Pride Month Quotes Are A Fantastic Way To Celebrate The LGBTQIA+ Folks In Your Life

"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

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

"We are powerful because we have survived." — Audre Lorde

"Gay rights are human rights." — Hillary Clinton

"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

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

"There's nothing wrong with you. There's a lot wrong with the world you live in." — Chris Colfer

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

"Love doesn't care how much money you have. It doesn't care who your parents are. It doesn't care if you’re gay, straight, or transgender." — Rumer Willis

"Hope will never be silent." — Harvey Milk

"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

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

"The beauty of standing up for your rights is others see you standing and stand up as well." — Cassandra Duffy

"I believe that no one should ever have to choose between a career we love and living our lives with authenticity and integrity." — Selisse Berry

"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

"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

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

"We are not actually equal — humanity — if we are not allowed to freely love one another." — Lady Gaga

"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

"Obviously, no LGBT person should be denied the ability to be who they are because their boss disagrees." — Gloria Steinem

"If I wait for someone else to validate my existence, it will mean that I’m shortchanging myself." — Zanele Muholi

"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive." — Dalai Lama

"Our society needs to recognize the unstoppable momentum toward unequivocal civil equality for every gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender citizen of this country." — Zachary Quinto

"We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we’re not alone." — Orson Welles

"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

"I'm living by example by continuing on with my career and having a full, rich life, and I am incidentally gay." — Portia de Rossi

"Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself." — Coco Chanel

"Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness." — Allen Ginsberg

"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 must declare ourselves, become known; allow the world to discover this subterranean life of ours which connects kings and farm boys, artists and clerks. Let them see that the important thing is not the object of love, but the emotion itself." — Gore Vidal

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

"Personally, coming out was one of the most important things I've ever done, lifting from my shoulders the millstone of lies that I hadn't even realized I was carrying." — Sir Ian McKellen

"It still strikes me as strange that anyone could have any moral objection to someone else’s sexuality. It's like telling someone else how to clean their house." — River Phoenix

"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 gay isn't something you choose, but you do face choices about whether and how to discuss it." — Pete Buttigieg

"I think the world has a place for gay superheroes, certainly." — Stan Lee

"Why are you mad? When you could be GLAAD?" — Taylor Swift

"The nature of marriage is that, through its enduring bond, two persons together can find other freedoms, such as expression, intimacy, and spirituality. This is true for all persons, whatever their sexual orientation." — Justice Anthony Kennedy

"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

"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

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

"Being gay is natural. Hating gay is a lifestyle choice." — John Fugelsang

"Everybody's journey is individual. You don't know with whom you're going to fall in love. 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 believe that marriage isn't between a man and a woman; but between love and love." — Frank Ocean

"There is no sexuality that is greater or lesser than another." — Jasmine Guy

"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

"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

"The whole issue of sexuality is so grey. I'm just trying to acknowledge that fluidity, that greyness, which has always existed. But maybe only now are we allowed to start talking about it." — Kristen Stewart

"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

"Being gay is a natural normal beautiful variation on being human. Period. End of subject. Therefore, any argument which says differently is an immoral supremacist one. Call it out as such. Be outraged, offended, angry and intolerant of any discussion or any one who describes you as unequal, undeserving or unnatural for being just as you are." — Larry Kramer