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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

Pennsylvania

David Adamany
University President
2017 Icon
Ethel Allen
Trailblazing Politician
2019 Icon
Deborah Batts
First Out Federal Judge
2020 Icon
Joseph Beam
Activist
2013 Icon
Alison Bechdel
Cartoonist
2011 Icon
Leonard Bernstein
Composer
2007 Icon
Jennifer Finney Boylan
Author & Transgender Activist
2022 Icon
Rita Mae Brown
Author/Illustrator
2011 Icon
James Buchanan
U.S. President
2016 Icon
Rachel Carson
Environmental Pioneer
2008 Icon
Lee Daniels
Movie Director
2014 Icon
John Fryer
Psychiatrist and Dr. H. Anonymous
2016 Icon
Barbara Gittings
Gay Pioneer
2006 Icon
Mel Heifetz
Philanthropist
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Jim Hormel
Diplomat/Philanthropist
2006 Icon
David Huebner
Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa
2010 Icon
Frank Kameny
Gay Pioneer
2007 Icon
Mara Keisling
Transgender Activist     
2010 Icon
Kiyoshi Kuromiya
Author/AIDS Activist
2010 Icon
Rachel Levine
Transgender Secretary of Health
2018 Icon
Margaret Mead
Anthropologist and author 
2008 Icon
Lauren Morelli
Writer & Producer
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Carl Nassib
First Out Active NFL Player
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Adam Rippon
Olympic Figure Skater 
2018 Icon
Bayard Rustin
Civil Rights Activist
2006 Icon
Stephen Sondheim
Theatrical lyricist and composer
2008 Icon
Gertrude Stein
Author/Commentator
2007 Icon
Baron von Steuben
Revolutionary War General
2020 Icon
Billy Strayhorn
Composer
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William “Big Bill” Tilden II
Tennis Champion
2015 Icon
Lilli Vincenz
Gay Pioneer          
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Andy Warhol
Artist, filmmaker and publisher
2008 Icon
Deborah Waxman
National Rabbinical Leader
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Edie Windsor
Marriage Equality Hero
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