Santana: I need to tell you a secret, a secret that I have kept hidden for a long time. [...] I love girls, in the way that I'm supposed to feel about boys. It's just something that has always been inside of me. I want to share with you because I love you so much. I want you to know me, who I really am. When I'm with Brittany, I finally understand what people are talking about when they're talking about love. And I've tried so hard to push this feeling away, to keep it locked up inside, but every day just feels like a war. And I walk around so mad at the world, and I'm really just fighting with myself. I don't wanna fight anymore, I'm just too tired. I have to just be me. Say something, please.
Santana's Grandmother: Everyone has secrets, Santana. They are called secrets for a reason. I want you to leave this house. I don't ever want to see you again.
Santana's Grandmother: Everyone has secrets, Santana. They are called secrets for a reason. I want you to leave this house. I don't ever want to see you again.
— Glee
I had an... interesting talk with Mom and Dad last night — one that YOU are never going to need to have. I mean... you know, right? Like I've known. I've known since like... She-Ra. Mom and Dad didn't, I guess.
They saw the magazine, and the stuff on the lockers and they were like "Is there something we should know about you and Lonnie?"
But here is the thing: I was prepeared for them to be mad, or disappointed or sad or crying or something. But they were just in denial.
"You are TOO YOUNG to know what you want."
"You and Lonnie are just GOOD FRIENDS."
"You just haven't met THE RIGHT BOY"
"It is a PHASE".
That's what I didn't see coming — They wouldn't even respect me enough to believe me.
Well, joke's on them — 'cause they are in for one very long phase.
They saw the magazine, and the stuff on the lockers and they were like "Is there something we should know about you and Lonnie?"
But here is the thing: I was prepeared for them to be mad, or disappointed or sad or crying or something. But they were just in denial.
"You are TOO YOUNG to know what you want."
"You and Lonnie are just GOOD FRIENDS."
"You just haven't met THE RIGHT BOY"
"It is a PHASE".
That's what I didn't see coming — They wouldn't even respect me enough to believe me.
Well, joke's on them — 'cause they are in for one very long phase.
Bridget: I... I don’t know what to do. I’m not strong like you, Mr. Ky. I’m too scared of losing what I have.
Goldlewis: Runnin’ away, huh? Ain’t you a little young for a midlife crisis?
Bridget: O-Of course I’m running! I’m happy the way I am...
Ky: Discretion can be the better part of valor... But think about it. For the sake of your future self.
Bridget: For my... future self... But what if I make the wrong decision?
Goldlewis: You got your whole life ahead of you, kid. Gotta learn to take a hit sometime.
Ky: And there are helping hands right in front of you.
Bridget: (sigh) I... I don’t want to run scared anymore. If I keep on faking it like this, I know I’ll regret it... So from now on, no matter what... no more lying to myself. Thank you! Both of you!
Goldlewis: Don’t mention it. Happy trails, cowgirl. Or, uh, cowboy...?
Bridget: Cowgirl is fine! Because... I’m a girl!
Goldlewis: Runnin’ away, huh? Ain’t you a little young for a midlife crisis?
Bridget: O-Of course I’m running! I’m happy the way I am...
Ky: Discretion can be the better part of valor... But think about it. For the sake of your future self.
Bridget: For my... future self... But what if I make the wrong decision?
Goldlewis: You got your whole life ahead of you, kid. Gotta learn to take a hit sometime.
Ky: And there are helping hands right in front of you.
Bridget: (sigh) I... I don’t want to run scared anymore. If I keep on faking it like this, I know I’ll regret it... So from now on, no matter what... no more lying to myself. Thank you! Both of you!
Goldlewis: Don’t mention it. Happy trails, cowgirl. Or, uh, cowboy...?
Bridget: Cowgirl is fine! Because... I’m a girl!
— Bridget coming out as transgender, Guilty Gear -STRIVE-
Stuart: We don't do hammers, or nails, or saws. We do joints and screws, but that's different.
Marie: Who does?
Stuart: Queers. (beat) Because I'm queer. I'm gay. I'm homosexual. I'm a poof, I'm a poofter, I'm a ponce. I'm a bumboy, batty-boy, backside artist, bugger. I'm bent. I am that arse bandit. I lift those shirts. I'm a faggot-arse, fudge-packing, shit-stabbing uphill gardener. I dine at the downstairs restaurant, I dance at the other end of the ballroom. I'm Moses and the parting of the red cheeks. I fuck and I am fucked. I suck and I am sucked. I rim them and wank them, and every single man's had the fucking time of his life. And I am not a pervert. If there's one twisted bastard in this family, it's this little blackmailer here. So congratulations, Thomas. I've just officially outed you.
Marie: Who does?
Stuart: Queers. (beat) Because I'm queer. I'm gay. I'm homosexual. I'm a poof, I'm a poofter, I'm a ponce. I'm a bumboy, batty-boy, backside artist, bugger. I'm bent. I am that arse bandit. I lift those shirts. I'm a faggot-arse, fudge-packing, shit-stabbing uphill gardener. I dine at the downstairs restaurant, I dance at the other end of the ballroom. I'm Moses and the parting of the red cheeks. I fuck and I am fucked. I suck and I am sucked. I rim them and wank them, and every single man's had the fucking time of his life. And I am not a pervert. If there's one twisted bastard in this family, it's this little blackmailer here. So congratulations, Thomas. I've just officially outed you.
—Stuart coming out to his family, Queer as Folk (UK)
Alex: Kara, hey, can I talk to you? Alone. [...] I, um [clears throat] just, uh, wanted to talk to you. About something. Something, about me.
Kara: Alex, whatever it is, you can tell me.
Alex: (long pause) It's about Maggie. [...] She and I started working on a couple cases together, and, and, you know, we started hanging out after work, and, and, you know, I, I, started, um, thinking. About her. [...] I mean, uh [clears throat] um, I started to... develop feelings. For her. [...] Yeah. Those - those, those feelings. [...] So Maggie thought that I should tell you, and so I did. I just, I just. Did.
Kara: So, so she's gay?
Alex: Yeah.
Kara: And are you saying you're gay, too?
Alex: I, I don't know. I'm just trying to make sense of it all. It's so complicated.
Kara: Alex, it, it kinda sounds like you're coming out to me. Have you felt like this before?
Alex: Not like this.
Kara: Have you ever been with a girl?
Alex: No, never.
Kara: Okay, what's different, then? I know you haven't been dating much lately...
Alex: But this isn't because I haven't found the right guy!
Kara: I never said it was, I'm just. I'm just trying to understand, okay?
Alex: You know, I'm up - all night - just thinking about it. And if I'm being honest, you know, I, I realize that, that maybe I have had thoughts, like this, before. You remember my best friend in high school, Vicky Donahue? [...] I used to love sleeping over at her house. In her room... In her bed. And I think, uh, I think I felt something, then, and it scared me, you know, because, because, next thing I know I'm fighting with her over something so stupid, and we just. We just drifted apart. I. I shoved that memory down so deep inside that... it's like it never happened. I'm remembering stuff like that, now.
Kara: Alex, whatever it is, you can tell me.
Alex: (long pause) It's about Maggie. [...] She and I started working on a couple cases together, and, and, you know, we started hanging out after work, and, and, you know, I, I, started, um, thinking. About her. [...] I mean, uh [clears throat] um, I started to... develop feelings. For her. [...] Yeah. Those - those, those feelings. [...] So Maggie thought that I should tell you, and so I did. I just, I just. Did.
Kara: So, so she's gay?
Alex: Yeah.
Kara: And are you saying you're gay, too?
Alex: I, I don't know. I'm just trying to make sense of it all. It's so complicated.
Kara: Alex, it, it kinda sounds like you're coming out to me. Have you felt like this before?
Alex: Not like this.
Kara: Have you ever been with a girl?
Alex: No, never.
Kara: Okay, what's different, then? I know you haven't been dating much lately...
Alex: But this isn't because I haven't found the right guy!
Kara: I never said it was, I'm just. I'm just trying to understand, okay?
Alex: You know, I'm up - all night - just thinking about it. And if I'm being honest, you know, I, I realize that, that maybe I have had thoughts, like this, before. You remember my best friend in high school, Vicky Donahue? [...] I used to love sleeping over at her house. In her room... In her bed. And I think, uh, I think I felt something, then, and it scared me, you know, because, because, next thing I know I'm fighting with her over something so stupid, and we just. We just drifted apart. I. I shoved that memory down so deep inside that... it's like it never happened. I'm remembering stuff like that, now.
— Alex Danvers and her younger sister Kara, Supergirl
"Now if you haven't been through it yourself, you may not be aware that Coming-Out Story is something of a competitive sport amongst gay people. It's like a Top Trumps of Who's Had the Worst Time. 'Oh, you got shot in the head? You win!'"
— Susan Calman, Susan Calman is Convicted
"Me and Bitty kissed. It might be on TV, actually." [Kisses Bitty again] "Who cares."
— Jack Zimmermann on becoming the first out major-league hockey player, Check, Please!
"And I've been so nervous I've gone a whole year not telling you— I'm dating a guy. And I'm sick of the person I am when I'm lying about it."
— Liam to his father, Tripping Over You, "Come Right Out"
