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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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Chasten Buttigieg
LGBT Activist
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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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Kevin Naff
Washington Blade Editor
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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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Tammy Smith
U.S. General
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Megan Smith
U.S. Chief Technology Officer
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William Dorsey Swann
Pioneering Drag Queen
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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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