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  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
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Virginia Apuzzo
Pioneering Activist
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John Boswell
Historian
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Kate Clinton
Comedian, Actor
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Jeanne Córdova
Activist and Author
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Lea Delaria
Comedian & Actor
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Elio Di Rupo
Belgium Prime Minister 
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John D’Emilio
LGBTQ Historian
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Sean Hayes
Award-Winning Actor
2018 Icon
Father Mychal Judge
Hero
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Federico Garcia Lorca
Poet
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Bernárd Lynch
Catholic Priest
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John McNeill
Theologian
2007 Icon
Michelangelo
Renaissance painter, sculptor and architect
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Jean O’Leary
Pioneering Activist
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Amy Schneider
“Jeopardy!” Champion
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Pierre Seel
Hero/Activist   
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Andrew Sullivan
Author/Journalist
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