List of LGBT rights activists

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This is a list of notable LGBT rights activists who have made significant contributions to the LGBT community and the fight for LGBT rights.

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• Alan Turing - A pioneering computer scientist and mathematician, Turing was also a victim of homophobia and posthumously became a symbol of the fight for LGBT rights.
• Audre Lorde - A poet, writer, and civil rights activist, Lorde was a prominent voice in the LGBT and feminist movements.

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• Bayard Rustin - An advisor to Martin Luther King Jr., Rustin was a key figure in the civil rights movement and an advocate for gay rights.
• Barbara Gittings - A prominent lesbian activist, Gittings was instrumental in the early LGBT rights movement and worked to remove homosexuality from the American Psychiatric Association's list of mental disorders.

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• Christine Jorgensen - One of the first Americans to undergo gender reassignment surgery, Jorgensen became a public figure and advocate for transgender rights.

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• Dan Savage - A writer, media pundit, and LGBT rights activist, Savage is known for his It Gets Better Project, which aims to prevent suicide among LGBT youth.

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• Ellen DeGeneres - A comedian, actress, and television host, DeGeneres came out as a lesbian in 1997 and has since been a vocal advocate for LGBT rights.

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• Frank Kameny - An early gay rights activist, Kameny was one of the first to challenge the U.S. government's ban on employing homosexuals.

G

• Gilbert Baker - The creator of the rainbow flag, which has become a symbol of LGBT pride and LGBT rights.

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• Harvey Milk - One of the first openly gay elected officials in the United States, Milk was a San Francisco city supervisor and a martyr for the LGBT rights movement.

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• Ian McKellen - A renowned actor and LGBT rights activist, McKellen co-founded Stonewall, a leading LGBT rights organization in the United Kingdom.

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• James Baldwin - An influential writer and social critic, Baldwin's works often explored themes of sexuality, race, and identity.

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• Kate Bornstein - A transgender author and activist, Bornstein has written extensively on gender identity and transgender issues.

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• Larry Kramer - A playwright and AIDS activist, Kramer co-founded the Gay Men's Health Crisis and ACT UP.

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• Marsha P. Johnson - A transgender activist and prominent figure in the Stonewall riots, Johnson co-founded the Gay Liberation Front and Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries.

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• Nancy Cárdenas - A Mexican writer, poet, and LGBT rights activist, Cárdenas was one of the first public figures in Mexico to come out as lesbian.

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• Oscar Wilde - A renowned playwright and poet, Wilde's trials and imprisonment for homosexuality made him a symbol of the struggle against homophobia.

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• Peter Tatchell - A British human rights campaigner, Tatchell has been a prominent advocate for LGBT rights for over five decades.

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• Quentin Crisp - An English writer and actor, Crisp became a gay icon and advocate for LGBT rights through his autobiographical works.

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• RuPaul - A drag queen, singer, and television personality, RuPaul has been a significant figure in bringing drag culture and LGBT issues into the mainstream.

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• Sylvia Rivera - A transgender activist and veteran of the Stonewall riots, Rivera co-founded the Gay Liberation Front and Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries.

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• Tammy Baldwin - The first openly lesbian member of the United States Congress, Baldwin has been a strong advocate for LGBT rights.

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• Urvashi Vaid - An Indian-American LGBT rights activist, Vaid has been a leader in the fight for LGBT equality and social justice.

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• Vito Russo - A film historian and LGBT rights activist, Russo authored The Celluloid Closet, a seminal work on the portrayal of LGBT people in film.

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• Wanda Sykes - A comedian, actress, and writer, Sykes is an outspoken advocate for LGBT rights and came out as a lesbian in 2008.

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• Xulhaz Mannan - A Bangladeshi LGBT rights activist and founder of the country's first and only LGBT magazine, Mannan was tragically murdered for his activism.

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• Yasmin Benoit - A British asexual activist and model, Benoit is known for her work in raising awareness about asexuality and LGBT rights.

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• Zachary Quinto - An actor and producer, Quinto came out as gay in 2011 and has been an advocate for LGBT rights and HIV/AIDS awareness.

Related Pages

• LGBT rights
• Stonewall riots
• Gay Liberation Front
• ACT UP
• It Gets Better Project
• Rainbow flag
• Gender identity
• Transgender rights
• Homophobia
• AIDS activism