Quotes from Courtney Act

People who cling rigidly to gender binaries are more than welcome to. But for a lot of young people, we're seeing that our gender roles don't have to be dictated by a set of rules made by society. We can do whatever feels natural to us.

I loved being on 'Drag Race' but I say leave well enough alone.

It's detrimental not to support marriage equality, even just on a financial level.

There's something problematic with this idea that straight men can be 'turned', and the binary of gay and straight and the lack of knowledge of the Kinsey scale.

We have such a rigid idea of what heterosexuality is and that's problematic. We have such a rigid idea of what gay is and that's also problematic.

I've seen attraction manifest itself in so many fascinating ways. Lots of straight-identifying men have been attracted to me as Courtney.

Courtney isn't just a costume, it's a way I express my femininity.

The U.K.'s got the most advanced relationship with masculinity, femininity and sexuality.

On 'Love Island' you're trying to win the prize money and stay together; on 'The Bi Life,' the winner is the one that finds love.

Normally when you go to a queer space the people often look like you, they are the same age as you and so on, but at Mardi Gras and at queer events in general, everybody is different, everybody comes together. And that is what I love about Pride and Mardi Gras and those sort of events.

While dressing up as Courtney is a performance, there is a part of me that is expressing my gender in feminine and masculine ways.

I remember my first Mardi Gras. It was in the year 2001. I decided earlier that day that I was going to go in drag. It was my third time in drag.

So many reactions in our lives are based on what happened to us when we were younger.

The ability to create anything I want without rules is the real thing I love about drag.

I was always made to feel that men were desirable because of their masculinity, and for a boy, being feminine was not something you should be proud of. But, I came to realise it's OK for boys to be feminine, for girls to be masculine and we should all express ourselves however we want.

People care about what I have to say now, and they want to hear it, and that's one of the greatest gifts you can be given.

The first time I ever dressed in drag was at a costume party during my childhood. I went as Wonder Woman and my mom even took me to get the costume.

Call me old fashioned, but I love songs that end. As a songwriter, I feel like you put a fade out when you can't work out how to end a song.

You can't really necessarily explain what being on a reality show is like until it's happening to you.

It's easy to make a reality show that's sensational but it's more challenging to make a reality show that's got a lot of heart and integrity and still keeps you enthralled and makes you want to keep watching.

I'm an atheist, so I don't believe in a heaven or afterlife. I believe that once I die, that's it.

There is so much frustration in the heterosexual male community manifesting in different ways, whether it be aggression or sexism or racism. I'm not saying all heterosexual men are that way, but you do see a lot of it.

After Pride, Christmas is a drag queen's next best holiday. It's pretty gay, full of tinsel and glitter and finery and campness.

I would have hated for my 'Drag Race' moment to have come down to lip syncing a Whitney Houston song.