55 Quotes by Tommy Dorfman

When I was in high school, there weren't a lot of out gay actors playing gay roles. I didn't see myself represented truthfully in the media.

I feel like Hollywood likes to use gay people to tell either really sad gay stories starring straight actors, or everything's about a struggle. Everything's about coming out. Nothing was about just living and breathing as a human being who happens to be gay.

It was exciting to play a gay person in high school who's really proud of himself and isn't dealing with the sort of typical story line - the coming-out story - but is already out and sort of an advocate in his own way.

It's important for teenagers, young adults, parents, teachers, really everyone to see what the true High School experience is.

I always shopped in the girls' section during elementary school.

When I wear makeup, it's never intense; I don't do drag. My style has always been naturalistic and then a pop of color for the eye.

I have a big problem with cis straight men. I'm sort of discriminatory against them and it's going to take work for me to find a way to build a relationship with those people and trust that those people can be allies.

This idea that you can 'cure' homosexuality is appalling and simply not true.

LGBTQIA inclusion in media, especially TV and film, is not just important, it's essential.