This Pri Month, celebrate the famo people who have played a major role the Gay Rights Movement over the years.
Contents:
- GAY HOLLYWOOD: 45 OUT AND PROUD LGBT STARS (PHOTOS)
- THE REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS OPENLY GAY
- 30 FAMO GAY PEOPLE WHO CHANGED THE WORLD
- FAMO GAY PEOPLE
- FAMO GAYS THROUGHOUT HISTORY
GAY HOLLYWOOD: 45 OUT AND PROUD LGBT STARS (PHOTOS)
* famous gay people in american history *
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.
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.
THE REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS OPENLY GAY
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. Advertisement - Contue Readg Below20 Magn HirschfeldGetty ImagHirschfeld was a German doctor who began studyg sexualy while livg Berl 1896 wh a foc on homosexualy.
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.
30 FAMO GAY PEOPLE WHO CHANGED THE WORLD
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.
FAMO GAY PEOPLE
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. When playwright and activist Larry Kramer published his say “1, 112 and Countg” 1983, AIDS was a highly stigmatized, ltle unrstood disease primarily affectg gay men. LOG IN WITH FACEBOOKHome›Polics and Activism›20 Historil Figur You Didn't Know Were Queer›For a very long time, beg gay was illegal, meang that many people were forced to live their whole liv the closet.
Thanks to the shownners drivg thentic stori, filmmakers buckg s-old heteronormative paradigms, actors embolned to live more hontly and platforms bankrollg so much of , beg gay, queer, transgenr or any other other has never been more wily embraced the entertament s gural Pri issue, The Hollywood Reporter homed on the talent and makers helpg boost visibily and creatg opportuni for members of the extend LGBTQ muny. After more than a of Watch What Happens Live Wh Andy Cohen, where he beme the first openly gay host Amerin late night, Bravo's exec turned talent tackl all kds of media (SiriXM show Rad Andy, multiple books), while upliftg and advotg for the LGBTQ muny. Puttg his stamp on The Ln Kg — he played Timon to great acclaim the billn-dollar-earng Disney reboot — the out-and-proud funnyman will next play Matt Ddge Amerin Crime Story: Impeachment while his upg Judd Apatow-produced feature at Universal is set to be the first gay rom- om a major stud.
FAMO GAYS THROUGHOUT HISTORY
Creator of the NBC s One Big Happy and her own YouTube talk show This Jt Out, Feldman recently ma her Netflix edy outright queer, as Dead to Me's sophomore season revealed a lead character to be bisexual. Levy, who -created the show wh dad Eugene, earned legns of admirers fans and crics alike for craftg a same-sex love story a seri that was ee of homophobia.
Watchg Rickie Vasquez, a gay character played by an openly gay actor, Wilson Cz, certaly felt like the most hont and rpectful portrayal of a gay teen I had ever seen. I'LL FEEL GOOD ABOUT HOLLYWOOD'S LGBTQ REPRESENTATION WHEN "When 'gay actor, ' 'gay director, ' 'gay wrer, ' 'gay story, ' et cetera, are no longer labels even worth mentng.