Attention queer babes and allies alike: Pride approaches, my dears, have you picked out your sparkliest rainbow ensemble yet? This epically fun and beautiful time of year known as Pride Month is all about celebrating yourself and your community, whether you live in a big city that’s shutting down the streets for an organized parade or you’re the one creating the celebrations in your small town. While LGBTQ+ folks deserve to feel safe, loved, and honored all year round, Pride Month is an extra special time to rejoice and celebrate love. Of course, there’s still tons of work that needs to be done to protect our queer citizens—but that doesn’t mean that we can’t stop and party for a night, a weekend, or, you know, an entire month. Pride is all about realizing that activism can be both heroic and glamorous at the same time...annnd what better way to spread the love than with a spectacularly fabulous Instagram post complete with the perfectly crafted Pride caption?

But before you fire off that post, remember that there are plenty of other ways you can show your support this year besides collecting all the likes on Insta. If you have some extra money that needs a good home, consider donating to LGBTQIA+ organizations like GLAAD and The Trevor Project. June is also a lovely excuse to read up and educate yourself on LGBTQ+ history and issues. (Quick crash course: Pride began with the Stonewall Riots, which went down when a group of queer people—including the legendary Marsha P. Johnson, who authored a number of the Pride captions we’ve collected below—rebelled against a cruel and unjust police raid in 1969 at an iconic New York City gay bar, the Stonewall Inn.)

While allies are welcome, if you’re straight and joining in on Pride celebrations, just remember to be super respectful. You can best use your privilege by uplifting queer voices and voting for government representatives who are helping the LGBTQIA+ community rather than holding them down. Not sure if you’re gay, straight, or something else? Amazing. Pride is a wonderful time to explore your sexuality—although it’s worth keeping in mind that there’s no rush to figure it out and that it’s more than okay if your identity changes as you grow.

Now, wherever your celebrations take you this Pride, you’ll probably want to document all the fun and fabulousness on Instagram—which is great! Visibility can help normalize and celebrate queer culture, which we simply love to see. So, to help you nail the ultimate, Pride-perfect ’gram this June, we’ve created an extensive list of 150 Pride captions for Instagram. Happy Pride, babes!

Song Lyric Captions for Pride

  1. “I heard that there's a special place where boys and girls can all be queens every single day.” —Chappell Roan
  2. “When you don’t know who you are you fuck around and find out.” —boygenius
  3. “We are family. I got all my sisters with me.” —Sister Sledge
  4. “I like my girls just like I like my honey: sweet.” —Kehlani
  5. “Got my invitation to eternal damnation. Get in line, pass the wine, bitch, we're going straight to Hell.” —Rina Sawayama
  6. “Let's have a kiki.” —Scissor Sisters
  7. “I see your true colors shining through / I see your true colors and that’s why I love you / So, don’t be afraid to let them show / Your true colors / True colors are beautiful / Like a rainbow.” —Cyndi Lauper
  8. “I don't walk I strut, strut, strut and then sashay.” —Todrick Hall
  9. “I don't care what they think / I don't care what they say / What do they know / About this love anyway?” —Melissa Etheridge
  10. “Girls love girls and boys, and love is not a choice.” —Panic! at the Disco
  11. “Baby, I was born this way.” —Lady Gaga
  12. “You’re damned if you do and you’re damned if you don’t, so you might as well just do whatever you want.” —Kacey Musgraves
  13. “Your love is my love and my love is your love.” —Whitney Houston
  14. “Our love is here to STAY.” —Whitney Houston
  15. “From the playboys to the gay boys, go and slay, boys.” —Lizzo
  16. “I see your true colors and that’s why I love you.” —Cyndi Lauper
  17. “…And I can’t change, even if I tried.” —Macklemore
  18. “My love, my love, my love, she keeps me warm.” —Macklemore
  19. “I don’t play, I slay.” —Todrick Hall
  20. “Why are you mad? When you could be GLAAD?” —Taylor Swift
  21. “R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what that means to me.” —Aretha Franklin
  22. “I’ll do me, you do you.” —Blue October
  23. “Kiss lots of boys or kiss lots of girls, if that’s something you’re into.” —Kacey Musgraves
  24. “You love who you love.” —John Mayer and Katy Perry
  25. "But it feels so good to be known so well." — boygenius

Movie Quote Captions for Pride

  1. “I don’t recall that glorious document saying anything about all straight men are created equal. I believe it says all men are created equal.” —Philadelphia
  2. “At some point, you gotta decide for yourself who you're gonna be. Can't let nobody make that decision for you.” —Moonlight
  3. “I'm done being scared. I'm done living in a world where I don't get to be who I am. I deserve a great love story.” —Love, Simon
  4. “Some of them say that we’re sick, we’re crazy. And some of them think that we are the most gorgeous, special things on Earth.” –Paris Is Burning
  5. “Wine makes me feel naughty; but in a good way.” –Carol
  6. “How lucky are we? We create ourselves.” –Pose
  7. “Regret is about not filling the emptiness in your heart.” –Blue is the Warmest Color
  8. “Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine.” —The Imitation Game
  9. “My doctor said we can’t choose where we come from, but we can choose where we go from there.” —The Perks of Being a Wallflower
  10. “It takes a lot of courage to be yourself when a lot of ignorant motherf*ckers have a problem with being different.” —Latter Days
  11. “Take me, baby, or leave me.” —Rent
  12. “Why are you trying so hard to fit in when you were born to stand out?” —What a Girl Wants
  13. “You can’t live your life for other people. You’ve got to do what’s right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.” —The Notebook
  14. “Don’t let anyone ever make you feel like you don’t deserve what you want.” —10 Things I Hate About You
  15. “After a while, you learn to ignore the names people call you and just trust who you are.” —Shrek
  16. "It's all love and all pride in this house." —Moonlight
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Funny Pride Month Captions

  1. “I heard you like magic, I got a wand and a rabbit!” —Chappell Roan
  2. I bleed rainbow.
  3. “I am as gay as a daffodil, dear.” —Freddie Mercury
  4. “I’m much happier when my titties are out and I can run around free." —Janelle Monáe
  5. Be gay. Do crime.
  6. “I always knew I was a star, and now the rest of the world seems to agree with me.” —Freddie Mercury
  7. “It’s Britney, bitch.”
  8. Make America gay again.
  9. “I don’t need a crown to know that I’m a queen.” —Lizzo
  10. Froot Loop in a world of Cheerios and damn PROUD of it.
  11. Baby, bi bi bi…wait, that’s how that went, right?
  12. Why the eff would I be straight when I could be me?
  13. Um, why pick one color when you could have the entire rainbow?
  14. YES, homo.
  15. Some simple instructions: Do 👏🏼 not 👏🏼 f*ck 👏🏼 with 👏🏼 my 👏🏼 LGBTQ+ 👏🏼 friends. K, thx.
  16. “I hate the word ‘homophobia.’ It’s not a phobia. You’re not scared. You’re an asshole.” —Morgan Freeman
  17. Hope you’ve got your ear plugs handy ’cause I’m feeling LOUD and PROUD.
  18. Baby, I was born this GAY.
  19. “One giant leap for man-on-mankind.” —Will & Grace
  20. Oh, what a beautiful morning; oh, what a beautiful gaaay.
  21. No shade on Narnia, but life out of the closet is, like, a million times better.
  22. I just took a DNA test, found out I’m 100% that queer.
  23. There's no such thing as being "extra" in June.

Inspirational Pride Month Captions

  1. “Pride is important because it's important to lift each other up, think about your community, hug your friends, be proud of yourself and keep going.” —Kim Petras
  2. “There's nothing wrong with you. There's a lot wrong with the world you live in.” —Chris Colfer
  3. “Love is never wrong.” —Melissa Etheridge
  4. “Love him and let him love you. Do you think anything else under heaven really matters?” —James Baldwin
  5. “Remember what things make you special and embrace those because there are so many things that aren’t on the outside that are so important and people find so beautiful.” —Miley Cyrus
  6. “No pride for some of us without liberation for all of us.” —Marsha P. Johnson
  7. “The Lord is my Shepherd and he knows I’m gay.” —Troy Perry
  8. “I am tired of hiding, and I am tired of lying by omission.” —Elliot Page
  9. “Who you are authentically is alright. The shame is what kills you. Believing you are unworthy of love and belonging — that who you are authentically is a sin or is wrong — is deadly. Who you are is beautiful and amazing.” —Laverne Cox
  10. “Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.” —Harvey Fierstein
  11. “I learned compassion from being discriminated against. Everything bad that’s ever happened to me has taught me compassion.” —Ellen DeGeneres
  12. “You don’t have to live a lie.” —Gilbert Baker
  13. “I’ve never been interested in being invisible and erased.” —Laverne Cox
  14. “Love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love.” —Lin-Manuel Miranda
  15. “This world would be a whole lot better if we just made an effort to be less horrible to one another.” —Elliot Page
  16. “I’ve been embraced by a new community. That’s what happens when you’re finally honest about who you are: You find others like you.” —Chaz Bono
  17. “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” —Dr. Seuss
  18. “Be yourself—everyone else is already taken.” —Oscar Wilde
  19. “Love is never wrong.” —Melissa Etheridge
  20. “We are powerful because we have survived.” —Audre Lorde
  21. “Love wins. Every single time.” —J. Autherine
  22. "Screw the norm. We are climbing to the top in our own way, and it feels amazing." —Hayley Kiyoko

Political Pride Captions for Instagram

  1. “We need, in every community, a group of angelic troublemakers.” —Bayard Rustin
  2. “I’m not missing a minute of this. It’s the revolution!” —Sylvia Rivera
  3. “When all Americans are treated as equal, no matter who they are or whom they love, we are all more free.” —Barack Obama
  4. “Being born gay, Black, and female is not a revolutionary act. Being proud to be a gay, Black female is.” —Lena Waithe
  5. “Some people are blind or ignorant, and you can't be that prejudiced and hateful and go through this world and still be happy.” —Dolly Parton
  6. “History isn’t something you look back at and say it was inevitable. It happens because people make decisions that are sometimes very impulsive and of the moment, but those moments are cumulative realities.” —Marsha P. Johnson
  7. “It is absolutely imperative that every human being’s freedom and human rights are respected, all over the world.” —Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
  8. “Hope will never be silent.” —Harvey Milk
  9. “I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.” —Angela Davis
  10. “Let's destroy all hierarchies and create the space for gender, sexual, social and political self-determination for everyone.” —Mattilda Bernstein Sycamor
  11. "What I liked about the rainbow is that it fits all of us. It’s all the colors. It represents all the genders. It represents all the races. It’s the rainbow of humanity." —Gilbert Baker
  12. “Folks who were willing to endure bullying and taunts, and stayed strong, and came to believe in themselves and who they were, and slowly made an entire country realize that love is love.” —Barack Obama
  13. “I believe that telling our stories, first to ourselves and then to one another and the world, is a revolutionary act.” —Janet Mock
  14. “My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you.” —Audre Lorde
  15. “Why is it that as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?” —Earnest J. Gaines
  16. “The beauty of standing up for your rights is others see you standing and stand up as well.” —Cassandra Duffy
  17. “Openness may not completely disarm prejudice, but it’s a good place to start.” —Jason Collins
  18. “Gay rights are human rights.” —Hillary Clinton
  19. Make America gay again.
  20. The Stonewall Riots started and ended in 1969, but the fight is NOT over.
  21. Don’t just go to the parade. Get involved.
  22. Pride is more than just fun Instagram and rainbow outfits. It’s about continuing the fight for basic human rights.
  23. “Equality means more than passing laws. The struggle is really won in the hearts and minds of the community, where it really counts.” —Barbara Gittings
  24. “If you help elect more gay people, that gives a green light to all who feel disenfranchised, a green light to move forward.” —Harvey Milk
  25. "Pride is about honoring the community workers, the people who work in the clinics, the community organizers, the people who work with LGBT youth, the people who are fighting to make sure it's not just about marriage equality but about quality of life for all people in the community, everybody." —Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Short and Simple Pride Month Captions

  1. Queer all year.
  2. The category is Pride.
  3. Let me be perfectly queer.
  4. #Bicon
  5. “I am literally open to every single thing.” —Miley Cyrus
  6. I want it that gay.
  7. Ask me my pronouns.
  8. “I am not gay, but if I were, I would be the first one running out of the closet.” —Dolly Parton
  9. "Doing something unholy."
  10. “Bi, bi, bi.” –NSYNC
  11. Lesbi honest.
  12. “We’re all born naked and the rest is drag.” —RuPaul
  13. We’re here. We’re queer.”
  14. I can’t even think straight.
  15. Feelin’ proud.
  16. HAPPY PRIDE. 🌈🌈
  17. It’s officially the BEST month of the year.
  18. Proud this month and every other month.
  19. Happy Pride, y’all!
  20. Proud.
  21. Doin’ me.
  22. Time to start letting people be themselves, k?
  23. Happy Pride!
  24. Do you, boo.
  25. Say gay.

Emoji Captions for Pride

  1. 💅
  2. 🍆💦🍑
  3. 🫄
  4. 💅
  5. 🧜
  6. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
  7. 👩‍❤️‍👩
  8. 👨‍❤️‍👨
  9. 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩
  10. 👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨
  11. 👩‍👩‍👦
  12. 👨‍👨‍👧‍👦
  13. 🌈
  14. 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
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Candice is a dating expert and the author Just Send The Text, out Feb. 2, 2021, which she likes to think of as a 70,000-word-long reminder to be yourself. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram @candicejalili.