It’s Pride Month bebes, and let’s get one thing out of the way right now – every human being has the right and freedom to love who they want, be who they want to be, and live their lives the way they want to live.
Pride Month is not just about giving the limelight to the LGBTQIA community, it’s also about realizing the fact that they also deserve to live with respect, dignity, and safety, just like the rest of us. And through these Pride Month quotes, that is what we hope to achieve and propagate.
Whether you belong to the LGBTQIA community or not, what matters is understanding that this world is not just for cisgender people, it’s for them too. Love is love, and who you love shouldn’t be the reason for being persecuted, judged, and even punished, in certain instances.
Read these inspiring LGBTQ quotes, to feel not just inspired and empowered, but also seen, heard, and understood. These quotes about equality of love will make your heart feel full!
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50+ Best Pride Month Quotes To Celebrate Love And Equality
1. “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
2. “We need, in every community, a group of angelic troublemakers.” – Bayard Rustin
3. “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
4. “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
5. “When all Americans are treated as equal, no matter who they are or whom they love, we are all more free.” — Barack Obama
6. “You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.” – Brene Brown
7. “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
8. “The only queer people are those who don’t love anybody.” – Rita Mae Brown
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9. “Nature made a mistake, which I have corrected.” – Christine Jorgensen
10. “Openness may not completely disarm prejudice, but it’s a good place to start.” – Jason Collins
11. “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
12. “Being born gay, black, and female is not a revolutionary act. Being proud to be a gay, black female is.” — Lena Waithe
13. “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
14. “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
15. “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
16. “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
17. “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
18. “Your judgments about another person say more about your own character than the character of the person you’re pointing a finger at.” – Alaric Hutchinson
19. “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
