• Source: List of LGBTQ rights activists

A list of notable LGBTQ rights activists who have worked to advance LGBTQ rights by political change, legal action or publication. Ordered by country, alphabetically.




Albania


Elton Ilirjani, the first CEO of a major company in Albania who came out of the closet as gay in 2016. He is the founder of the Dignity Global non-government organization for LGBT rights in the workplace, founded in 2019. He is also known as an LGBT activist and model, making history as the first genderless model to walk Seoul Fashion Week in 2023.
Xheni Karaj, founder of Aleanca LGBT organization and recipient of the Civil Rights Defenders of the Year Award 2022
Kristi Pinderi, LGBT activist and journalist; founder of Pro-LGBT




Angola


Carlos Fernandes, LGBT activist and a founder/director of the Iris Angola Association.
Imanni Da Silva, Angolan model and transgender rights activist.
Titica, transgender Angolan singer and goodwill ambassador for UNAIDS.




Argentina


Mariana Alarcón, human rights activist who worked for labor rights for transgender women
Claudia Pía Baudracco, led the movement to repeal laws criminalizing transgender identities; co-founder of the Argentine Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Trans Federation
Lohana Berkins, founder of the Association for the Fight for Travesti and Transsexual Identity
Lara María Bertolini, human rights activist advocating for the rights of travesti, transgender, and non-binary people
Claudia Castrosín Verdú, she and her partner were the first lesbian couple to form a civil union in Latin America; vice president of FALGBT
María Rachid, politician and LGBT rights activist, partner of Claudia Castrosín Verdú
Diana Sacayán, board member of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association and a leader of the Antidiscrimination Liberation Movement




Armenia


Lilit Martirosyan, trans right activist, founder of the Right Side NGO




Australia


Ron Austin
Peter Bonsall-Boone
Bob Brown
Lyle Chan, member of ACT UP
Rodney Croome
Peter De Waal
Alex Greenwich
Grace Hyland
Craig Johnston (politician)
Michael Kirby (judge), Justice of the High Court of Australia
Julie McCrossin
Sally Rugg
Magda Szubanski
Derek Williams (LGBT rights activist), co-founder of GaLTaS




Austria


Helmut Graupner, lawyer and LGBT activist
Gery Keszler, organizer of the Life Ball
Alex Jürgen
Ulrike Lunacek
Hermann von Teschenberg, barrister, translator, and LGBT rights activist




Bangladesh


Xulhaz Mannan




Barbados


Ro-Ann Mohammed, co-founder of the organization Barbados - Gays, Lesbians and All-Sexuals against Discrimination (B-GLAD)
Donnya Piggott, tech entrepreneur, human rights advocate, co-founder of the organization Barbados - Gays, Lesbians and All-Sexuals against Discrimination (B-GLAD)




Belgium


Sonja Eggerickx, teacher, women and LGBT rights advocate
Eliane Morissens, teacher and LGBT activist for labor rights




Belize


Derricia Castillo-Salazar
Caleb Orozco




Botswana


Katlego Kai Kolanyane-Kesupile, performance artist, musician, writer and LGBT activist
Monica Tabengwa, lawyer and researcher on LGBT rights issues in sub-Saharan Africa
Caine Youngman, involved in court cases to legalize same-sex relationships




Brazil


Luiz Mott
Jean Wyllys
Toni Reis
João Silvério Trevisan
Míriam Martinho




Bulgaria


Desislava Petrova, LGBT activist, former president of Gemini
Monika Pisankaneva, lecturer and activist; founder of Gemini




Cameroon


Bandy Kiki, blogger and LGBT activist
Joel Gustave Nana Ngongang
Alice Nkom, first woman lawyer in Cameroon and LGBT rights activist




Canada


Barry D. Adam
Enza Anderson
Florence Ashley
Alec Butler
Michelle Douglas
Jim Egan
Brent Hawkes
Alan Herbert
George Hislop
K.d. Lang
Irshad Manji
Christin Milloy
Arsham Parsi
Gordon Price
Svend Robinson
Bill Siksay
Clara Sorrenti
Jenna Talackova
Mark Tewksbury




Chile


Luis Larraín
Pedro Lemebel
Jaime Parada
Pablo Salvador




China, People's Republic of


Li Tingting, LGBT rights and feminist activist
Li Yinhe
Cui Zi'en
Xian, LGBT rights activist and founder of Beijing-based lesbian organization Tongyu




Colombia


Virgilio Barco Isakson (b. 1965)
Armando Benedetti Villaneda (b. 1962)
Blanca Inés Durán Hernández
Angélica Lozano Correa
Tatiana de la Tierra
Juliana Delgado Lopera




Costa Rica


Victor Madrigal-Borloz




Croatia


Merlinka
Mima Simić, LGBT activist and Croatia's first openly out LGBTIQ+ political candidate




Cuba


Ada Bello, LGBT rights activist and medical researcher
Mariela Castro, director of the National Commission for Comprehensive Attention to Transsexual People




Denmark


Axel Axgil
Lili Elbe (b. 1882)




Ecuador


Orlando Montoya, Colombian who led Ecuador's decriminalization of homosexuality
Diane Rodríguez
Carina Vance Mafla




Egypt


Maher Sabry
Omar Sharif Jr.
Sarah Hegazi
Shrouk El-Attar




El Salvador


Ruby Corado




Estonia


Lisette Kampus
Peeter Rebane




Finland


Sakris Kupila
Sofi Oksanen




France


Camille Cabral
Pierre Guénin
Fabrice Houdart
Christiane Taubira
Lilian Thuram, former French soccer player
Rama Yade, former Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Human Rights of France




Germany


Adolf Brand
Manfred Bruns
Volker Beck
Benedict Friedlaender
Magnus Hirschfeld
Karl Heinrich Ulrichs




Greece


Jason-Antigone Dane, LGBT activist, first person to ask for official recognition as a non-binary person
Marina Galanou, trans activist, publisher, writer, and columnist
Zak Kostopoulos, Greek-American LGBT, AIDS, refugee, sex-worker activist
Menelas Siafakas, filmmaker and LGBT activist
Panos H. Koutras, filmmaker and LGBT activist




Guatemala


Aldo Dávila, politician and first openly gay man and first HIV-positive member of Congress
Sandra Morán, first out LGBT person ever elected to Congress; LGBT and human rights activist




Honduras


Erick Martínez Ávila, journalist and LGBT and AIDS activist
Claudia Spellmant, LGBT and transgender activist
Walter Tróchez, political activist and LGBT rights leader




Hungary


Gergely Homonnay, journalist and LGBT activist
Ildikó Juhász
Karl Maria Kertbeny, journalist and human rights activist who coined the terms "homosexual" and "heterosexual"




Iceland


Owl Fisher, youngest trans person to medically transition in Iceland and LGBT activist
Hörður Torfason




India


Akkai Padmashali
Anand Grover
Anjali Gopalan
Ashok Row Kavi
Gopi Shankar Madurai
Harish Iyer
Laxmi Narayan Tripathi
Manvendra Singh Gohil
Menaka Guruswamy
Rose Venkatesan
Sridhar Rangayan




Indonesia


Dede Oetomo




Iran


Alireza Shojaian
Arsham Parsi
Elham Malekpoor
Shadi Amin




Iraq


Amir Ashour
Zhiar Ali




Ireland


Mary Dorcey
Lydia Foy
David Norris
Tonie Walsh
Katherine Zappone




Israel


Imri Kalmann, former co-chairperson of the Israeli LGBT Association
Yair Qedar, founder of Israel's first LGBT newspaper
Apollo Braun, the first man who waved the pride flag inside of Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi.




Italy


Franco Grillini
Vladimir Luxuria
Imma Battaglia




Jamaica


Maurice Tomlinson, LGBT and HIV/AIDS activist who challenged the homophobic Sodomy Law
Brian Williamson, co-founded the Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays




Japan


Taiga Ishikawa
Wataru Ishizaka
Maki Muraki (born 1974), head of Nijiro Diversity in Osaka
Kanako Otsuji, first openly lesbian politician in Japan




Kenya


Denis Nzioka
Edwin Chiloba (deceased)




Kyrgyzstan


Dastan Kasmamytov




Latvia


Kristīne Garina, LGBT activist and co-founder of Mozaīka




Lebanon


Georges Azzi
Hamed Sinno
Sandra Melhem




Lithuania


Romas Zabarauskas
Marija Aušrinė Pavilionienė




Malta


Ruth Baldacchino
Gabi Calleja
Mina Tolu




Mexico


Ociel Baena, activist and Mexico's first non-binary magistrate
Nancy Cardenas, playwright, director, and LGBT+ activist
Gloria Angélica Careaga Pérez, social psychologist and activist
Agnés Torres Hernández, psychologist and transgender activist
Claudia Hinojosa, LGBT and human rights activist, academic
Patria Jiménez, the first openly gay member of any Latin American legislature
Bamby Salcedo, Mexican-American transgender activist
Julio César Martín-Trejo Anglican Bishop
and his wife Imelda Bejar Anglican priest




Morocco


Ibtissam Lachgar, psychologist and human rights and LGBT activist




Myanmar


John Lwin, model agency founder, LGBT rights activist
Shin Thant, one of the leading LGBTQ+ rights activists in Myanmar




Nepal


Sunil Babu Pant, first openly gay Nepali politician, former head of Blue Diamond Society
Bhumika Shrestha




Netherlands


Willem Arondeus
Vera Bergkamp, former chairman of the world's oldest LGBT organization
John Blankenstein
Boris Dittrich
Coos Huijsen, first openly gay parliamentarian
Henk Krol
Betty Paërl
Marjan Sax




New Zealand


Georgina Beyer, first openly transgender mayor in NZ.
Suran Dickson
Kevin Hague
Ngahuia Te Awekotuku
Derek Williams (LGBT rights activist), co-founder of GaLTaS.




Nigeria


Richard Akuson, lawyer and founder of Nigeria's first LGBT magazine
Bisi Alimi, British-Nigerian LGBT and HIV/AIDS activist
Aderonke Apata, LGBT activist and barrister
Matthew Blaise, activist involved in End SARS




Norway


Kim Friele
Christian Møllerop, leader of the Oslo and Akershus LLH




Pakistan


Faisal Alam
Nayyab Ali
Almas Bobby
Sara Gill
Nadeem Kashish
Aradhiya Khan
Bindiya Rana
Nisha Rao




Palestine


Khader Abu-Seif
Rauda Morcos
Bashar Murad
Ghadir Shafie
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin




Panama


Gilberto Gerald, gay rights and HIV/AIDS activist, co-founder of the National Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays




Peru


Belissa Andía Pérez
Luisa Revilla
Giovanny Romero Infante




Philippines


Tonette Lopez
Boy Abunda




Poland


Robert Biedroń
Anna Grodzka
Krzysztof Garwatowski
Krystian Legierski
Paweł Leszkowicz
Szymon Niemiec




Portugal


Miguel Vale de Almeida
António Serzedelo




Qatar


Naser Mohamed




Romania


Lucian Dunăreanu
Péter Eckstein-Kovács




Russia


Nikolai Alekseev
Ali Feruz
Igor Kochetkov, head of the LGBT Network
Yekaterina Samutsevich
Evgeny Shtorn
Mikhail Tumasov
Yulia Tsvetkova
Konstantin Golava




Serbia


Dejan Nebrigić
Jelena Karleuša




Sierra Leone


FannyAnn Eddy




Singapore


Alex Au
Paddy Chew, first person in Singapore to come out as HIV-positive
Jean Chong




Slovakia


Zuzana Čaputová
Imrich Matyáš
Romana Schlesinger
Michal Šimečka




Somalia


Amal Aden
Farah Abdullahi Abdi
Sumaya Dalmar




South Africa


Abdurrazack "Zackie" Achmat
Dawn Cavanagh
Busi Khewsa
Simon Nkoli, LGBT activist, founder of the Gay and Lesbian Organisation of the Witwatersrand
Noxolo Nogwaza
Funeka Soldaat, leader of Free Gender Organisation in Khayelitsha, Western Cape
Midi Achmat, LGBT activist, co-founder of Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), Association of Bisexuals, Gays, and Lesbians (ABIGALE) and the National Coalition of Lesbian and Gay Equality (NCLGE)




South Korean


Jeong Yol
Kim-Jho Gwangsoo
Kwak Yi-kyong
Lee Gye-deok
Lim Tae-hoon
Yun Hyon-seok




Spain


Oriol Pamies
Ángeles Álvarez
Carla Antonelli




Sri Lanka


Sherman de Rose
Rosanna Flamer-Caldera




St. Lucia


Kenita Placide




Sudan


Ahmed Umar




Sweden


Anna Mohr




Switzerland


Röbi Rapp
Anna Rosenwasser
Anna Vock




Syria


Abdulrahman Akkad




Taiwan


Josephine Ho
Chi Chia-wei




Thailand


Matcha Phorn-in
Vitit Muntarbhorn




Trinidad and Tobago


Jason Jones
Jowelle de Souza




Tunisia


Mounir Baatour




Turkey


Barış Sulu
Demet Demir
Hande Kader (deceased)
Mehmet Tarhan
Yasemin Öz




Uganda


David Kato
Kasha Nabagesera
Pepe Julian Onziema




Ukraine


Bogdan Globa
Vitalina Koval




United Kingdom


Jeremy Bentham, 19th-century jurist, philosopher, and legal and social reformer.
Bette Bourne, actor, performer, founder of the Gay theatrical troupe Bloolips, and one of the first modern-day UK LGBTQ+ activists and campaigners.
Michael C. Burgess, courier and co-treasurer of OutRage!
Christine Burns, trans rights campaigner, formerly a vice president of PfC, awarded MBE for work with PfC and on the GRB
Tanya Compas, queer Black rights activist based in London
A.E. Dyson, literary critic and founder of the Homosexual Law Reform Society
Jackie Forster, actress, TV personality and lesbian campaigner
Moud Goba, LGBTIQ+ human rights activist.
Ray Gosling, writer, broadcaster and gay rights activist in the Campaign for Homosexual Equality.
Antony Grey, Secretary of the Homosexual Law Reform Society; the public face of the Albany Trust
Liam Hackett, founder of anti-bullying website and charity Ditch the Label
Derek Jarman, film director
Paris Lees, trans rights campaigner, part of Trans Media Watch
Denis Lemon, Editor of Gay News, involved in blasphemy prosecution brought by Mary Whitehouse
Andrew Moffat, LGBT education advocate, author and founder the No Outsiders programme
Ian McKellen, actor and spokesperson for Stonewall (UK)
Robert Mellors, 20th-century writer and Gay Liberation Front campaigner
Phyll Opoku-Gyimah, British political activist and co-founder of UK Black Pride
Paul Patrick, anti-homophobia activist and educator
Saima Razzaq, LGBT inclusive education activist and Birmingham Pride Head of Diversity and Inclusion
Michael Schofield, sociologist and early gay rights campaigner
Michael Steed, Liberal politician, academic and gay rights activist in the Campaign for Homosexual Equality
Ben Summerskill, former chief executive of Stonewall
Peter Tatchell, politician, human rights and LGBT rights campaigner
Stephen Whittle, trans rights campaigner and former vice president of PfC and president of HBIGDA, Law Professor at MMU, awarded OBE for work with PfC and on the GRB
Derek Williams (LGBT rights activist), co-founder of GaLTaS.




United States


Kimball Allen, author of Secrets of a Gay Mormon Felon and Be Happy Be Mormon
Jacob Appel, New York City-based lawyer, advocate for reparations for gays and lesbians
Gilbert Baker (1951–2017), designer of the rainbow flag
Christopher R. Barron, co-founder of GOProud, a political organization representing gay conservatives
Paul Barwick
Vic Basile, first executive director of the Human Rights Campaign
Wayne Besen, founder of Truth Wins Out, former spokesman for the Human Rights Campaign
Elizabeth Birch, former executive director of the Human Rights Campaign
Dustin Lance Black, founding board member of the American Foundation for Equal Rights
Chaz Bono, transgender son of Sonny Bono and Cher
Jennifer Finney Boylan (1958 - ), transgender author, professor, and trans rights activist, former co-chair of GLAAD's National Board of Directors.
David P. Brill (1955–1979), Boston-based journalist
Blake Brockington (1996–2014), African American transgender rights activist.
Jenny Bruso, American hiker, influencer, and an activist for inclusivity and body positivity
Judith Butler, philosopher and gender theorist
Margarethe Cammermeyer, former colonel in the Washington National Guard whose coming out story was made into the 1995 movie Serving in Silence
Gloria Casarez (1971–2014), Latina lesbian civil rights leader and LGBT activist in Philadelphia. Philadelphia's first director of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) affairs.
Ryan Cassata, American transgender activist, public speaker and singer-songwriter
June Chan, Asian American lesbian activist
RuPaul Andre Charles, known as RuPaul, American drag queen and gay activist known for the TV show RuPaul's Drag Race
Madonna Louise Ciccone, known as Madonna (born 1958), entertainer and long-term human and civil rights activist; has offered outspoken support for the gay rights movement
Joanne Conte, trans woman, former Arvada, Colorado City Councilor, currently hosts a radio show on KGNU
Lynn Conway, trans woman computer scientist and electrical engineer
Ruby Corado, Salvadoran activist and founder of Casa Ruby
James Dale, known for landmark US Supreme Court case Boy Scouts of America v. Dale (2000) that challenged the Boy Scouts of America policy of excluding gay youth and adults
Alphonso David (born 1970), the first person of color to serve as president for the Human Rights Campaign, as of August 2019, served as a staff attorney for Lambda Legal where he worked on New York State's first same-sex marriage case, Hernandez v. Robles also the Former Deputy Secretary and Counsel for Civil Rights for New York State under Andrew Cuomo
Ellen DeGeneres (26 January 1958, Metairie, Louisiana), American comedian, television host, actress, writer, producer, and LGBT activist
Stephen Donaldson (1946–1996), early bisexual LGBT rights activist founder of the first American gay students' organization, first person to fight a discharge from the U.S. military for homosexuality, also an important figure in the modern bisexual rights movement
Julie Dorf (born 1965, Milwaukee, Wisconsin), international LGBT human rights advocate and founder of OutRight Action International
Fran Drescher, (born 1957, Flushing, New York) is an outspoken healthcare advocate and LGBT rights activist.
Mason J. Dunn (born 1985), American lawyer, educator, and LGBTQ+ rights advocate based in Massachusetts.
John Duran
Steve Endean, (1948–1993), founder of the Human Rights Campaign Fund
Arden Eversmeyer (born 1931), Founder of Lesbians Over Age Fifty (LOAF) and the Old Lesbian Oral Herstory Project (OLOHP)
Matt Foreman (born 1953), executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF)
Barney Frank (born 1940), member of the Democratic Party who served as a member of Congress from Massachusetts from 1981 to 2013
Aaron Fricke (born 1962), sued the Cumberland, Rhode Island school system in 1980 and won a landmark First Amendment case granting him the legal right to attend prom with another boy, an experience he chronicled in the gay coming-of-age memoir Reflections of a Rock Lobster
Lady Gaga, bisexual singer/songwriter who campaigned for the DADT repeal; released pro-gay anthem "Born This Way" (2011)
Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997), Beat poet and political activist.
Barbara Gittings (1932–2007), founder of the New York City chapter of the Daughters of Bilitis who also pushed for the American Psychological Association to remove homosexuality from its list of mental disorders in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).
Neil Giuliano
Alexander John Goodrum (1960–2002) was an African-American transgender civil rights activist
Chad Griffin (born 1973), Former president of the Human Rights Campaign as of June 11, 2012, and founder of American Foundation for Equal Rights, a nonprofit organization that supports the plaintiffs in the California Proposition 8 trial
James Gruber (1928–2011), original member of the Mattachine Society
Hardy Haberman, author, filmmaker, prominent member of the Leather/Fetish/BDSM community, and activist involved in founding of first LGBT group in Dallas, TX
David M. Hall, author of Allies at Work: Creating a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Inclusive Work Environment, speaks to corporate audiences across the country, co-founder of Out & Equal Philadelphia.
Harry Hay (1912–2002), co-founder of the Mattachine Society
John Heilman
Essex Hemphill (1957–1995), African American poet
Daniel Hernandez Jr. (born 1990), member of Tucson's city commission on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues, who was credited with saving the life of U.S. Representative Gabby Giffords after the 2011 Tucson shooting
Brenda Howard (1946–2005), bisexual LGBT rights activist, an instrumental figure in the immediate post-Stonewall era in New York City, also an important figure in the modern bisexual rights movement
John Paul Hudson (1929–2002), activist, journalist, actor, and author; helped organize NYC's first gay pride parade following the Stonewall riots, serving as the parade's first grand marshal
Sally Huffer (born 1965), board member of multiple LGBT non profit organizations
Richard Isay (1934–2012)
Cheryl Jacques (born 1962), former member of the Massachusetts State Legislature and the president of the Human Rights Campaign from January through November 2004. She resigned from this post less than a month after the passage of 11 state constitutional amendments banning gay marriage.
Helen G. James
Dale Jennings (1917–2000), co-founder of the Mattachine Society
Marsha P. Johnson (1945–1992)
Cleve Jones (born 1954), conceived the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt and worked with Harvey Milk; co-founded the San Francisco AIDS Foundation
Christine Jorgensen (1926–1989), first person to become widely known for having sex reassignment surgery in the United States
Frank Kameny (1925–2011), participant in many gay rights rallies of the 1960s and 1970s, most notably the push in 1972–1973 for the American Psychological Association to remove homosexuality from its list of mental disorders in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)
Norm Kent
Morris Kight (1919–2003), founder of Los Angeles' Gay and Lesbian Front and Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center
Lisa Kove (born 1958), executive director of the Department of Defense Federal Globe and President of Empowering Spirits Foundation
Larry Kramer (1935–2020), author and playwright who helped form the prominent gay rights organizations Gay Men's Health Crisis and AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT-UP)
Kiyoshi Kuromiya (1943–2000), author and civil rights, anti-war, gay liberation, and HIV/AIDS activist.
Janice Langbehn (born 1968), campaigner for same-sex marriage and same-sex hospital visitation after being denied access to her dying partner, Lisa Marie Pond, in 2007
Cyndi Lauper (born 1953), founder of the True Colors Fund charity which promotes equality for members of the LGBT community
Malcolm L. Lazin
Audre Lorde
Courtney Love (born 1964), a musician and singer, has advocated for LGBT rights and acceptance since the beginning of her career in the early 1990s
Scott Long (born 1963), executive director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program at Human Rights Watch.
Phyllis Lyon (1924–2020), lesbian activist who co-founded the Daughters of Bilitis with longtime partner Del Martin
Del Martin (1921–2008), lesbian activist who co-founded the Daughters of Bilitis with longtime partner Phyllis Lyon
Tim McFeeley
Harvey Milk (1930–1978), openly gay city supervisor of San Francisco, California who was assassinated (along with mayor George Moscone) in 1978 by Dan White
David Nelson (born 1962), founder of Gay and Lesbian Utah Democrats, and Stonewall Shooting Sports of Utah.
Gavin Newsom (born 1967), heterosexual mayor of San Francisco, California, who directed his office to issue wedding licenses to same-sex couples in February 2004, although this process was halted the next month by the California Supreme Court
Jack Nichols (1937–2005), journalist, writer, activist and co-founder of the Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C., with Frank Kameny
Barbara Noda, advocates for LGBT rights in the San Francisco Bay Area
Tyler Oakley
Romaine Patterson (1978–), lesbian talk show host and founder of Angel Action
Troy Perry
Charles Pitts
Sylvia Rivera
Brandan Robertson
Geena Rocero
Craig Rodwell
Abby Rubenfeld
Vito Russo
Bayard Rustin (1912–1987), openly gay civil rights activist, principal organizer and co-leader of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and advisor to Martin Luther King Jr.; gay rights activist in later life
Ryan Sallans (born 1979), out trans man and public speaker – travels around US educating high school and college students on LGBT issues
José Sarria (born 1922 or 1923), first openly gay candidate for political office in the United States, founder of the Imperial Court System
Tully Satre
Dan Savage
Richard L. Schlegel (1927–2006), Pennsylvania activist whose wrongful termination suit is considered an early landmark case for gay rights.
Josh Seefried, United States Air Force first lieutenant and co-director of OutServe, the association of actively serving LGBT military.
Drew Shafer (1936–1989), gay activist from Kansas City, Missouri, known for bringing the homophile movement to KC, and publishing The Phoenix: Midwest Homophile Voice.
Michelangelo Signorile
Charles Silverstein (1935–2023), gay psychologist who was the founder of the Journal of Homosexuality and key in testifying against the classification of homosexuality as a mental disorder.
Ruth Simpson (1926–2008), founder of the first lesbian community center, former President of Daughters of Bilitis New York, author of From the Closet to the Courts
Nadine Smith (born 1965), American LGBTQ+ rights activist
Joe Solmonese (born 1965), former political fundraiser and past president of the Human Rights Campaign
A. Latham Staples (born 1977), founder and Chairman of the Empowering Spirits Foundation, current President & CEO of EXUSMED, Inc.
Abby Stein (born 1991) is an American advocate for transgender people of Orthodox Jewish background
Lou Sullivan
Andy Thayer, co-founder of the Gay Liberation Network
Urvashi Vaid (1958–2022) is an Indian-American activist who has worked for over 25 years promoting civil rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons.
Phill Wilson (born 1956, Chicago, Illinois), co-founder of the National Black Lesbian & Gay Leadership Forum and founder of The Black AIDS Institute.
Evan Wolfson
William E. Woods (1949–2008), a gay rights activist in Hawaii who in 1991 set in motion the legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States.
Chely Wright




Uruguay


Delfina Martínez
Marcela Pini




Venezuela


Tamara Adrián, lawyer, LGBT and trans activist who became Venezuela's first openly trans elected official
Daniel Arzola, writer, artist, and activist
Quiteria Franco
Feliciano Reyna




Vietnam


Lương Thế Huy




Zambia


Kapya Kaoma
John Abdallah Wambere




See also



List of LGBT rights organizations
LGBTQ social movements
List of LGBT firsts by year
List of years in LGBT rights




References






Further reading


Belmonte, Laura A. (2021). The International LGBT Rights Movement: A History. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-1-4725-1147-8.
Miller, Neil (1995). Out of the Past: Gay and Lesbian History from 1869 to the Present. New York: Vintage Books. ISBN 978-0-09-957691-4.




External links


Gay rights and LGBTQI movements in Europe at Encyclopedia of European History
LGBT Rights Movement & Activitsts at Gale Publishing

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