Massachusetts

Ron Ansin
Philanthropist & Activist
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Susan B. Anthony
American Suffragist
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Katharine Lee Bates
Songwriter
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Leonard Bernstein
Composer
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Carolyn Bertozzi
Scientist
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Mary Bonauto
Lawyer
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John Boswell
Historian
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Allan Bérubé
Historian
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Kate Clinton
Comedian, Actor
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Robert Cutler
National Security Advisor
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Angela Davis
Civil Rights Activist
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Emily Dickinson
Poet
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Melissa Etheridge
Singer and songwriter
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Barney Frank
Congressman
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Althea Garrison
Transgender State Representative
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Peter Gomes
Theologian
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Jewelle Gomez
Novelist
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Angelina Weld Grimké
Poet and Playwright
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Marsden Hartley
Modernist Painter
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Maura Healey
Governor of Massachusetts
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Barbara Jordan
Congresswoman
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Frank Kameny
Gay Pioneer
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Alfred Kinsey
Sexual Researcher   
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Sheila Kuehl
First openly gay member of the California Legislature
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Susan Love
Breast-Health Pioneer
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Elaine Noble
Politician
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Mary Oliver
Pulitzer-Winning Poet
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Cole Porter
Songwriter
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Adrienne Rich
Poet
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Susan Sontag
Author/Commentator
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Andrew Sullivan
Author/Journalist
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Urvashi Vaid
Activist
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Ocean Vuong
Poet & Author
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