A lie is like a cat: you need to stop it before it gets out the door or it’s really hard to catch..

Now you have to decide whether or not you want to be part of the bigotry that is Donald Trump. You have to decide whether you want to be part of the ….

Different is not deviant, no matter what the world may say. You have the moral obligation to love yourself..

There is no wrong time to do the right thing..

One thing the gay rights movement taught the world is the importance of being visible..

Concealment makes the soul a swamp. Confession is how you drain it..

You don’t become a teacher to make a world of money. You become a teacher to make a world of difference..

Being a world leader is less about destiny than focused determination, and it is there that we have faltered..

One doesn’t have to operate with great malice to do great harm. The absence of empathy and understanding are sufficient. In fact, a man convinced of ….

The internet is ruthless. And people are very, very happy to let you know when they don't like something..

An illustration is a visual editorial - its just as nuanced. Everything that goes into it is a call you make: every color, every line weight, every a….

I'm trying to illuminate how perilously narrow we draw the concepts of masculinity and sexuality in our male culture..

The only way to vanquish cowardice is to brandish courage..

Trying hard and working hard is its own reward. It feeds the soul. It affirms your will and your power. And it radiates from you, lighting the way fo….

Voter apathy is a civic abdication..

I had set about trying to make myself more polished than a country boy would be..

When I was a freshman in college, I went to a broadcast class by mistake. The first day, the instructor said, "Television anchors sound like they cou….

Great leadership isn’t shaped in the absence of opposition but in the presence of it. Great leaders draw us together by our universal humanity; they ….

While the word bisexual was technically correct, I would only slowly come to use it to refer to myself in part because of the derisive connotations. ….

I was always a relatively quiet and introspective kid..

There are no 'come shoot me' clothes..