45 LGBTQIA+ Quotes To Celebrate Pride Month

Pride Month is a time for celebration for the LGBTQIA+ community, and one of the best ways to celebrate is to be inspired by some of their many voices.

Here are 45 inspiring quotes from famous members of the LGBTQIA+ community and their allies. These quotes will remind you of the courage and strength of the LGBTQIA+ movement and remind you that everyone should be celebrated for who they are.

For queer people, friends, families, and allies, these quotes are here to uplift and motivate. Celebrate Pride Month, and be proud of who you are.

Famous LGBTQIA+ Quotes

"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those that matter don't mind." – Dr. Seuss

"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

"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

"Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law." – Boethius

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

"The Lord is my Shepherd, and He knows I'm gay." — Troy Perry

"The more I accept myself as a genderless human being, in a way, the more I'm loving my body." — Sam Smith

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

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

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

"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 love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance." — Oscar Wilde

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

"This community has fought and continues to fight a war of acceptance, a war of tolerance, and the most relentless bravery." — Lady Gaga

"After a while, you learn to ignore the names people call you and just trust who you are." – Shrek

"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

"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

Inspirational LGBTIA+ Quotes

"But I'm not a saint yet. I'm an alcoholic. I'm a drug addict. I'm homosexual. I'm a genius. Of course, I could be all four of these dubious things and still be a saint." — Truman Capote

"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

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

"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." - Megan Rapinoe

"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

"People will stare. Make it worth their while." - Harry Winston

"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

"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

"Being born gay, black, and female is not a revolutionary act. Being proud to be a gay, black female is." — Lena Waithe

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

"Do I really have to find a word for it? Can't it just be what it is?" ― David Levithan

"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

"The only queer people are those who don't love anybody." — Rita Mae Brown

"The fact is, I'm gay, always have been, always will be, and I couldn't be any more happy, comfortable with myself, and proud." - Anderson Cooper

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

"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

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

I believe that marriage isn't between a man and a woman, but between love and love." – Frank Ocean

Quotes About Pride Month

"When you reduce life to black and white, you never see rainbows." - Rachel Houston

"Hope will never be silent." – Harvey Milk

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

"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

"Stonewall represented, absolutely, the first time that the LGBT community successfully fought back and forged an organized movement and community." — Mark Segal

"You don't have to be gay to be a supporter; you just have to be human." — Daniel Radcliffe

"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

"This is why homophobia is a terrible evil: it disguises itself as a concern while it is inherently hate." – Tyler Oakley

"A long time ago, I asked myself, 'Do I want to be right, or do I want to be kind?'. I opted for kind." ― Jane Lynch

"Realize that your children are their own person and they may or may not act the way you want them to in terms of gender expression and that that's OK." — Laverne Cox

"To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true." — Bayard Rustin

"Don't let anyone define you. You define yourself." – Billie Jean King

"You say 'be straight.' I say 'taste the rainbow." - Unknown*