Tituss Burgess Quotes

Pop music has a pretty good track record of embracing queer culture.

When I first started performing, the only community that truly got what I was trying to do was the LGBTQ community.

San Francisco is a beacon of hope for LGBTQ people around the world.

I'd be really honored to do more LGBTQ stories.

A lot of the LGBTQ community accepted 'Tangerine,' which was something we worked really hard to achieve.

I'm friends with Kehlani - she's a LGBTQ icon.

The more queer characters I play over my years of working as an actor, and the more I see other young artists stepping up with the same intention I have, to make space for the voices of a generation of people who may not fit the status-quo, the more it inspires me to keep going.

I feel like we need to create more roles that give LGBTQ people the opportunity to be on screen.

I think, with 'Pride,' I always knew that was something amazing because of the people who were in it and the story and the way it was written and who was directing. Anyone in that cast knew it was special.

I've had letters from people who have read my articles and said, 'I'm a guy, I'm 18, and I've not come out to my mom and dad yet, but it was so nice to hear your story, and you know, I wish your article would have been longer, because you gave me hope for the future.'

I'd rather not be known as the Vice President's lesbian daughter.

Gay writers now have both a sense of history and the fables that allows them to dwell in the realms of the ridiculous and at the same time talk seriously about things.

I never thought I would be somewhat of a gay icon.

It's going to take generations of gay people marrying before these things start to feel natural. We haven't had it long enough to remake it as our own, so it does feel like you're getting dressed up in straight drag to do it.

I'm not a gay rights activist.

When I came out, I said, 'I'm going to be a proud gay artist.' I'm not going to be Melissa Etheridge. But she's a goddess!

'Glee' is one of the very few mainstream outlets that is giving a voice to communities of people that don't necessarily have a loud voice, specifically the gay community. It gives a really positive and forward statement.

I remember when I heard 'Jessie's Girl' for the first time, I was like, 'This is so applicable to lesbians!'

My gay audience has been with me from the beginning.

It's not being marketed as a gay show by a gay person. It's just Ellen DeGeneres.

There is no rule in the pink-triangle guide to coming out that you must wear a rainbow flag cap and organise a full band parade.

'Gaydamak' in Turkish means a fighter. That's me.

I love it when novels contain a broad cast of characters, including queer ones.

The mainstream needs Ellen DeGeneres and Rosie O'Donnell. The mainstream needs RuPaul.

Since I was a young girl in the punk scene, almost all of my friends have been gay or lesbian, so for me, it's an obvious answer when it comes to whether or not gay people should be recognized as equal.