People
Elliot Page
One of the most visible transgender actors in Hollywood, known for starring in ‘Juno’, ‘The Umbrella Academy’, and the 2019 version of ‘Tales of the City’.
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Gareth Thomas
Former Welsh rugby player who came out as gay in 2009, becoming one of the first openly gay rugby players and working to combat homophobia in sports.
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RuPaul
Drag queen and creator ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ brought drag into mainstream media and homes.
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James Baldwin
James Arthur Baldwin was an American writer and civil rights activist who garnered acclaim for his essays, novels, plays, and poems.
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K.D. Lang
Lang has been active as an animal rights, gay rights, and Tibetan human rights activist. She is a tantric practitioner of the old school of Tibetan Buddhism.
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Larry Kramer
Aids activist during the 80’s, he created the ‘Gay Men's Health Crisis organisation’ in 1981, this was the only organisation devoted to helping those that were HIV positive.
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Lily Tomlin
Stand-up comedian, actress, and activist, she is best known for her role as Violet Newstead in ‘9 to 5’ starring alongside Dolly Parton and Jane Fonda.
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Ted Brown
Pride in the UK started in 1972, and we have Ted Brown to thank for getting the ball rolling! He helped organise the UK’s first ever pride and fought with the aggressively homophobic media for years.
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Marsha P. Johnson
A Black transgender woman and key figure in the Stonewall Riots, co-founder of S.T.A.R., and a pioneer in the early LGBTQ+ rights movement.
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Sylvia Rivera
Rivera was rumored to have thrown one of the first bottles during the Stonewall uprising in 1969, but she was also fighting for LGBTQ rights for years before that.
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Billie Jean King
Tennis superstar from the 60’s and 70’s winning 39 grand slams between 66 and 75, she won ‘The Battle of the Sexes’ match against Bobby Riggs..
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Edie Windsor
Windsor became an activist after reading about the Stonewall Riots with her partner, Thea Spyer. Windsor took on the government after being forced to pay taxes for inheriting her wifes estate.
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Stephen Fry
British actor, comedian, and writer who came out publicly in the 1980s and has been an advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and mental health awareness
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Alan Turing
Creator of modern computing, worked with the MOD during WWII as a code breaker based at Bletchly Park, in the 50’s he was sentenced to Chemical Castration after a conviction for gross indecency
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Sir Ian McKellen
While McKellen had made his sexual orientation known to fellow actors early on in his stage career, it was not until 1988 that he came out to the general public while appearing on BBC Radio.
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Audre Lorde
Lorde described herself as a "black feminist lesbian poet warrior mother." She had a way with words and used that talent to speak out against racism, sexism, and homophobia
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Peter Tatchell
Tatchell took part in many gay rights campaigns over issues such as Section 28. Following the murder of actor Michael Boothe on 10 May 1990.
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Georgina Beyer
New Zealands first openly transgender mayor and the worlds first openly trans politician. Fought for greater rights for LGBTQIA+ and Maori communities until her death in 2023.
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Harvey Milk
Milk was an American politician and the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
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