Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Courtney Act - Page 2

There's something problematic with this idea that straight men can be 'turned', and the binary of gay and straight and the lack of knowledge of the Kinsey scale.

People who cling rigidly to gender binaries are more than welcome to. But for a lot of young people, we're seeing that our gender roles don't have to be dictated by a set of rules made by society. We can do whatever feels natural to us.

I've learnt I don't have to be a man and I don't have to be a woman, I can just be me.

I think it's best if I remain as dysfunctional as I can.

I just wanted to show young people you can be you and wear what you want.

There is so much frustration in the heterosexual male community manifesting in different ways, whether it be aggression or sexism or racism. I'm not saying all heterosexual men are that way, but you do see a lot of it.

A word of advice - don't invite your parents to the after-party at 4 A. M.

'Fight For Love' is a dancefloor banger all about coming together and fighting for the things we believe in.

Russia isn't only oppressive toward gay people, it is hard on everyone, particularly women.

While dressing up as Courtney is a performance, there is a part of me that is expressing my gender in feminine and masculine ways.

I know what it's like to be in unrequited love.

As I get older, I'm more comfortable with the idea of dying.

Often with bigotry it's passive not active.

Brexit happened. Donald Trump is president. If Ann Widdecombe won CBB Year of the Woman, it would be the third sign of the Apocalypse.

I know when there's lots of stuff racing around in my head it can be hard to sleep and stay asleep. And one of the biggest things that used to keep me awake at night was worrying about my gender and sexuality.

Obviously drag has different intentions and my drag has always been about gender illusion.

The first time I ever dressed in drag was at a costume party during my childhood. I went as Wonder Woman and my mom even took me to get the costume.

The Spice Girls were the life preserver to my high school years.

I know that the U.K. loves a villain.

Yeah, back in 2003, I went to 'Australian Idol' the first day as a boy, and I got knocked out. So I went back the next day in drag and made it into the Top 12 and got a record deal and toured around Australia.

The U.K.'s got the most advanced relationship with masculinity, femininity and sexuality.

We have such a rigid idea of what heterosexuality is and that's problematic. We have such a rigid idea of what gay is and that's also problematic.

I'm no Joan of Arc, but it's pretty revolutionary having a gender illusionist selling the illusion of beauty to females.

I love New York audiences, because they're used to going to shows, and you really notice it. They laugh and applaud and do all the things that you want an audience to do.

Pride is a time to celebrate what makes us unique and the more we let young people know that those things that make us different are actually our greatest strengths, the more comfortable we are in our own skin and the more peacefully we'll sleep at night.

I loved being on 'Drag Race' but I say leave well enough alone.

I'm definitely more attracted to men and masculinity - not just cis men but trans guys, too.

Caitlyn Jenner, for all of her flaws, did start a conversation around the world about gender.

After Pride, Christmas is a drag queen's next best holiday. It's pretty gay, full of tinsel and glitter and finery and campness.

I think that 'Drag Race' would certainly let a straight guy compete in drag.

The most vocal fans online are girls, which is interesting. I didn't expect that.

When it all boils down, being Courtney has forced me to be different to the status quo, which means I have gotten to decide on every choice along the way.

I don't get too dressy as a boy that often.

Different people are attracted to me depending on how I look. I have a very broad spectrum of attraction.

Changing genders is not a quick process... it takes about two hours to put on all the make-up and the lashes, and the hair, and the corsets, and the seven kinds of adhesives that work in tandem on my body to keep things up and keep things down.

Gender roles are absurd when you actually look at them. The fact that anybody could ever say or think that dressing in women's clothes is wrong, or odd. Women dressing in women's clothes and men dressing in men's clothes is the actually the thing that is really odd.

I would have hated for my 'Drag Race' moment to have come down to lip syncing a Whitney Houston song.

A good night's sleep is a super important part of feeling good.

I think it's so important to think about the basic human rights of others and to use our collective voices, minds and bodies to lift those people up and bring about change.

Courtney wants to make the statement that superficial beauty is manufactured and that any woman, or in this case, any man can be beautiful with the right tools.