50 Pride Month Quotes To Celebrate Love This LGBTQ+ Pride Month And Beyond

"To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance."

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Not only are these sayings relatable for many queer folks and those exploring their sexuality , but they may also help explain concepts related to the community and the fight for LBGTQ+ rights that some may otherwise find hard to grasp. Sometimes, all it takes is a funny joke or a powerful quote to get someone to turn their head and begin to reevaluate their biases.

Oh, and let’s not forget to mention that these quotes make for A-plus captions on Instagram, Facebook, and any other social media platform you may use to commemorate Pride this June and beyond. You’ll probably notice a bunch of your friends and family posting supportive quotes and maybe even using one as a means of coming out , so you’ll want to have a rolodex of potential sayings to mark the occasion—as well as recommend to others.

Ahead, find 50 of the most powerful, inspirational, and funny Pride Month quotes—from popular musicians, actors, and thought leaders—perfect for whether you’re looking to make a statement online or show compassion for yourself, as a queer individual , or others in the LGBTQ+ community.

Celebratory Pride Month Quotes

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  • “If you can’t love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?” — RuPaul
  • “I’ve been embraced by a new community. That’s what happens when you’re finally honest about who you are; you find others like you.” — Chaz Bono
  • “We’re here, we’re queer—get used to it.” — Anonymous
  • “So raise your glass if you are wrong, in all the right ways.” — Pink
  • “Proud to be me this month—and every other month.” — Anonymous
  • “Come out, come out, wherever you are!” — Anonymous
  • “Love him. Love him, and let him love you. Do you think anything else under heaven really matters?” — James Baldwin

Short Pride Month Quotes

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  • “Love is never wrong.” — Melissa Etheridge
  • “Baby, I was born this way.” — Lady Gaga
  • “To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.” — Oscar Wilde
  • “There’s no better time than now to be who you are.” — B oy George
  • “Our love is here to stay.” — Whitney Houston
  • “…And I can’t change, even if I tried.” — Macklemore
  • “Being gay is like glitter, it never goes away.” — Lady Gaga
  • “Girls like girls like boys do, nothing new.” — Hayley Kiyoko, “Girls Like Girls”
  • “Trans rights are human rights.” — Anonymous
  • “Showing my true colors.” — Anonymous

Pride Month Quotes for Allies

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  • “I am not gay, but if I were, I would be the first one running out of the closet.” — Dolly Parton
  • “You don’t have to be gay to be a supporter—you just have to be a human.” — Daniel Radcliffe
  • “Love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love.” — Lin-Manuel Miranda
  • “Don’t be afraid. Don’t be ashamed. Don’t ever apologize for your sexuality. Just be you.” — Sonya Deville
  • “I think the world has a place for gay superheroes, certainly.” — Stan Lee
  • “It matters not who you love, where you love, why you love, when you love, or how you love. It matters only that you love.” — John Lennon
  • “Gay rights are human rights.” — Hillary Clinton
  • “Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind, don’t matter and those who matter, don’t mind.” — Dr. Seuss
  • “Kiss lots of boys or kiss lots of girls, if that’s something you’re into.” — Kacey Musgraves

Inspirational Pride Month Quotes

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  • “The single best thing about coming out of the closet is that nobody can insult you by telling you what you’ve just told them.” — Rachel Maddow
  • “Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.” — Harvey Fierstein
  • “There’s no right or wrong way to be gay. No right or wrong way to come out. It’s your journey, do it the way you wanna do it.” — Tan France
  • “We deserve to experience love fully, equally, without shame, and without compromise.” — Elliot Page
  • “I was not ladylike, nor was I manly. I was something else altogether. There were so many different ways to be beautiful.” — Michael Cunningham
  • “Whoever tries to bring us down is already below us.” — Anonymous
  • “If I wait for someone else to validate my existence, it will mean that I’m shortchanging myself.” — Zanele Muholi
  • “So let me be clear: I’m proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me.” — Tim Cook
  • “People will stare. Make it worth their while.” — Harry Winston
  • “Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing we’ll ever do.” — Brené Brown
  • “No pride for some of us without liberation for all of us.” — Marsha P. Johnson

Funny Pride Month Quotes

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  • “I fell out of the womb and landed in my mother’s high heels.” — Leslie Jordan
  • “You are straight fire. Well, minus the ‘straight’ part.” — Joey Benevento
  • “Make America gay again.” — Anonymous
  • “Froot Loop in a world full of Cheerios and proud of it.” — Anonymous
  • “I didn’t choose to be gay, I just got lucky.” — Anonymous
  • “My hair is the only straight thing about me.” — Anonymous
  • “‘Cause shade never made anybody less gay.” — Taylor Swift
  • “Let’s get one thing straight: I’m not.” — Anonymous
  • “If Harry Potter taught us anything, it’s that no one should live in a closet.” — Anonymous
  • “I hate the word ‘homophobia.’ It’s not a phobia. You’re not scared. You’re an asshole.” — Morgan Freeman
  • “If homosexuality is a disease, let’s all call in queer to work: ‘Hello. Can’t work today, still queer.’” — Robin Tyler
  • “Hi gay. Happy Pride Month.” — Megan Stalter

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Pride Month quotes from Lena Waithe, Halsey, Elliot Page and more

Happy Pride Month! As you rejoice in all of the rainbow-hued parades, glitter-fueled dance floors and RuPaul's Drag Race viewing parties that the month offers, it's also a great time to sit down and soak up words of wisdom, hilarity and humanity from some of the LGBTQ+ community's most famous faces and allies. 

From legendary trans icons to fresh Gen Z voices , actors to activists, these inspirational celebrity quotes will fuel you through Pride Month 2022 and beyond. 

Pride Month quotes from LGBT celebs and allies

"It takes no compromise to give people their rights...it takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no political deal to give people freedom. It takes no survey to remove repression." — Harvey Milk

"To be yourself is truly a revolutionary act, and I think more and more people should try it, because it’s gotten me a pretty cool life." — Lena Waithe

"Gender and sexuality are so fluid. It's OK to change your mind a million times and figure out what works for you. It's OK to take your time." — Amandla Stenberg

"This world would be a whole lot better if we just made an effort to be less horrible to one another." — Elliot Page

"We're all unique and beautiful in our own way and entitled to love and be loved by whomever we choose." — Barbra Streisand

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We are not what other people say we are. We are who we know ourselves to be, and we are what we love. That’s okay. Laverne Cox

"I'm a young, bisexual woman, and I've spent a large part of my life trying to validate myself—to my friends, to my family, to myself—trying to prove that who I love and how I feel is not a phase." — Halsey

"Being a queer black woman in America, someone who has been in relationships with both men and women—I consider myself to be a free-ass motherf*cker."  — Janelle Monae

"Girls are into me—that’s no secret. Hey, I’m into them too. I fall in love with girls and guys. I can’t help it." — Aubrey Plaza

"I want to make sure that any young person or anyone really who is looking up to me—who sees a glimpse of who I am as a person—that they see no shame, that they see pride, and that I'm truly unabashed about the person that I am." — Samira Wiley

"When all Americans are treated as equal, no matter who they are or whom they love, we are all more free." — Barack Obama

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I think being gay is a blessing, and it's something I am thankful for every single day. Anderson Cooper

“What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart, oh, no, it’s curved like a road through mountains.” —  Tennessee Williams

"I do realize the importance of having the bravery to live as who you are and I feel like a lot of people don't have that bravery. Maybe by me opening my big fat mouth like I usually do and stepping up and owning who I am, maybe it might inspire somebody else to do the same." — Michelle Rodriguez

"Everyone should just be who they want to be. It’s tough to justify somebody having to answer to someone else about stuff like that." — Harry Styles

"I love people. It’s not about a gender. It’s just about the spirit that exudes from that other person you’re with." — Kesha

“Love him and let him love you. Do you think anything else under heaven really matters?” — James Baldwin

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A lot of people are gonna be in their suits and stuff, but me, I'm going to be shining. Lil Nas X

“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.” —  Harvey Fierstein

“Love is never wrong.” —  Melissa Etheridge

"There’s no right or wrong way to be gay. No right or wrong way to come out. It’s your journey, do it the way you wanna do it." — Tan France

“You don’t have to be gay to be a supporter—you just have to be a human.” — Daniel Radcliffe

"I believe that telling our stories, first to ourselves and then to one another and the world, is a revolutionary act." — Janet Mock

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I don’t want to lose the essence of myself. I had to fight, a lot of years, to be really proud of the person I see in the mirror, and really love this person...I don’t want to lose my little baby essence. Jonathan Van Ness

"What I preach is: People fall in love with people, not gender, not looks, not whatever. What I’m in love with exists on almost a spiritual level." — Miley Cyrus

"We should indeed keep calm in the face of difference, and live our lives in a state of inclusion and wonder at the diversity of humanity." — George Takei

"If you feel it is a safe environment, I would highly, highly recommend coming out. I can speak from personal experience and say it's been the best thing I've ever done in my life." — Troye Sivan 

“I realize that just living my truth of what I am, there’s one less person to fight me in my own head.” — Raven-Symoné

"It takes a little bit of bravery to step out, to be like, okay, I don't look like anybody else around here. I am making the conscious decision to present myself the way I want to today." — Hunter Schafer

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"My sexuality is not a phase. I am who I am." — Cara Delevingne

"I've never been very cookie cutter. If I choose something different from the status quo, it's my responsibility and my choice to live my life that way." — Sara Ramirez

"For people who have been ostracized, who have been all the way at the bottom, there's only one way that we can go—and that's up." — MJ Rodriguez

"I think love is love. You can find it in any gender. I like the freedom of being able to flirt with whoever I want." — Demi Lovato

"I'm as gay as a daffodil, my dear!" — Freddie Mercury

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54 Empowering LGBTQIA+ Quotes to Celebrate Pride 

Find your voice by sharing LGBTQIA+ quotes on Instagram. Share your pride with your followers.

Celebrate the strides of pride the LGBTQIA+ community has made with empowering captions of love, hope, and equality. Post the perfect Instagram message to share your feelings as an ally or member with your followers. We're all unique, and there's never been a better time to honor that. From raising LGBTQIA+ awareness to showing your own pride, these captions can help promote acceptance and inclusivity. Love is love is love, after all.

Unless otherwise noted, all quotes are original and written by LoveToKnow staff.

LGBTQIA+ Quotes to Celebrate Love and Equality

Honoring your identity and sexuality is a right that belongs to everyone. Show your pride for those that have the courage to love their selves completely. Be the inspiration for people to come together.

  • Every member of the LGBTQIA+ community wears a beautiful badge of bravery.
  • Cultivating equality and compassion one step at a time.
  • Express yourself by embracing the true you. Queer and proud.
  • Equality gives everyone the right to a happy ending.
  • It's acceptance and love that paves the road to equality.
  • To hide love is a tragedy. Wear it proudly.
  • It's a beautiful thing when the gender of your body and heart match. #trans
  • LGBTQIA+ fights for the vulnerable and voiceless trying to live life as their true selves.
  • Embracing true love and your true self are never crimes - denying them is.
  • Humans do not fit neatly into a box. It's the moment you remove the box that they glitter and glow.
  • Even the most wilted of flowers can find new life in the safe and supportive community they deserve.
  • The only person to define your sexuality is you.
  • Understanding the LGBTQIA+ Flag

Short LGBTQIA+ Captions Celebrating Pride

Short and sweet captions can make an impact. It's worth reminding others that no one should ever have to hide in a closet. Try out these LGBTQIA+ captions to encourage your followers to celebrate pride.

  • Everything I do is queer.
  • Queer covers it perfectly.
  • Pride badge!
  • Be you. It's glorious.
  • It's always a drag!
  • Rocking this rainbow!
  • It's never been more queer.
  • Living by my own pronouns. #trans
  • Our worlds collide when we unite in pride.
  • Authentic self achieved. #transandproud
  • Equality looks good on everyone!
  • Equality is our fight song.

Powerful Messages for LGBTQIA+

Live life as your authentic self. Capture the beauty of your soul and add a powerful caption to show the world how important it is to be your true self. It's time to show the world your pride.

  • It takes courage to fight for change. The LGBTQIA+ community has that courage.
  • Love is not a choice. Acceptance is.
  • Gender does not define love, your heart does.
  • Never let the freedom of living your truth be taken away.
  • Embrace your sexuality to be free and find happiness.
  • Don't let the world make you invisible. Wear your rainbow proudly.
  • There is no right or wrong way to be you. Embrace your authentic self to find your sparkle.
  • Knock down the closet doors to let freedom ring.

Simple Quotes on Gender Identity

It's time to celebrate your pronouns. Sure, there has been progress, but there's more to do. Shout from the rooftops how important gender identity is to us all. Love your pronouns and who you are.

  • Gender is fluid. It's okay to change your mind.
  • It's important to discover your preferred pronouns to find your truth.
  • Question your identity. Then question again and again until you find that sweet spot that is perfectly you.
  • You define who you're not a social construct.
  • Liberate your gender identity.
  • Gender identity is who you are, not what you were born.
  • Find your happiness by accepting every part of yourself, including your preferred pronouns.
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Famous LGBTQIA+ Quotes

The forerunners of the fight for equality have a lot to say. And some of their words hit home perfectly. Add a famous quote to celebrate Pride Month or anytime you want to celebrate love and acceptance.

  • "Love him and let him love you. Do you think anything else under heaven really matters?" - James Baldwin
  • "It is absolutely imperative that every human being's freedom and human rights are respected, all over the world." - Johanna Sigurdardottir
  • "We have to do it because we can no longer stay invisible. We have to be visible. We should not be ashamed of who we are." - Sylvia Rivera
  • "I learned compassion from being discriminated against. Everything bad that's ever happened to me has taught me compassion." - Ellen DeGeneres
  • "If you help elect more gay people, that gives a green light to all who feel disenfranchised a green light to move forward." - Harvey Milk

Pride Month Quotes

Pride was a riot, literally. Honor the history and progress of the LGBTQIA+ community with captions fitting for Pride month.

  • Sounds gay, I'll be there.
  • Rainbow vibes
  • You're valid in Pride month whether you're in or out of the closet.
  • We march, dance, celebrate, and love this month.
  • My favorite month of the year
  • Love out loud this month.
  • She/her, he/him/they/them - it's about us this month.
  • June - but make it gay.
  • Loving out loud in June.

Be an LGBTQIA+ Ally

The fight for equality is real and ongoing. While progress has been made, there's still a long road ahead. So, share your pride with the world for Pride Month or just because you want to be an ally in the fight for equality. Let your hunger for equality fill up your feed!

102 Best Pride Month Instagram Captions That Work All Year-Round

For parades, parties, and more!

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You may find yourself celebrating Pride by dancing it up at your city’s Pride parade, sporting your fave rainbow merch , or participating in charity events. Whatever may be on your calendar for your first Pride or even your 30th Pride, you'll be ready to post on the 'gram right away with our caption list.

Many LGBTQ+ folks find friendships and gain a sense of community through social media, where they can share memes, quotes, advice, and events as well as express their identity to others, so finding the right words to accompany your picture is *essential* to getting your message across.

We've got enough inspirational quotes, song lyrics , and funny captions to last you every day of the month. Whether you’re a member of the community or an enthusiastic ally, you'll surely find something to go with that adorable couple pic you snapped on the streets or that twinning moment with your bestie . Go ahead — be your authentic self. No savage selfie left in the drafts! PS — while you're at it, don't forget to add your pronouns to your profile !

Up ahead, find our very best LGBTQ+ Pride Instagram captions that are so good they'll work all year round:

Pride Month Captions

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  • We're here. We're queer.
  • It's ok if you're not ready.
  • Everyone is welcome.
  • Ask me my pronouns.
  • Reminder: You're valid regardless of whether you're out or not.
  • Protect and empower queer youth.
  • People fall in love with people. Period.
  • Hope you've got your ear plugs handy 'cause I'm feeling loud and proud.
  • We march. We dance. We celebrate. We love.
  • It's officially my favorite month of the year.
  • I'm proud of every single person in the crowd.
  • Love out loud.
  • Trans rights are human rights.
  • My definition of life is more colorful than yours.
  • She/Her, He/Him, They/Them. Us.
  • Not gonna hide my pride.
  • Out and proud.
  • Pride is for everyone.
  • Let's get loud, let's get proud

Funny Pride Month Captions

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  • There's no such thing as being extra in June.
  • Move, I'm gay.
  • Froot Loop in a world full of Cheerios and PROUD of it.
  • No shade on Narnia, but life out of the close is, like, a million times better.
  • Monday, but make it gay.
  • Pride is more than just fun Instagram posts and rainbow outfits. It's about continuing the fight for basic human rights.
  • Sounds gay, I'll be there.
  • Don't just go to the parade. Get involved.
  • Nobody should live in a closet. Not even Harry Potter.
  • Is it gay in here or is it just me?
  • We're all born naked and the rest in drag.
  • Let me be perfectly queer.
  • I didn’t choose to be gay, I just got lucky.
  • I can’t even think straight.
  • Oh, dear. I’m queer!
  • If you’re reading this, I’m gay.
  • I put the bi in b*tch.
  • My hair is the only straight thing about me.
  • Born this gay.
  • "Bi bi bi." — Not *NSYNC
  • I’d U-Haul with you.
  • Come out, come out, wherever you are!

Inspirational Quotes for Pride Month Captions

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  • "LGBT people are some of the bravest and most potent change agents and leaders I have encountered, and the most forceful defenders of the vulnerable and voiceless, because they know what it's like to be there." — Ronan Farrow
  • "No pride for some of us without liberation for ALL of us." — Marsha P. Johnson
  • "So be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." — Dr. Seuss
  • "Being gay is like glitter, it never goes away." — Lady Gaga
  • "What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart, oh no, it's curved like a road through mountains." — Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire
  • "I hate the word 'homophobia.' It's not a phobia. You're not scared. You're an asshole." — Morgan Freeman
  • "Hope will never be silent." — Harvey Milk
  • "Love is never wrong." — Melissa Etheridge
  • "You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love." — The Notebook
  • "You don't have to live a lie." — Gilbert Baker
  • "Why are you trying so hard to fit in when you were born to stand out? " — What a Girl Wants
  • “Openness may not completely disarm prejudice, but it’s a good place to start.” — Jason Collins
  • “What I preach is: People fall in love with people, not gender, not looks, not whatever. What I’m in love with exists on almost a spiritual level.” — Miley Cyrus
  • “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” — Oscar Wilde
  • “The single best thing about coming out of the closet is that nobody can insult you by telling you what you’ve just told them.” — Rachel Maddow
  • “Love is never wrong.” — Melissa Etheridge
  • “I am a strong, Black, lesbian woman. Every single time I say it, I feel so much better.” — Brittney Griner
  • “I think being gay is a blessing, and it's something I am thankful for every single day.” — Anderson Cooper
  • “Gender and sexuality are so fluid. It’s OK to change your mind a million times and figure out what works for you. It’s OK to take your time.” — Amandla Stenberg
  • “This world would be a whole lot better if we just made an effort to be less horrible to one another.” — Elliot Page
  • “You get to be more you than you have been in in a very long time. You deserve everything you want.” —Becky Albertalli, Love, Simon
  • “Love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love, cannot be killed or swept aside.” — Lin-Manuel Miranda
  • "We are powerful because we have survived." — Audre Lorde
  • "For me, the transgender thing is the reality of my life. It's the reality of my existence and it's something that I've come to believe is beautiful about me." ― Laverne Cox
  • “I fell out of the womb and landed in my mother's high heels.” ― Leslie Jordan

Song Lyrics Perfect for Pride Month Captions

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  • “I'm on the right track, baby, I was born this way.” — Lady Gaga, “Born This Way”
  • "You're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't, so you might as well just do whatever you want." — Kacey Musgraves, "Follow Your Arrow"
  • "Who we are is no mistake, this is just the way we're made." — Kesha, "Hymn"
  • "I don't play, I slay.' — Todrick Hall, "Nails, Hair, Hips, Heels"
  • "Even if it makes others uncomfortable, I will love who I am." — Janelle Monae, "Q.U.E.E.N"
  • “Girls like girls like boys do, nothing new.” — Hayley Kiyoko, “Girls Like Girls”
  • “I do my hair toss. Check my nails. Baby how you feelin'? Feeling good as hell.” — Lizzo, “Good as Hell”
  • “Say what you think. Love who you love. ‘Cause you just get so many trips ‘round the sun.” — Kasey Musgraves, “Follow Your Arrow”
  • "‘Cause shade never made anybody less gay.” — Taylor Swift, "You Need to Calm Down"
  • “Girls love girls and boys, and love is not a choice.” — Panic! at the Disco, "Girls/Girls/Boys"
  • “I see your true colors, and that's why I love you.” — Cyndi Lauper, "True Colors"
  • "Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true." — Judy Garland, "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"
  • I'm coming out. I want the world to know. Got to let it show." — Diana Ross, "I'm Coming Out"
  • "And I can't change. Even if I tried. Even if I wanted to." — Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (ft. Mary Lambert), "Same Love"
  • "Gotta live my truth, not keep it bottled in, so I don't lose my mind." — Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga, "Rain On Me"

Short Pride Month Captions

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  • Love has no gender.
  • Gender is fluid.
  • Love is love.
  • Rainbow vibes.
  • We’re coming out.
  • Be who you are.
  • Love is not a crime.
  • Living my truth.
  • No freedom til we’re equal.
  • Proud ally.

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Come out and celebrate the LGBTQ+ community with these quotable statements of Pride.

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Tis the season to be out and proud (if you so choose)! As you post online about your Pride adventures with friends and chosen family, you might be looking for just the right words to express your feelings about equality and being part of the LGBTQ+ community. These Pride month quotes are sure to get the conversation started.

From thoughtful reflections, to the work that still needs to be done, these empowering messages from queer icons, activists, organizers and LGBTQ+ celebrities will pump you up not only this June, and year round. These quotes are great for shouting out your Pride month excitement on Instagram with a fun Pride party photo of you and your besties. Or, you can use them as text posts on Facebook or LinkedIn to inspire conversations amongst your colleagues or family about being allies and standing up for LGBTQ+ people in our current political climate. No matter how you’re celebrating, we’ve got a quote that will speak to and for you!

Alice Walker

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The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

Barbara Gittings

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Equality means more than passing laws. The struggle is really won in the hearts and minds of the community, where it really counts.

Bayard Rustin

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To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true.

Billy Porter

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For years I tried to put myself in a box, and it frustrated me, so I had to let go and let the universe take its course.

Cherrie Moraga

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Sometimes a breakdown can be the beginning of a kind of breakthrough, a way of living in advance through a trauma that prepares you for a future of radical transformation.

Dorothy Allison

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There are two or three things I know for sure, and one is that I would rather go naked than wear the coat the world has made for me.

Elliot Page

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We deserve to experience love fully, equally, without shame and without compromise.

George Takei

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Hate never wins out in the end. It instead goes always to its lonely, dusty end.

Gilbert Baker

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The rainbow flag is a symbol of freedom and liberation that we made for ourselves.

Harvey Milk

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We will not win our rights by staying quietly in our closets.

James Baldwin

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Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.

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This pervasive idea that trans women deserve violence needs to be abolished. It’s a socially sanctioned practice of blaming the victim. We must begin blaming our culture, which stigmatizes, demeans and strips trans women of their humanity.

Jeanette Winterson

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In this life, you have to be your own hero.

Jinkx Monsoon

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Everyone should be able to express themselves in the way that best suits them - life is too short to spend it unhappy.

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This community has fought and continues to fight a war of acceptance, a war of tolerance, with the most relentless bravery. You are the definition of courage.

Laverne Cox

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Beyond ‘truth’ and ‘trans,’ one of the big Ts for me would probably be ‘trying.’ As long as we're trying, I think that goes a long way.

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It’s called Pride, not hide. Everybody, more than ever, is wearing their hearts on their sleeves and wearing their messages on their backs. I think we all know what’s up. We all can feel it right now. It’s time to represent and it’s time to persist and keep going. There’s progress to be made and we’re moving forward.

Marsha P Johnson

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History isn't something you look back at and say it was inevitable. It happens because people make decisions that are sometimes very impulsive, but those moments are cumulative realities.

Maurice Sendak

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I'm gay. I just didn't think it was anybody's business.

Rachel Maddow

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The single best thing about coming out of the closet is that nobody can insult you by telling you what you've just told them.

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68 famous LGBTQ quotes for Pride Month and beyond

June is Pride Month , a time dedicated to lifting up LGBTQ voices across the world.

Along with parades and celebrations, it's also a time to spotlight luminaries like Harvey Milk, Marsha P. Johnson and others whose words and actions galvanized the movement.

In honor of Pride Month, we've gathered some of their most memorable LGBTQ quotes along with the words from other trailblazers, leaders, community members and allies.

More than just inspirational, these short messages of hope and determination mark the progress made since the 1969 Stonewall Uprising and the work yet to be finished in achieving true equity for all.

Whether you brush up on your reading this June with one of these LGBTQ-inspired books or gather with friends to watch a film in honor of Pride Month, make sure to offer your support by sharing these quotes to remind others that until everyone is equal, no one truly is.

  • "We deserve to experience love fully, equally, without shame and without compromise." — Elliot Page
  • “Gender is who you are, and sexuality is who you want.” — C.N. Lester, “Trans Like Me: A Journey for All of Us”
  • “Hope will never be silent.” — Harvey Milk
  • “Cut the ending. Revise the script. The man of her dreams is a girl.” — Julie Anne Peters, “Keeping You a Secret”
  • “When all Americans are treated as equal, no matter who they are or whom they love, we are all more free.” — Barack Obama
  • “Love is never wrong.” — Melissa Etheridge
  • "It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are." — E.E. Cummings
  • "Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing we'll ever do." — Brené Brown, "The Gifts of Imperfection"
  • “We are powerful because we have survived.” — Audre Lorde
  • "Where there is love, there is life." — Mahatma Gandhi
  • “We declare that human rights are for all of us, all the time: whoever we are and wherever we are from; no matter our class, our opinions, our sexual orientation.” — Ban Ki-moon
  • "To realize a world of equality and dignity for all, we will have to change laws and policies; we will also have to change hearts and minds." — Rick Parnell
  • “Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?”— Ernest J. Gaines
  •  "What I liked about the rainbow is that it fits all of us. It’s all the colors. It represents all the genders. It represents all the races. It’s the rainbow of humanity." — Gilbert Baker

quote from Harvey Milk

  • "The richness, beauty and depths of love can only be fully experienced in a climate of complete openness, honesty and vulnerability." — Anthony Venn Brown
  •  "It takes no compromise to give people their rights. It takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no political deal to give people freedom. It takes no survey to remove repression." — Harvey Milk
  • "History isn’t something you look back at and say it was inevitable. It happens because people make decisions that are sometimes very impulsive and of the moment, but those moments are cumulative realities." — Marsha P. Johnson
  • "It’s about finding your values, and committing to them. It’s about finding your North Star. It’s about making choices. Some are easy. Some are hard. And some will make you question everything." — Tim Cook
  • "Married is a magic word. And it is magic throughout the world. It has to do with our dignity as human beings, to be who we are openly." — Edith Windsor
  • "It’s just really important that we start celebrating our differences. Let’s start tolerating first, but then we need to celebrate our differences." — Billie Jean King
  • "Folks who were willing to endure bullying and taunts, and stayed strong, and came to believe in themselves and who they were, and slowly made an entire country realize that love is love." — Barack Obama
  •  "The love expressed between women is particular and powerful because we have had to love in order to live; love has been our survival." — Audre Lorde, "Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches"
  •  "We’re all different in many ways and alike in many ways and special in some sort of way." — Larry Kramer, "The Normal Heart & The Destiny of Me"
  • “I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.” — Angela Davis
  •  "Equality means more than passing laws. The struggle is really won in the hearts and minds of the community, where it really counts." — Barbara Gittings

quote from Marsha P. Johnson

  • "We struggle and fight for our joy — an unreserved and unapologetic joy that springs from our ability to live as we are. It’s a joy worth fighting for and it’s this joy that links all of our struggles together." — Lady Phyll
  • "We will not win our rights by staying quietly in our closets." — Harvey Milk
  • “We are all one — and if we don’t know it, we will learn it the hard way.” — Bayard Rustin
  • "I’m not missing a moment of this — it’s the revolution!" — Sylvia Rivera
  • "When are doing something that is right, you just do it and take care … someone has to do this." — Alice Nkom
  • "Who you are authentically is alright. The shame is what kills you. Believing you are unworthy of love and belonging — that who you are authentically is a sin or is wrong — is deadly. Who you are is beautiful and amazing." — Laverne Cox
  • "Love him and let him love you. Do you think anything else under heaven really matters?" — James Baldwin, "Giovanni's Room"
  • "If I wait for someone else to validate my existence, it will mean that I’m shortchanging myself." — Zanele Muholi
  • "Openness may not completely disarm prejudice, but it’s a good place to start." — Jason Collins
  • "A lot of my work is to stay grounded, is to stay spiritual. It is to disconnect from what other people say about me, but also to try and be connected to the joy and the love." — Laverne Cox
  • "I am a firm believer that you don’t achieve greatness on your own. There is always someone there to lend a hand." — Greg Louganis
  • "There will not be a magic day when we wake up and it’s now okay to express ourselves publicly. We make that day by doing things publicly until it’s simply the way things are." — Tammy Baldwin

quote from Elliot Page

  • "The next time someone asks you why LGBT Pride marches exist or why Gay Pride Month is June tell them, 'A bisexual woman named Brenda Howard thought it should be.'" — Brenda Howard
  • "It is absolutely imperative that every human being’s freedom and human rights are respected, all over the world." — Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
  • "It is as if on the morning of June 28, 1969, America symbolically got back the anger she had created by her neglect of her most despised children: the fairies, queens, and nelly boys she had so utterly abandoned, saying she did not want them." — David Carter, "Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution"
  • "Every single American — gay, straight, lesbian, bisexual, transgender — every single American deserves to be treated equally in the eyes of the law and in the eyes of our society. It’s a pretty simple proposition." — Barack Obama
  • "We need, in every community, a group of angelic troublemakers." — Bayard Rustin
  • "Fears are not facts." — Chaz Bono, “Transition: The Story of How I Became a Man”
  • "It’s been tough and uncomfortable at times, but it has given me the confidence to be myself, to follow my own path, and to rise above adversity and bigotry. It’s also given me the skin of a rhinoceros, which comes in handy when you’re the CEO of Apple." — Tim Cook
  • "While as a society we are moving toward greater inclusion and equality for all people, the tide of history only advances when people make themselves fully visible." — Anderson Cooper
  • "Nature made a mistake which I have corrected, and I am now your daughter." — Christine Jorgensen
  •  "Courage is one thing that no one can ever take away from you." ― Chris Colfer, "The Wishing Spell"
  • "That nothing here is promised, not one day. And love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love cannot be killed or swept aside. Now fill the world with music, love and pride." — Lin-Manuel Miranda

quote from Angela Davis

  • “Accept no one’s definition of your life, define yourself.” ― Harvey Fierstein
  • “Family belongs to community, and community takes its cues from family. We need to go back to real community engagement that sees us as people. We need to take back our lives by engaging our families and educating our communities.” — Beverley Ditsie
  • "Remember what things make you special and embrace those because there are so many things that aren’t on the outside that are so important and people find so beautiful." — Miley Cyrus
  • "When I dare to be powerful — to use my strength in the service of my vision — then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid." — Audre Lorde
  • “I see each and every one of you. The things that make us different, those are our superpowers — every day when you walk out the door and put on your imaginary cape and go out there and conquer the world because the world would not be as beautiful as it is if we weren’t in it.” — Lena Waithe
  • "Rights are won only by those who make their voices heard." — Harvey Milk, "The Harvey Milk Interviews: In His Own Words"
  • "No pride for some of us without liberation for all of us." — Marsha P. Johnson
  • "The next generation is so far advanced over us ... I love that a lot of younger people now come out that would never have come out in the old days. Of course, they are born into a community already. They just have to discover it, whereas we were still building it." — Edith Windsor
  • "No one changes the world who isn't obsessed." — Billie Jean King
  • "When you put love out in the world it travels, and it can touch people and reach people in ways that we never even expected." — Laverne Cox
  • "There’s nothing wrong with you. There’s a lot wrong with the world you live in." — Chris Colfer
  • "All men are created equal. No matter how hard they try, they can never erase those words. — Harvey Milk, "The Harvey Milk Interviews: In His Own Words"
  • "Progress is unimaginably difficult, dangerous, always at risk, always made by people with only partial vision." — Larry Kramer, "The Normal Heart and The Destiny of Me: Two Plays"
  • "How many years has it taken people to realize that we are all brothers and sisters and human beings in the human race?" — Marsha P. Johnson
  • "It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences." — Audre Lorde, "Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches"
  • "For me, the transgender thing is the reality of my life. It’s the reality of my existence and it’s something that I’ve come to believe is beautiful about me." — Laverne Cox
  • "When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important." — Ellen DeGeneres, “Seriously... I’m Kidding”
  • "You never completely have your rights, one person, until you all have your rights." — Marsha P. Johnson
  • "I see your true colors shining through / I see your true colors and that’s why I love you / So, don’t be afraid to let them show / Your true colors / True colors are beautiful / Like a rainbow." — Cyndi Lauper, "True Colors"

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55 Best LGBTQ+ Pride Quotes To Celebrate (2023)

Quote Graphic: "We have to be visible. We should not be ashamed of who we are." — Marsha P. Johnson

This month is LGBTQ+ Pride Month , a time to celebrate the progress that has been made by and for the LGBTQ community, while also recognizing that there is still much work to be done .

As we reflect on the progress that has been made, it is important to remember the voices of those who have fought for equality before us.

In honor of LGBTQ Pride Month, here are some of the best quotes from famous LGBTQ advocates and allies:

Don't forget to check out our articles about how to thoughtfully celebrate Pride Month , the top LGBTQ+ influencers doing good , and all of our LGBTQ+ good news stories .

Inspirational LGBTQ+ Quotes for Pride Month and Beyond

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“We deserve to experience love fully, equally, without shame, and without compromise.” — Elliot Page

“We deserve to experience love fully, equally, without shame, and without compromise.” — Elliot Page

“We are powerful because we have survived.” — Audre Lorde

“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.” — Audre Lorde

“You have to go the way your blood beats. If you don’t live the only life you have, you won’t live some other life, you won’t live any life at all.” — James Baldwin

“We are not what other people say we are. We are who we know ourselves to be, and we are what we love. That’s okay.” — Laverne Cox

On Coming Out

“Openness may not completely disarm prejudice, but it's a good place to start.” — Jason Collins

“Openness may not completely disarm prejudice, but it's a good place to start.” — Jason Collins

“I can't give someone a playbook on how to come out, but I can help create a safe space for others to be heard and feel loved—just like the one my mom provided for me. I know who I am. I've lived in this body for the last 27 years, and I'm very confident in the power that I hold.” — ​​Mauree Turner

“I am not gay, but if I were, I would be the first one running out of the closet.” — Dolly Parton

“Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing we’ll ever do.” — Brené Brown

“Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing we’ll ever do.” — Brené Brown

Supportive LGBTQ+ Quotes

“Being born gay, Black, and female is not a revolutionary act. Being proud to be a gay, Black female is.” — Lena Waithe

“Being born gay, Black, and female is not a revolutionary act. Being proud to be a gay, Black female is.” — Lena Waithe

“Everybody’s journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in love with a boy. The fact that many Americans consider it a disease says more about them than it does about homosexuality.” — James Baldwin

“I am a strong, black, lesbian woman. Every single time I say it, I feel so much better.” — Brittney Griner

​​“The more I accept myself as a genderless human being, in a way, the more I’m loving my body.” — Sam Smith

“I don’t love just men. I love people. It’s not about a gender. It’s just about the spirit that exudes from that other person you’re with.” — Kesha

“I'm very fluid, and I think love is love. You can find it in any gender.” — Demi Lovato

“I’m nonbinary, so I just don’t see myself as a woman, solely. I feel all of my energy. I feel like God is so much bigger than the ‘he’ or the ‘she.’ If I am from God, I am everything. I am everything, but I will always, always stand with women. I will always stand with Black women. But I just see everything beyond the binary.” — Janelle Monáe

“So let me be clear: I'm proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me.” — Tim Cook

“To be yourself is truly a revolutionary act, and I think more and more people should try it, because it’s gotten me a pretty cool life.” — Lena Waithe

“Maybe we can stop trying so hard to understand the gorgeous mystery of sexuality. Instead, we can just listen to ourselves and each other with curiosity and love, and without fear. We can just let people be who they are and we can believe that the freer each person is, the better we all are.” — Glennon Doyle

“Maybe we can stop trying so hard to understand the gorgeous mystery of sexuality. Instead, we can just listen to ourselves and each other with curiosity and love, and without fear. We can just let people be who they are and we can believe that the freer each person is, the better we all are.” — Glennon Doyle

“There’s nothing wrong with you. There’s a lot wrong with the world you live in.” ‍ — Chris Colfer

“There’s nothing wrong with you. There’s a lot wrong with the world you live in.” ‍— Chris Colfer

“I think it's important for parents to educate themselves, too, and be open, and realizing that your children are their own person and if they may or may not act the way you want them to in terms of gender expression that that's OK.” — Laverne Cox

“No person is your friend who demands your silence or denies your right to grow.” — Alice Walker

On Rights & Taking Action

“Every gay and lesbian person who has been lucky enough to survive the turmoil of growing up is a survivor. Survivors always have an obligation to those who will face the same challenges.” — Bob Paris

“Every gay and lesbian person who has been lucky enough to survive the turmoil of growing up is a survivor. Survivors always have an obligation to those who will face the same challenges.” — Bob Paris

“The more I’ve been able to learn about gay rights and equal pay and gender equity and racial inequality, the more that it all intersects. You can’t really pick it apart. It’s all intertwined.” — Megan Rapinoe

“We have to do it because we can no longer stay invisible. We have to be visible. We should not be ashamed of who we are.” — Sylvia Rivera , on LGBTQ+ activism

“People in this country who are in positions of privilege must learn to find ways of fighting for the just treatment of others, not by centering and platforming themselves, but by holding up the ones who are suffering.” — Brandi Carlile

“People in this country who are in positions of privilege must learn to find ways of fighting for the just treatment of others, not by centering and platforming themselves, but by holding up the ones who are suffering.” — Brandi Carlile

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From Queer Eye

“I want people to fall in love with themselves and to be really proud and full of joy for the space they take up. If someone else appreciates the space you take up, then that's icing on the cake.” — Jonathan Van Ness

“I want people to fall in love with themselves and to be really proud and full of joy for the space they take up. If someone else appreciates the space you take up, then that's icing on the cake.” — Jonathan Van Ness

“Never stop believing in yourself. You had it all along.” — Karamo Brown

“There’s no right or wrong way to be gay. No right or wrong way to come out. It’s your journey, do it the way you wanna do it.” — Tan France

“There’s no right or wrong way to be gay. No right or wrong way to come out. It’s your journey, do it the way you wanna do it.” — Tan France

“My sexuality's something that's intimate. It's not anything that I'm ashamed of.” — Antoni Porowski

“Even if you're not ready to live at your full volume, turn it up halfway and get there.” — Bobby Berk

From Marsha P. Johnson

“We have to be visible. We should not be ashamed of who we are.” — Marsha P. Johnson

“We have to be visible. We should not be ashamed of who we are.” — Marsha P. Johnson

“History isn’t something you look back at and say it was inevitable, it happens because people make decisions that are sometimes very impulsive and of the moment, but those moments are cumulative realities.” — Marsha P. Johnson

“You never completely have your rights, one person, until you all have your rights.” — Marsha P. Johnson

‍“Darling, I want my gay rights now!” ‍— Marsha P. Johnson

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From Harvey Milk

“All young people, regardless of sexual orientation or identity, deserve a safe and supportive environment in which to achieve their full potential.” — Harvey Milk

“All young people, regardless of sexual orientation or identity, deserve a safe and supportive environment in which to achieve their full potential.” — Harvey Milk

“Once you have dialogue starting, you know you can break down prejudice.” — Harvey Milk

“If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door.” — Harvey Milk

“Rights are won only by those who make their voices heard.” — Harvey Milk

“Freedom is too enormous to be slipped under a closet door.” — Harvey Milk

“If you are not personally free to be yourself in that most important of all human activities — the expression of love — then life itself loses its meaning.” — Harvey Milk

“I was born of heterosexual parents. I was taught by heterosexual teachers in a fiercely heterosexual society. Television ads and newspaper ads — fiercely heterosexual. A society that puts down homosexuality. And why am I a homosexual if I’m affected by role models? I should have been a heterosexual. And no offense meant, but if teachers are going to affect you as role models, there’d be a lot of nuns running around the streets today.” — Harvey Milk

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From Coretta Scott King

“I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance, and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation.” — Coretta Scott King

“I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance, and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation.” — Coretta Scott King

“I appeal to everyone who believes in Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream to make room at the table of brother and sisterhood for lesbian and gay people.” — Coretta Scott King

“I still hear people say that I should not be talking about the rights of lesbian and gay people and I should stick to the issue of racial justice. But I hasten to remind them that Martin Luther King Jr. said , ‘Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.’” — Coretta Scott King

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From Politicians

“All of us who are openly gay are living and writing the history of our movement. We are no more — and no less — heroic than the suffragists and abolitionists of the 19th century; and the labor organizers, Freedom Riders, Stonewall demonstrators, and environmentalists of the 20th century.” — Tammy Baldwin

“All of us who are openly gay are living and writing the history of our movement. We are no more — and no less — heroic than the suffragists and abolitionists of the 19th century; and the labor organizers, Freedom Riders, Stonewall demonstrators, and environmentalists of the 20th century.” — Tammy Baldwin

“For a lot of my life, I was judged for my gender representation or my sexual orientation, or what people assumed of me; and every single time my goal has been to combat that and show my greatness.” — Taylor Small

“I once worried that there was no place for trans people like me to participate in any way in our politics. Since coming out, though, I've seen that change is possible and I've learned that the only things that are truly impossible are the things we don't try. You can run, you can win and you can serve.” — Sarah McBride

“When all Americans are treated as equal, no matter who they are or whom they love, we are all more free.” — Barack Obama

“When we look back at the Stonewall uprising and activism that grew out of that moment, even the most basic progress seemed like it would take a revolution to achieve. So we had one. And that’s how we’ve made such enormous progress over the last 50 years. Today, we should remain inspired by the courage of the story of Stonewall.” — Tammy Baldwin

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More Short Pride Quotes

“Equality means more than passing laws. The struggle is really won in the hearts and minds of the community, where it really counts.” — Barbara Gittings

“Equality means more than passing laws. The struggle is really won in the hearts and minds of the community, where it really counts.” — Barbara Gittings

“I've had to go against all kinds of people through the years just to be myself. I think everybody should be allowed to be who they are, and to love who they love.” — Dolly Parton

“This community has fought and continues to fight a war of acceptance, a war of tolerance and the most relentless bravery. You are the definition of courage, do you know that?” — Lady Gaga, to the LGBTQ+ community

“The reason the rainbow flag endures is because people own it. It means something to them.” — Gilbert Baker

“Pride is important because tonight someone still believes they're better off dead than being themselves.” — Sterling Graves

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