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University President
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Ethel Allen
Trailblazing Politician
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Deborah Batts
First Out Federal Judge
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Joseph Beam
Activist
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Gladys Bentley
Blues Performer
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Leonard Bernstein
Composer
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Debra Chasnoff
Documentary Filmmaker
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Lee Daniels
Movie Director
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Anna Elizabeth Dickinson
19th Century Orator
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Colman Domingo
Actor & Playwright
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Cheryl Dunye
Filmmaker
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John Fryer
Psychiatrist and Dr. H. Anonymous
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Barbara Gittings
Gay Pioneer
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Mel Heifetz
Philanthropist
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Billie Holiday
Singer
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Frank Kameny
Gay Pioneer
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Kiyoshi Kuromiya
Author/AIDS Activist
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Kay Lahusen
Gay Pioneer          
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Yannick Nézet-Séguin
International Conductor
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William “Big Bill” Tilden II
Tennis Champion
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Lilli Vincenz
Gay Pioneer          
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Edie Windsor
Marriage Equality Hero
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