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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

England

John Amaechi
Pro Basketball Player
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Kwame Anthony Appiah
Philosopher & Author
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W.H. Auden
Poet & Activist
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David Bowie
Rock Star
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Lord Byron
Poet
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Brian Epstein
The Beatles’ Manager 
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E. M. Forster
Author/Commentator
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Cary Grant
Actor
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Radclyffe Hall
English Author
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Harry Hay
Activist
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David Hockney
Artist
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Christopher Isherwood
Trailblazing Writer
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Eddie Izzard
British Comedian & Actor
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Mick Jagger
Rock Star
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Elton John
Musician
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John Maynard Keynes
Economist
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Lawrence of Arabia
British Military Officer
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Anne Lister
Pioneering Feminist
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Ian McKellen
Actor
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Freddie Mercury
Rock Star
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George Michael
Pop Superstar
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Florence Nightingale
Health Care Advocate
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Rob Halford
Heavy Metal Musician
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Oliver Sacks
Neurologist and Author
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Sam Smith
Singer & Songwriter
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Ethel Smyth
Composer & Suffragette
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Dusty Springfield
Singer and Songwriter
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Andrew Sullivan
Author/Journalist
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Peter Tatchell
Human Rights Activist
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Alan Turing
Mathematician
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Oscar Wilde
Playwright
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Virginia Woolf
Author/Illustrator
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