Journalist

Walter Arlen
Composer & Holocaust Survivor
2025 Icon

Victor Blackwell
CNN News Anchor
2022 Icon

Charles Blow
Journalist and Commentator
2016 Icon

Frank Bruni
New York Times Columnist
2021 Icon

Jonathan Capehart
Pulitzer-Winning Journalist
2018 Icon

Lou Chibbaro Jr.
Journalist & Radio Host
2019 Icon

Kate Clinton
Comedian, Actor
2012 Icon

Anderson Cooper
Journalist
2013 Icon

Nancy Cárdenas
Mexican Writer & Activist
2022 Icon

Jeanne Córdova
Activist and Author
2016 Icon

Edythe Eyde
Gay Publishing Pioneer
2017 Icon

Ronan Farrow
Pulitzer-Winning Journalist
2019 Icon

Masha Gessen
Russian-American journalist
2022 Icon

Ron Gold
Gay Pioneer
2022 Icon

LZ Granderson
Journalist & Commentator
2021 Icon

Glenn Greenwald
Journalist
2014 Icon

Jazmine Hughes
Writer & Editor
2023 Icon

June Jordan
Poet
2014 Icon

Jim Kepner
Journalist and LGBT Historian
2016 Icon

Kay Lahusen
Gay Pioneer          
2016 Icon

Don Lemon
News Anchor
2012 Icon

Claudia López
Mayor of Bogotá, Colombia
2020 Icon

Rachel Maddow
Commentator
2009 Icon

Del Martin & Phyllis Lyon
Founders of the first lesbian organization and the first same-sex couple married in California
2008 Icon

Troy Masters
LGBTQ Publisher
2025 Icon

Janet Mock
Transgender Activist and Author
2016 Icon

Javier Morgado
CNN Executive Producer
2021 Icon

Kevin Naff
Washington Blade Editor
2024 Icon

Jack Nichols
Gay Pioneer          
2015 Icon

Ann Northrop
Pioneering AIDS Activist & Journalist
2018 Icon

Diana Nyad
Long-distance Swimmer
2016 Icon

Robin Roberts
TV Broadcaster
2015 Icon

Danica Roem
Transgender State Legislator
2018 Icon

Ashok Row Kavi
Indian Gay Pioneer and Journalist
2016 Icon

Dan Savage
Journalist
2011 Icon

Ari Shapiro
NPR Host & Performer
2024 Icon

Randy Shilts
Author and AIDS journalist
2008 Icon

Michelangelo Signorile
Journalist & Radio Host
2018 Icon

Andrew Sullivan
Author/Journalist
2006 Icon

Kara Swisher
Journalist & Podcaster
2023 Icon

André Leon Talley
Fashion Journalist
2023 Icon

Andrew Tobias
DNC Treasurer
2016 Icon

Jose Antonio Vargas
Immigration Activist 
2016 Icon

Amy Walter
Political Analyst
2022 Icon

Jeffrey Weinstein
Workplace Pioneer
2017 Icon

Jann Wenner
Publisher
2008 Icon