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Addams is an ductee to the Chigo Gay and Lbian Hall of Fame. What Osr Wil is also known for is for twice beg prosecuted for homosexualy and gross cency 1895. Wil, along wh more than 50, 000 other gay men, was posthumoly pardoned as part of the 2017 Alan Turg Law.
Anrson Cooper is one of the most regnizable gay male ins the world right now. Upon g out as gay 2012 Cooper was lled by The New York Tim “the most proment openly gay journalist on Amerin televisn.
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On g out Cooper said “The fact is, I’m gay, always have been, always will be, and I uldn’t be any more happy, fortable wh myself, and proud. ” He has stated over the years that he first realized he was gay his teen years, and first me to tly embrace that part of him shortly after llege.
He has served as Entertament Media Director for GLAAD (Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn). As an activist for LGBT rights, she has been an outspoken cric of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy the US ary which prohibs gay and lbian servicepeople om beg open.
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She has also spoken out agast anti-gay bullyg Amerin schools. While she has revented herself as an artist many tim, one thg that hasn’t changed is her tirels support and advocy for gay rights . Diana was of the most fervent advot for those afflicted wh the HIV/AIDS, pecially the early years of the disease’s onslght, and she did this at a time when few others would – a time when gay men beme public enemy no.
She batted wispread negative perceptns of gay men and AIDS patients. To a very nsirable gree, Diana is rponsible for creatg gay prence the ntemporary world. Those who were ma to feel “different” by a society that was largely homophobic uld intify wh Diana’s suatn life, and most uld admire her for the fiant poise and grace wh which she handled all.
Harvey Milk was a trailblazg openly gay polician who, as a member of San Fransis’s Cy Board of Supervisors, champned gay rights before beg assassated alongsi the cy mayor by a disgntled polil rival. Navy durg the Korean War before beg forced to accept a dishonorable discharge bee of his homosexualy (or else he would have been urt martialed).
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Dpe a polil reer cut short, Milk ma a lastg impact not only the gay muny but the Amerin nscns as well.
There is no qutn that he paved the way for gay rights activists that followed, not only San Fransis but throughout the Uned Stat and the world. He was a visnary whose credo was gay liberatn, the importance of lol muni, and the notn that ernment should be rponsive to dividuals. But Elton John is also one of the most fluential openly gay figur of the past five s and untg.
Later 1992, aga an terview for Rollg Stone, John said that he was “que fortable beg gay.