This Pri Month, celebrate the famo people who have played a major role the Gay Rights Movement over the years.
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30 FAMO GAY PEOPLE WHO CHANGED THE WORLD
* list of gay historical figures *
Whether or not some of the people were publicly regnized as gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr, or "queer" any sense of the word vari pendg on the person and their history. Bayard Rt bravely walked the dangero world of social and polil movements the '40s as an openly gay Black man fightg for both Black and LGBTQ+ rights durg a time when was practilly illegal to be eher Ameri. As a rult, Baldw and his work are scribed as tersectnal, providg a perspective rmed by both racism and homophobia that gay Black Amerins would experience.
While he ially lost an electn for the San Francis Board of Supervisors, Milk would ntue to serve his lol gay muny through other means, foundg the San Francis Gay Democratic Club and eventually wng a seat on the Board of Supervisors.
As a transgenr woman, Johnson faced abe om police and had no permanent home while workg as a drag queen and wars, but she would fd herself the ontl of gay rights protts after police raid the Stonewall Inn 1969. Johnson then beme a -founr of the Gay Liberatn Front and Street Transvte Actn Revolutnari, workg to provi shelter and safety to trans youth via STAR Hoe and beg a prolific performer—unfortunately, Johnson was found ad the Hudson River 1992, and while police led her ath a suici, iends and many observers spect foul play led to the revolutnary figure's untimely passg. In addn to lnchg the New York chapter of the lbian anizatn, Dghters of Bilis (which she ran form 1958 to 1963), she eded their natnal magaze and was known for standg ont and center picket l prottg anti-gay discrimatn.
FAMO GAY PEOPLE
He won a spot on the Cy-County Board 1977 after earng the nickname "Mayor of Castro Street, " makg him the first openly gay elected official California. Advertisement - Contue Readg Below14 Jam BaldwGetty ImagBaldw was wrg gay and bisexual characters years before the LGBTQ movement fully took form and up until his ath 1987. Advertisement - Contue Readg Below17 Karl Herich UlrichsAlamyRevered as a pneer of the morn gay rights movement, Ulrich was a German wrer creded as the first person to publicly "e out" 1862.
Advertisement - Contue Readg Below19 Leonard MatlovichGetty ImagMatlovich stood up to the ary's ban on gay service members by g out a letter to his mandg officer 1975.