Believe Quote by Nafessa Williams

We have to reach out to younger audiences. They need to see how they can see themselves as black women.

— Linda Johnson Rice

I think young women want to see themselves, and indeed their hopes and dreams, represented in characters.

— Nicholas Galitzine

There is more of a demand, especially on the Internet and on Tumblr and Twitter, from women who are like, 'We want to see…

— Jessica Williams

Television has played an important role in normalizing the experiences of gay men and lesbians in America.

— Zoey Tur

I think you should have some more lesbian women out here on the British TV!

— Saara Aalto

It's great to know that young black girls are seeing themselves on TV as leading ladies, and I'm part of that. It's just such…

— Candice Patton

In reality, black women, women of color, are powerful, bold, dynamic, and self-assured, so there's no reason their TV counterparts shouldn't be as such.

— Cheo Hodari Coker

There should be more LGBT people on TV.

— Saara Aalto

It's disconcerting that there's been this weird business model focused on teenaged boys, and it comes with a completely unexamined social cost. I hope…

— Connie Nielsen

I'm really happy to bring bisexuality to TV because you don't see that often on television, especially with women.

— Madelaine Petsch

I think that TV and film are very important mediums to show what people of all races, ethnicities, sexual orientations can do, and I…

— Kylie Bunbury

There's a dearth of media around young black women and certainly a dearth of LGBT media for people of color.

— Dee Rees