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  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

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Kye Allums
Athlete
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Tammy Baldwin
Congresswoman
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John Berry
Government Official       
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Elizabeth Birch
HRC Executive Director
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Joan Biren
Documentarian
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Melvin Boozer
Gay Pioneer          
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Keith Boykin
Commentator
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James Buchanan
U.S. President
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Jonathan Capehart
Pulitzer-Winning Journalist
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Lou Chibbaro Jr.
Journalist & Radio Host
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Midge Costanza
Presidential Adviser
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Robert Cutler
National Security Advisor
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Carlos Elizondo
White House Social Secretary
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Eric Fanning
Secretary of the Army
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Sharon Farmer
White House Photographer
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Barney Frank
Congressman
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Darlene Garner
LGBT Activist
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Angelina Weld Grimké
Poet and Playwright
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Michael Guest
Diplomat/Philanthropist
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Bob Hattoy
Gay Rights Pioneer
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Essex Hemphill
Poet and Activist
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Jim Hormel
Diplomat/Philanthropist
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Chris Hughes
Entrepreneur
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Joyce Hunter
Gay Pioneer          
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Karine Jean-Pierre
White House Press Secretary
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Barbara Jordan
Congresswoman
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Frank Kameny
Gay Pioneer
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Mara Keisling
Transgender Activist     
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Saul Levin
CEO of the APA
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Patsy Lynch
Photographer
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Armistead Maupin
Author
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Bruce Nugent
Author
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Jess O’Connell
National Democratic Strategist
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Frances Perkins
U.S. Cabinet Member
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Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady
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Megan Smith
U.S. Chief Technology Officer
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Tammy Smith
U.S. General
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Wanda Sykes
Comedian, Actor
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Lilli Vincenz
Gay Pioneer          
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Amy Walter
Political Analyst
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Walt Whitman
Writer/ Philosopher
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