Quotes About Inclusion

When I come to London now it's like being in L.A., because they know me like I'm at home.

Just speaking for myself, when I'm complimented for being Vietnamese-American in television - the only one - that doesn't make me feel happy, that makes me feel really lonely, actually.

I grew up playing for Manhasset High on Long Island on a team with six black guys.

I feel like black players have come a long way.

Well, I always looked at Mulan as a movie about a lesbian coming out.

If your community tells you that you're an abomination, that you're nothing and, because of who you are, you'll never amount to anything, why would you love yourself? Why would you save money? Why would you set goals?

It's lovely to feel part of a community.

My friends mean everything to me, so if you want to me be my lover then you have to get along with my friends!

Who someone loves should never be an issue at work or anyplace else.

I know gay parents, and I support them and their families. They are good parents and loving families.

Lunchtime is hard when you don't have a lot of friends.

Italian-Americans are not the Mafia.

It was always my ambition to be on the cover of a free gay magazine.

In a lot of movies, African-Americans are either maids or slaves, but that's not all they were. We need to show that. And we can't keep erasing history.

Equality, equality, equality. I'm all about equality, that's the main thing and the only thing I'm about.

When you're bi-racial, in the town I was in, in Maine, people kept asking, 'What are you?' It was like I wasn't even human.

I consider 'Dope' a part of the new mainstream.

I'm interested in people who are dwelling outside the mainstream. And very often, those people happen to be woman of color.

Black people are not often considered mainstream.

It's time for a trans hero in a mainstream comic.

For me, it was important to keep my name in 'mainstream Hollywood.'

I just feel like, at any moment, a drag or a trans or a gender-diverse artist that doesn't fit in a box is ready to break into the mainstream. I want to do my best to put myself in the best position to have that happen for me.

I don't think a party can aspire to be the majority party if it's the old white guy party.

The majority of women in America look like me.