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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

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Jane Addams
Activist
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Walter Arlen
Composer & Holocaust Survivor
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John D’Emilio
LGBTQ Historian
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Ella Jenkins
First Lady of Children’s Music
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Henry Gerber
Activist/Educator
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Sean Hayes
Award-Winning Actor
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Jim Hormel
Diplomat/Philanthropist
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Dave Kopay
Athlete
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Lori Lightfoot
Mayor of Chicago
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Jane Lynch
Actor and filmmaker
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Deirdre McCloskey
Economist and Economic Historian
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CeCe McDonald
Transgender Activist     
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Ifti Nasim
Poet & Activist
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Suze Orman
Financial Expert
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Laura Ricketts
Co-Owner of the Chicago Cubs
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Craig Rodwell
Gay Pioneer          
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Dan Savage
Journalist
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Susan Sontag
Author/Commentator
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Tim’m T. West
Performer
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Phill Wilson
AIDS Activist
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