LGBT History Month Icons 2022: James Merrill
Pulitzer-Winning Poet
b. March 3, 1926
d. February 6, 1995
“Let the mind be … a landing strip for sacred visitations.”
James Ingram Merrill was a great 20th-century...
LGBT History Month Icons 2022: Lance Loud
First Out Reality Star
b. June 26, 1951
d. December 22, 2001
“It was a pleasure to be a gay eyesore.”
Russell “Lance” Loud was a television celebrity,...
LGBT History Month Icons 2022: Lawrence Of Arabia
British Military Officer
b. August 16, 1888
d. May 19, 1935
“Truly, for some men nothing is written unless they write it.”
T. E. Lawrence, “Lawrence of Arabia,”...
LGBT History Month Icons 2022: Stephen Lachs
World’s First Out Judge
b. September 1939
“Now, if a gay judge is appointed, people barely bat an eye … at the time, this was big...
LGBT History Month Icons 2022: Mondaire Jones
First Out Black Congressman
b. May 18, 1987
“Growing up poor, Black, and gay, I never imagined someone like me could run for Congress, let alone...
LGBT History Month Icons 2022: Jazz Jennings
Transgender Youth Activist
b. October 6, 2000
“No matter what your differences are, you have to embrace them and be proud of the way you are.”
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