LGBT History Month Icons: Lea Delaria
Comedian & Actor
b. May 23, 1958
“I’m a big butch dyke with a smile on my face.”
Lea DeLaria is an award-winning actor, a jazz singer...
LGBT History Month Icon 2021: Susan B. Anthony
American Suffragist
b. February 15, 1820
d. March 13, 1906
“Men their rights and nothing more; women their rights and nothing less.”
Susan Brownell Anthony was an American...
LGBT History Month Icon 2021: David Cicilline
U.S. Congressman
b. July 15, 1961
“The American people deserve to know who will stand up and speak out for those on the margins of society.”
David...
LGBT History Month Icon 2021: Karine Jean-Pierre
Deputy White House Press Secretary
b. August 13, 1977
“America is progressing towards a stronger, more inclusive future — and I know women of color are...
LGBT History Month Icon 2021: Alice Dunbar-Nelson
Author & Activist
b. July 19, 1875
d. September 18, 1935
“Unwittingly, you’ve made me dream
Of violets, and my soul’s forgotten gleam”
Alice Dunbar-Nelson was a racially-mixed bisexual...
LGBT History Month Icon 2021: Liberace
Pianist & Entertainer
b. May 16, 1919
d. February 4, 1987
“Nakedness makes us democratic; adornment makes us individuals.”
Liberace was a world-class pianist and showman, as famous...
