(T)he response I got [from the post-Olympic press conference responding to comments questioning his gender], from not only this community, but from the world, about speaking out, about how--oh my god, the letters I'm getting, "My kid is so weird, you have no idea. He can't do anything without ballet slippers on." Or, "My daughter she loves, you know, she loves frogs, why is that?" Just random, weird things you wouldn't even think about. And these parents, these mothers, who had seen my words, my press conference, they were writing, and they said "you're giving our kids this face, this very public face, and this person they can look up to."...So, in that way I saw where I am, and my place.
--2010 Seattle HRC Seattle Gala Dinner, September 25, 2010