Afraid Quote by Susan Estrich

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

I just, I was in such denial within myself for the longest time, just because of the place I grew up in. Like, it…

— Sonya Deville

In the past, kids didn't tell their parents they were gay, so there were never the bust-ups. Some parents react so strongly to the…

— Ian Mckellen

I didn't know any gay people in my childhood.

— Dolly Parton

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

I had a lot of friends for a long time who were gay, and I didn't even realize it for awhile. Even in my…

— Megan Mullally

For me as a kid growing up, I was gay and I didn't even realise it, let alone accept it. I was told I…

— Darren Hayes

I didn't happen to be one of those gay kids who knew definitively by the time I was 13.

— Greg Berlanti

When I was 15, all my friends came out. I was really trying to be like them, and I finally had to tell my…

— Cyndi Lauper

When I meet gay kids and they know who we are, I remember that's amazing because literally every gay person in every gay story…

— Olly Alexander

I felt a variation of the fear that a lot of gay people have, that their families will reject them. I thought if I…

— Candace Gingrich-Jones

I used to shake my head when I heard about mothers who were shocked - shocked! - when their kids came out. I didn't…

— Suzanne Brockmann