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Screenwriter

Dustin Lance Black
Screenwriter
2011 Icon
Truman Capote
Author
2012 Icon
Rob Epstein
Oscar-Winning Director
2020 Icon
Rainer Fassbinder
Film Director
2009 Icon
Harvey Fierstein
Actor, playwright and screenwriter
2008 Icon
River Gallo
Intersex Filmmaker & Activist
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Christopher Isherwood
Trailblazing Writer
2020 Icon
James Ivory
Oscar-Winning Filmmaker
2019 Icon
Dale Jennings
Gay Pioneer          
2018 Icon
Arthur Laurents
Playwright/Director
2012 Icon
Tarell Alvin McCraney
Oscar-Winning Screenwriter
2018 Icon
Terrence McNally
Playwright
2016 Icon
John Cameron Mitchell
Actor and Director
2014 Icon
Lauren Morelli
Writer & Producer
2020 Icon
Ryan Murphy
Writer, Director & Producer
2023 Icon
Harper Steele
TV Comedy & Screenwriter
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Gus Van Sant
Film Director
2009 Icon
Gore Vidal
Author/Commentator
2007 Icon
John Waters
Actor and filmmaker
2008 Icon
Alice Wu
Film Director
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