text: As a gay person in the animation field, it's very important for kids to have some kind of representation in their media. I feel like if I'd been given some clue in childhood that what I was or wasn't feeling was normal, I feel like I could have started living my life earlier.  I often think about how much I wish I could have come out as a preteen. I could have been comfortable with myself earlier and I think it really held me back socially.