Both Quote by Beth Ditto

When I was a kid, there were hardly any gay story lines or characters on television that I recall. Then when I was in…

— Andrew Rannells

Part of the reason why I've never said that I was gay until now was because I didn't want that adjective assigned to my…

— Rosie O'Donnell

I grew up in a conservative small town, and the gay characters I saw on TV and in movies when I was growing up…

— Chris Colfer

I can remember when there were storylines with gay characters on shows like 'Family' and 'Dynasty' and thinking, I have something in common with…

— Greg Berlanti

I personally always have a hard time relating to queer characters in media because I didn't really see myself in them. They were kind…

— Noelle Stevenson

When Ellen came out on national television, it was the first time I'd ever seen an LGBT woman represented in such a prominent way.

— Sharice Davids

Do you ever think about having sex with Rosie O'Donnell because you are straight? Same thing.

— David Thorne

My films might have been queer - because I was - but they were not gay.

— Ira Sachs

I always disliked that anytime you had gays represented in - and there were some exceptions, certainly - but represented in popular fiction, they…

— Joe R. Lansdale

Before, gay portrayals in the media were so limiting, like a caricature of a homo. A parody almost.

— Manila Luzon

In the old-fashioned sitcoms, to be gay was, in itself, funny, and you laughed at the characters rather than with them.

— Ian Mckellen

In the mid-1980s, there wasn't a representation of gayness on television. Our glitter and our goofiness and our great costumes made in Vegas; the…

— Ivory