LGBT Activist

Zackie Achmat
South African Activist
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Richard Adams
Activist
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Faisal Alam
LGBT Muslim Activist
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Nikolay Alexeyev
Russian Activist
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Eric Alva
Hero/Activist   
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Ron Ansin
Philanthropist & Activist
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Virginia Apuzzo
Pioneering Activist
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Robina Asti
Transgender Rights Plaintiff
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Axel Axgil
Activist
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Ninia Baehr & Genora Dancel
Marriage Equality Pioneers
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Tammy Baldwin
Congresswoman
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Joseph Beam
Activist
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Gad Beck
Holocaust Survivor
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Volker Beck
German Activist
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Miriam Ben-Shalom
Soldier/Activist
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Elizabeth Birch
HRC Executive Director
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Chaz Bono
Transgender Activist     
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Ivy Bottini
Women’s and LGBT Activist
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Keith Boykin
Commentator
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Jennifer Finney Boylan
Author & Transgender Activist
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Frank Bruni
New York Times Columnist
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Richard Burns
Movement Leader
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Chasten Buttigieg
LGBT Activist
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Eliza Byard
LGBTQ Youth Advocate
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Allan Bérubé
Historian
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Margarethe Cammermeyer
Military Officer
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Francisco Cartagena
Puerto Rican Activist
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Mandy Carter
Activist
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Staceyann Chin
Poet/Performer
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Dan Choi
Activist/Educator
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Christian Cooper
Writer & NYC Birder
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Midge Costanza
Presidential Adviser
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Orlando Cruz
Boxer
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Nancy Cárdenas
Mexican Writer & Activist
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Jeanne Córdova
Activist and Author
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Zhou Dan
Chinese Gay Pioneer
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Madeline Davis
LGBT Activist & Historian
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Ellen DeGeneres
Comedian
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Stormé DeLarverie
Stonewall Activist
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Ani DiFranco
Grammy-Winning Singer
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Arthur Dong
Filmmaker
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Martin Duberman
Historian
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Ruth Ellis
Activist
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Uzi Even
Israeli Gay Pioneer and Scientist
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Barney Frank
Congressman
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John Fryer
Psychiatrist and Dr. H. Anonymous
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Lady Gaga
Singer/Songwriter  
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Rudy Galindo
Olympic Figure Skater
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River Gallo
Intersex Filmmaker & Activist
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Robert Garcia
Congressman
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Darlene Garner
LGBT Activist
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Masha Gessen
Russian-American journalist
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Tim Gill
Philanthropist
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Allen Ginsberg
Poet and activist
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Barbara Gittings
Gay Pioneer
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Jewelle Gomez
Novelist
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Lesley Gore
Singer & Composer
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Miss Major Griffin-Gracy
Transgender Activist
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Bob Hattoy
Gay Rights Pioneer
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Harry Hay
Activist
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Emery Hetrick & Damien Martin
Educators
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Magnus Hirschfeld
Social Scientist
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Brenda Howard
Activist
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Joyce Hunter
Gay Pioneer          
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Taiga Ishikawa
Japanese Politician
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Kevin Jennings
Activist/Educator
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Jazz Jennings
Transgender Youth Activist
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David Kato
Activist/Educator
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Kate Kendell
Attorney
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Michael Kirby
Supreme Court Justice       
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Stephen Lachs
World’s First Out Judge
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Kay Lahusen
Gay Pioneer          
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John Lawrence & Tyron Garner
Legal Activists 
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Susan Love
Breast-Health Pioneer
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Bernárd Lynch
Catholic Priest
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Constance McMillen
Youth Activist
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Terrence McNally
Playwright
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Harvey Milk
Politician
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Katherine Miller
Activist/Educator
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Shannon Minter
Transgender Supreme Court Attorney
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Frank Mugisha
Ugandan Activist
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Pauli Murray
Attorney and Civil Rights Activist
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Jamie Nabozny
Youth Activist
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Ifti Nasim
Poet & Activist
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Joan Nestle
Historian
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Jack Nichols
Gay Pioneer          
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Simon Nkoli
South African Activist
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Ann Northrop
Pioneering AIDS Activist & Journalist
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Anaraa Nyamdorj
Mongolian LGBT Activist
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Rosie O'Donnell
Comedian, talk show host, actor and activist
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Robyn Ochs
Bisexual Activist
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Jean O’Leary
Pioneering Activist
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Elliot Page
Actor and Director
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Sunil Babu Pant
Nepalese Politician
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Pat Parker
Poet & Activist
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Troy Perry
Founder of Metropolitan Community Churches 
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Johnnie Phelps
Decorated WWII Veteran
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Angela Ponce
Transgender Miss Spain
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Megan Rapinoe
Olympic Soccer Player
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Renée Richards
Transgender Pioneer
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Marlon Riggs
Filmmaker
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Sylvia Rivera
Transgender Activist
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Ashok Row Kavi
Indian Gay Pioneer and Journalist
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Vito Russo
Film Historian 
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José Sarria
Activist
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Robt Martin Seda-Schreiber
Social Justice Activist
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Charles Silverstein
Psychologist & LGBT Activist
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Andrew Solomon
Award-Winning Writer
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Tom Stoddard
Equality Attorney
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Lou Sullivan
Transgender Activist     
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Andrew Sullivan
Author/Journalist
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Keshav Suri
Indian Activist
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George Takei
Actor
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Peter Tatchell
Human Rights Activist
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Evelyn Thomas
Evelyn Thomas - U.S. Military Activist
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Virginia Uribe
Educator
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Gore Vidal
Author/Commentator
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Lilli Vincenz
Gay Pioneer          
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Bruce Voeller
Biologist and AIDS Activist
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Tim’m T. West
Performer
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Edie Windsor
Marriage Equality Hero
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Evan Wolfson
Marriage Equality Advocate
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Chely Wright
Award-Winning Country Music Star
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Swe Zin Htet
Miss Universe Contestant
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