LGBT History Month Icon 2021: Little Richard
Rock & Roll Pioneer
b. December 5, 1932
d. May 9, 2020
“Elvis may be the King of Rock and Roll, but I am the Queen.”
Richard Penniman,...
LGBT History Month Icon 2021: Johnnie Phelps
Decorated WWII Veteran
b. April 4, 1922
d. December 30, 1997
“It would be unfair of me not to tell you, my name is going to head...
LGBT History Month Icon 2021: Henry Muñoz III
Designer, Entrepreneur & Leader
b. December 1959
“If we are to be the future, then we have to take the future in our own hands.”
Henry Reuben...
LGBT History Month Icon 2021: Javier Morgado
CNN Executive Producer
b. November 11, 1977
“As Americans we should all share one dream … that we should all enjoy the same rights as everybody...
LGBT History Month Icon 2021: Janelle Monáe
Singer, Songwriter & Actor
b. December 1, 1985
“I’ve never lived my life in a binary way.”
Janelle Monáe is an eight-time Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter and...
LGBT History Month Icon 2021: Shannon Minter
Transgender Supreme Court Attorney
b. February 14, 1961
“This is how we win; not by being confrontational but by showing people we want to contribute to...
