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2025 Overview Video
  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

Transgender

Kye Allums
Athlete
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Gwen Araujo
Transgender Hero 
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Robina Asti
Transgender Rights Plaintiff
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Georgina Beyer
First transgender member of a national legislature 
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Chaz Bono
Transgender Activist     
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Kate Bornstein
Transgender Activist & Author
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Jennifer Finney Boylan
Author & Transgender Activist
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Patrick Califia
Author
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Maki Carrousel
Japanese Transgender Actor
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Lynn Conway
Computer Pioneer
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Laverne Cox
Transgender Actor
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Ashley Diamond
Transgender Prison Activist
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Lili Elbe
Transgender Pioneer and Painter
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Felicia Elizondo
Transgender Activist & Author
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Leslie Feinberg
Author/Activist
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River Gallo
Intersex Filmmaker & Activist
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Tessa Ganserer
Transgender German Politician
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Althea Garrison
Transgender State Representative
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Cecilia Gentili
Transgender Activist
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Masha Gessen
Russian-American journalist
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Miss Major Griffin-Gracy
Transgender Activist
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Gavin Grimm
Teen Transgender Activist 
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Jeanne Hoff
Transgender Trailblazer
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Eddie Izzard
British Comedian & Actor
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Sir Lady Java
Trailblazing Drag Star
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Caitlyn Jenner
Olympian and Activist
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Jazz Jennings
Transgender Youth Activist
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Marsha P. Johnson
Stonewall Veteran
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Christine Jorgensen
Transgender Pioneer
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Mara Keisling
Transgender Activist     
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Victoria Kolakowski
Judge
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Rachel Levine
Transgender Secretary of Health
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Sarah McBride
First Trans Congressperson
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Deirdre McCloskey
Economist and Economic Historian
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CeCe McDonald
Transgender Activist     
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Shannon Minter
Transgender Supreme Court Attorney
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Janet Mock
Transgender Activist and Author
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Anaraa Nyamdorj
Mongolian LGBT Activist
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Elliot Page
Actor and Director
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Angela Ponce
Transgender Miss Spain
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Stu Rasmussen
First Out Transgender Mayor
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Renée Richards
Transgender Pioneer
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Sylvia Rivera
Transgender Activist
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Danica Roem
Transgender State Legislator
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Angelica Ross
Transgender Rights Advocate
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Sahaykwisa
Transgender Native American
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Amy Schneider
“Jeopardy!” Champion
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Jackie Shane
Transgender Singer
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Amanda Simpson
Government Official       
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Barbra Siperstein
Transgender Advocate
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Harper Steele
TV Comedy & Screenwriter
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Lou Sullivan
Transgender Activist     
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Laxmi Narayan Tripathi
Indian Transgender Rights Activist
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