In our Loud & Proud series, we're celebrating the way gay culture has influenced, and been welcomed by the entertainment industry, whether it be film, television or music.
The last 20 years has seen an unprecedented surge of gay characterisation, storylines and music in the mainstream - there won't be a person in today's society who hasn't experienced this, something we couldn't have written a generation ago.
To mark this advance, we've asked everyone in the office here at HuffPostUK for their earliest memory of gay culture. Who do you think comes out on top? And who or what was yours? Let us know in the Comments box below...
HuffPost UK is turning Loud & Proud. Over the next fortnight, we’ll be celebrating how gay culture has influenced and, in turn, been embraced by all fields of entertainment, inspiring cinema-goers, TV audiences, music-lovers and wider society with its wit, creativity and power of expression. Through features, video and blogs, we’ll be championing those brave pioneers who paved the way, exploring the broad range of gay culture in British film, TV and music and asking - what is left to be done? If you’d like to blog on our platform around these topics, please email ukblogteam@huffingtonpost.com with a summary of who you are and what you’d like to blog about.