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“Russia is a very different place than what we in the West are familiar with. We cannot apply our own values and judgments to the country. We need to have greater compassion and understanding and recognize that our similarities are greater than our differences.”
“A good night's sleep is a super important part of feeling good.”
“Being trans means different things to different people. Some people don't take hormones, some people don't have surgery, some people are just happy living in the clothes of their chosen gender.”
“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.”
“Drag can make you a little more fearless and I think girls especially love drag because they get to see somebody define their own standard of feminine beauty.”
“I like being a boy, but I also really like being a girl.”
“It's so easy to be polarised and yell from different sides of the room about certain subjects, but I think it's so much better to walk into the middle and have a conversation to drive change forward.”
“Changing genders is not a quick process... it takes about two hours to put on all the make-up and the lashes, and the hair, and the corsets, and the seven kinds of adhesives that work in tandem on my body to keep things up and keep things down.”
“I'm definitely more attracted to men and masculinity - not just cis men but trans guys, too.”
“Different people are attracted to me depending on how I look. I have a very broad spectrum of attraction.”
“I genuinely had always thought, this sounds dumb, I always thought that 'RuPaul's Drag Race' was shot in the basement of RuPaul's house.”
“I am a Madonna fan.”
“The U.K.'s got the most advanced relationship with masculinity, femininity and sexuality.”
“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.”
“Obviously drag has different intentions and my drag has always been about gender illusion.”
“I think that gay men in particular need to just listen to bisexual people and believe them when they say they're attracted to different genders.”
“There are gay people in every community, there are bi people in every community and they can come together with a bit of strength.”
“Russia isn't only oppressive toward gay people, it is hard on everyone, particularly women.”
“Brexit happened. Donald Trump is president. If Ann Widdecombe won CBB Year of the Woman, it would be the third sign of the Apocalypse.”
“Pride is a time to celebrate what makes us unique and the more we let young people know that those things that make us different are actually our greatest strengths, the more comfortable we are in our own skin and the more peacefully we'll sleep at night.”