Quotes About Inclusivity

I didn't invent the bearded lady. It's been around for ages, and there are so many bearded drag queens out there - but they're not in the mainstream as I am.

I just want to be a shining leader for the LGBTQIA-plus community. Drag queens have always been the leaders of the community.

Some of my favorite drag queens are women.

There have always been drag queens everywhere.

What I love that has happened for years now with 'Drag Race' is the queens can go on to have any kind of career.

In the gay community there are not very many Jewish drag queens. I've always found that funny because there are a lot of Jewish gay people out there, so why aren't there more Jewish drag queens?

Drag has come a long way and people are respecting it, and giving drag queens and other people who defy gender norms more chances than they've ever been given before, but it's thanks to people like RuPaul, especially, who set that momentum going.

Christmas Queens' is a family effort!

You can have a beard and do drag; you can be a woman and do drag. I've met faux queens. I've met kings. Anything that you want can be considered drag in the context.

Not all drag queens but certainly the ones who empowered me, are people who pushed buttons, and poked fun at society from Leigh Bowery, to Lady Bunny and Divine.

The only queer people are those who don't love anybody.

I love it when novels contain a broad cast of characters, including queer ones.

'Queer as Folk' is gay gay gay gay gay.

Is the mainstream becoming more queer? Or is it the opposite? That artists like me are mainstreaming queer music?

I knew that I wanted to primarily play queer characters.

In lots of ways, I've been trying to tell stories this way since I started writing plays: a female-centered story with queer, Latinx gaze.

My favorite job, and definitely the one that means the most to me, is 'Queer Eye.'

It's not called 'Queer Eye For the Straight Guy' now for a reason. We want to be able to help more and more people, and why wouldn't we help women, and why wouldn't we help a trans man? I want to help as many different groups as physically possible with this show.

I won't do press anymore unless I can talk about the homophobia and let queer people know our ideas are mainstream.

I know that it's my queer perspective that's helping people make songs that the world is listening to.

I hope that I do make music that can speak to anyone. I don't just want to play for a queer crowd.

Each and every one of us has multiple identities, and this is a fact that should be celebrated. I for example, am a queer black woman who grew up poor in Los Angeles.

I grew up in a town of 30,000 people, and 'Queer Eye' was a beacon of light.

It's nice to have a safe place to have a conversation going; whether it's a friend or family member, you can use 'Queer Eye' as an entry point to have a conversation that's meaningful.