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Lambda Literary Award

Alison Bechdel
Cartoonist
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Kate Bornstein
Transgender Activist & Author
2019 Icon
Patrick Califia
Author
2013 Icon
Martin Duberman
Historian
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Elana Dykewomon
Author & Activist
2023 Icon
Lillian Faderman
LGBT Historian
2019 Icon
Jewelle Gomez
Novelist
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Essex Hemphill
Poet and Activist
2016 Icon
Michael R. Jackson
Pulitzer-Winning Playwright
2023 Icon
Craig Rodwell
Gay Pioneer          
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Chely Wright
Award-Winning Country Music Star
2018 Icon
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