But that's why I'm here. In this room, all of you, all of us, can do so much more together than any one person can do alone. And I hope that thought bolsters you as much as it does me. I hope the workshops you'll go to over the next few days give you strength. Because I can only imagine that there are days—when you've worked longer hours than your boss realizes or cares about, just to help a kid you know can make it. Days where you feel completely alone. Undermined. Or hopeless.


Coming Out Speech (2014)


But that's why I'm here. In this room, all of you, all of us, can do so much more together than any one person can do alone. And I hope that thought...

But that's why I'm here. In this room, all of you, all of us, can do so much more together than any one person can do alone. And I hope that thought...

But that's why I'm here. In this room, all of you, all of us, can do so much more together than any one person can do alone. And I hope that thought...

But that's why I'm here. In this room, all of you, all of us, can do so much more together than any one person can do alone. And I hope that thought...