Character Quote by E. R. Fightmaster

It never occurred to me to write anything that didn't include gay characters in it.

— Christopher Rice

Maybe the most interesting thing gay writers can do is show the tension between the breadth of gay experiences and the unity of what…

— Vestal McIntyre

I love stories where sexuality is just part of the character, not the only thing about them.

— Megan Stalter

“I set out to write a series of grand stories starring queer people. My vision has always been to let that "queerness" exist organically…

— Hazel Blackthorn

The token gay character is always so funny and so fantastic. That's happened a lot. Or they're often purely victims. By-rN

— Ezra Miller

I couldn't imagine a book with many characters in it and one of them not being gay. It would have felt like a glaring…

— Ayana Mathis

There are lots of big books that have gay characters - or, more commonly, a gay character - in secondary roles, but seldom are…

— Garth Greenwell

When I started, you couldn't do anything. A gay person trying to write a gay character in 1998 - it was so difficult.

— Ryan Murphy

The way I approach the character isn't about being gay or straight. It's just about who you love. Gender has very little to do…

— Mia Kirshner

It was exciting to play a gay person in high school who's really proud of himself and isn't dealing with the sort of typical…

— Tommy Dorfman

There are sometimes concerns about being respectful with a gay character, and you either end up with a tiptoeing quality or an all-out cliche.

— Casey Wilson

A lot of times, gay characters are represented in unrealistic or stereotypical ways.

— Shannon Purser