1
Laverne Cox
(First Transgender Person To Appear on Cover of 'Time' Magazine)
19
6
Birthdate: May 29, 1972
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Mobile, Alabama, United States
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
2
Barbara Bush
(Activist)
18
6
Birthdate: November 25, 1981
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Dallas, United States
3
Jazz Jennings
(LGBTQ Rights Activist, Internet Personality, Spokesmodel)
19
5
Birthdate: October 6, 2000
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Florida
4
Marsha P. Johnson
(Civil Rights Activist)
33
9
Birthdate: August 24, 1945
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
Died: July 6, 1992
5
Cooper Hefner
(Businessman)
12
2
Birthdate: September 4, 1991
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
6
Betty DeGeneres
(LGBT Rights Activist & Former Speech Therapist)
14
5
Birthdate: May 20, 1930
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
7
Fletcher
(Singer)
1
0
Birthdate: March 19, 1994
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States
8
Lisa Lampanelli
(Stand-up Comedians)
13
3
Birthdate: July 19, 1961
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Trumbull, Connecticut, USA
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
9
Bayard Rustin
(Activist)
0
0
Birthdate: March 17, 1912
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: August 24, 1987
10
Alexandra Billings
(Actress)
11
2
Birthdate: March 28, 1962
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Schaumburg, Illinois, USA
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
11
Dennis Kucinich
(Politician)
13
3
Birthdate: October 8, 1946
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
12
Gavin Creel
(Actor)
0
0
Birthdate: April 18, 1976
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Findlay, Ohio, USA
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Larry Kramer
(Playwright)
13
3
Birthdate: June 25, 1935
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
14
Wilson Cruz
(Actor)
12
2
Birthdate: December 27, 1973
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
15
iO Tillett Wright
(Photographer and Activist Well Known as the Co-host of MTV Documentary Series 'Suspect')
12
2
Birthdate: September 2, 1985
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
iO Tillett Wright is an American photographer, author, activist, TV and podcast host. He is credited with founding the now-defunct international street art magazine Overspray for which he served as the editor-in-chief until 2009. His podcast The Ballad Of Billy Balls was counted among the best of 2019 and was considered for television development.
16
Gale Harold
(Actor)
12
2
Birthdate: July 10, 1969
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Decatur, Georgia, USA
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
17
Jay Bakker
(American Pastor, Author and Speaker)
15
3
Birthdate: December 18, 1975
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Born to televangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, Jay Bakker later followed in his parents’ footsteps and established the Revolution Church. His version of Christianity is open to concepts such as homosexuality and gay marriage. He has also penned books such as Son of a Preacher Man.
18
Annie Sprinkle
(American Sexologist and Co-creator of the 'Ecosexual' Movement)
15
3
Birthdate: July 23, 1954
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Annie Sprinkle is an American sexologist who supports sex work and healthcare. Sprinkle, who identifies herself as ecosexual, works as a feminist stripper, sex educator, pornographic actress, and sex-positive feminist. She is credited with popularizing lesbian pornography and the post-porn movement.
19
Rita Mae Brown
(Writer)
11
2
Birthdate: November 28, 1944
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Hanover, Pennsylvania, United States
20
Sarah Hegazi
(Human rights activist)
13
3
Birthdate: May 22, 1989
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Egypt
Died: June 14, 2020
21
Gia Gunn
(For competing on the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race)
3
1
Birthdate: May 10, 1990
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
22
Michael Huffington
(Politician)
10
2
Birthdate: September 3, 1947
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Dallas, Texas, United States U.S.
23
Ben Cohen
(English Former Rugby Player)
0
0
Birthdate: September 14, 1978
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
24
Omar Sharif Jr.
(Actor, Model)
3
1
Birthdate: November 28, 1983
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
25
DEV
(Songwriter)
0
0
Birthdate: July 2, 1989
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Tracy, United States
26
Alan Duncan
(Politician)
10
2
Birthdate: March 31, 1957
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England, UK
27
Brian Sims
(Politician)
1
0
Birthdate: September 16, 1978
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
28
Pepe Julian Onziema
(LGBT rights and human rights activist)
2
0
Birthdate: November 30, 1980
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Uganda
29
Sean Doolittle
(Baseball player)
1
0
Birthdate: September 26, 1986
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Rapid City, South Dakota, United States
30
Gayle Rubin
(American Cultural Anthropologist, Theorist and Activist)
10
2
Birthdate: January 1, 1949
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: South Carolina, United States
Gayle Rubin is a cultural anthropologist known for writing on a wide range of topics, such as feminism, sadomasochism, prostitution, homosexuality, pedophilia, and pornography. She studied at the University of Michigan and was part of early feminist groups. After earning her Ph.D. in anthropology, she began her academic career. She is also associated with several feminist journals.
31
Lynn Conway
(Transgender Activist & Computer Scientist Who Initiated The Mead-Conway VLSI Chip Design Revolution)
10
2
Birthdate: January 2, 1938
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Mount Vernon, New York, United States
32
Jón Gnarr
(Actor)
9
2
Birthdate: January 2, 1967
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Reykjavík, Iceland
33
Edward Carpenter
(English Poet and Philosopher)
10
2
Birthdate: August 29, 1844
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Hove, Sussex, England
Died: June 28, 1929
34
Andrea
(Bulgarian Singer-Songwriter and Video Director)
9
2
Birthdate: January 23, 1987
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Sofia, Bulgaria
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
35
Wade Davis
(American football player, Writer)
1
0
Birthdate: July 28, 1977
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
36
Karl Heinrich Ulrichs
(German Lawyer and Jurist Who is Regarded as a Pioneer of Sexology and the Modern Gay Rights Movement)
12
2
Birthdate: August 28, 1825
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Aurich, Germany
Died: July 14, 1895
Karl Heinrich Ulrichs was a German lawyer, journalist, jurist, and writer. Today, he is widely regarded as a pioneer of the modern gay rights movement and sexology. Ulrichs is considered the first openly gay man in the history of mankind. In August 1867, Karl Heinrich Ulrichs urged the goverment to revoke anti-homosexual laws, becoming the first homosexual to do so.
37
Del Martin
(Gay rights activist)
7
1
Birthdate: May 5, 1921
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
Died: August 27, 2008
38
Emily Gorcenski
(Data scientist and Activist who created the site 'First Vigil' to track the trial information of white nationalists)
3
1
Birthdate: 1982 AD
Birthplace: Columbia, Connecticut, United States
39
Vladimir Luxuria
(First openly transgender member of Parliament in Europe)
9
2
Birthdate: June 24, 1965
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Foggia, Italy
40
José Sarria
(Drag queen)
6
1
Birthdate: December 13, 1922
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: San Francisco, California
Died: August 19, 2013
41
A-Mei
(Singer)
0
0
Birthdate: August 9, 1972
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Beinan, Taitung Beinan, Taitung County Taitung, Taiwan
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
42
Nataša Bekvalac
(Serbian Singer, Actress, and Model)
6
1
Birthdate: September 25, 1980
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Novi Sad, Serbia
Nataša Bekvalac is a Serbian singer, actress, and model. She achieved popularity in 2011 when she was named Female Pop Singer of the Year at Oskar Popularnosti. In 2020, she won the Music Video of the Year award at the Music Awards Ceremony. Bekvalac is also renowned for her support for the LGBT community and is considered a gay icon.
43
Tamara Todevska
(Singer)
7
1
Birthdate: June 1, 1985
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Skopje, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia
44
Lorena Borjas
(Activist)
8
2
Birthdate: May 29, 1960
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Veracruz, Mexico
Died: March 30, 2020
45
Patricia de Leon
(Actress, Beauty Pageant winner)
5
1
Birthdate: January 2, 1978
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Panama City, Panama
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
46
Robert Sepulveda Jr.
(Model)
7
1
Birthdate: February 11, 1983
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
47
Rama Yade
(Senegalese-Born French Politician, Feminist, and Author)
6
1
Birthdate: December 13, 1976
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Ouakam, Dakar, Senegal
Born in Senegal, French politician and author Rama Yade started her career as a top-level civil servant with the French Senate. The UMP member has led France as its Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Human Rights and for Sports. She has also represented France at the UNESCO.
48
David Kato
(Teacher)
6
1
Birthdate: February 13, 1964
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Mukono, Uganda
Died: January 26, 2011
49
Alphonso David
(Former president of the Human Rights Campaign)
2
0
Birthdate: 1971 AD
Birthplace: Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
50
Rain Valdez
(Actress who star in the web series Razor Tongue)
1
0
Birthdate: 1981 AD
Birthplace: Manila, Philippines
