Betsy Hodges Quotes

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.

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.

Stax was rejoicing in the difference in who we are, and that's what you see in the film.

Glee's good because it tackles the issues by embracing what's different, and telling people, 'That's what makes you special' - I think that's the underlying thing.

I want young people to know that they can belong - whatever your culture, your religion, your sexuality - that you can live life how you want to live it and feel comfortable how you are.

I think it's incredibly important for kids to be able to express who they are and feel like they can be themselves without being persecuted for it or bullied for 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 think that anybody coming out and saying, 'This is who I am, and let me show it to you...' is good for the world.

The black community is my community - the LGBT community, too, and the female community. That is my community. That's me; it's who I am.

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.

You can be yourself in London. If you are a bit different in the way you dress or look it is no problem.

I think, with every kind of creature and every kind of human, there is no better. We're all just mutations, and I think that each mutation should be celebrated.

I believe everyone should be equal, and we should all love and support each other and express ourselves the way we want to express ourselves and be whoever we want. That's my motto.

At Afropunk, everyone can be themselves, and I think that's beautiful.

Some of our songs are empowering, but I feel like more so than our music, it's who we are. We're four women who are completely different ethnicities, completely different body types, completely different walks of life and opinions.

There are too many different kinds of people in this world. Not just drags or gays, everybody is different from each other. We should proudly own our individuality.

The private person Tom Neuwirth and the art figure Conchita Wurst respect each other from the bottom of their hearts. They are two individual characters with their own individual stories, but with one essential message for tolerance and against discrimination.

It's not just about me. It's about all of us, accepting one another. We're all different... That's a good thing.

When we define ourselves, when I define myself, the place in which I am like you and the place in which I am not like you, I'm not excluding you from the joining - I'm broadening the joining.

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.

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

We have managed to make the celebration of diversity our mode of resistance.

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.

Gay rights is just one of the social issues I'm interested in. I think that people might be less tense about it if we would all accept the fact that not everyone is wired the same way.