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2026 Overview Video
  1. Giorgio Armani
  2. Gabriel Attal
  3. Alvin Baltrop
  4. Frieda Belinfante
  5. Michael Bennett
  6. Rachel Crandall-Crocker
  7. Barry Diller
  8. Ernestine Eckstein
  9. Laïla El-Métoui
  10. Edward Enninful
  11. Andrea Gibson
  12. Marsden Hartley
  13. Muhsin Hendricks
  14. Patricia Highsmith
  15. Robert Joffrey
  16. Julie Johnson
  17. Lani Ka’ahumanu
  18. King James I
  19. Calvin Klein
  20. Abraham Lincoln
  21. Chris Pappas
  22. Pauline Park
  23. Paul Rudolph
  24. Amber Ruffin
  25. St. Vincent
  26. Jessica Stern
  27. Charles Sumner
  28. Jewel Thais-Williams
  29. Karl Heinrich Ulrichs
  30. Alok Vaid-Menon
  31. Edmund White

Actor

Josephine Baker
Singer and Actor
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Tallulah Bankhead
Actor
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Lance Bass
Pop Singer
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Matt Bomer
Actor
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Kate Bornstein
Transgender Activist & Author
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David Bowie
Rock Star
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Maki Carrousel
Japanese Transgender Actor
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Margaret Cho
Entertainer
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Kate Clinton
Comedian, Actor
2012 Icon
Chris Colfer
Actor
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Laverne Cox
Transgender Actor
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Alan Cumming
Actor
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Lee Daniels
Movie Director
2014 Icon
André De Shields
Actor & Singer
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Ellen DeGeneres
Comedian
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Lea Delaria
Comedian & Actor
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Marlene Dietrich
Actor
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Colman Domingo
Actor & Playwright
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Cheryl Dunye
Filmmaker
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Harvey Fierstein
Actor, playwright and screenwriter
2008 Icon
Jodie Foster
Actor
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River Gallo
Intersex Filmmaker & Activist
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Cecilia Gentili
Transgender Activist
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Lily Gladstone
Indigenous Actor
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LZ Granderson
Journalist & Commentator
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Cary Grant
Actor
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Billy Haines
Actor
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Neil Patrick Harris
Actor
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Sean Hayes
Award-Winning Actor
2018 Icon
Rock Hudson
Award-Winning Actor
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Tab Hunter
Actor & Singer
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Eddie Izzard
British Comedian & Actor
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Angelina Jolie
Actor and Director
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Cherry Jones
Actor and filmmaker
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Leslie Jordan
Actor & Comedian
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Christine Jorgensen
Transgender Pioneer
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Sheila Kuehl
First openly gay member of the California Legislature
2008 Icon
Nathan Lane
Actor
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Jane Lynch
Actor and filmmaker
2010 Icon
Ricky Martin
Singer/Songwriter  
2011 Icon
Tarell Alvin McCraney
Oscar-Winning Screenwriter
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Ian McKellen
Actor
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Kate McKinnon
SNL Comedian
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Yukio Mishima
Japanese Author
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John Cameron Mitchell
Actor and Director
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Janelle Monáe
Singer, Songwriter & Actor
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Holly Near
Singer/Songwriter  
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Cynthia Nixon
Actor
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Rosie O'Donnell
Comedian, talk show host, actor and activist
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Elliot Page
Actor and Director
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Billy Porter
Award-Winning Broadway Actor
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Angelica Ross
Transgender Rights Advocate
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Amber Ruffin
Comedian, Writer & Actor
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RuPaul
Entertainer
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Wanda Sykes
Comedian, Actor
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George Takei
Actor
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Lily Tomlin
Actor
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Laxmi Narayan Tripathi
Indian Transgender Rights Activist
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St. Vincent
Singer, Songwriter & Guitarist
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John Waters
Actor and filmmaker
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Samira Wiley
Emmy-Winning Actor
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B.D. Wong
Actor and filmmaker
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