Some of the other honorees include actress Ellen Page, entrepreneur Malcolm Forbes, famed marriage-equality plaintiff James Obergefell, trans advocate/personality Chaz Bono, Israeli gay pioneer/scientist Uzi Even, journalist/commentator Charles Blow, long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad, playwright Terrence McNally and poet/activist Essex Hemphill.
Each year 31 LGBT Icons—living or dead, and national and international—are selected for achievements in their fields of endeavor; for their status as a national hero; or for their significant contributions to LGBT civil rights. Equality Forum solicits nominations from the public. Nationally prominent professors Lillian Faderman and Paul Farber, 2016 LGBT History Month Co-chairs, review all nominations and recommend the annual icons.
Equality Forum is currently accepting nominations for LGBT History Month 2017. The deadline to nominate an icon for next year’s LGBT History Month is Friday, Dec. 9, 2016.
See EqualityForum.com.