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Marvel Star Dave Bautista Doesn't Mince Words With Pride Message Honoring His Lesbian Mom

Marvel Star Dave Bautista Doesn't Mince Words With Pride Message Honoring His Lesbian Mom
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Peter Karleby
By Peter KarlebyJun 14, 2022
Peter Karleby
Peter Karleby is a writer, content producer and performer originally from Michigan. His writing has also appeared on YourTango, Delish and Medium, and he has produced content for NBC, The New York Times and The CW, among others. When not working, he can be found tripping over his own feet on a hiking trail while singing Madonna songs to ward off lurking bears.
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Wrestler-turned-actor Dave Bautista has people online applauding after delivering a pointed message about LGBTQ+ Pride Month.

The actor, who has appeared in several Marvel movies including Guardians of the Galaxy, Army of the Dead, and Dune, recently posted a photo of himself to Instagram in a rainbow-emblazoned t-shirt that read "Be You" across the chest.

In his caption, Bautista, who is straight, explained the post was a tribute to his mom, a lesbian whom he described in his caption as having an attitude towards being LGBTQ+ that is nothing short of inspirational--and wonderfully profane.

See his post below.

Along with the photo, Bautista wrote:

"I was always proud of who my mom was because she was always proud of who she was."
"In your face, fu*k you if you don’t like it, unapologetically loud and proud."

Amen!

Bautista went on to say that he "paid attention" to his mom's attitude, before closing his tribute with a directive to LGBTQ+ people everywhere.

"BE LOUD, BE PROUD, BE YOU. ❤️🏳️🌈💪🏽 #ProudSonOfALesbian #pride #pridemonth #lgbtq #lgbt"

Bautista is known to be super close with his mom, the kind of son who took some of his big Marvel movie earnings and bought his mom a house in her favorite part of San Francisco.

Aww.

And he has frequently celebrated Pride and taken up the cause of LGBTQ+ rights as a way of honoring his mother, too.

All the way back in 2014, he posed for photographer Adam Bouska's NOH8 Campaign, a non-profit founded in the wake of California's 2008 Proposition 8 that overturned same-sex marriage in the state until a 2013 Supreme Court decision invalidated it.

And in 2019, he pointedly put a Catholic bishop in place after the bishop said Catholics should not celebrate Pride because it damages children.

Bautista's latest show of support for the LGBTQ+ community had people on Instagram cheering, too.

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Let's all take Bautista's advice and keep that "fu*k you if you don’t like it" energy this Pride season.

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