LGBTQ+ celebrities tell us what advice they would give to their 16-year-old selves and where they see themselves 16 years from now in 2037.
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Mj Rodriguez, Tan France, Niecy Nash, Priyanka, and Beanie Feldstein kick things off for #BustlePride with candid Q&As.
Symone’s Knockout Advice To Herself Is Perfect For All Of Us
“Pick your head up! Ain’t nothing down there worth looking at! ... Allow people in, allow people to love and to see you.”
K.Flay On LGBTQ+ Stories: “We Need More Molds Out There”
“People have very nuanced ways of existing in the world and all of them are totally OK.”
Tayce Wants To Be In Your Face & In Your Dreams
“I’ve always had that confidence in me. I was the same old Tasmanian devil then as I am now. I just have better eyebrows.”
Sink The Pink Founder Glyn Fussell Turns Partying Into An Art Form
“Giving people who have always felt invisible a voice has been the biggest gift of my life.”
Dominique Jackson, Starstruck By Solange Knowles, Strikes A Pose
“[Life is] about helping each other so that we can all thrive and prosper together.”
Gottmik Wants The Trans Community & Cisgender Allies To Be Louder
“Trans people need to be loud. And cisgender people, you need to be loud for us. Uplift our voices.”
Hayley’s Self-Care Routine At 30 Is What 16-Year-Old Hayley Needed
“It’s so easy to work until you burn out, so I’ve really focused on creating balance between the grind and space to rest.”
Brandon Flynn’s Love Smells Like Self-Acceptance
“I would tell 16-year-old Brandon that he’s so lucky he’s found something he loves and he will learn to love himself.”
Bebe Rexha Is Manifesting A Master’s In Psychology
“I would love to help other entertainers in the music business and people in general as a therapist.”
Josh Thomas, On A Boat, Offers NSFW Advice To His 16-Year-Old Self
“Go have sex with a boy and be fun. Have more fun. Be sweet to people. And suck more d*ck while you’re young.”
Angelica Ross On How To Fill Your Pride With Real Purpose This Year
“I don’t think folks understand the economic disparities trans people face. Actually do something for a trans person directly.”
Sasha Velour Is “So Happy” With Her Drag Legacy So Far
“Take dance lessons,” Velour would tell her 16-year-old self. “A stage gay not knowing how to dance was a choice.”
Leyna Bloom Is Having A Ball Finding Her Own Happiness
“Ballroom has always been a place where I have been allowed to not worry. I was allowed to just live.”
Rebecca Black Was Here
“I hope I feel like the choices I’m making now and in the years to come led to something, whatever it might be, that made me happy.”
VINCINT Embraces What Makes Him Stand Out: “Fitting In Is Boring”
“If I knew who I was [at 16], then I would’ve stood tall in who I was. I would have been as great as I am now, then.”
Mj Rodriguez Wants To Keep “Pushing The Wheel Of Change”
“I see myself 16 years down the line still going, still keeping the fight going ... still doing it through my art.”
Daddy-To-Be Tan France’s Advice: Don’t Hide Your Feminine Traits
“If I could go back in time, I would tell myself to continue to be as effeminate as I want to be, and naturally am ...”
Niecy Nash Steps Into Her First Pride Month As A Married Woman
"I don't know what all I’m supposed to know ... but I’m sure the greatest love of my life can guide me through it all."
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