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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

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Roberta Achtenberg
Government Official       
2012 Icon
Alexander the Great
Military Commander
2007 Icon
Susan B. Anthony
American Suffragist
2021 Icon
Virginia Apuzzo
Pioneering Activist
2016 Icon
John Berry
Government Official       
2011 Icon
Charles Blow
Journalist and Commentator
2016 Icon
Brian Bond
Activist and Government Official
2016 Icon
Melvin Boozer
Gay Pioneer          
2018 Icon
Ivy Bottini
Women’s and LGBT Activist
2014 Icon
Keith Boykin
Commentator
2011 Icon
Kate Brown
Governor of Oregon
2022 Icon
Frank Bruni
New York Times Columnist
2021 Icon
Charlotte Bunch
Scholar and Activist
2017 Icon
Chasten Buttigieg
LGBT Activist
2023 Icon
Midge Costanza
Presidential Adviser
2016 Icon
Robert Cutler
National Security Advisor
2022 Icon
Madeline Davis
LGBT Activist & Historian
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Anna Elizabeth Dickinson
19th Century Orator
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Carlos Elizondo
White House Social Secretary
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Eric Fanning
Secretary of the Army
2017 Icon
Malcolm Forbes
Entrepreneur
2016 Icon
Tessa Ganserer
Transgender German Politician
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Masha Gessen
Russian-American journalist
2022 Icon
Glenn Greenwald
Journalist
2014 Icon
Michael Guest
Diplomat/Philanthropist
2011 Icon
Bob Hattoy
Gay Rights Pioneer
2021 Icon
Maura Healey
Governor of Massachusetts
2023 Icon
Daniel Hernandez Jr.
National Hero
2011 Icon
David Huebner
Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa
2010 Icon
Karine Jean-Pierre
White House Press Secretary
2021 Icon
Frank Kameny
Gay Pioneer
2007 Icon
Michael Kirby
Supreme Court Justice       
2011 Icon
Tina Kotek
Governor of Oregon
2023 Icon
Rachel Levine
Transgender Secretary of Health
2018 Icon
Yukio Mishima
Japanese Author
2017 Icon
David Mixner
Political Activist
2020 Icon
Henry Muñoz III
Designer, Entrepreneur & Leader
2021 Icon
Jess O’Connell
National Democratic Strategist
2020 Icon
Jean O’Leary
Pioneering Activist
2016 Icon
Frances Perkins
U.S. Cabinet Member
2015 Icon
Stu Rasmussen
First Out Transgender Mayor
2023 Icon
Adam Rippon
Olympic Figure Skater 
2018 Icon
Beth Robinson
U.S. Court Of Appeals Judge
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Danica Roem
Transgender State Legislator
2018 Icon
Hilary Rosen
Commentator
2009 Icon
José Sarria
Activist
2013 Icon
Kyrsten Sinema
Congresswoman
2017 Icon
Barbra Siperstein
Transgender Advocate
2015 Icon
Ethel Smyth
Composer & Suffragette
2018 Icon
George Takei
Actor
2013 Icon
Andrew Tobias
DNC Treasurer
2016 Icon
Mary Trump
Author & Former President's Niece
2021 Icon
Lupe Valdez
Sheriff
2006 Icon
Leo Varadkar
Prime Minister of Ireland
2018 Icon
Amy Walter
Political Analyst
2022 Icon
Penny Wong
Australian Foreign Minister
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