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I have gay people in my family who weren't able to openly discuss homosexuality, and I feel like that's shifted, especially here on the coast.

Early on, I got some criticism from other gay writers and queer theorists for being too 'assimilationist,' probably because my characters are outsiders, even in the gay world.

Without a conscious effort, all of my plays have all featured gay characters. I'm proud of that.

I think being gay has resulted in gay characters standing front and center in all of my work.

I didn't quite fit in in any particular, specific way. I was a gay teenager who was into drama.

I didn't have the exposure. I didn't see gay people or hear about them. My family didn't know any. It wasn't something I thought was reality.

When I got married, my mother was very surprised. She said: 'What on earth is going on? I thought you were gay?'

The playing ground is so uneven, and there have been so many straight characters for such a long time, and so many gay actors that have had to hide their sexuality to get the parts they want to play.

I had a few problems. I didn't realise it until I started going to therapy. I did it for 10 years, two days a week, and pretty quickly I understood that a lot of my suffering, many of my issues, were rooted in my realising that I was gay when I was a little boy. I knew I was different. That made me very fragile.

I am opposed to the idea of a child growing up with two gay parents. A child needs a mother and a father. I could not imagine my childhood without my mother. I also believe that it is cruel to take a baby away from its mother.

I think the world has a place for gay superheroes, certainly.

My friend's mom said to me, 'honey, I think you're gay.' And I go, 'yeah, I am.' As soon as someone vocalized it to me, gave me permission. I was like, 'yes, yes, yeah!'

It's insane how many fans I have from the LGBTQ+ community. I would say the majority of my fanbase are young, gay women.

I just, I was in such denial within myself for the longest time, just because of the place I grew up in. Like, it wasn't common. I didn't know anybody that was gay. I think I had one gay friend in high school and she never even, like, came out. It was just, like, we all just knew.

Gay weddings will be remembered as Tony Blair's greatest achievement!

It was never like I had to go, 'I am gay.' Slowly, almost by osmosis, by the way I was behaving, it became obvious and accepted.

Someone will say, 'Shura's album is about being a gay woman in London.' Umm, I feel like my album's just about me. I am a gay woman, and I live in London... It's not about being a gay woman in London.

When you have a lot of gay friends, you don't think of that as being different or divisive or weird; that's just your reality.

I'm sort of a gay man trapped in a woman's body when it comes to music sometimes - it's crowded in here!

My hairdresser Alan, who I've known since I began competing, lives with us, along with his husband Nathan, so I have my own gay gaggle.

First of all, I'm not gay. Second of all, it shouldn't make a difference if I was or if I wasn't.