Inspirational Pride Month Quotes and Sayings to Celebrate LGBTQ+

Pride Month is here and if you’re looking to celebrate, we have put together a list of all the best Pride Month quotes for your next post. And if you’re looking for short Pride Month sayings or captions, we also have you covered.

Now go ahead and browse through to find your favorite.

Pride Month Quotes

“Our community is not a monolith, thank goodness, any more than America itself is. I look forward to and will continue to work toward the day when America recognizes all of us as full and equal citizens.” – Cynthia Nixon

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

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

“At some point, you gotta decide for yourself who you’re gonna be. Can’t let nobody make that decision for you.” —Moonlight

“I don’t care what they think / I don’t care what they say / What do they know / About this love anyway?” —Melissa Etheridge

“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

“Love demands expression. It will not stay still, stay silent, be good, be modest, be seen and not heard, no. It will break out in tongues of praise, the high note that smashes the glass and spills the liquid.” – Jeanette Winterson

“Do not allow people to dim your shine because they are blinded. Tell them to put on some sunglasses, because we were born this way.” – Lady Gaga

“I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.” —Angela Davis

“Gay rights are human rights.” —Hillary Clinton

“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

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

“Of course, attitudes change, but only because brave people like Ellen [DeGeneres] jump into the fire to make them change. And if I hadn’t seen her on TV, I would have thought, ‘I could never be on TV. They don’t let LGBT people on TV.’ And more than that, I would have gone on thinking that I was an alien and that I maybe didn’t even have a right to be here.” – Kate McKinnon

“Hope will never be silent.” —Harvey Milk

“Let’s have a kiki.” —Scissor Sisters

“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

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

“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

“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

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

“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

“Wine makes me feel naughty; but in a good way.” –Carol

“It is time that we all see gender as a spectrum instead of two sets of opposing ideals.” – Emma Watson

“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

“We need, in every community, a group of angelic troublemakers.” —Bayard Rustin

“I’m done being scared. I’m done living in a world where I don’t get to be who I am. I deserve a great love story.” —Love, Simon

“It is absolutely imperative that every human being’s freedom and human rights are respected, all over the world.” – Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir

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

“It is revolutionary for any trans person to choose to be seen and visible in a world that tells us we should not exist.” – Laverne Cox

“From the playboys to the gay boys, go and slay, boys.” —Lizzo

“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

“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

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

“I see your true colors and that’s why I love you.” —Cyndi Lauper

“Kiss lots of boys or kiss lots of girls, if that’s something you’re into.” —Kacey Musgraves

“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

“Each step forwards to become the person we are makes it harder to go backwards, to return to the shadowy, private world of closed doors and shuttered windows. The experience, the awakening of one’s true self, after being so long suppressed, can never be adequately explained with language.” – Lili Elbe

“When you don’t know who you are you fuck around and find out.” —boygenius

“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 heard that there’s a special place where boys and girls can all be queens every single day.” —Chappell Roan

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

“Don’t let anyone ever make you feel like you don’t deserve what you want.” —10 Things I Hate About You

“Never has it felt more important for me to tell stories of joy and abandon passion and recklessness. Life is short and difficult, people. We must take our pleasures where we can find them. Let us not become so cautious that we forget to live.” – Elizabeth Gilbert

“You love who you love.” —John Mayer and Katy Perry

“Regret is about not filling the emptiness in your heart.” –Blue is the Warmest Color

“There will always be enemies. Time to stop being your own.” – Larry Kramer

“Being transgender is not just a medical transition. It’s discovering who you are, living your live authentically, loving yourself, and spreading that love towards other people and accepting one another, no matter the difference.” – Jazz Jennings

“Why are you trying so hard to fit in when you were born to stand out?” —What a Girl Wants

“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

“I am as gay as a daffodil, dear.” —Freddie Mercury

“I like my girls just like I like my honey: sweet.” —Kehlani

“When I was younger, I wish I would have been told more often that I was right and nothing was wrong with me, that I was deserving of everything this world has to offer, and that my visions for my future were worthy of pursuit.” – Janet Mock

“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 Parris

“I don’t recall that glorious document saying anything about all straight men are created equal. I believe it says all men are created equal.” —Philadelphia

“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

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

“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

“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

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

“I love that I am trans. And I love that I am queer. And the more I hold myself close and fully embrace who I am, the more I dream, the more my heart grows and the more I thrive.” – Elliot Page

“Our love is here to STAY.” —Whitney Houston

“It takes a lot of courage to be yourself when a lot of ignorant motherf*ckers have a problem with being different.” —Latter Days

“We need, in every community, a group of angelic troublemakers.” – Bayard Rustin

“It is important and vital is to keep that education for critical consciousness around intersectionalities, so that people are able to not focus on one thing and blame one group, but be able to look holistically at the way intersectionality informs all of us: whiteness, gender, sexual preferences, etc. Only then can we have a realistic handle on the political and cultural world we live within.” – bell hooks

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

“We have to be visible. We should not be ashamed of who we are.” – Sylvia Rivera

“After a while, you learn to ignore the names people call you and just trust who you are.” —Shrek

“It’s all love and all pride in this house.” —Moonlight

“When we’re free to love anyone we choose, when this world’s big enough for all different views, when we all can worship from our own kind of pew – then, we shall be free.” – Garth Brooks

“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” – E.E. Cummings

“Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine.” —The Imitation Game

“Got my invitation to eternal damnation. Get in line, pass the wine, bitch, we’re going straight to Hell.” —Rina Sawayama

“People used to think I was a monster. And for a long time, I believed them. But after a while, you learn to ignore the names that people call you and you just trust who you are.” – Shrek

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

“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

“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

“Being an ally can’t just be about nodding when someone says something we agree with – important as that is. It must also be about action. It’s our job to stand up for those who are not at the table when life-altering decisions are made.” – Kamala Harris

“I heard you like magic, I got a wand and a rabbit!” —Chappell Roan

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

“Girls love girls and boys, and love is not a choice.” —Panic! at the Disco

“Some people are blind or ignorant, and you can’t be that prejudiced and hateful and go through this world and still be happy.” —Dolly Parton

“I’ll do me, you do you.” —Blue October

“Let’s destroy all hierarchies and create the space for gender, sexual, social and political self-determination for everyone.” —Mattilda Bernstein Sycamor

“We’re all born naked and the rest is drag.” —RuPaul

“We need to own that if you truly are taking stands against hate and oppression, you should not fund hate and oppression. Period.” – Gabrielle Union

“My love, my love, my love, she keeps me warm.” —Macklemore

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

“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

“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 takes no compromise to give people their rights… It takes no political deal to give people freedom.” – Harvey Milk

“It is absolutely imperative that every human being’s freedom and human rights are respected, all over the world.” —Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir

“Self-love means that I have a relationship with myself built on trust and loyalty. I trust myself to have my own back, so my allegiance is to the voice within.” – Glennon Doyle

“But it feels so good to be known so well.” — boygenius

“We’re all born naked, and the rest is drag.” – RuPaul

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

“Baby, I was born this way.” —Lady Gaga

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

“I want to make sure that any young person or anyone really who is looking up to me—who sees a glimpse of 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 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

“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

“How lucky are we? We create ourselves.” –Pose

“Some of them say that we’re sick, we’re crazy. And some of them think that we are the most gorgeous, special things on Earth.” –Paris Is Burning

“How can people change their minds about us if they don’t know who we are?” – Harvey Milk

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

“Take me, baby, or leave me.” —Rent

“To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow – this is a human offering that can border on miraculous.” – Elizabeth Gilbert

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

“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

“If public figures came out of the closet, then the LGBT kids who saw them on TV would feel safe before they even knew why they felt dangerous. Maybe if enough people came out of the closet, gay kids would never feel dangerous. Maybe we could have a world where we could all just live. We may not all agree, but why can’t we just all live?” – Margaret Cho

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

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

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

“We are family. I got all my sisters with me.” —Sister Sledge

“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

“Your love is my love and my love is your love.” —Whitney Houston

“Gender is not what people look like to other people; it is what we know ourselves to be. No one else should be able to tell you who you are; that’s for you to decide…Man and woman are two of many – stars in a constellation that do not compete but amplify one another’s shine.” – Alok Vaid-Menon

“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

“I am literally open to every single thing.” —Miley Cyrus

“Gender is between your ears and not between your legs.” – Chaz Bono

“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

“I don’t play, I slay.” —Todrick Hall

“…And I can’t change, even if I tried.” —Macklemore

“I don’t walk I strut, strut, strut and then sashay.” —Todrick Hall

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

“We cannot be antiracist if we are homophobic or transphobic… All Black lives include those of poor transgender Black women, perhaps the most violated and oppressed of all the Black intersectional groups.” – Ibram X. Kendi

“My doctor said we can’t choose where we come from, but we can choose where we go from there.” —The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“Putting yourself out there is hard, but it’s so worth it. I don’t think anyone who has ever spoken out, or stood up or had a brave moment, has regretted it. It’s empowering and confidence-building and inspiring. Not only to other people, but to yourself.” – Megan Rapinoe

“I’m not missing a minute of this. It’s the revolution!” —Sylvia Rivera

“R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what that means to me.” —Aretha Franklin

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

“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

“I’m much happier when my titties are out and I can run around free.” —Janelle Monáe

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

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

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

“…there is a subtle difference between tolerance and acceptance. It’s the distance between moving into the cul-de-sac and having your next-door neighbor trust you to keep an eye on her preschool daughter for a few minutes while she runs out to the post office. It’s the chasm between being invited to a colleague’s wedding with your same-sex partner and being able to slow-dance without the other guests whispering.” – Jodi Picoult

If you like these, you might also want to check out our other lists of Short Pride Month Letter Board Quotes, Short Summer Letter Board Quotes, Good Vibes Quotes, Wedding Wishes for Friends, Joyful Captions and Short Couple Quotes.

Pride Month Sayings and Captions

Unity in diversity.

Celebrate, live, and love freely this pride month

Throw a little glitter in the air tonight to celebrate gay pride weekend.

We are all different, but we are all the same. Love is love

Hate has no place in us #LGBTQ+ people are everywhere

Proudly gay since [year].

It’s time to live bold and free, hold your head up high, and shine your light

Pride: where love colors outside the lines.

Pride is a feeling of elation, community, and support.

Love without limits, pride without borders.

LGBTQ and PRIDE always

Celebrate your Pride! This month is all about celebrating love and equality. Have a great one!

We’re here, we’re queer—get used to it.

Rainbows are the most colorful, boldest, and most beautiful aspects of living

Rights are won, not given.

Celebrate pride—your way.

Celebrate diversity and love!

Find your place in the movement. Be bold. Be brave. Be you.

Celebrate the diversity of gender and sexuality at this year’s pride festivals!

This June we celebrate the lives of LGBTQ people, and all humans across the world, who are bold enough to love whomever they please. #gaypride

Pride is a state of being. We’re confidently out and proud.

Shining bright like a rainbow. #PrideParade

Out and proud, and here to stay!

Equality is a good feeling

LGBTQ pride: It’s not a rainbow flag, it’s a coming-out flag.

Celebrate diversity, live your truth, and make an impact.

We’re proud—of our LGBTQ family.

From struggle to strength, we march.

Celebrating Pride is more than a party—it’s a statement of freedom and defiance in the face of oppression. Together we #MarchForEquality. Peace

Fall in love with thrills this June at Gay Pride

Pride, love, and acceptance are the unifying themes of these days. We hope you’ll take a moment to appreciate us no matter where you fall on the spectrum.

Colourful and proud today and every day.

Turns out pride isn’t queer. It’s just right.

We’re loving every minute of #PrideMonth all around the world, and we promise to keep marching forward until everyone can live freely

Celebrating every shade of love.

We’re one big rainbow and we’re proud of it.

Happy Pride everyone!

Our rainbow runs deeper than you think.

Dancing through the streets with love.

Live boldly, invite more love and live life unapologetically. This Pride, let’s be loud, proud, and joyful

Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.

Celebrate the freedom to be yourself.

We’re all a little different. All of our differences make us beautiful and we should embrace them all. Be proud of who you are.

Let’s make pride month the best it can ever be by showing off our pride.

LGBT Community is coming out to celebrate. We all should be free to live as we choose.

A day to celebrate the lives and accomplishments of LGBTQ individuals, who have made lasting contributions to society.

Let your colors fly! Gay pride month is here, and you should be proud of who you are.

Wherever you go, be proud. This month is all about love. Stay woke. Show your pride!

Stand Tall, Be Proud

Marching for those who can’t.

We’re not afraid to be ourselves. Be bold

Find your pride in all the things that make you happiest.

Rainbow love to you and yours.

We’re proud of our Pride and we want to share it with the world.

All hail to the Queens who wave their flags proud and loud. Happy Pride Month!

Because we all have a room for you in our hearts. Let’s show the world that love wins

Raise your rainbow high this pride month. Celebrate the freedoms we have won and continue the fight for equality.

Pride is more than a month, it’s a lifestyle.

We march. We dance. We celebrate. We love.

Equality is a right, not a privilege.

Because everyone deserves to be proud!!

Proud to be gay. Proud of the allies with us.

Pride: where love knows no limits.

Celebrating Pride Month with rainbows and love.

Pride is the art of being unapologetically you.

You can be who you want and love who you want because it’s Pride month.

We all need to be out and proud, no matter where we are in our journey.

Celebrating love in all its forms.

Come out with us and celebrate LOVE this June.

Pride month is here and we could not be more proud to support LGBTQ rights, let’s show some love.

The time has come. Be you. Everyone deserves the freedom to be who they are.

Do you know your rights? Come celebrate pride!

Bold, beautiful, and unapologetically proud.

Always, be yourself. People will love you anyway.

When you’re with someone who fully embraces you for all that you are, and all they are

Wear it loud, wear it proud! Shine bright through the night

Rainbow dreams and endless pride.

Our pride is undeniable and our love is unstoppable.

Live your truth. Come out with pride.

With rainbow as my guide, I’ll never be alone

The best feeling in the world is when you love who you are, and celebrate it with parties.

Painting the town with pride.

Out and about, feeling fabulous

We’re proud to be different

Celebrate the spirit of Pride Month and spread the love in your community.

Out and About: It’s Pride Month!

Love is Love. This month, we raise the rainbow flag to celebrate all LGBTQ people. Every color of the rainbow is beautiful, whether you’re gay or straight.

It’s time to put the summer behind us and come together to celebrate what makes us unique.

So that is it for our list of Pride Month Quotes and Sayings. We hope you found the perfect one for you!