Gay Quote by Shannon Purser

It's definitely my responsibility not to stereotype any character, but especially a gay character because of the misperceptions people still have about gays.

— Haaz Sleiman

When I started, there was more of a cultural assumption that many readers would find gay characters irrelevant or repugnant.

— Carol Anshaw

When we have gay characters on TV, they're just, kind of, gay for the sake of being gay. That's their personality. That's their whole…

— Ncuti Gatwa

I personally always have a hard time relating to queer characters in media because I didn't really see myself in them. They were kind…

— Noelle Stevenson

I think it's really important to depict complex, flawed LGBT characters, because we are all connected by our humanity.

— Kit Williamson

I always disliked that anytime you had gays represented in - and there were some exceptions, certainly - but represented in popular fiction, they…

— Joe R. Lansdale

There are sometimes concerns about being respectful with a gay character, and you either end up with a tiptoeing quality or an all-out cliche.

— Casey Wilson

So often gay characters, particular those portrayed in an era where gayness was something of a taboo and a statement about 'who I am…

— Freddie Fox

I had played many gay characters before, but they were finite - guest characters in TV shows or characters in plays.

— Eric McCormack

I feel like because I've done more gay characters, gay scenes, or gay projects than most straight actors, people see it as some sort…

— James Franco

I think, almost, the film industry thinks that by making gay characters super masculine, it's an attempt at saying being gay is OK if…

— Josie Totah

There are lots of big books that have gay characters - or, more commonly, a gay character - in secondary roles, but seldom are…

— Garth Greenwell