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Basketball player Brittney Griner came out just before she was drafted into the WNBA.
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Musicians Tegan and Sara Quin made a statement on marriage equality while participating in the NOH8 campaign.
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Edith Windsor spoke out in the lead up to her case in The Supreme Court against the Defense of Marriage Act, a fight which she would win.
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Trans media personality B. Scott was involved in a multi-million gender identity discrimination lawsuit against BET this year.
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Hillary Clinton spoke out concerning her stance on LGBT equality in the United States.
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Singer Elton John performed a concert in Moscow this December. On stage, the singer spoke out against Russia’s anti-gay laws and made a special dedication to 23-year-old Vladislav Tornovoi.
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Actor Stephen Fry wrote a powerful and moving essay on the struggle of LGBT people in Russia.
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President Obama delivered a thirty-minuty speech honoring and commemorating the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.‘s “I Have A Dream” speech.
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Wentworth Miller came out by turning down a invite to the St. Petersburg International Film Festival.
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Evan Rachel Wood spoke candidly this year on her bisexuality.
Rapper Angel Haze spoke to us in her lyrics when she put her own spin on Macklemore’s “Same Love.”
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Pope Francis made headlines when he disagreed with the Catholic Church’s past focus on social issues such as abortion and gay marriage.
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NBA basketball player Jason Collins on becoming the first out NBA star.
In an April cover story, Time declared that “Gay Marriage Already Won.” Kristen Ellis-Henderson would later speak out on what it meant to be on the cover.
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Actress Laverne Cox stole the show in Neflix’s highly anticipated new series Orange Is the New Black, portraying a trans inmate at a women’s prison.
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Madonna attacked the Boy Scouts’ anti-gay policies by wearing their uniform to the GLAAD Awards and delivering a 12-minute speech.
Trans former Navy Seal Kristin Beck had to wait until retiring from service in 2011 to go public with her “whole new life.” She published a book detailing her transformation.
