Fascatg stori about the most famo gay people the world. From Michelangelo to Ellen DeGener, Out celebrat the liv of notable LGBT figur.
Contents:
- FAMO GAY PEOPLE
- 30 FAMO GAY PEOPLE WHO CHANGED THE WORLD
- DO YOU KNOW THE FAMO GAY PEOPLE WHO CHANGED HISTORY?
FAMO GAY PEOPLE
This Pri Month, celebrate the famo people who have played a major role the Gay Rights Movement over the years. * important gay figures *
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Sylvia Rivera was a gay and transgenr activist, but she's maly known for her role at the Stonewall rts. Billie Jean Kg, a profsnal tennis player, was outed as a lbian 1981 and beme the first openly gay athlete.
But ’s also a time to honor the people who have paved the way for gay rights activism, like Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson, along wh Rivera, was a central figure the begng of the gay liberatn movement of the 1970s the Uned Stat.
30 FAMO GAY PEOPLE WHO CHANGED THE WORLD
* important gay figures *
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However, bee he was an openly gay man, he did not receive wi regnn for his tegral role the civil rights movement. Dpe this, Rt still remaed a polil and gay activist, workg to brg the AIDS crisis to the NAACP’s attentn.
DO YOU KNOW THE FAMO GAY PEOPLE WHO CHANGED HISTORY?
Much of her work revolved around her lbian inty, wrg llectns of poetry and plays addrsg gay and lbian them. Cárnas helped start the stggle agast gay prejudice Mexi and fought for equal rights for everyone, no matter their NkoliSimon Nkoli is seen by many as the central hero of the gay and lbian stggle South Ai.
He was an anti-apartheid, gay rights, and HIV/AIDS activist who found the Gay and Lbian Organisatn of the Wwatersrand (GLOW). They also played an tegral role nvcg the Ain Natnal Congrs, South Ai’s lg polil party, to formally regnize gay and lbian rights the untry.