2023 Icons

  1. Marin Alsop
  2. Chasten Buttigieg
  3. Madeline Davis
  4. 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

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
2022 Icon
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
2021 Icon
Essex Hemphill
Poet and Activist
2016 Icon
Rock Hudson
Award-Winning Actor
2019 Icon
Jerry Herman
Award-Winning Composer 
2021 Icon
Marsha P. Johnson
Stonewall Veteran
2017 Icon
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
2021 Icon
Lance Loud
First Out Reality Star
2022 Icon
Greg Louganis
Olympic gold medalist
2008 Icon
Robert Mapplethorpe
Photographer
2008 Icon
Leonard Matlovich
Soldier/Activist
2006 Icon
Freddie Mercury
Rock Star
2014 Icon
James Merrill
Pulitzer-Winning Poet
2022 Icon
Paul Monette
Author and HIV/AIDS Activist
2009 Icon
Simon Nkoli
South African Activist
2013 Icon
Rudolf Nureyev
International Ballet Star
2022 Icon
Marlon Riggs
Filmmaker
2013 Icon
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
2012 Icon
Perry Watkins
Pioneering Military Activist
2018 Icon
Phill Wilson
AIDS Activist
2006 Icon
Pedro Zamora
AIDS Activist
2011 Icon
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