Boys Quote by Rufus Wainwright

To play a repressed gay man, I had to explore what life was like in an era of sexual repression.

— Leonardo DiCaprio

I was inadvertently raised in the 'gay community.' I had straight parents, but I spent massive amounts of time at a very early age…

— Darren Criss

My mother was majorly into musical theatre - that's how this happened. That's how I became the gayest person in the world.

— Randy Rainbow

Being gay facilitated my capacity for shame. As a child, I carried around this thing that gradually became this big dark secret. When I…

— Derren Brown

Bit by bit, I was becoming the almost acceptable face of homosexuality.

— Quentin Crisp

I hadn't been on the big screen in 40 years when I did the horror film 'Fright Night,' so during production of 'Bros,' I…

— Amanda Bearse

Homosexuality is a way of life that I've grown accustomed to.

— Johnny Mathis

I grew up feeling that to be gay was a tragedy. I didn't grow up thinking that it was morally wrong, but I grew…

— Andrew Solomon

I used to hate myself for being gay. I couldn't come to terms with it.

— Calum Scott

I spent a lot of time denying the idea that I could be gay or trans to myself. From the ages of 14 to…

— Chelsea Manning

When I came out, I found I hadn't been born with the right genes. It's quite brutal. If you're beautiful and you have the…

— John Grant

I had always wanted to have children, so it caused me a lot of grief when I was younger, and I had supposed that…

— Andrew Solomon