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Ten Quotes From Amazing LGBTQIA+ Artists

Every June, Pride Month is celebrated to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising, a tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States. Today Pride also recognizes lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals’ impact on history locally, nationally, and internationally. Below are ten quotes from amazing LGBTQIA+ artists.

Ten Quotes From Amazing LGBTQIA+ Artists

“I always imagined I would have a life very different from the one that was imagined for me, but I understood from a very early time that I would have to revolt in order to make that life. Now I am convinced that in any creativity there exists this element of revolt.”
~Leonor Fini, surrealist painter, designer, illustrator, and author

“Progress, real progress, makes me cry harder than anything. When the world itself grows.”
~Kate McKinnon, actress, comedian, and writer

“One of my mantras is, ‘Embrace what makes you unique, even if it makes others uncomfortable.’ I keep that with me in my back pocket. Shoot, I keep it in my front pocket! I keep it in my hair.”
~Janelle Monae, singer, songwriter, actor, and record producer

“I hope that people will say that ‘she told the truth, she told her truth, she wasn’t afraid to live her truth, and she wasn’t afraid to live her truth out loud.’ That’s what I want my legacy to look like.”
~Lena Waithe, screenwriter, producer and actress

“To see yourself, and for others to see you, is a form of validation. I’m interested in that very mysterious and mystical way we relate to each other in the world.”
~Mickalene Thomas, visual artist

“I knew my coming out would be important and significant. It was a message. It was going to let lesbians all over the world know they are not alone.”
~Alix Dobkin, singer and songwriter

“What would happen if we spoke the truth?”
~Alison Bechdel, cartoonist and creator The Bechdel test

“I’ve seen so many beautiful, strong, talented women stifled by male ego in rooms, and I want every young woman who feels that their music is being taken from them to know that they have a voice, and they have the tools, and that it’s possible.”
~King Princess, singer, songwriter, instrumentalist and producer

“If you want to succeed you must never stop learning, never stop trying and just keep being yourself. You are your own person. You make the choices in life that affect you.”
~Ruby Rose, actress and television presenter

“I don’t know what’s next, and I like that idea. It’s a little scary, but it’s also beautiful. When you’re open, anything can come your way.”
~Sasha Lane, actress

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