Affection Quote by Julian Clary

When I was in high school, there weren't a lot of out gay actors playing gay roles. I didn't see myself represented truthfully in…

— Tommy Dorfman

I understand why the gay community wants to embrace actors who are out. People want to be represented.

— Cheyenne Jackson

I had examples from a very young age of gay actors or personalities coming out in late '90s and early 2000s who faced a…

— Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

Though gay lifestyles have certainly moved into the open, there's little evidence that society has become more open in its basic attitudes or that…

— Peter Bart

We have a society where every hit maker and TV presenter is gay.

— Elton John

The taboo for straight actors playing gay is gone... My mother was squirming a bit in the theater because she comes from a different…

— Dean Cain

You can't be an openly gay movie star. You can't be an openly gay pop star, really - minus Ricky Martin.

— Rashida Jones

I definitely wouldn't be the performer I am today if the gay audience had not been so supportive of me as a complete unknown.

— Kiesza

There was a point in the latter 1990s at which, suddenly, every sitcom and drama in sight had to have a gay or lesbian…

— Lionel Shriver

I got into theatre very early, so yes I was surrounded by gay people quite early and frequently.

— Judith Light

Thanks to every gay person in public and non-public life who has come out.

— Ian Mckellen

A lot of people saw Marilyn Monroe and Judy Garland as persecuted and tragic and vulnerable, and I think a lot of gay men…

— Madonna Ciccone