Happy Pride Month, and I wish every one of our friends, followers, and supporters a fantastic June filled with fun doing what you love and what, I believe, is most essentially this month, which is sharing the love of acceptance and tolerance for all of us people on this world.
. “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
2. “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
3. “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
4. “Darling, I want my gay rights now.”
– Marsha P. Johnson
5. “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
6. “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”
– E.E. Cummings
7. “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
8. “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
9. “Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.”
– Harvey Fierstein
10. “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
11. “How can people change their minds about us if they don’t know who we are?”
– Harvey Milk
12. “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
13. “Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing we’ll ever do.”
РBren̩ Brown
14. “I believe that marriage isn’t between a man and a woman, but between love and love.”
– Frank Ocean
15. “We deserve to experience love fully, equally, without shame, and without compromise.”
– Elliot Page
16. “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
17. “To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow – this is a human offering that can border on miraculous.”
– Elizabeth Gilbert
This month marks the ninth anniversary of my coming out, and I'm grateful to be a part of a community that evolves and grows every day.
I prefer not to offer any lengthy or lengthy speeches today, but as I said, I wish you a wonderful month and hope you have a wonderful time.
