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- Berenice Abbott, photographer
- Sam Adams, political figure
- Jane Addams, activist
- Alvin Ailey, dancer and choreographer
- Clay Aiken, singer, politician
- Edward Albee, playwright
- Joseph Alsop, journalist
- Gregg Araki, filmmaker
- Francis Bacon, painter
- Josephine Baker, singer and dancer
- James Baldwin, writer
- Tammy Baldwin, U.S. Senator
- Alan Ball, screenwriter
- Lance Bass, singer
- Meredith Baxter, actor
- James Beard, chef
- Ruth Benedict, anthropologist
- Nate Berkus, interior designer
- Sandra Bernhard, actress and comedian
- Leonard Bernstein, composer, conductor, and pianist
- Chaz Bono, activist
- Rita Mae Brown, writer and social activist
- Edward Carpenter, poet
- Willa Cather, writer
- Marc Cherry, writer, producer
- Lisa Cholodenko, filmmaker
- David Cicilline, politician
- Jason Collins, basketball player
- Anderson Cooper, journalist
- Aaron Copland, composer
- Laverne Cox, actor
- Quentin Crisp, writer and actor
- Michael Cunningham, writer
- Ellen DeGeneres, actress and comedian
- Melissa Etheridge, musician
- Tom Ford, fashion designer, film director
- E. M. Forster, novelist
- Jodie Foster, actress and filmmaker
- Barney Frank, politician
- Stephen Fry, actor and writer
- Lady Gaga, singer and songwriter
- David Geffen, music producer
- Allen Ginsberg, poet
- Barbara Gittings, activist
- Lesley Gore, singer, songwriter
- Tim Gunn, television personality
- Harry Hay, activist
- Neil Patrick Harris, actor
- Perez Hilton, Internet celebrity
- Rock Hudson, actor
- Marc Jacobs, fashion designer
- Caitlyn Jenner, Olympian, television personality
- Elton John, singer, songwriter, and producer
- T. R. Knight, actor
- Tony Kushner, playwright
- Adam Lambert, singer
- Annie Leibovitz, photographer
- Liberace, pianist and performer
- Audra Lorde, poet
- Amy Lowell, poet
- Jane Lynch, actress
- Rachel Maddow, political commentator
- Bradley Manning, soldier, whistleblower
- Ricky Martin, singer
- James McGreevey
- Ian McKellen, actor
- Freddie Mercury, musician
- Harvey Milk, political figure, activist
- Kate Millett, writer, activist
- Bob Mould, musician
- Martina Navratilova, tennis player
- Tig Notaro, comedian
- Cynthia Nixon, actress
- Rudolf Nureyev, ballet dancer
- Rosie O'Donnell, actress, television personality
- Suze Orman, financial adviser, television personality
- Ellen Page, actor
- Jared Polis, Congressman
- Amy Ray, singer
- Portia de Rossi, actress
- Adrienne Rich, poet
- Bayard Rustin, activist
- Vita Sackville-West, writer
- Emily Saliers, singer
- Michael Sam, football player
- Patty Schemel, musician
- Maurice Sendak, children's book author
- Christian Siriano, designer
- Sam Smith, singer
- Susan Sontag, feminist, writer
- Gertrude Stein, writer
- Michael Stipe, musician
- Gerry Studds, Congressman
- Sheryl Swoopes, basketball player
- Wanda Sykes, comedian and actress
- John Addington Symonds, writer and critic
- Bill Tilden, tennis player
- Alan Turing, mathematician
- Abby Wambach, soccer player
- Andy Warhol, artist
- Jann Wenner, publisher
- Walt Whitman, poet
- Oscar Wilde, writer
- Tennessee Williams, dramatist
- Virginia Woolf, writer
- Mary Wollstonecraft, writer and feminist
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