“So, being inclusive helps us all to live in a better and more beautiful world. And personally, I just believe that everyone deserves to be treated with kindness and dignity. Everyone deserves to live their truth, to live as the full expression of themselves with the only caveat being that you are not harming someone else,” Boyd said. “I think the more we learn in general, the better we collectively become.” 

“I am a huge supporter of going to therapy. I do, once a week, and I think it's important for people to know that I do that, because they always look at me and they're like, ‘Oh, you're a counselor, why do you need therapy?’ I think everybody can benefit from therapy, [where you] learn certain tools that can help with your emotions; we don't always know how to deal with their emotions effectively, because it's not something that's just taught.” Wiest said. 

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