Grey's Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo is thrilled she's a gay icon - because she was raised by a group of drag queens. The actress, who is a spokeswoman for gay groups, credits her colorful upbringing for her positive attitude towards gay men and lesbians. And now she's considered a friend of homosexuals, who have embraced her character in medical drama Grey's Anatomy, she couldn't be happier.

She says, "I was raised by drag queens, practically... My mother died when I was four-years-old, so I was effectively raised by a bunch of different people. A lot of those people were friends of my sister, Kathleen, who had all these gay friends. She would baby-sit me everyday, and she would take me over to her friend's houses with all kinds of things going on: tucking, and eyebrow drawing, waxing, all sorts of things. I was literally raised by gay men."

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