Fabulous Humans
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The Mayor Who Made History: Dean Trantalis and the Heart of South Florida's LGBTQ Community
There's a phrase that gets tossed around in politics a lot — "breaking barriers" — but for Dean Trantalis, the 42nd Mayor of Fort Lauderdale, that phrase carries the weight of decades. Decades of legal battles, city commission chambers, community organizing, and a quiet, persistent belief that South Florida could become something extraordinary for LGBTQ people. It has. And he helped make it that way.
Bayard Rustin
1912 – 1987Organizer of the March on Washington, openly gay civil rights leader
Tammy Baldwin
1962 – presentFirst openly gay person elected to the U.S. Senate
Pete Buttigieg
1982 – presentFirst openly gay U.S. Cabinet secretary confirmed by the Senate
Bayard Rustin
Sylvia Rivera
1951 – 2002Co-founder of STAR, Stonewall activist, trans rights pioneer
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy
1940 – presentStonewall veteran and longtime advocate for incarcerated trans women
Laverne Cox
1972 – presentFirst openly transgender person nominated for a Primetime Emmy
Sylvia Rivera
Marsha P. Johnson
1945 – 1992Co-founder of STAR, Stonewall uprising figure, community icon
Chelsea Manning
1987 – presentWhistleblower and transgender rights advocate
Jennicet Gutiérrez
1986 – presentTrans Latina activist who challenged President Obama at the White House
Marsha P. Johnson
Elaine Noble
1944 – presentFirst openly gay person elected to a U.S. state legislature
Cleve Jones
1954 – presentHarvey Milk's protégé and creator of the AIDS Memorial Quilt
Gilbert Baker
1951 – 2017Creator of the rainbow flag — the universal symbol of LGBTQ pride
Elaine Noble
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