A list of notable LGBTQ rights activists who have worked to advance LGBTQ rights by political change, legal action or publication. Ordered by country, alphabetically.
The pioneering work of LGBTQ rights advocates Julie McCrossin AM and Robert French will be recognised with a special accolade at the 2019 Honour Awards.
Míriam Martinho is a leading feminist journalist and LGBT activist in Brazil.
The men were arrested on Dec. 19 at the home of Diadji Diouf, a prominent gay activist who works with AIDS organizations to prevent the spread of the disease in the largely clandestine gay community in Senegal, according to Joel Nana, a program associate for the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission.Fact
The trans activist, who works at a Bank of Montreal branch in the Village
Pablo Salvador, 38, is a Chilean – Panamain gay activist and blogger
Other prominent gay leaders in Colombia include...Vigilio Barco Isakson
Organizers gave an award to bisexual author Sofi Oksanen for her activism on behalf of GLBT people in the neighboring Baltic nations (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) and Russia.
Transgender rights activist Lydia Foy has finally received an Irish birth certificate after a 22-year legal battle for recognition in Ireland of her female gender.
At an event marking the formal transfer of the collection known as the Irish Queer Archive curator Tonie Walsh said it was highly significant that the State was finally taking ownership of lesbian, gay and transgender heritage
Gillian and Zappone, who have been together since 1981, were both pioneers on LGBT rights in Ireland.
Prominent Israeli LGBTQ activist and director Yair Qedar
Franco Grillini, honorary chairman of gay rights group Arcigay, hit back.
Imma Battaglia, historical leader of the homosexual movement
LGBT activists including Kanako Otsuji of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
Fighter for women's, children, elder people's, LGBT rights.
She works on issues of homophobic violence, violations of basic rights, sexual and sexuality education, cultural activism, and awareness of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)Anna Grodzka, a transgender activist...
Szymon Niemiec (b 5 October 1977 in Warsaw) is a Polish photographer, gay rights activist, journalist and politician.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)In 2019, 28- year-old activist Tanya Compas was...
Hailing from London, Tanya Compas is a youth worker, queer activist, and motivational speaker.
I think that great personal style is being true to yourself and speaking your mind, which, since I'm up here, I'm going to do. I feel that keeping gay people in the closet with our attitudes and action is cruel, and it's tacky, and most of all, it's boring. I think that we really need to respect each other and ourselves and respect who we are and what we are, and not be afraid to be what we are, whether we're gay, or straight, or insane [...] It's 1997 and respecting each other's sexuality is about the coolest thing I can think of.
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