Pride is self confidence. Pride is self acceptance. We have to be proud of who we are. How else are we gonna change the world? - Barrett

I have two identities, Deaf and gay. I show who I am and am also proud of my own two different cultures and communities. 😃 It’s most important that I’m happy with who I am today. 😃 - Rolando

Pride is a celebration of authentic self, acceptance, and community. - Alisha

Pride means loving yourself! Loving your life! No regrets, no questions, without fear! PRIDE = being proud! We are all people!! 💗 💗 💗 - Amber

Pride means raising my son in a world where all love is equal, all people are equal, and every day is Queer Pride Day. - Daisy

Pride to me means Love. The all inclusive, tolerant, and respectful kind. The Love we all feel. Love is love. We all deserve to feel love and to be loved in return. - Josephine

Pride is being true to myself and loving whoever I want to. - Kenzie

Pride is important to me because we live in a world where LGBT people, especially people who are trans, poc, or both, face disproportionate violence. Many of us also experience bigotry regularly. Pride instills confidence, community, and support that helps us survive, & thrive despite that 🙂- PANSY ST BATTIE

Pride is important to me because it is a celebration of self! Self worth, self acceptance, self love. We all come together to share love & remind ourselves we are in this journey together. - Willie Dee

Pride is everything. It’s how we walk through the world. Being proud of who we are... how we were born... what perspective it gives us.... is a gift. A gift that should be cherished. - Tracie

Pride is being able to watch/talk/be a part of \who/ you love without the door closed. - Alex

Pride means love, being myself, & expressing myself. It means loving everyone no matter gay, straight, bi, and so on. Be you. Love yourself. - Allen

I believe in pride in support of my cousins, Brianna and Joely, and all of my beautiful friends 💗 - Amber

Pride means acceptance and celebrating love 💗- Ashley

Pride means a total embracement of what makes you who you are. Pride for me means standing up and giving voices to people who cant sometimes. It means being supportive of all of all my friends, family, and everyone, no matter how ever they identify, and being a pillar of love and acceptance. - Andrea

Pride is learning my worthiness. It is coming to realize that there is no part of me I should hide, minimize, or be afraid of. Pride is unapologetic. Pride is freedom from expectations. Pride is what drives me to be visible and be myself every day of my life. I feel it is extremely important to live authentically as my loudly queer self to be that representation I never had as a youngin’. - Ariana

Pride to me means living as your truest self and being confident and happy with who you are. - Ash

Pride is important to me because everyone deserves to feel confident in themselves, to be themselves. I have a bi-racial daughter who I want to be whatever makes her happy. That could include her sexuality and/or gender identification. Or not... who knows? But I want her to have the space in the world to be okay with herself. Everyone should have that space. I also am excited to have the opportunity to teach another human what it means to be accepting, what it means to be respectful, what it means to be loving, what it means to be herself and finally what pride means to the LGBTQIA community! - Bianca and Scarlett

Pride is a celebration of living and being your truest self. 💗 - Carina

Pride means living truthfully, apologizing to no one about your truth. Pride is validating and supporting everyone’s truths. Pride, to me, is creating environments through example and activism for people of all backgrounds to live unashamed. - Cassie

What pride means to me: Love is love! Love whomever you’re meant to with all your heart. Life is too short 🙂 - Cat

To me, Pride is about embracing and embodying acceptance, diversity, and self love. It is also about standing up for what you believe is right and for people you care about, or people who may feel like they do not have a voice. We are all so wonderfully unique, and a community that supports and empowers people to be true to their self is so very important. I am proud to have wonderful people in my life who are part of that great community, and I am proud to be an ally. - Cathy

Pride is a celebration of love! xxx - Sophie

Pride is who you are! Love who you are and others 💗- Chelsea

Pride to me means accepting who you are, where you are, why you are and being brave and proud even when you may not have or find answers. - Chà

Pride is all about being and loving you! - Donna

Pride is important for me because......well......anal. - Eddie

Pride is necessary and fabulous - Billy

Pride means being unafraid of being yourself + showing younger generations it’s okay to be yourself and celebrate the things that make us different. - Emma

Pride means love 💗 - Ashley

Pride is important to me because it helps individuals express who they are without judgement. This community provides a safe space for all types of people to bond over similarities rather than divide because of differences. - Erin

Pride to me means walking down the street holding the hand of the most beautiful girl in the world and feeling incredible doing that. Knowing her love is the greatest gift I have been given and I am thankful to live in this day and age where people can be whoever they truly are and feel at peace with that and ultimately feel proud to be who they are. Be you! - Fiona

Pride means acceptance and loving myself and my place in the world. - Fran

Pride means owning myself & not allowing anybody to take my happiness away! - G

Pride is living out the meaning of “love is love is love.” Every single day and loving every experience imaginable with no inhibitions. - Jenn

Pride is being comfortable in your own skin. Love & Acceptance. - Haley

Pride to me is finding the small amount of acceptance in this world, amplifying it, && basking in it. 🙂💗 - Helena

Pride is important to me because I know not everyone is lucky enough to be able to express it freely. - Jazzy

I’ve been writing fiction since I first figured out I was bi 7 years ago, and I’ve had so many people thank me for writing about LGBT+ people. I can’t always be open about who I am, but because of my writing, I can help myself and others understand and be proud of who they are. - Jeff

Pride, to me, is the celebration and inclusion of anyone who’s ever felt like they didn’t belong somewhere. We’re all different and we sometimes don’t have a place where we feel secure or happy in our own skin, but the LGBTQ+ community is that safe haven. It’s a place where no matter who you are or where you come from, you have a place to be yourself. - Jessica

Freedom, the ability to be who you really are and express love without judgment openly and genuinely. Pride of finally standing tall and being who I really am means the world to me, not hiding is what freedom feels like. It took quite a long time to finally allow myself to feel that freedom and it feels really, really, good. I’m very proud of being part of this great community of people and hope that everyone gets the opportunity to finally live. - Jessie

Pride is affirming who I am and being visible, not hiding, not having shame. Being there for others and helping them find their voice. - Jordan

Pride means finding happiness within yourself, even when everything and everyone is against it. Pride is accepting yourself and knowing that who you are is beautiful and perfect. - João

Pride to me means freedom and happiness to being and finding yourself. - Katelynn

I’m an ally and a proud mom of a lesbian and sister to a lesbian! LOVE WINS! - Jackie

What does pride mean to me? Inclusion. - Kelci

Pride is when nothing stops you from being yourself, no holds barred. Unflinching. Unapologetic - Kelsey

Pride is finally being able to show and let people see how I feel inside. - Leilani

Pride means freedom, it means love and freedom to be my whole authentic self. #loveyourself #lovemyself - Kimmy

Pride is loving yourself and living your best life. - Kristin

Pride to me means being myself, and owning it. It means openly loving my boyfriend with no fear or anxiety - Kyle

Pride, to me, means not caring about what others think of you and having confidence to be yourself without searching for acceptance from others. - Justin

Pride is important to me because it gives a sense of belonging. So many of us grow up feeling like the odd one out, like there’s something wrong with us. Then eventually you find this community and it’s FULL of oddballs and you fit right in. It’s really beautiful. - Kylie-Sky

Pride means to world to me. It has helped me make incredible friends but also helped me learn who I was and how to love myself. I wouldn’t be here otherwise and I am forever grateful to those who have supported me. - Laura

For me, PRIDE is rebellion. It’s revolution. It’s living as authentic a life as possible, regardless of societal norms, gender roles, or perceived identity. - LB

Pride is being truly who I am unapologetically. - Lexi

Pride is being safe and free to love, but knowing there is still so much more to fight for. Being an ally to all in our community. - Louisa

Pride is loving whoever we love. Being true to whoever we are. Respecting, supporting & loving this in others. Always remembering the fight so far & still to come. - Jânay

Pride is the freedom to be who you’re meant to be + living your best life 💗 💗 💗- Mandy

Pride means being happy, true to myself & hopefully to help others feel warm & safe to express themselves too. - Marrisa

Pride means celebrating yourself and being who you’re supposed to be! - Matt

Pride means acceptance and excitement in who you are. Pride for me means being supportive of my friends, family, and strangers however they identify. Pride means representation in film, television, and music. - Meghan

Pride to me means acceptance of you and all around you. It means forgiving yourself for what you thought of yourself during your journey to be the best you, and also forgiving those who wouldn’t accept the journey you’re on. Forgiveness. Acceptance. Love, to everyone, as well as self-love. - Morgan

Pride has made me love myself so much more! Understanding that my lack of primary sexual attraction isn’t wrong/doesn’t mean I’m broken has completely changed the trajectory of my own self-discovery and identity. Visibility is so important and pride is a HUGE part of that. 💗- Nat

Pride is being myself! - Nataly

Pride is being who I am, nobody other people expect! - Beatriz

Pride is important to me for understanding and accepting myself as well as the people around me. Everyone deserves a safe place to be themselves completely and we all need to make our own steps towards progressing the world to that point. - Nathanael

Pride to me means not only accepting who you are and loving yourself but also carving the way for future generations. - Parry

Pride to me is my saving grace, it’s my freedom. I was never true to myself or free until I embraced my pride. - Art

Pride means being able to talk in public without having to fear. To be one with your community. - Quentin

Pride for me is feeling free, since I have homophobic parents and spent most of my life trying to bury who I really am. But pride and finally being able to be who I am feels like I’m making up for lost time and is an amazing feeling. - Quinn

Pride means accepting who you are and being comfortable in your own skin. It means being happy proud to be who you are. - Rachel

Pride is being unconditionally proud of who I am. - Renathe

Pride is being able to be yourself and love without limits💗 - Sara

Pride is being unapologetically myself! - Claudia

Pride, to me, means finally being who I am. It took a while for me to really embrace this part of me, but ever since, I’ve been able to finally relax and be happy. - Shelby

Pride is figuring out who I really am and living as my true self. - Shelbi

Pride to me means the freedom to be whoever you want and to love whoever you want to.

Pride to me is celebrating an amazing and beautiful group of people who have taught me how to love myself and have shown me that sexuality isn’t binary, that you can be on a spectrum. - Steph

Pride for me means accepting who I am, who others are, and supporting everyone as they discover themselves. It’s providing a safe space and loving each other. - Tess

Pride for us is just being able to be ourselves. We pass on our pride of being ourselves to our kids so they will always be able to live their authentic life. - The Sides

I love everyone equally—Everyone is beautiful!!! - Trista