Celebrity

15 Quotes From LGBTQ+ Celebrities That Will Make You Burst With Pride

“What I preach is: People fall in love with people, not gender, not looks, not whatever,” Miley Cyrus once said.

by Jordyn Tilchen
Demi Lovato in a white shirt smiles and speaks at the Teen Vogue Summit 2019 at Goya Studios in Los ...
Rich Fury/Getty Images

Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Billy Porter

“None of this was easy ... The world has caught up with me, and I’m a living witness that dreams do come true, even if they aren’t the ones you start out with,” Billy Porter wrote in a 2017 op-ed for The New York Times, referring to a journey that included homelessness and bankruptcy. But the actor is proof that things get better.

Rich Polk/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Elliot Page

“I feel lucky to be writing this. To be here. To have arrived at this place in my life,” the Umbrella Academy star wrote after coming out as trans in an open letter to fans in December 2020. “I love that I am trans. And I love that I am queer. And the more I hold myself close and fully embrace who I am, the more I dream, the more my heart grows and the more I thrive.”

Tap