Blase J. Cupich Quotes

I think it would be great if everybody could be out. But it's such a personal choice. People have to do it at their own speed. I respect that.

I don't use labels a lot.

Everyone wants to be seen. Everyone wants to be heard. Everyone wants to be recognized as the person that they are and not a stereotype or an image.

I get to decide how my body shows up in any space. When I'm walking into a place like the Globes, I want to make it very clear that how I show up is to further the freedom of everybody.

All you have to do is respect me. Use the right words. If you don't consider me a woman, then use trans woman. Whatever works for you. But don't try to use something that's a slur or something that's meant to degrade who we are.

Every day we choose who we are by how we define ourselves.

I came to live in a country I love; some people label me a defector. I have loved men and women in my life; I've been labeled the bisexual defector. Want to know another secret? I'm even ambidextrous. I don't like labels. Just call me Martina.

one of the blessings of adulthood is that one is no longer addressed as a thing.

I'm not a minority: I'm a majority of one. We all are. To call someone a minority, you give them baggage, of not being full, or not being seen as full. All of us need to be seen as full human beings.

You call yourself what you want to call yourself.

I don't like the monikers, and I don't like being pigeonholed. You know, I'm a human being.

You don't have to be worried about labeling me.

I'm open to whatever people want to call me.

Equality implies individuality.

You know, motherhood is my favourite topic in my personal life and I won't shut up about it, but it's not something I want to discuss publicly just because of the amount of attention it draws to a small person who didn't choose to be exposed.

You can write 'little beast' if you want, but my name is David Ferrer.

I don't have a hard and fast rule about dignity. I'm concerned about being treated with respect, but if I make my own choices and kind of let 'er rip, I will.

You can ask me about my beliefs on things; that's cool. But I think to lump in and say, You follow this person, so then, wow, who are you?' Ask me who I am.

Some people just don't subscribe to labels.

Let each person have a chance to be who he or she wants to be. Only then can we be considered a truly liberated nation.

I don't view myself as a 'trans actor' or a 'trans model.' I mean, I am - it's part of who I am - but it's not something that solely defines me.

Hopefully, even if I am judged or there's confusion, anger, about how I identify, I hope that people can understand that family is fluid.

I want people to understand why I'm not 'P1' or 'P2.'

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.

It's a common issue that you see out there, where some families aren't as accepting of what people choose to be in their life.