Frankie Grande Quotes

In the past, it weighed on me because nobody in my family is gay. I had no role models so I had to find my own way.

When I came out when I was 18, and I graduated from high school, and I felt like that was the time to officially say it, I surprised zero people in my family.

I can't tell you at DragCon how many families that waited in line to see me. Some of them waited up to five hours, and they had their family there. That's the beauty of this. I remember being that little gay boy in Mesquite that was so afraid of the world, like, 'Am I living right? Am I living wrong?'

My brother is gay - he's a couple of years older than me, and I could not be more proud of him. It was right for him. If a player was going through something similar at a younger age, I feel I would be understanding because I was there to watch it with my brother.

Being able to live my life transparently does empower me to feel like I can be myself more. It's easier for me to flirt with girls now that girls know that I'm gay. It almost makes it a sexier encounter than if I was trying to pretend that I was straight.

My being gay was something of not great interest to me.

It never occurred to me that I needed to say that I was gay. I simply am. Anyone who knows me or who's been around me ten minutes knows it too.

I now realize that I am a gay man before anything else. Other gays may think they're a Jew first, or black, or a banker, but I'm gay.

If my kid came to me and said 'I'm gay,' I'd say, 'Son, I love you.'

I am not gay.

I've been openly gay since I can remember.

I don't think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear that I'm gay.

The first gay person I ever met was surely not the first gay person I ever met.

I'm not sure when I first knew that I was gay.

Being gay is a fundamental part of my being - the core of who I've always been, and the thing that I had repressed and run from all my life.

Growing up, one of my cousins was an out gay man.

I have lived my life very openly, and have never hidden the fact that I am gay!

I've been gay since the day I was born.

I came out to my mom at the age of 14. She didn't understand it at first, but she's been very supportive since.

It's important for me to talk about my life as a gay man, not gay themes per se, in my work.

When I was 13, my mum knew that I was gay, and she just always knew.

I'm gay.

Experiences with friends or family members coming out have helped millions of Americans to see past stereotypes and better understand what being gay is - and is not.

I told my mom I was gay when I was 16, and my mom said with her heavy Brazilian accent, 'OK, but at least look good at it.'

My mom asked me one day at lunch in a very lovely and respectful way. I was finally comfortable enough to say yes, I was gay, and it really was never talked about again.