Professor

Kwame Anthony Appiah
Philosopher & Author
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W.H. Auden
Poet & Activist
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Deborah Batts
First Out Federal Judge
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Melvin Boozer
Gay Pioneer          
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Jennifer Finney Boylan
Author & Transgender Activist
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George Chauncey
Distinguished Historian
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Lynn Conway
Computer Pioneer
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Wade Davis II
NFL Player
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Cheryl Dunye
Filmmaker
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John D’Emilio
LGBTQ Historian
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Lillian Faderman
LGBT Historian
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Robert Garcia
Congressman
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Roxane Gay
Best-Selling Author
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Nikki Giovanni
Celebrated Poet & Author
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Bell Hooks
Author & Feminist
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Joyce Hunter
Gay Pioneer          
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Roberta Kaplan
Marriage Equality Lawyer
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Saul Levin
CEO of the APA
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Rachel Levine
Transgender Secretary of Health
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Alain Locke
Father of the Harlem Renaissance
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Susan Love
Breast-Health Pioneer
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Mary Oliver
Pulitzer-Winning Poet
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Andrew Solomon
Award-Winning Writer
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Jessica Stern
LGBTQ+ Diplomat
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Ocean Vuong
Poet & Author
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