Carson Kressley

Carson (on growing up gay): I'm always the one who's cutting it up, but this is serious for me. When I was growing up, I was obviously gay, and I got heckled every day of my life. The only way I knew how to survive was to make people laugh. If I could make them laugh, I wouldn't get hung in a locker for two hours. That's a blessing.

Carson: It's interesting because when we started doing the show, none of us thought of it as having any political agenda. And I think the real power from it and the real power that people obtain in their life is that there's great power and freedom in being yourself and expressing who you are. I think the beauty of our show is that unknowingly we got to do that ourselves and express ourselves and be true to ourselves and be honest and be out. The Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 2006.

Carson (on gay marriage): It's a human rights issue, and gay people and straight people, they should have the same rights. Whether you're gay or straight, with a physical disability, your skin's a different color, it's absurd in this age to not be aware and be concerned of the inequity in rights.

Carson: (on his book "You're Different and That's Super): I wrote the book because I realized that kids feel different for a lot of different reasons. It's really important to share the idea that being different might feel like a problem at the time, but ultimately diversity is a strength.