21 Awesome Pride Quotes for 2021
“I’m living by example by continuing on with my career and having a full, rich life, and I am incidentally gay” – Portia DeRossi
“Amazing how eye and skin color come in many shades yet many think sexuality is just gay or straight” ― DaShanne Stokes
“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
“Openness may not completely disarm prejudice, but it’s a good place to start” – Jason Collins
“I hate the word homophobia. It’s not a phobia. You’re not scared. You’re an asshole” – Morgan Freeman
”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 natural. Hating gay is a lifestyle choice“ – John Fugelsang
“I was going to die, if not sooner, then later, whether or not I have ever spoken myself. My silence has not protected me. Your silence will not protect you” – Audre Lorde
“In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or a man; either, a human being, without feeling fear, restraint, or obligation“ – Simone de Beauvoir
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“One day we won’t have to ‘come out of the closet.’ We’ll just say we are in love and that will be all that matters” – Anonymous
“This world would be a whole lot better if we just made an effort to be less horrible to one another” – Elliot Page
“Openness may not completely disarm prejudice, but it’s a good place to start” – Jason Collins
“I learned compassion from being discriminated against. Everything bad that’s ever happened to me has taught me compassion” – Ellen Degeneres
Being gay is natural. Hating gay is a lifestyle choice“ – John Fugelsang
“Marriage should be between a spouse and a spouse, not a gender and a gender” – Hendrik Hertzberg
“When you become the image of your own imagination, it’s the most powerful thing you could ever do” – Rupaul