"He said that he wants to do everything he can to push gay rights on and he's fully behind everything everyone's doing, and, 'Thank you for all the work you've done to help other people,'" Sanderson said. "It was fantastic. We've come such a long way, in England especially. Times are changing, and for me, if people can look up to me for being myself and just being me, that's the biggest honor I could ever have."