Meet the Heroes of LGBTQ History Month [SHORT VIDEOS]

October 8, 2015

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1. Jane Addams

2. Miriam Ben-Shalom

3. Richard Blanco

4. Staceyann Chin

5. Jason Collins

6. Laverne Cox

7. Clive Davis

8. Samuel Delany

9. Elsie de Wolfe

10. Arthur Dong

11. Emery Hetrick & Damien Martin

12. Mick Jagger

13. Angelina Jolie

14. William Rufus King

15. Jackie “Moms” Mabley

16. Edna St. Vincent Millay

17. Frank Mugisha

18. Jack Nichols

19. Elaine Noble

20. Antonia Pantoja

21. Frances Perkins

22. Robin Roberts

23. Sahaykwisa

24. Michael Sam

25. Barbra Siperstein

26. Dusty Springfield

27. Tom Stoddard

28. William “Big Bill” Tilden II

29. Tim’m T. West

30. Edie Windsor

31. Evan Wolfson

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