I just feel so fortunate, you know? … I feel so happy. I feel so different from how I felt when I was closeted, and to have experiences where I meet people who have been touched in some way by just getting to be who I am is such an incredible experience ... I'm in a very fortunate place in my life. I'm a very privileged person to get to talk about issues, particularly those that affect people much, much more vulnerable to me … I feel really grateful to be in a position where potentially I can do little things or whatever I possibly can to help anyone any way I can.

Freedom is exercising your rights, getting an education without the fear of sexual harassment.

To me, 'sexual freedom' means freedom from having to have sex.

About shocking. You know I feel comfortable in my skin. I think it's an okay thing to express yourself.

I want freedom for the full expression of my personality.

Mine is a world where everyone is free in terms of what they wear, in terms of how they think,” she explains.And my women aren’t threatened by anyone – they are taking back their power.

Being able to live without having to be defined by your skin color is the hallmark of privilege.

To get to a place where you could love anything you chose — not to need permission for desire — well now _that_ was freedom.

I am freer than anybody else. I am free to choose the parents I want, the country I want, the age I want.

I can do what I want, when I want, how I want. Go where I want. Sleep in the temperature I want to sleep in. I have a freedom that's overwhelming sometimes. I love being free.

In social situations I still feel scared. My best friend and husband give me the freedom to be myself.

I love freedom of speech.

[Freedom of speech] is not only the natural privilege of liberty but also its support and preservation, every man therefore here is allowed to declare his sentiments openly, to speak or write whatever is not prohibited by the laws.

And what if I demand freedom not because I was "born this way" and "can't help it" but because I can do whatever I choose to do with my love and my body from year to year, moment to moment — because I'm a grown woman who does not need any excuse to live however I want to live and love whomever I want to love?