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Obviously, there is much similarity among the challenges of transgender people and all women - from health care to harassment to discrimination in the workplace.

It's kind of a shame that it's even an issue. Not being gay, I can't fully appreciate how complicated that is. In the article, the interviewer asked me, and I said that if I were, I would just say it.

Marriage commissioners who choose not to marry homosexuals are being fired. A Knights of Columbus chapter in British Columbia is in court because it chooses not allow a lesbian group to use its facility for marriage ceremonies. The list goes on.

There are gays and lesbians in every country, so there should be no discrimination against them just because of their destiny.

Frankly, if people aren't going to cast me because I'm queer, than I don't want to work with them.

I think that... discrimination in the job market is a very important area where work needs to be done.

We don't want to promote any system that treats the fact that an individual is LGBT as a personality disorder. And anything that perpetuates that perception is harmful - not only to that member of the community but the entire community.

We need to ensure that no one is denied employment, housing, opportunities, or benefits because of their sexual orientation.