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2023 Overview Video

HIV/AIDS

Zackie Achmat
South African Activist
2013 Icon

Alvin Ailey Jr.
Choreographer
2009 Icon

Reinaldo Arenas
Cuban Author
2013 Icon

Brian Bond
Activist and Government Official
2016 Icon

Melvin Boozer
Gay Pioneer
2018 Icon

John Boswell
Historian
2006 Icon

Glenn Burke
Athlete
2012 Icon

Michael Callen
AIDS Activist
2014 Icon

Tseng Kwong Chi
Photographer
2014 Icon

André De Shields
Actor & Singer
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Felicia Elizondo
Transgender Activist & Author
2020 Icon

Michel Foucault
Philosopher
2009 Icon

Rudy Galindo
Olympic Figure Skater
2014 Icon

Keith Haring
Artist
2006 Icon

Bob Hattoy
Gay Rights Pioneer
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Essex Hemphill
Poet and Activist
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Rock Hudson
Award-Winning Actor
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Jerry Herman
Award-Winning Composer
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Marsha P. Johnson
Stonewall Veteran
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Bill T. Jones
Dancer and choreographer
2008 Icon

Cleve Jones
Founder of NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt
2008 Icon

Kiyoshi Kuromiya
Author/AIDS Activist
2010 Icon

Liberace
Pianist & Entertainer
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Lance Loud
First Out Reality Star
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Greg Louganis
Olympic gold medalist
2008 Icon

Robert Mapplethorpe
Photographer
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Leonard Matlovich
Soldier/Activist
2006 Icon

Freddie Mercury
Rock Star
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James Merrill
Pulitzer-Winning Poet
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Paul Monette
Author and HIV/AIDS Activist
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Simon Nkoli
South African Activist
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Rudolf Nureyev
International Ballet Star
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Marlon Riggs
Filmmaker
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Vito Russo
Film Historian
2013 Icon

Randy Shilts
Author and AIDS journalist
2008 Icon

Peter Staley
AIDS Activist
2017 Icon

Tom Stoddard
Equality Attorney
2015 Icon

Lou Sullivan
Transgender Activist
2014 Icon

Sylvester
Singer and Songwriter
2014 Icon

Bruce Voeller
Biologist and AIDS Activist
2016 Icon

Tom Waddell
Athlete
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Perry Watkins
Pioneering Military Activist
2018 Icon

Phill Wilson
AIDS Activist
2006 Icon

Pedro Zamora
AIDS Activist
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2023 Icons

2023 Overview Video

Chasten Buttigieg

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Elana Dykewomon

5.

Tessa Ganserer

6.

Roxane Gay

7.

Lesley Gore

8.

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

9.

Brittney Griner

10.

Maura Healey

11.

Jazmine Hughes

12.

Eddie Izzard

13.

Michael R. Jackson

14.

Leslie Jordan

15.

Tina Kotek

16.

Marijane Meaker

17.

Scott Minerd

18.

Ryan Murphy

19.

Carl Nassib

20.

Stu Rasmussen

21.

Allen Schindler Jr.

22.

Charles Silverstein

23.

Andrew Solomon

24.

Michael Stipe

25.

Kara Swisher

26.

André Leon Talley

27.

Doris Taylor

28.

Evelyn Thomas

29.

Mpho Tutu van Furth

30.

Samira Wiley

31.

Penny Wong