🎈 Alan Turing (23/06/1912 - 07/06/1954)  WWII codebreaker and pioneer of modern computing. View details |
🎈 Alison Bechdel (10/09/1960 - ) |
🎈 Andrew Scott (21/10/1976 - ) |
🎈 Angela Davis (26/01/1944 - )  Scholar and activist known for work on civil rights, prisons, and social justice. View details |
🎈 Angelica Ross (14/11/1980 - )  Actor and entrepreneur advocating for trans rights. View details |
🎈 April Ashley (29/04/1935 - 27/12/2021)  Model and one of the earliest British trans women in the public eye. View details |
🎈 Armistead Maupin (13/05/1944 - )  Author of Tales of the City and chronicler of queer life. View details |
🎈 Audre Lorde (18/02/1934 - 17/11/1992)  Poet and activist who shaped Black feminist and queer thought. View details |
🎈 Barbara Jordan (21/02/1936 - 17/01/1996)  Civil-rights leader and U.S. congresswoman known for powerful constitutional speeches. View details |
🎈 Bayard Rustin (17/03/1912 - 24/08/1987)  Civil-rights strategist and lead organizer of the 1963 March on Washington. View details |
🎈 Bayard Taylor (11/01/1825 - 19/12/1878)  Poet and diplomat whose letters suggest same-sex relationships. View details |
🎈 Bessie Smith (15/04/1894 - 26/09/1937)  Influential blues singer who was openly bisexual. View details |
🎈 Beverly Glenn-Copeland (01/06/1944 - )  Singer and composer who came out as trans later in life. View details |
🎈 Billie Jean King (22/11/1943 - )  Tennis legend and equality advocate in sports and society. View details |
🎈 Billy Porter (21/09/1969 - )  Actor and singer known for challenging gender norms in fashion. View details |
🎈 Billy Strayhorn (29/11/1915 - 31/05/1967)  Composer and jazz legend who collaborated with Duke Ellington. View details |
🎈 Candy Darling (24/11/1944 - 21/03/1974) |
🎈 Chely Wright (25/10/1970 - )  Country music singer who came out publicly in 2010. View details |
🎈 Cherrie Moraga (25/09/1952 - ) |
🎈 Christine and the Queens (01/06/1988 - ) |
🎈 Christine Jorgensen (30/05/1926 - 03/05/1989)  One of the first Americans to become widely known for gender-affirming surgery. View details |
🎈 Christopher Isherwood (26/08/1904 - 04/01/1986) |
🎈 David Bowie (08/01/1947 - 10/01/2016)  Musician whose gender expression influenced queer culture. View details |
🎈 Del Martin (05/05/1921 - 27/08/2008) |
🎈 Divine (19/10/1945 - 07/03/1988) |
🎈 Dora Richter (16/04/1891 - 26/04/1966)  One of the earliest known trans women to undergo surgery. View details |
🎈 Ed Wood (10/10/1924 - 10/12/1978) |
🎈 Edmund White (13/01/1940 - ) |
🎈 Ellen DeGeneres (26/01/1958 - )  Comedian and TV host whose coming out advanced LGBTQ+ visibility. View details |
🎈 Elliot Page (21/02/1987 - )  Actor and producer who publicly came out as transgender. View details |
🎈 Elton John (25/03/1947 - ) |
🎈 Emma Donoghue (24/10/1969 - )  Author of Room and writer of historical queer fiction. View details |
🎈 Federico Garcia Lorca (05/06/1898 - 19/08/1936)  Spanish poet and playwright executed during the Spanish Civil War. View details |
🎈 Freddie Mercury (05/09/1946 - 24/11/1991)  Queen frontman and one of the most influential singers in rock. View details |
🎈 Frida Kahlo (06/07/1907 - 13/07/1954)  Painter known for groundbreaking self-portraits and bisexual identity. View details |
🎈 George Michael (25/06/1963 - 25/12/2016)  Pop musician who became an LGBTQ+ icon after coming out publicly. View details |
🎈 George Takei (20/04/1937 - )  Actor and activist known for LGBTQ+ advocacy and speaking on incarceration history. View details |
🎈 Gertrude Stein (03/02/1874 - 27/07/1946)  Writer and art patron at the center of Parisian modernism. View details |
🎈 Gladys Bentley (12/08/1907 - 18/01/1960)  Harlem Renaissance performer who defied gender norms. View details |
🎈 Glenn Burke (16/11/1952 - 30/05/1995) |
🎈 Gloria Anzaldua (26/09/1942 - 15/05/2004)  Scholar whose work bridged queer theory and Chicana feminism. View details |
🎈 Harvey Milk (22/05/1930 - 27/11/1978)  One of the first openly gay elected officials in the U.S. and a movement icon. View details |
🎈 Hayley Kiyoko (03/04/1991 - )  Musician and actor known as a modern lesbian pop icon. View details |
🎈 Ian McKellen (25/05/1939 - ) |
🎈 Indya Moore (17/01/1995 - )  Actor and model advocating for trans and nonbinary visibility. View details |
🎈 Jack Wrangler (11/01/1946 - 07/04/2009)  Actor and performer prominent in queer theater. View details |
🎈 James Baldwin (02/08/1924 - 01/12/1987)  Writer whose work examined race, sexuality, and American power structures. View details |
🎈 James Barry (01/01/1789 - 25/07/1865) |
🎈 James Beard (05/05/1903 - 21/01/1985)  Chef and writer who helped define modern American cuisine. View details |
🎈 James Dean (08/02/1931 - 30/09/1955)  Actor and cultural icon often discussed as bisexual. View details |
🎈 Janelle Monae (01/12/1985 - )  Musician and actor who advocates for queer visibility and identifies as nonbinary. View details |
🎈 Janet Mock (10/03/1983 - )  Writer and producer advocating for transgender women of color. View details |
🎈 Jean-Michel Basquiat (22/12/1960 - 12/08/1988)  Influential artist whose work explored race, power, and identity. View details |
🎈 Jennie Livingston (24/02/1963 - )  Director of Paris Is Burning documenting ballroom culture. View details |
🎈 José Sarria (12/12/1922 - 19/08/2013)  Drag performer and one of the first openly gay political candidates. View details |
🎈 Josephine Baker (03/06/1906 - 12/04/1975)  Performer and civil-rights activist; a queer cultural icon. View details |
🎈 Justin Vivian Bond (03/02/1963 - )  Performance artist and gender-nonconforming icon. View details |
🎈 Kate Bornstein (15/03/1948 - ) |
🎈 Kathy Kozachenko (11/03/1953 - )  First openly lesbian elected official in the U.S. View details |
🎈 Keith Haring (04/05/1958 - 16/02/1990)  Artist whose work addressed sexuality, AIDS, and social justice. View details |
🎈 Kim Petras (27/08/1992 - )  Pop singer and first openly trans woman to win a Grammy. View details |
🎈 Klaus Nomi (24/01/1944 - 06/08/1983)  Avant-garde singer and cult figure of the New Wave era. View details |
🎈 Lana Wachowski (21/06/1965 - )  Filmmaker whose work is widely interpreted through a trans lens. View details |
🎈 Langston Hughes (01/02/1902 - 22/05/1967)  Harlem Renaissance poet and writer; widely discussed as a queer cultural figure. View details |
🎈 Larry Kramer (25/06/1935 - 27/05/2020) |
🎈 Laverne Cox (29/05/1972 - )  Transgender actress and advocate for trans rights and visibility. View details |
🎈 Lee Mokobe (19/11/1992 - )  Poet and performer speaking on nonbinary identity. View details |
🎈 Leonard Bernstein (25/08/1918 - 14/10/1990)  Composer and conductor who shaped American classical music. View details |
🎈 Leslie Feinberg (01/09/1949 - 18/11/2014)  Writer and activist known for transgender liberation and Stone Butch Blues. View details |
🎈 Lil Nas X (09/04/1999 - )  Musician who challenged norms by being openly gay in hip-hop. View details |
🎈 Lilly Wachowski (29/12/1967 - )  Filmmaker and co-creator of The Matrix who is openly transgender. View details |
🎈 Lorraine Hansberry (19/05/1930 - 12/01/1965)  Playwright whose work explored race and queer identity. View details |
🎈 Lou Sullivan (16/06/1951 - 02/03/1991)  Trans activist who challenged medical gatekeeping. View details |
🎈 Louise Fitzhugh (04/10/1928 - 19/11/1974)  Author of Harriet the Spy and lesbian literary figure. View details |
🎈 Magnus Hirschfeld (14/05/1868 - 14/05/1935)  Physician and early advocate for homosexual and trans rights. View details |
🎈 Margaret Cho (05/12/1968 - )  Comedian and outspoken LGBTQ+ ally and bisexual icon. View details |
🎈 Marsha P. Johnson (24/08/1945 - 06/07/1992)  Stonewall-era activist and advocate for trans liberation and the unhoused. View details |
🎈 Mary Renault (04/09/1905 - 13/12/1983) |
🎈 Maud Allan (27/06/1873 - 07/10/1956) |
🎈 Megan Rapinoe (05/07/1985 - )  Soccer champion and advocate for LGBTQ+ and gender equality. View details |
🎈 Neil Patrick Harris (15/06/1973 - )  Actor known for stage and screen work and LGBTQ+ visibility. View details |
🎈 Octavia St. Laurent (16/03/1964 - 03/04/2020) |
🎈 Oscar Wilde (16/10/1854 - 30/11/1900)  Irish writer whose works and life became central to queer literary history. View details |
🎈 Patricia Highsmith (19/01/1921 - 04/02/1995)  Crime novelist best known for The Talented Mr. Ripley. View details |
🎈 Paul Lynde (13/01/1926 - 10/01/1982) |
🎈 Pauli Murray (20/11/1910 - 01/07/1985)  Civil-rights lawyer and early gender-equality theorist. View details |
🎈 Pedro Zamora (29/02/1972 - 11/11/1994)  AIDS educator who humanized HIV on television and promoted prevention and compassion. View details |
🎈 Peter Hujar (11/10/1934 - 26/11/1987)  Photographer documenting queer life in New York. View details |
🎈 Peter Tatchell (25/01/1952 - ) |
🎈 Phoebe Bridgers (17/08/1994 - )  Indie musician who openly identifies as bisexual. View details |
🎈 Phoebe Waller-Bridge (14/07/1985 - ) |
🎈 Phyllis Lyon (10/11/1924 - 09/04/2020) |
🎈 Rachel Maddow (01/04/1973 - )  Broadcast journalist known for political commentary and public LGBTQ+ visibility. View details |
🎈 Radclyffe Hall (12/08/1880 - 07/10/1943) |
🎈 Rainer Werner Fassbinder (31/05/1945 - 10/06/1982) |
🎈 Rene Crevel (10/08/1900 - 18/06/1935)  Surrealist writer who lived openly as a gay man. View details |
🎈 Renee Richards (15/08/1934 - )  Tennis player and ophthalmologist who fought for trans inclusion. View details |
🎈 Ricky Martin (24/12/1971 - )  Pop star who publicly came out and advocates for LGBTQ+ rights. View details |
🎈 Romy Haag (01/01/1948 - ) |
🎈 Rosa Bonheur (16/03/1822 - 25/05/1899)  French painter who lived openly with her female partner. View details |
🎈 RuPaul (17/11/1960 - )  Drag performer and media figure who popularized drag worldwide. View details |
🎈 Ruth Coker Burks (21/07/1959 - )  AIDS activist who cared for dying patients abandoned by families. View details |
🎈 Sally Ride (26/05/1951 - 23/07/2012)  First American woman in space; later recognized as a lesbian icon. View details |
🎈 Sam Smith (19/05/1992 - )  Singer-songwriter who publicly identifies as nonbinary. View details |
🎈 Sandy Stone (26/01/1936 - )  Trans scholar influential in transgender studies. View details |
🎈 Sarah McBride (09/08/1990 - )  First openly transgender state senator in the U.S. View details |
🎈 Sarah Paulson (17/12/1974 - ) |
🎈 Seal (19/02/1963 - ) |
🎈 Stephen Fry (24/08/1957 - ) |
🎈 Sylvia Rivera (02/07/1951 - 19/02/2002)  Stonewall veteran and organizer who fought for trans and homeless youth. View details |
🎈 Tom Daley (21/05/1994 - )  Olympic diver and LGBTQ+ role model with prominent public advocacy. View details |
🎈 Tommy Dorfman (13/05/1992 - ) |
🎈 Tove Jansson (09/08/1914 - 27/06/2001)  Creator of the Moomins and an influential lesbian artist and writer. View details |
🎈 Virginia Woolf (25/01/1882 - 28/03/1941)  Modernist writer whose work explored gender, sexuality, and identity. View details |
🎈 Willow Pill (22/01/1995 - )  Drag performer and winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race. View details |
🎈 Zoe Leonard (06/10/1961 - )  Artist and AIDS activist known for conceptual photography. View details |