Happy #LGBTQHistoryMonth! Let’s make sure it’s as #intersectional as possible. Dominic D'Souza was an Indian actor turned AIDS activist....

Dr. Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa was a queer, Mexican-American writer, and scholar. Her writings focused on the treatments of women in...

Lucy Hicks Anderson was assigned male when she was born in 1886 though she was adamant about being a girl since early childhood. Her...

Yasmin Benoit is a a Black model, writer and activist from the UK. She came out as asexual and aromantic in 2017 and has been an activist...

Fred Rosser perhaps better known as his ring name, Darren Young, is a gay, Black professional wrestler. He was signed to WWE from 2005 to...

Paddy Chew was a Chinese bisexual playwright from Singapore. Before becoming an author, he was a flight attendant for 13 years and later...

Hastiin Klah was a Diné Navajo sand painter, chanter, weaver and healer. There are four genders in Diné tradition and Hastiin Klah was a...

Casey Conway is a gay, Australian, Aboriginal model. Before his modeling career, he was a semi-professional rugby player for the National...

Caster Semenya is a Black South African middle distance runner. She was assigned female at birth, and identifies as a woman, though she...

Catalino "Lino" Ortiz Brocka was an openly gay Filipino director and often incorporated LGBT themes into his films. He cofounded...

Naveen Bhat is a non-binary, bisexual, South Asian actor and filmmaker. They were born in India, and raised in California. During a...

Simon Tseko Nkoli was an openly gay, HIV positive South African anti-apartheid, gay rights and AIDS activist. He formed the first black...

Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep were were royal servants to Pharaoh Nyuserre during the 25th century BC. Though both men had wives and...

Mauree Turner is a Black, queer, Muslim femme who uses she/they pronouns. and might become the first Muslim lawmaker in Oklahoma. ,She...

Siddharth Gautam was one of India’s first LGBT and HIV rights activists. A lawyer with degrees from Yale and Cambridge Universities, he...

Cathay Williams born around 1850 to an enslaved mother and was assigned female at birth. During adolescence, Cathay was captured by and...

Jazzie Collins was a Black, disabled, HIV+ trans woman who was a fierce activist and advocate for People of Color, disabled people,...

Mark Travis Riviera is a disabled, gay, Latino activist, speaker, writer, choreographer, and dancer. He is the youngest person in the US...

Monica Roberts was a pioneer Black trans rights activist and acclaimed journalist. She was known for giving a voice to the trans...

Julio Salgado is an openly queer, and openly undocumented “artivist” who was born in Mexico and raised in California. His art, which is...