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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

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Alvin Ailey Jr.
Choreographer
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Edward Albee
Playwright/Director
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Marin Alsop
Trailblazing Conductor
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Virginia Apuzzo
Pioneering Activist
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John Ashbery
Poet
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Robina Asti
Transgender Rights Plaintiff
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Richard Avedon
Preeminent Photographer
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Tallulah Bankhead
Actor
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Djuna Barnes
Author
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James Beard
Internationally Renowned Chef
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Gladys Bentley
Blues Performer
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Keith Boykin
Commentator
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Frank Bruni
New York Times Columnist
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Richard Burns
Movement Leader
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Eliza Byard
LGBTQ Youth Advocate
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John Cage
Composer
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Michael Callen
AIDS Activist
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Willa Cather
Author
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George Chauncey
Distinguished Historian
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Tseng Kwong Chi
Photographer
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Desmond Child
Award-Winning Songwriter
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Staceyann Chin
Poet/Performer
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Dan Choi
Activist/Educator
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Christian Cooper
Writer & NYC Birder
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Anderson Cooper
Journalist
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Aaron Copland
Composer
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Ramon Cortines
Educator
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Mart Crowley
Playwright and Activist
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Alan Cumming
Actor
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Elsie de Wolfe
Interior Designer
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Samuel Delany
Author
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Stormé DeLarverie
Stonewall Activist
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Martin Duberman
Historian
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Lady Gaga
Singer/Songwriter  
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Henry Gerber
Activist/Educator
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Allen Ginsberg
Poet and activist
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Glenn Greenwald
Journalist
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Emile Griffith
World Champion Boxer
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Angelina Weld Grimké
Poet and Playwright
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Neil Patrick Harris
Actor
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Jerry Herman
Award-Winning Composer 
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Emery Hetrick & Damien Martin
Educators
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Jeanne Hoff
Transgender Trailblazer
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Billie Holiday
Singer
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Brenda Howard
Activist
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Langston Hughes
Poet
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Tab Hunter
Actor & Singer
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Joyce Hunter
Gay Pioneer          
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Zora Neale Hurston
Author & Folklorist
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Marc Jacobs
Fashion Designer/Filmmaker
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Kevin Jennings
Activist/Educator
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Jasper Johns
Painter
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Philip Johnson
Architect
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Marsha P. Johnson
Stonewall Veteran
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Bill T. Jones
Dancer and choreographer
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June Jordan
Poet
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Christine Jorgensen
Transgender Pioneer
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Victoria Kolakowski
Judge
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Kay Lahusen
Gay Pioneer          
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Nathan Lane
Actor
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Arthur Laurents
Playwright/Director
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Alain Locke
Father of the Harlem Renaissance
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Lance Loud
First Out Reality Star
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Bernárd Lynch
Catholic Priest
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Nancy Mahon
Philanthropy Advocate
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Irshad Manji
Muslim Reformist
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Ricky Martin
Singer/Songwriter  
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Kate McKinnon
SNL Comedian
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John McNeill
Theologian
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James Merrill
Pulitzer-Winning Poet
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John Cameron Mitchell
Actor and Director
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Arthur Mitchell
Pioneering Ballet Dancer
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Janet Mock
Transgender Activist and Author
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Joan Nestle
Historian
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Jack Nichols
Gay Pioneer          
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Cynthia Nixon
Actor
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Bruce Nugent
Author
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Yannick Nézet-Séguin
International Conductor
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Rosie O'Donnell
Comedian, talk show host, actor and activist
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Suze Orman
Financial Expert
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Antonia Pantoja
Educator and Activist
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Christine Quinn
New York City Council Speaker    
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Robert Rauschenberg
Artist, filmmaker and publisher
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Renée Richards
Transgender Pioneer
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Jerome Robbins
Choreographer
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Craig Rodwell
Gay Pioneer          
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Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady
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Hilary Rosen
Commentator
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Vito Russo
Film Historian 
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Jeffrey Seller
Broadway Producer of Hamilton
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Maurice Sendak
Author/Illustrator
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Andrew Solomon
Award-Winning Writer
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Stephen Sondheim
Theatrical lyricist and composer
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Edna St. Vincent Millay
Poet/Performer
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Billy Strayhorn
Composer
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Ritchie Torres
U.S. Congressman
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Lillian Wald
Community Nursing Founder
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Jeffrey Weinstein
Workplace Pioneer
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Jann Wenner
Publisher
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Edie Windsor
Marriage Equality Hero
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Jason Wu
Designer
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