LGBT History Month Icon 2021: Janis Ian
Singer-Songwriter
b. April 7, 1951
“Truth is not the enemy, and whatever does not kill us sets us free.”
Janis Ian is a folk singer-songwriter and lifelong...
LGBT History Month Icon 2021: Jerry Herman
Award-Winning Composer
b. July 10, 1931
d. December 26, 2019
“Writing for me is like putting together a jigsaw puzzle.”
Gerald “Jerry” Herman was an openly gay Broadway...
LGBT History Month Icon 2021: Bob Hattoy
Gay Rights Pioneer
b. November 1, 1950
d. March 4, 2007
“Mr. President, your family has AIDS … and you are doing nothing about it.”
Bob Hattoy was...
LGBT History Month Icon 2021: LZ Granderson
Journalist & Commentator
b. March 11, 1972
“This is the gay agenda: equality. Not special rights, but the rights that are already written by .”
Elzie Lee...
LGBT History Month Icon 2021: R.C. Gorman
Native American Artist
b. July 26, 1932
d. November 3, 2005
“I’m an Indian painting Indians, and if it worked out for me, then it's all well...
LGBT History Month Icon 2021: Althea Garrison
Transgender State Representative
b. October 7, 1940
“It pays not to quit when you want something. You have to keep working until you get it.”
Althea Garrison...
