71+ Inspiring Happy Pride Month Quotes to Celebrate LGBTQ

Happy Pride Month Quotes: LGBT Pride Month is celebrated around the U.S.A. to honor equality and acceptance of people who belong to LGBTQIA+ community. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and/or Questioning, Intersex, and Asexual and/or Ally plus any other is collectively referred as LGBTQIA+ community.

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Happy Pride Month Quotes

“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

“Being gay isn’t something you choose, but you do face choices about whether and how to discuss it.” — Pete Buttigieg

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

“I was not ladylike, nor was I manly. I was something else altogether. There were so many different ways to be beautiful.” — Michael Cunningham

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

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

Happy Pride Month Captions

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

“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

“If I could have chosen to be gay or straight, I think I would have simply chosen to be happy.” — Kevin Kidwell.

“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,

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

“I want to do the right thing and not hide anymore. I want to march for tolerance, acceptance, and understanding. I want to take a stand and say, ‘Me, too.'” — Jason Collins

Happy Pride Quotes

“Hope will never be silent.” – Harvey Milk

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

“I think the world has a place for gay superheroes, certainly.” – Stan Lee

“Gay, straight, bi, whatever – it doesn’t matter. Love is love.” – Amber Liu

“Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law.” — Boethius

“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.

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

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

“My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you.” – Audre Lorde

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

Happy Pride Month Quote

“My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you.” – Audre Lorde

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

“I believe that marriage isn’t between a man and a woman; but between love and love.” – Frank Ocean

“Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law.” – Boethieus.

“We are not actually equal – humanity – if we are not allowed to freely love one another.” – Lady Gaga

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

“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

Inspirational Pride Quotes

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

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

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

“Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?” – Ernest J. Gaines

“There will not be a magical 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

“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,

Gays are not interested in making other people gay…But homophobes are interested in making others homophobic.” – Stephen Fry

“Being gay isn’t something you choose, but you do face choices about whether and how to discuss it.” – Pete Buttigieg

“The single best thing about coming out of the close is that nobody can insult you by telling you what you’ve just told them.” – Rachel Maddow

Pride Month Inspirational Quotes

“Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within,” – James 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

“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

“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

Pride Month Quotes Love

“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

“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.” – Dalai Lama

“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.” – Oscar Wilde.

“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

Quotes for Pride Month Ally

“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

“Marriage is a language of love, equality, and inclusion.” – Evan Wolfson.

“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

“There is no sexuality that is greater or lesser than another.” – Jasmine Guy.

Pride Month Love Quotes

“All human beings deserve equal treatment, no matter their gender identity or sexuality.” – Andreja Pejic

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

“Gay rights are human rights.” – Hillary Clinton.

“You know, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender – people are people.” – Judith Light

“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

Lgbtq Short Quotes

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

“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

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

“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

“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

“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

“Being gay is like glitter–it never goes away.” –Lady Gaga.

Pride Ally Quotes

“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

“To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true.” – Bayard Rustin.

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

“Some people say you are going the wrong way, when it’s simply a way of your own.” – Angelina Jolie

“Don’t be afraid. Don’t be ashamed. Don’t ever apologize for your sexuality. Just be you.” – Sonya Deville

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

LGBTQ Quotes

“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

“Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.” – Coco Chanel.

“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

“It takes some intelligence and insight to figure out you’re gay and then a tremendous amount of balls to live it and live it proudly.” — Jason Bateman

“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