Dad said that he was prouder of me than he'd ever been when I came out.

By the time I came out, that kind of stopped it. The bullying stopped when I claimed myself and proved that I wasn't afraid. A lot of it was when I was hiding when I was younger.

When I came to America, I told my dad I wanted to be an actress.

When I came out, I said, 'I'm going to be a proud gay artist.' I'm not going to be Melissa Etheridge. But she's a goddess!

I came out around 25 publicly.

I came out singing, the doctor slapped me on the head, and I started singing.