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  1. Ron Ansin
  2. Laphonza Butler
  3. Maki Carrousel
  4. Desmond Child
  5. Margaret Chung
  6. Christian Cooper
  7. River Gallo
  8. Robert Garcia
  9. Rob Halford
  10. Jeanne Hoff
  11. Susan Love
  12. George Michael
  13. Kevin Naff
  14. Fabian Nelson
  15. Yannick Nézet-Séguin
  16. Robyn Ochs
  17. Pat Parker
  18. Mark Pocan
  19. Herb Ritts
  20. Beth Robinson
  21. Richard Schneider
  22. Robt Martin Seda-Schreiber
  23. Jackie Shane
  24. Ari Shapiro
  25. Sam Smith
  26. William Dorsey Swann
  27. Peter Tatchell
  28. Diana Taurasi
  29. Colton Underwood
  30. Luther Vandross
  31. Joel Wachs

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Roberta Achtenberg
Government Official       
2012 Icon
Richard Adams
Activist
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Alvin Ailey Jr.
Choreographer
2009 Icon
Gwen Araujo
Transgender Hero 
2013 Icon
Gilbert Baker
Rainbow Flag Designer
2018 Icon
Ann Bannon
Author
2012 Icon
Billy Bean
Major League Baseball Player
2017 Icon
Selisse Berry
Workplace Pioneer
2017 Icon
Carolyn Bertozzi
Scientist
2007 Icon
Bernice Bing
Artist
2014 Icon
Mark Bingham
9/11 hero 
2008 Icon
Dustin Lance Black
Screenwriter
2011 Icon
Chaz Bono
Transgender Activist     
2016 Icon
Ivy Bottini
Women’s and LGBT Activist
2014 Icon
Glenn Burke
Athlete
2012 Icon
Laphonza Butler
First Out Black U.S. Senator
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Allan Bérubé
Historian
2014 Icon
John Cage
Composer
2009 Icon
Patrick Califia
Author
2013 Icon
Michael Callen
AIDS Activist
2014 Icon
Maki Carrousel
Japanese Transgender Actor
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Margaret Cho
Entertainer
2014 Icon
Dan Choi
Activist/Educator
2011 Icon
Jason Collins
Basketball Player
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Tim Cook
Entrepreneur
2013 Icon
Ramon Cortines
Educator
2012 Icon
Midge Costanza
Presidential Adviser
2016 Icon
Jeanne Córdova
Activist and Author
2016 Icon
Angela Davis
Civil Rights Activist
2007 Icon
Marlene Dietrich
Actor
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Denise Eger
Rabbi
2011 Icon
Felicia Elizondo
Transgender Activist & Author
2020 Icon
Melissa Etheridge
Singer and songwriter
2008 Icon
Edythe Eyde
Gay Publishing Pioneer
2017 Icon
Tom Ford
Fashion Designer/Filmmaker
2010 Icon
Jodie Foster
Actor
2012 Icon
Michel Foucault
Philosopher
2009 Icon
Lady Gaga
Singer/Songwriter  
2011 Icon
Rudy Galindo
Olympic Figure Skater
2014 Icon
Robert Garcia
Congressman
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Alicia Garza
Black Lives Matter Cofounder
2017 Icon
David Geffen
Media Mogul
2006 Icon
Cary Grant
Actor
2007 Icon
Billy Haines
Actor
2012 Icon
Neil Patrick Harris
Actor
2011 Icon
Harry Hay
Activist
2009 Icon
Mary Kay Henry
Labor Activist
2012 Icon
David Hockney
Artist
2007 Icon
Jeanne Hoff
Transgender Trailblazer
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David Huebner
Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa
2010 Icon
Tab Hunter
Actor & Singer
2018 Icon
Cleve Jones
Founder of NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt
2008 Icon
June Jordan
Poet
2014 Icon
Kate Kendell
Attorney
2009 Icon
Jim Kepner
Journalist and LGBT Historian
2016 Icon
Billie Jean King
Athlete
2007 Icon
Victoria Kolakowski
Judge
2011 Icon
Jim Kolbe
Congressman
2006 Icon
Dave Kopay
Athlete
2011 Icon
Sheila Kuehl
First openly gay member of the California Legislature
2008 Icon
k.d. lang
Singer/Songwriter  
2009 Icon
Queen Latifah
Entertainer
2013 Icon
Lance Loud
First Out Reality Star
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Greg Louganis
Olympic gold medalist
2008 Icon
Jane Lynch
Actor and filmmaker
2010 Icon
Rachel Maddow
Commentator
2009 Icon
Margaret Chung
First Female Chinese American Doctor
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Del Martin & Phyllis Lyon
Founders of the first lesbian organization and the first same-sex couple married in California
2008 Icon
Leonard Matlovich
Soldier/Activist
2006 Icon
Armistead Maupin
Author
2014 Icon
Harvey Milk
Politician
2006 Icon
Shannon Minter
Transgender Supreme Court Attorney
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Paul Monette
Author and HIV/AIDS Activist
2009 Icon
Julia Morgan
Architect
2019 Icon
Pauli Murray
Attorney and Civil Rights Activist
2009 Icon
Holly Near
Singer/Songwriter  
2012 Icon
Rosie O'Donnell
Comedian, talk show host, actor and activist
2008 Icon
Frank Ocean
Singer and Songwriter
2014 Icon
Catherine Opie
Photographer
2010 Icon
Suze Orman
Financial Expert
2009 Icon
John A. Pérez
Speaker of the California Assembly
2010 Icon
Megan Rapinoe
Olympic Soccer Player
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Sally Ride
National Hero
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Herb Ritts
Acclaimed Photographer
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Anthony Romero
Activist
2008 Icon
RuPaul
Entertainer
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José Sarria
Activist
2013 Icon
Lowell Selvin
Entrepreneur
2006 Icon
Randy Shilts
Author and AIDS journalist
2008 Icon
Amanda Simpson
Government Official       
2011 Icon
Billy Sipple
Hero
2007 Icon
Susan Sontag
Author/Commentator
2007 Icon
Peter Staley
AIDS Activist
2017 Icon
Gertrude Stein
Author/Commentator
2007 Icon
Lou Sullivan
Transgender Activist     
2014 Icon
Wanda Sykes
Comedian, Actor
2011 Icon
Sylvester
Singer and Songwriter
2014 Icon
Mark Takano
U.S. Congressman
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George Takei
Actor
2013 Icon
Diana Taurasi
WNBA Superstar
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Lily Tomlin
Actor
2007 Icon
Virginia Uribe
Educator
2007 Icon
Gus Van Sant
Film Director
2009 Icon
Joel Wachs
Warhol Foundation President
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Vaughn Walker
Federal Judge
2017 Icon
Alice Walker
Author and Feminist
2008 Icon
Jann Wenner
Publisher
2008 Icon
Mel White
Minister/Activist
2010 Icon
Phill Wilson
AIDS Activist
2006 Icon
B.D. Wong
Actor and filmmaker
2009 Icon
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