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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

Democrat

Ron Ansin
Philanthropist & Activist
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Virginia Apuzzo
Pioneering Activist
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Tammy Baldwin
Congresswoman
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Becca Balint
U.S. Congressperson
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Elizabeth Birch
HRC Executive Director
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Jackie Biskupski
Mayor of Salt Lake City
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Brian Bond
Activist and Government Official
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Melvin Boozer
Gay Pioneer          
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Kate Brown
Governor of Oregon
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James Buchanan
U.S. President
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Laphonza Butler
First Out Black U.S. Senator
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Pete Buttigieg
U.S. Presidential Candidate
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Chasten Buttigieg
LGBT Activist
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David Cicilline
U.S. Congressman
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Midge Costanza
Presidential Adviser
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Angie Craig
Groundbreaking Congresswoman
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Jeanne Córdova
Activist and Author
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Sharice Davids
Native American Congresswoman
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Madeline Davis
LGBT Activist & Historian
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Carlos Elizondo
White House Social Secretary
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Barney Frank
Congressman
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Robert Garcia
Congressman
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Bob Hattoy
Gay Rights Pioneer
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Maura Healey
Governor of Massachusetts
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Mel Heifetz
Philanthropist
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Jim Hormel
Diplomat/Philanthropist
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Karine Jean-Pierre
White House Press Secretary
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Mondaire Jones
First Out Black Congressman
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Barbara Jordan
Congresswoman
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William Rufus King
U.S. Vice President
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Tina Kotek
Governor of Oregon
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Sarah McBride
First Trans Congressperson
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David Mixner
Political Activist
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Henry Muñoz III
Designer, Entrepreneur & Leader
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Fabian Nelson
Mississippi State Representative
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Jess O’Connell
National Democratic Strategist
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Jean O’Leary
Pioneering Activist
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Mark Pocan
Congressman
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Jared Polis
Governor of Colorado
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John A. Pérez
Speaker of the California Assembly
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Stu Rasmussen
First Out Transgender Mayor
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Laura Ricketts
Co-Owner of the Chicago Cubs
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Beth Robinson
U.S. Court Of Appeals Judge
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Danica Roem
Transgender State Legislator
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Kyrsten Sinema
Congresswoman
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Megan Smith
U.S. Chief Technology Officer
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Michael Stipe
Rock Star
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Mark Takano
U.S. Congressman
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George Takei
Actor
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Andrew Tobias
DNC Treasurer
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Ritchie Torres
U.S. Congressman
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Lupe Valdez
Sheriff
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