Air Quote by Pam Grier

I was raised by drag queens, practically...My mother died when I was four-years-old, so I was effectively raised by a bunch of different people.…

— Ellen Pompeo

I grew up with gay family members, and I went to a performing arts high school. So I grew up in children's theater, musical…

— Erika Jayne

For years I was the only publicly out gay person who was not a full-time gay activist: my position as a quasi-foreigner gave me…

— Masha Gessen

I was in the closet up until I moved to the U.S. But I was always one of those kids who couldn't really hide…

— Nico Santos

One result of An American Family was that I became a gay role model.

— Lance Loud

Thinking back on it, I've been in this business since I was 3, and I grew up in musical theater, so I was raised…

— A. J. McLean

Here was long period on my life when I was very disappointed by the fact I wasn't gay. Because I grew up going to…

— Moby

When I was young, they thought I was from outer space. I was the only gay person they probably knew, and they struggled with…

— Gilbert Baker

My dearest friend in the movement is Jack Nichols. If there were no such thing as gay or straight, we would still talk and…

— George Weinberg

The only thing I can give to young gay people is that when I was growing up there were no role models that were…

— Russell Tovey

When I was doing 'Spring Awakening' the first couple of years I was living in New York, I was gay, and I was living…

— Jonathan Groff

I think growing up in skating, I was surrounded by the LGBT community, so I grew up very aware because I was around it…

— Ashley Wagner