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October is LGBT History Month!

Nominations for LGBT History Month 2013 are closed. Click here to submit your nominations for LGBT History Month 2014. For more information about criteria for Icon selection, click here.

Click here to embed the LGBT History Month videos on your Web site or blog!

How It Works

LGBT History Month celebrates the achievements of 31 lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender Icons. Each day in October, a new LGBT Icon is featured with a video, bio, bibliography, downloadable images and other resources.

Icon Search

Search the entire LGBT History Month database of 186 Icons —from 2006 to 2011—by Icon name or by more than 200 tags including Academy Award, Athlete, African-American, Author, Composer, Entrepreneur, Germany, Lesbian, Politics, Transgender and Washington, D.C.