Friday, October 1, 2010

Spotlight On: GLBT History Month 2010

October is GLBT History Month!

Celebrating its fifth anniversary this year, GLBT History Month highlights annually the achievements of 31 gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender icons — one each day — throughout the month of October.

2010's honorees are:

1. Eric Alva
2. George Washington Carver
3. George Eastman*
4. Sharon Farmer
5. Leslie Feinberg
6. Tom Ford
7. E. Lynn Harris
8. David Huebner
9. Kevin Jennings
10. Mara Keisling
11. Kiyoshi Kuromiya
12. Sharon Lubinski
13. Jane Lynch
14. Patsy Lynch
15. Matthew Mitcham
16. Jamie Nabozny
17. Cynthia Nixon
18. Catherine Opie
19. Sunil Babu Pant
20. Annise Parker
21. John Pérez
22. Eleanor Roosevelt
23. Rumi
24. David Sedaris
25. Maurice Sendak
26. Matthew Shepard
27. Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
28. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
29. Rufus Wainwright
30. Mel White
31. Emanuel Xavier

* = "Matter of Dispute"

Know more:
- Equality Forum official site
- Wikipedia page
- Official Facebook page
- Official MySpace page
- Official Twitter page
- Official YouTube channel

Related posts on The QuOD:
- Spotlight On: GLBT History Month 2009
- Spotlight On: GLBT History Month 2011

Spotlight On: is an occasional feature here on The QuOD that highlights various pop culture touchstones involving a number of GLBT people of note.

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