ever feel unwelcome? I have felt it unwelcome everywhere I've been in life. Everybody else has, too. I mean, not everywhere, but it happens.

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

Thank George Michael for your radical activism in the LGBTQ community! Love you always!

If I was gay, I would be the best gay of all history.

Everyone—whether straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender—should be allowed to show their true colors, and be accepted and loved for who they are.