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  1. Peter Anastos
  2. Walter Arlen
  3. Becca Balint
  4. Samuel Barber
  5. Andy Cohen
  6. John D’Emilio
  7. Colman Domingo
  8. Billie Eilish
  9. Cecilia Gentili
  10. Jeffrey Gibson
  11. Nikki Giovanni
  12. Lily Gladstone
  13. Mel Heifetz
  14. Sir Lady Java
  15. Ella Jenkins
  16. ABilly Jones-Hennin
  17. Ellsworth Kelly
  18. Karl Lagerfeld
  19. Troy Masters
  20. Sarah McBride
  21. T. J. Osborne
  22. Ted Osius
  23. Ann Philbin
  24. Chappell Roan
  25. Harper Steele
  26. Breanna Stewart
  27. Arthur Tress
  28. Cy Twombly
  29. Ocean Vuong
  30. Abby Wambach
  31. Lanford Wilson

Award Winning

Nikolay Alexeyev
Russian Activist
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Marin Alsop
Trailblazing Conductor
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Ron Ansin
Philanthropist & Activist
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Kwame Anthony Appiah
Philosopher & Author
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Victor Blackwell
CNN News Anchor
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Matt Bomer
Actor
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Eliza Byard
LGBTQ Youth Advocate
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Brandi Carlile
Award-Winning Singer-Songwriter
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Lou Chibbaro Jr.
Journalist & Radio Host
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Desmond Child
Award-Winning Songwriter
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Andy Cohen
Tv Personality & Producer
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André De Shields
Actor & Singer
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Lea Delaria
Comedian & Actor
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Colman Domingo
Actor & Playwright
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Cheryl Dunye
Filmmaker
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Billie Eilish
Indie Music Superstar
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Ella Jenkins
First Lady of Children’s Music
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Rob Epstein
Oscar-Winning Director
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Lillian Faderman
LGBT Historian
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Ronan Farrow
Pulitzer-Winning Journalist
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Roxane Gay
Best-Selling Author
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Masha Gessen
Russian-American journalist
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Jeffrey Gibson
Indigenous Artist & Sculptor
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Nikki Giovanni
Celebrated Poet & Author
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Lily Gladstone
Indigenous Actor
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Jewelle Gomez
Novelist
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Emile Griffith
World Champion Boxer
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Brittney Griner
WNBA Superstar
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Radclyffe Hall
English Author
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Sean Hayes
Award-Winning Actor
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Bell Hooks
Author & Feminist
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Rock Hudson
Award-Winning Actor
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Jazmine Hughes
Writer & Editor
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Christopher Isherwood
Trailblazing Writer
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James Ivory
Oscar-Winning Filmmaker
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Eddie Izzard
British Comedian & Actor
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Michael R. Jackson
Pulitzer-Winning Playwright
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Leslie Jordan
Actor & Comedian
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Moisés Kaufman
Award-Winning Theater Director
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Bernárd Lynch
Catholic Priest
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Tarell Alvin McCraney
Oscar-Winning Screenwriter
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Kate McKinnon
SNL Comedian
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Marijane Meaker
Pulp Fiction Pioneer
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James Merrill
Pulitzer-Winning Poet
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George Michael
Pop Superstar
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Arthur Mitchell
Pioneering Ballet Dancer
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Janelle Monáe
Singer, Songwriter & Actor
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Julia Morgan
Architect
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Ryan Murphy
Writer, Director & Producer
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Kevin Naff
Washington Blade Editor
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Yannick Nézet-Séguin
International Conductor
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T. J. Osborne
Country Rock Star
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Angela Ponce
Transgender Miss Spain
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Danica Roem
Transgender State Legislator
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Ari Shapiro
NPR Host & Performer
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Sam Smith
Singer & Songwriter
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Megan Smith
U.S. Chief Technology Officer
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Andrew Solomon
Award-Winning Writer
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Breanna Stewart
WNBA Superstar
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Michael Stipe
Rock Star
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Diana Taurasi
WNBA Superstar
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Doris Taylor
Cutting-Edge Medical Scientist
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Arthur Tress
Fine-Art Photographer
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Luther Vandross
Grammy-Winning Singer
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Ocean Vuong
Poet & Author
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Amy Walter
Political Analyst
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Abby Wambach
Women’s Soccer Star
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Edith Wharton
Pulitzer-Winning Novelist
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Samira Wiley
Emmy-Winning Actor
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Lanford Wilson
Pulitzer-Winning Playwright
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Alice Wu
Film Director
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Lil Nas X
Rapper
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