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Dave Bautista Shares Sweet IG Post to Celebrate His Lesbian Mom

The actor also preemptively shut down any haters.

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Dave Bautista is sticking up for the LGBTQ+ community in a heartwarming and no-nonsense Instagram post about his own family.

The former pro-wrestler is best known in the acting world for his role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise as Drax the Destroyer in the Guardians of the Galaxy films – a tough alien with a lovable soft side, which is not unlike Bautista’s own reputation.

That supposed dichotomy was on full display when Bautista posed in a trucker hat and a fitted t-shirt boasting a rainbow above the words “BE YOU” in a post shared on the ‘gram.

“I was always proud of who my mom was because she was always proud of who she was,” he wrote. “In your face, ‘F*ck you if you don’t like it,’ unapologetically loud and proud. And her son [paid] attention. BE LOUD, BE PROUD, BE YOU.”

In case it wasn’t clear enough, Bautista also tagged the post with #PrideMonth and #ProudSonOfALesbian.

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This is hardly the first the actor has spoken about his mother, Donna Raye, or his support of the LGBTQ+ community. He’s used Pride month to sing her accolades in the past, writing in 2019 that “every decent part of me as a human being is directly because of my mother.”

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Bautista also used his platform in 2019 to speak out against a bishop who had been discouraging Catholics from supporting LGBTQ+ activities during Pride Month.

\u201cMy moms a lesbian. I think I turned out ok. And the activities she chooses is to help the homeless and people suffering from mental illness. I admit I\u2019m not perfect but atleast I was never a judgmental hypocrite! Im sure you dont speak for most Catholics.Have a nice day \ud83d\udd95\ud83c\udffc\u201d
— Vaxxed AF! #TeamPfizer Poor Kid Chasing Dreams. (@Vaxxed AF! #TeamPfizer Poor Kid Chasing Dreams.) 1559515347

That’s the kind of ally we like to see!

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