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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

Civil Rights

Zackie Achmat
South African Activist
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Richard Adams
Activist
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Axel Axgil
Activist
2013 Icon
Josephine Baker
Singer and Actor
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James Baldwin
Author
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Tallulah Bankhead
Actor
2014 Icon
Joseph Beam
Activist
2013 Icon
Volker Beck
German Activist
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Mary Bonauto
Lawyer
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Ivy Bottini
Women’s and LGBT Activist
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Laphonza Butler
First Out Black U.S. Senator
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Allan Bérubé
Historian
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Michael Callen
AIDS Activist
2014 Icon
Mandy Carter
Activist
2013 Icon
Margaret Cho
Entertainer
2014 Icon
Dan Choi
Activist/Educator
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Zhou Dan
Chinese Gay Pioneer
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Angela Davis
Civil Rights Activist
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Stormé DeLarverie
Stonewall Activist
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Anna Elizabeth Dickinson
19th Century Orator
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Alice Dunbar-Nelson
Author & Activist
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Robert Garcia
Congressman
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Darlene Garner
LGBT Activist
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Henry Gerber
Activist/Educator
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Barbara Gittings
Gay Pioneer
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Glenn Greenwald
Journalist
2014 Icon
Michael Guest
Diplomat/Philanthropist
2011 Icon
Harry Hay
Activist
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Magnus Hirschfeld
Social Scientist
2009 Icon
June Jordan
Poet
2014 Icon
Frank Kameny
Gay Pioneer
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David Kato
Activist/Educator
2011 Icon
Mara Keisling
Transgender Activist     
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Frances Kellor
Social Activist
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Kate Kendell
Attorney
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Kathy Kozachenko
First “Out” Elected Official
2014 Icon
Larry Kramer
Playwright/AIDS Activist
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John Lawrence & Tyron Garner
Legal Activists 
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Irshad Manji
Muslim Reformist
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Del Martin & Phyllis Lyon
Founders of the first lesbian organization and the first same-sex couple married in California
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Stacey Milbern
Disability Rights Activist
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Arthur Mitchell
Pioneering Ballet Dancer
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David Mixner
Political Activist
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Pauli Murray
Attorney and Civil Rights Activist
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Simon Nkoli
South African Activist
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Sunil Babu Pant
Nepalese Politician
2010 Icon
Anthony Romero
Activist
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Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady
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Bayard Rustin
Civil Rights Activist
2006 Icon
Lilli Vincenz
Gay Pioneer          
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Lillian Wald
Community Nursing Founder
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Rev. Robert Wood
Gay Pioneer          
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