50 LGBT Black Famous & Notable People

We should honor these individuals during Black History Month.
50 LGBT Black Famous & Notable People
Alice Walker:author, poet, and advocate
Alvin Ailey:choreographer and advocate
André Leon Talley:editor-at-large for Vogue magazine, current contributing editor
Angela Davis:political advocate, scholar, and author
Audre Lorde:author and advocate
Azealia Banks,musician
Bayard Rustin:chief organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, advisor to Martin Luther King Jr.
Bessie Smith, musician
Bill T. Jones:artistic director, choreographer and dancer
Billie Holiday: musician
Countee Cullen:poet
Darryl Stevens:actor
Don Lemon:reporter for CNN and news anchor
Doug Spearman:actor
E. Denise Simmons:mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts, during the 2008-2009 term, first openly lesbian African American mayor in the United States
E. Lyn Harris:author
Emil Wilbekin:former openly gay Editor-in-Chief of Vibe Magazine, current managing editor of Essence.com
Felicia “Snoop” Pearson:actress
Frenchie Davis:musician
Frank Ocean,musician
Glen Burke:Major League Baseball player
Isis King:America’s Next Top Modelcontestant
James Baldwin:author
Janet Mock,activist, author
Jasika Nicole:actress
Jean-Michel Basquiat:artist
John Amaechi:former NBA player
Josephine Baker:dancer, singer, and actress
June Jordan:author
Kevin Aviance:female impressionist and entertainer
Kylar Broadus,lawyer, first trans-identified person to testify before Congress
LZ Granderson:ESPN.com columnist
Langston Hughes:poet and social advocate
Laverne Cox:actress, producer and transgender advocate
Lee Daniels:film producer and director
Linda Villaros:author, journalist and public speaker
Lizzo: musician
Ma Rainey:blues singer
Maurice Jamal:filmmaker and director
Meshell Ndegeocello:singer
Missy Elliot: musician
Paris Barclay:television director and producer
Patrik-Ian Polk:director, producer, screenwriter, singer and actor
Roy Simmons:former NFL player
RuPaul:actor, drag queen and singer-songwriter
Sheryl Swoopes:WNBA player
Stacy Ann Chin:author and poet
Tracy Chapman:singer
Wade Davis,former NFL player
Wanda Sykes:actress and comedian
(The majority of the above statistics provided by GLAAD.org)
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