Breakdown Quote by Lionel Blue

I struggled tremendously with anxiety and depression related in part to my sexuality and growing up in a time when to be gay felt…

— Darren Hayes

Realizing I was gay was a long sort of waking up.

— Melissa Etheridge

If I remember back to when I wasn't open about my sexuality, I spent a great deal of time worried about it.

— Richard Quest

I was so terrified for so long about what people think about my sexuality, and I didn't wanna find myself in a position where…

— Calum Scott

I was a closet straight. I think I wanted to be gay because I thought it was arty and interesting. And also, I was…

— Rupert Graves

My gayness became quietly accepted and, shock of all shocks, life went on.

— Lance Loud

My being gay was something of not great interest to me.

— Maurice Sendak

I was so desperate to feel understood. I pushed down the gay part of myself so deep because I was like, that can't possibly…

— Chappell Roan

Finding out that I was gay when I was older was a shock and a disappointment.

— Maurice Sendak

A lot of people come up to me all the time and say thank you for helping me be who I am. So my…

— Boy George

When I first came up, the whole AIDS epidemic was starting, and the gay community that I experienced from the beginning of my career…

— Madonna Ciccone

I remember just calling myself gay was a big step for me, and I remember being in the bathroom brushing my teeth, testing out…

— Wilson Cruz