Its rare to see a proud and out LGBT person win an Oscar in a lead or supporting actor role.
While the Internet has allowed for some extraordinary progress in creating conversations about diversity, it also allows uninformed comments that one has made in the past to live forever.
We have to continue to do the work, because we can't see people lose their lives over senseless gun violence.
I've been on reality TV since I was 23.
People always look at reality shows and think, 'How do they fall in love so quickly?' When you are quarantined with the same people, the emotions you normally feel after a year come within a week.
My background is in social work and psychotherapy.