October’s National GLBT History Month Icon pool was anchored by 31 deserving figures. But if for some reason you felt your input or insight was left out, you can nominate next year’s group of Icons!
From the Equality Forum:
Equality Forum is accepting nominations for GLBT History Month 2010 Icons. Nominations should be submitted to nominations@equalityforum.com. The [...]

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Last but certainly not least on the GLBT History Month Icon honoree list (posted late by us due to the tag-team assault of the weekend and Halloween) is the award-winning actor B.D. Wong.
Wong, perhaps best known as Dr. George Huang on the long-running NBC series Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, “has been a visible [...]

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The second-to-last National GLBT History Month Icon is no stranger to Portlanders, film buffs, activists, or artists. Gus Van Sant is a name synonymous with the Pacific Northwest, and his accomplishments in the realms of cinema have made him internationally revered.
An Academy Award-nominated director, Van Sant has been at the helm of such blockbuster films [...]

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Today’s GLBT History Month Icon has blazed a path of activism for over two decades. Urvashi Vaid is an attorney, author, activist and the executive director of the Arcus Foundation.
Vaid was born in New Delhi, India, in 1958. In 1966, her family moved to Potsdam, New York, where her father taught at the state university. [...]

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Offering a stark contrast to the testosterone-fueled musings of some of his “contemporaries,” today’s GLBT History Month Icon is former NFL defensive lineman, and Oregon State University alumnus, Esera Tuaolo.
Tuaolo was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in 1991, establishing a first in NFL history for rookies by starting all 16 games that year. He [...]

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Noted internationally for blurring traditional gender roles in fashion, designer Yves Saint Laurent (1936-2008) emerges today as yet another formidable GLBT History Month Icon.
St. Laurent first gained prominence in the fashion world after being taken under the dutiful wing of Christian Dior at age 21 in 1950. Following Dior’s death in 1957, St. Laurent became [...]

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Another weekend has passed, and with it there came two more GLBT History Month Icon honors.
Recognized on Saturday for his contributions to the Pop Art movement was renowned painter Robert Rauschenberg. Utilizing the “found objects” pastiche for his work, Rauschenberg is perhaps best known for his three-dimensional collage “Monogram,” which consists of a stuffed goat, [...]

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In the home stretch of October’s National GLBT History Month, today recognizes New York’s first openly gay candidate elected speaker of the New York City Council. Christine Quinn is the city’s second most powerful elected official.
Her first foray into politics was in 1991, when she managed the New York City Council campaign of [...]

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Today’s GLBT History Month Icon has enjoyed the fruits of the American Dream through hard work, resiliency, and perhaps most importantly, from a strong sense of self.
Suze Orman is the United States’ most famous financial expert, television host, motivational speaker, and author who has a string of six consecutive New York Times best-sellers.
Some background:
Orman waited [...]

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Today’s GLBT History Month Icon is clothing and interior designer Todd Oldham is internationall known for transforming his youthful fashion aesthetics into affordable style. His regular stints in the ’90s on MTV’s House of Style made him a household name, and was the architect and interior designer of The Hotel in South Beach.
He has created [...]

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