Terminology
LGBTQ+ celebration in June
Pride
First musician to come out as gay while holding the number one spot on the Billboard charts
Lil Nas X
TV show credited with helping drag culture be popularized in the mainstream
RuPaul's Drag Race
2011 Lady Gaga song empowering the LGBTQ+ community
Born this Way
Meaning of "wlw"
Woman loving woman
LGBTQ+ rights activist and drag queen from New York City and best friend of Sylvia Rivera
Marsha P. Johnson
Coming of age LGBTQ+ romance movie starring Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer
Call Me By Your Name
Singer nicknamed "Rocket Man"
Elton John
Entertainment marketing technique in which a character or celebrity hints at LGBTQ+ representation but does not actually display it
Queer-baiting
Non-binary Disney celebrity who had roles in Barney and Friends, The Princess Protection Program, and Camp Rock
Demi Lovato
Jonathan Larson musical about young LGBTQ+ artists in the East Village during the AIDS crisis
Rent
Bedroom pop musician with songs such as "Pretty Girl," "Sofia," and "Bags"
Clairo
Type of third-person personal pronouns such as xe/xem/xyr or ey/em/eir
Neo-pronouns
British code-breaker from World War II who was punished for being gay
Alan Turing
Moonlight
Gay Canadian country artist who has never shown his face publicly
Orville Peck
1940s sexuality scale that challenged the idea that people are either entirely gay or straight
Kinsey scale
First openly gay man to be elected for public office in California, known for his pro-LGBTQ+ political successes, assassinated in 1978
Harvey Milk
Irish poet and playwright who wrote "The Picture of Dorian Gray." He was jailed for being gay.
Oscar Wilde
Japanese-British singer with songs such as "Cherry," "XS," and "Comme Des Garcons"
Rina Sawayama