Average Quote by Ezra Furman

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

The only thing wrong with me was that I was a weirdo that hated school. I'm sure now there'd be a disorder for it,…

— Eugene Mirman

Even when I was a child, I used to constantly get into trouble at school because I couldn't stop talking and people didn't like…

— CMAT

For me, as a kid, I always felt like being gay was something that was going make people turn on me.

— Gus Kenworthy

I'm not trying to look for pity or sympathy. I was just surprised that so many people in the world of entertainment seemed to…

— Moby

Personally speaking, growing up as a gay man before it was as socially acceptable as it is now, I knew what it was to…

— John Logan

I was 'gay-bashed' when I was in school even though, you know, I'm not... I'm a straight guy that just happens to be what…

— Grant Gustin

I had friends who were jocks or whatever... Then, around 12 or 13, kids get cliquish and cruel, and that disgusted me. It seemed…

— James Murphy

You run into stereotypes so that the stereotype filters who you are and what you do, and having to deal with that was the…

— Pauline Oliveros

At school, I felt out of place. I was bullied. I would think, 'These kids don't like me, they don't accept me,' but I…

— Dove Cameron

I grew up in a family that was multifaceted, sexually oriented, and pretty much open to everything. And because I was working, my friends…

— Drew Barrymore

I was victimized by the old Hollywood typecasting thing. I had to really fight to get out of it, so I was uncomfortable with…

— Adam West