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.

In the 1980s, there weren’t a lot of role models for gay teenagers.

I’m not sure when I first knew that I was gay.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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