Being proud Quote by Lena Waithe

I'm proud to be a woman. I'm proud to be a black woman, and I'm proud to be gay.

— Wanda Sykes

I was born gay, just as I was born black.

— Don Lemon

Black men loving black men is THE revolutionary act.

— Marlon Riggs

I happen to be black and a woman and unapologetically proud to be both, but that is not the totality of my identity.

— Ayanna Pressley

Being a black woman in America and the world and in corporate situations is something to be celebrated.

— Bozoma Saint John

To be gay is nothing to be proud of. It's in how you are gay that you have something to be proud of, considering…

— Dan Savage

I am a proud, gay person of color and I will not be intimidated into mediocrity or legislated into conformity!

— Eugene Lee Yang

My activism did not spring from my being gay, or, for that matter, from my being black. Rather, it is rooted fundamentally in my…

— Bayard Rustin

It's very important to see a black gay teen represented.

— Ncuti Gatwa

Being black or white isn't an accomplishment. What you do with your life - or what you accomplish with your life - dictates what…

— Charles Barkley

I'm black because I was born this way. I'm proud of it. Thank God I am who I am.

— Darius Rucker

Gay people are born everyday. You will never legislate that away.

— Melissa Etheridge