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Playbill Pride 32 LGBTQIA+ Theatre Characters That Keep Us Inspired We asked, you answered: Take a look at the queer characters that have moved you on the stage and beyond.
By Marc J. Franklin
June 09, 2021

As Pride month continues, we are taking a look at some of the theatre characters that have moved us, offering queer representation on the stage.

We asked and you answered: From Damien in Mean Girls to Celie in The Color Purple, take a look at the LGBTQIA+ characters that inspire us.

32 LGBTQIA+ Theatre Characters That Keep Us Inspired

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32 LGBTQIA+ Theatre Characters That Keep Us Inspired

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Isabelle McCalla and Caitlin Kinnunen
Deen van Meer
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Nicholas L. Ashe, Jonathan Burke, J. Quinton Johnson, Jeremy Pope, Caleb Eberhardt, John Clay III, and Gerald Caesar in Choir Boy

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LaChanze and Elisabeth Withers-Mendes in the original Broadway production of The Color Purple.
Paul Kolnik
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Michael Urie
Matthew Murphy
Wilson Jermaine Heredia and Jesse L. Martin
Angel Schunard and Tom Collins in Rent
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Idina Menzel and Fredi Walker
Maureen Johnson and Joanne Jefferson in Rent
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Neil Patrick Harris in Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Joan Marcus
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Jordan Berman in Significant Other
HR - Billy Porter and The Angels (Kyle Post, Kevin Smith Kirkwood, Joey Taranto and Paul Canaan) in Kinky Boots
Lola in Kinky Boots
Matthew Murphy
HR-Sydney Lucas, Beth Malone and Emily Skeggs in Fun Home
Sydney Lucas, Beth Malone and Emily Skeggs in Fun Home
Joan Marcus
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Christian Borle and Andrew Rannells
Joan Marcus
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Ned Weeks in The Normal Heart
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Cordelia and Charlotte in Falsettos
Joan Marcus
Jagged Little Pill_Broadway_Production Photos_2019_Celia Rose Gooding & Antonio Cipriano_HR
Frankie Healy in Jagged Little Pill
Matthew Murphy
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Douglas Hodge in La Cage Aux Folles
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Jamie in Everybody's Talking About Jamie
Johan Perrson
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Rod in Avenue Q
Carol Rosegg
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Katrina Lenk and Adina Verson in Indecent

Carol Rosegg
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Michael Arden in Bare
HR - Miles Barbee, Joshua Castille, Andy Mientus and Daniel David Stewart in Spring Awakening
Ernst and Hanschen in Spring Awakening
Joan Marcus
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Barrett Wilbert Weed and Grey Henson
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Pamela in Head Over Heels
Joan Marcus
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Taylor Iman Jones and company
Joan Marcus
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Eric Glass in The Inheritance
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Buzz Hauser in Love! Valour! Compassion!
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