They won a historic Indian Supreme Court case decriminalizing homosexuality.
His leadership brought international attention to LGBT rights in Russia.
An activist, self-identified drag queen, performer, and survivor. She was a prominent figure in the Stonewall uprising of 1969.
He is an activist, a powerful political advisor and a bestselling author.
She is the most influential figures in India's LGBTQ community.
She is one of America’s greatest poets.
Novelist and short-story writer known for her psychological crime thrillers.
Best known for:
Strangers on a Train
The Talented Mr. Ripley
His best-known works include the novel that inspired “Cabaret.”
He was a trailblazing Pakistani-American poet and LGBT activist.
Her highly acclaimed poetry provided a window into the natural world.
She was one of the great Archaic lyric poets.
Writer, educator, philosopher, and patron of the arts.
He is known for the anthology of fiction, poetry, and essays on African and African-American art and literature titled "The New Negro: An Interpretation."
Author, poet, playwright, actor, model, film director, and founder of the Tatenokai. Notable Works include:
“The Sea of Fertility”
“The Temple of the Golden Pavilion”
“Confessions of a Mask”
“The Decay of the Angel”
“The Temple of Dawn”
“Patriotism”
“Spring Snow”
“Runaway Horses”
A Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director.
A selection of his poems is available for reading on the Poetry Foundation site.
American drag queen, actor, model, singer, songwriter, and television personality.
He is a multi-award-winning nonfiction filmmaker whose work focuses on LGBT issues.
“The Laramie Project” (2000), about the murder of Mathew Shepard, is one of the most-produced plays.
Since she joined “SNL,” McKinnon has appeared in a number of screen
productions.
He was a trailblazing drag actor best known as Divine.
She is an award-winning writer and the co-producer of “Orange Is the New Black.”
He is an Emmy, Grammy and Tony Award-winning actor and singer.
She is a businesswoman, a transgender rights advocate and an actress.
Known as Lil Nas X, is a Grammy Award-winning rapper, singer and songwriter
