60+ Inspiring LGBTQ Quotes for Pride Month

Pride Month is a celebration of history—our moment to honor the resistance and persistence that gave rise to pivotal change. It’s also an acknowledgment of the present and an opportunity to uplift and encourage LGBTQ loved ones in your community. Most of all, Pride Month is an occasion to look and dream ahead—to envision the world we want to shape, one where LGBTQ people thrive in every way.
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One way to kick off Pride Month is by sharing a good word. So we asked writers from Hallmark’s LGBTQ community to curate a unique collection of meaningful quotes. From statements on intersectionality to words that go beyond the binary, these pieces are rooted in support and celebration of LGBTQ identity, helping you say what’s on your heart.
We hope these messages reflect your authentic bonds and help you connect with your loved ones. If any of these quotes ring true to you, share them this month and beyond!
LGBTQ Quotes That Support and Uplift
You are exactly who you should be.
There’s nothing more beautiful and powerful
than someone who chooses to be themself.
You are straight fire.
Well, minus the “straight” part.
— Joey Benevento
The bravest thing you can be is yourself.
Today, I hope you know
that you’re more than just seen…
…you are loved.
— Meghan Craig
More inspiring LGBTQ quotes that support and uplift:
You’re so flaming,
even the sun be like “DAMN.”
— Meg Burik
In all the universe,
there’s only one you.
— Anna Wenner
You never have to “fit in”
to know that you belong.
— Mercedes Lucero
You are like a rainbow of awesome!
— Valerie Stark
I love all that you are and all that you’re becoming.
— Hallmark Editorial Staff
Let your flag fly.
It’s a wonderful thing
seeing you be you.
— Mariya Zilberman
People who don’t get you
aren’t worthy of your fabulousness.
— Meg Burik
Here’s to all the years
of being who you are.
Flawlessly and unapologetically!
— Courtney Taylor
Make your own story.
It’s bound to be a good one.
— Andrew Blackburn
Just a reminder that you’re exactly where you should be.
— Melissa Woo
Take up space.
Today and every day.
— Mercedes Lucero
Who wants to FIT IN
when you can FINESSE.
Stay true to you, my friend.
— Mercedes Lucero
Every part of you matters.
The world is better
when you are your authentic self—
bold, beautiful, radiant—on full display.
I see every shade of you,
and I couldn’t love you more.
— Teju Abiola
LGBTQ Quotes About Pride and Celebration
Transcendent, transformative,
transtastic, transtastical,
transchanted, transmendous…
That’s you to a T.
Love you!
— Sara Quenzer
Be you
Do you
Celebrate you
PRIDE
is a year-round look
Be the you
you’ve always been,
proudly.
You are so
parade-worthy!
Being LGBTQ…is just being.
— Matt Gowen
More LGBTQ quotes about pride and celebration:
Live like you.
— Andrew Blackburn
Here, queer, full of pride.
— Meg Burik
Checked my mood ring.
Yep, still gay.
(It’s my best mood. You understand.)
— Mercedes Lucero
Queer AF.
Just as it should be.
— Jordy Byrd
Sounds gay.
I’m in.
— Anna Wenner
Staying flawless like it’s NBD.
— Mercedes Lucero
Let’s get one thing straight…
Just kidding. Let’s be gay!
— Jordy Byrd
Love getting hyped
about all the ways you’re you.
— Sara Quenzer
Here’s to growing a little bit
every single day
but doing it in your own damn way.
— Mercedes Lucero
LGBTQ Quotes That Go Beyond the Binary
The future is nonbinary.
You’re just ahead of the curve.
— Jordy Byrd
Beyond binary.
Beautiful truth.
Biggest love.
— Clare Gowney
More LGBTQ quotes that go beyond the binary:
Genderful and wonderful.
— Mercedes Lucero
I love you beyond the binary.
— Jordy Byrd
Cinnamon rolls,
not gender roles.
Your amazingness needs no explanation.
— Jordy Byrd
Why break hearts when you can break binaries?
— Mercedes Lucero
You’re wayyyyy too sweet for labels, honey.
And I love to see it!
— Sara Quenzer
Them: Pick a Side.
Us: Por Que No Los Dos?
Love the person you are so much, friend.
— Mercedes Lucero
LGBTQ Quotes About Love
Love stories are more epic
with two heroines.
— Jordy Byrd
Stand for love.
Love you.
Love celebrating every step
toward the you
that you were meant to be.
— Anna Wenner
Love always.
More LGBTQ quotes about love:
Our love makes every day a celebration.
— Andrew Blackburn
Different lives, different stories…
Same hope, same love.
— Stacey Donovan
Love is infinite.
— Dan Taylor
We love our way and live our way…
and for me, it’s the BEST way.
— Amy Trowbridge-Yates
LGBTQ Quotes on Intersectionality
We’re Black, Queer, and Beautiful!
— Jake Gahr
Black, queer, and a woman?
Yaas, chile, that’s a beautifully complex
blessing right there.
— Courtney Taylor
Black LGBTQ Pride
is a celebration of life and love.
— Courtney Taylor
More LGBTQ quotes on intersectionality:
Keep rising in your Black queer pride,
owning it and bringing enough shine
to light up the entire world.
— Mercedes Lucero
LGBTQ Quotes That Honor History and Look to the Future
Because of the Queens
who came before us
our crowns shine brilliantly today.
— Jake Gahr
We are owning our future…
believe that.
— Mercedes Lucero
Gentle reminder:
Let what no longer serves you
just shed tf away.
Because you’re vibrant as hell.
— Sara Quenzer
More LGBTQ quotes that honor history and look to the future:
This is for the ones who never gave up.
The ones who carried dreams of love
bigger than anyone thought possible
and who made it possible.
The ones who showed up
so we could show out,
today and every day.
— Mercedes Lucero
The future is filled
with all things queer.
Because that’s the kind of joy
we’re manifesting.
— Mercedes Lucero
Transformation can feel like a lot to handle,
but through every part of the process,
remember that you’re so loved,
so believed-in,
and so rooted-for.
— Sara Quenzer
LGBTQ Quotes About Community and Chosen Family
Together, we’ll change the world.
Together, we’re unstoppable.
— Cat Hollyer
When the world doesn’t show up
the way we need it to,
we show up for each other.
Always.
— Mercedes Lucero
More LGBTQ quotes about community and chosen family:
Alike in some ways,
different in others,
but still family…
deeply, sweetly
family.
— Cheryl Hawkinson
We’re each other’s people.
— Melvina Young
Nothing warms my heart
like community.
So glad we have each other.
— Mercedes Lucero
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