Becoming Quote by Shangela

I grew into who I always wanted to be as a drag entertainer and performer.

— Shangela

I came out to my parents as gay, and then I realized, you know, four or five years later, that I wasn't really happy,…

— Candis Cayne

I was embraced entirely and completely by the LGBTQ community. So I always felt very comfortable and confident to live exactly how I wanted…

— Jessica Origliasso

I'd spent my twenties trying to be everything to everybody. I had my family, my straight friends, and I was starting to develop a…

— David Furnish

Ultimately, I felt fortunate, because in many ways I did identify with aspects of being gay that were very stereotypical. I was a big…

— Christopher Rice

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

After high school, I really learned to love myself. I finally stopped getting bullied by straight people. Then, I pretty much immediately started getting…

— Bowen Yang

What made me most courageous was that I realized I had to try to let go of that stereotype I had in my mind,…

— Jake Gyllenhaal

I felt I could become a performer who stood out, who challenged the way things were done and make it more creative and also…

— Sasha Grey

I had an amazing experience being on a hit show for Showtime, doing 'Queer as Folk', and impacting things socially, like helping change hearts…

— Robert Gant

When I was straight, I had the courage and energy to become an actress. I owe my career to my will to stop using.

— Kirstie Alley

I became a lesbian because of women, because women are beautiful, strong, and compassionate.

— Rita Mae Brown