It Sounds So Trite, But

I Began To See Myself As Someone Who Can Help Others Understand Diversity Rather Than Feeling Like A Social Outcast. Ellen Taught Me To Not Care About Other People's Opinions. She Taught Me To Be Truthful. She Taught Me To Be Free. I Began To Live My Life In Love And Complete Acceptance. For The First Time I Had Truly Accepted Myself.

I Knew That I Was Gay, I Knew It. I Just Couldn't See Myself As A Gay Woman, Even Though That's Where My Heart Was.

My Feelings For Ellen Overrode All Of My Fear About Being Out As A Lesbian. I Had To Be With Her, And I Just Figured I'd Deal With The Other Stuff Later.

If Your Self-esteem Really Does Depend On How You Look You're Always Going To Be Insecure. There's No Way You Can Get Around It Because You Are Going To Age. Even If You Get That Perfect Body You're Going To Get Older And Older And Older. You Can't Avid It. So You Have To Somehow, At Some Point, Take Control And Sift The Focus And Decide Who You Are, What You Can Contribute To The World, What You Do And Say, Is So Much More Important Than How You Look.

Everyone Is Their Own Kind Of Lesbian. To Think There's A Certain Way To Dress Or Present Yourself In The World Is Just One More Stereotype We Have To Fit Into.