“If we think of it in terms of race, we would not hold a debate over whether it was appropriate for blacks to be pastors.”

“If I just let them assume, they’ll assume I have the same kind of stuff as them.”

“I need for people to stop making that assumption of me.”

"It's not a healthy way to live. It's very, very stressful."

This story is from the Invisible Project, a collaboration between the Welcome Project and Porter County Coalition for Affordable Housing, Housing Opportunities, Gabriel’s Horn, Dayspring Women’s Center, and Porter County Museum.

“Our students will learn to celebrate a broad collection of voices when they start hearing a broad collection of voices.”

"I'm all for free speech, but a lot of these things kinda went a step beyond."

“Hello, here I am; I’m trying.”

“Here’s me and a Hispanic Muslim kid and everybody else.”

“Well, I wish I could go in there, but I can’t.”

“Yeah, maybe I really thought some Disney princesses were absolutely beautiful, but the princes were really cute, too.”