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Mahdia Lynn Photo by Mat Schram. Mahdia Lynn is the co-founder and executive director of Masjid al-Rabia, an inclusive, Chicago-based Muslim community center devoted to serving women and the LGBTQIA+. […]

Syd London Photo by Syd London. For photojournalist Syd London, being out and visibly queer is a way in with the LGBTQ+ people she documents in her photographs. “People can […]

Charlene Liu Photo Courtesy Of Charlene Liu. As the founder of ShanghaiPRIDE, Charlene Liu is a force in the world of Chinese social change. She co-founded the annual festival in […]

Katherine Linton Photo by Katherine Linton. Katherine Linton is an award-winning producer, director, and showrunner who has been working on documentaries and series for stations like LOGO, Bravo, PBS, A&E, […]

Elizabeth Lindsey Photo Courtesy of ByteBack. Elizabeth Lindsey is changing the world of tech through nonprofit community work. As CEO of Byte Back, an inclusive tech nonprofit offering education and […]

Kristin Lieb Photo by Risa Lavelle. One might be forgiven for overlooking the subversive potential of a Ben & Jerry’s marketing campaign, but for author and professor Kristin Lieb, subverting […]

Rachel Levine Photo Courtesy of Rachel Levine. While people enter the medical field for any number of complex reasons, Dr. Rachel Levine’s was pretty simple: to help people. As the […]

Amazin LêThi Photo by Alina Oswald. “I understand what it feels like to be marginalized — and what many LGBTQ youth are going through — because I have experienced it […]

Aryah Lester Photo Courtesy of Aryah Lester. “The greatest reward within my work and advocacy is the ability to create opportunities and ‘stepping stones’ for other women with history similar […]

Gabrielle Lenart Photo by EDL Photography. “I’m all about challenging traditional and patriarchal mindsets,” says Gabrielle Lenart, founder and CEO of the New York-based queer food collective This Queer Kitchen […]

Roz Lee Photo Courtesy of Roz Lee. For Roz Lee, helping the community through philanthropy, organizing, legislative advocacy, and popular education is just another day. As current Vice President of […]

Alex Koones Photo by Grace Chu. Chef Alex Koones left working in Michelin starred restaurant behind to start her own pop-up supper club for queer women, trans, and nonbinary people: […]

Victoria Kirby York Photo Courtesy Of Victoria Kirby York. Victoria Kirby York has been organizing in a variety of capacities for over 20 years at the federal, state, and local […]

Caitlin Kinnunen Photo by Andy Henderson. Best known for her performance in the Broadway musical “The Prom,” Tony-nominated actress Caitlin Kinnunen strives to work on projects that portray people with […]

Rosemary Ketchum “I believe that the work of an elected official is to reflect the values of your community in the actions of your leadership,” Rosemary Ketchum tells GO. “I […]

Amber Hikes “I can’t talk about being out without talking about being out as a Black Queer Woman,” says Amber Hikes, the ACLU’s first Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer. “My […]

Nina Kennedy Photo by Marc Bryan-Brown. “Being in the closet eats up so much energy and causes stress and anxiety,” says Nina Kennedy. “There’s strength in numbers, and people won’t […]

Kristen Kaza Photo by Glitter Guts. Think state-wide shutdowns would stop event-planner Kristen Kaza’s mission to foster social connections? Think again. Kaza, who is the principal and creative director behind […]

Kendra R. Johnson Photo Courtesy Of ENC. “Me being out and visible means that some black queer kid somewhere in the South sees someone that looks like them talking about […]

Andrea Jenkins Photo by Brooke Ross Photography. Writer, performance artist, poet, and transgender activist Andrea Jenkins became the first Black openly trans woman to be elected to office in the […]

Tiffany Hudson Photo by Ashton Ty. “As I got older and started to understand what it meant to be a Black gay woman in this country, along with the experiences […]

Amber Hikes Photo by Rachel Rubin. “I can’t talk about being out without talking about being out as a Black Queer Woman,” says Amber Hikes, the ACLU’s first Chief Equity […]

Leslie Herod Photo Courtesy Of Leslie Herod. Since being elected to the Colorado General Assembly in 2016, Representative Leslie Herod has strived for major reform for all in her district— […]

Cassie Haynes Photo Courtesy of Cassie Haynes. “I remember feeling a sense of infinite freedom and with that came joy, while at the same time, the deepest grief, guilt, and […]

Phyllis Harris Photo by Billy Delfs. Phyllis Harris is the Greater Cleveland LGBT Community Center’s first black lesbian director in its 45-year history, but, she says, she tells people her […]

Cora Harrington Photo by Nomi Ellenson. Being open about her sexuality has led Cora Harrington’s career along two different trajectories. “In terms of my industry — intimate apparel — which […]

Arlan Hamilton Photo by Sarah Deragon. In 2015, Arlan Hamilton was homeless. But at the same time, she was building Backstage Capital, a fund that invests in start-up founders who […]

Khaliah O. Guillory Photo by Angela Brickley. For anyone who’s ever felt sleep-deprived, Khaliah O. Guillory’s reasons for shifting careers from executive to entrepreneur are probably familiar. “I was a […]

Zil Goldstein Photo by Leah James. “My work is very personal to me,” says Zil Goldstein, Associate Medical Director for Transgender Health at Callen-Lorde Community Health Center. As a member […]

Michele Fitzsimmons Photo by Paul Mobley. Michele Fitzsimmons was originally planning to be a social worker for people living with HIV and AIDS, but she started getting burned out after […]

According to NBC News, the investigation is “not about [Ellen] at all.”

“With the world just being more open and eyes-open-ears-open, I just feel like the more I speak, I may get through to one to two or three more people.”

The trans and drag icon was only 43.

Did Taylor Swift just come out?

Michele Fitzsimmons Photo by Paul Mobley. Michele Fitzsimmons was originally planning to be a social worker for people living with HIV and AIDS, but she started getting burned out after […]

Michele Fitzsimmons Photo by Paul Mobley. Michele Fitzsimmons was originally planning to be a social worker for people living with HIV and AIDS, but she started getting burned out after […]