Meet the LGBTQ+ celebrities and activists Time magazine called the “Most Influential People of 2024”
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The work and accomplishments of LGBTQ+ people take over this year's TIME100 list.
Time magazine has named the 100 most influential people of 2024. Several of them are members of his LGBTQ+ community. Whether they are activists or actors, these are people fighting for queer rights in the media, medicine, law, politics, and environment.
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Scroll to see all of TIME's LGBTQ+ honorees. Some of them you may have never heard of before, but they may already be impacting your life.
Colman Domingo
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Colman Domingo recently became the second gay man to be nominated for an Oscar for playing a gay character, playing civil rights activist Bayard Rustin in the biopic. rustin.
Elliot Page
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from Juno to umbrella academy In his recently published memoir page boyElliot Page's journey as a transgender man is an inspiration at a time when transgender identity and healthcare are under attack.
Jonathan Anderson
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Renowned fashion designer Jonathan Anderson is the founder of JW Anderson and currently the creative director of Loewe. He also recently served as the costume designer for the highly anticipated sports romance film. challengers Starring Zendaya, Josh O'Connor, and Mike Feist.
kelly robinson
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Kelly Robinson is the president of the Human Rights Campaign, the largest LGBTQ+ political lobbying organization in the United States. Her leadership focuses on intersectionality, including gun reform, racial justice, immigration, voting rights, climate, and abortion.
Rosanna Flammer Caldera
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Rosanna Flamer Caldera has been fighting for LGBTQ+ rights in Sri Lanka for more than 20 years. Her advocacy led the United Nations to declare the country's ban on homosexuality between women a human rights violation, and subsequently led to the decriminalization of homosexuality in the country.
Katsuhiko Hayashi
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Katsuhiko Hayashi, a professor at Osaka University in Japan, may not be queer himself, but his research has changed the community forever. Hayashi pioneered a technology that turns skin cells into reproductive cells, giving same-sex couples the ability to have biological children in the near future.
Dominic Crenn
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Dominique Crenn is not only the first female chef in the United States to earn three Michelin stars, she is also a pioneer in climate-friendly agriculture. She stopped serving meat in her restaurants to draw attention to her factory farming, and now sources her ingredients directly from her own farm, reducing carbon emissions by growing food in renewable ways. reducing pollution.
Ophelia Dahl
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Ophelia Dahl is the co-founder of Partners in Health, a Boston-based healthcare nonprofit that provides quality care to millions of poor people around the world. She is also the daughter of famous children's author Roald Dahl, and she is currently writing her memoir about her father's life.
