LGBT History Month Icon 2021: Mart Crowley
Playwright
b. August 21, 1935
d. March 7, 2020
“I had no agenda in writing this play except expressing myself.”
Mart Crowley was a gay American playwright famous...
LGBT History Month Icon 2021: Ashley Diamond
Transgender Prison Activist
b. 1978
“While it seems like the world is so obsessed with ‘Orange Is the New Black,’ I’m living it.”
Ashley Diamond is a...
LGBT History Month Icon 2021: Javier Morgado
CNN Executive Producer
b. November 11, 1977
“As Americans we should all share one dream … that we should all enjoy the same rights as everybody...
LGBT History Month Icon 2021: Jerry Herman
Award-Winning Composer
b. July 10, 1931
d. December 26, 2019
“Writing for me is like putting together a jigsaw puzzle.”
Gerald “Jerry” Herman was an openly gay Broadway...
LGBT History Month Icons 2022: J. Paul Oetken
First Out Male Federal Judge
b. October 1, 1965
“Moderation and judicial modesty are crucial characteristics of a judge.”
J. Paul Oetken is the judge for the...
LGBT History Month Icon 2021: Janis Ian
Singer-Songwriter
b. April 7, 1951
“Truth is not the enemy, and whatever does not kill us sets us free.”
Janis Ian is a folk singer-songwriter and lifelong...
