I always knew that there was something that made me different, and by the time I was in high school, I understood what it was.

Campaigning in Wyoming is politics at its most retail level. It's done one voter at a time.

The vice presidential candidate tends to be a bit of an afterthought.

I came very close to quitting my job for the Bush-Cheney '04 campaign. I seriously considered packing up my office and heading home to Colorado.

Having loving and supporting parents didn't make me feel any better about the possibility of seeing my personal life splashed across newspapers and tabloids.

Heather and I decided we were going to be pretty low-key at the convention.

It wasn't a secret that I was gay. I'd come out to my parents during my junior year of high school, on the day that I also wrecked the family car.

I'm happy to say that I'm a lesbian in the world. I know there are people who don't want to be called women comedians, but I think it gives a path to the fact that we live in extremely patriarchal times.

It's always better to deliver the news yourself rather than allow your boss to be surprised.

I'd rather not be known as the Vice President's lesbian daughter.

There are millions of gay people in the United States, including well-known celebrities.

Every piece of remotely responsible research that has been done in the last 20 years on this issue has shown there is no difference between children who are raised by same-sex parents and children who are raised by opposite-sex parents. What matters is that children are being raised in a stable, loving environment.

I didnt know that President Bush would endorse a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.

For the record, I love my sister. But she is dead wrong on the marriage issue.

I'm probably a little more like my dad. But because of my mom, I never saw being a woman as being an impediment to being able to do something. She had her Ph.D. before I was born.

After being sworn in to office, vice presidents have usually been relegated to the sidelines, where they just don't get to do very much.