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Chip Alfred, Communications Director
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GLBT History Month 2010 Icons Announced
Largest Collaboration of the GLBT Community
George Washington Carver – Scientist
George Eastman – Entrepreneur
Sharon Farmer – White House Photographer
Leslie Feinberg – Author/Activist
Tom Ford – Fashion Designer/Filmmaker
E. Lynn Harris – Author
David Huebner – Ambassador to New Zealand
Kevin Jennings – Educator/Activist
Mara Keisling – Transgender Activist
Kiyoshi Kuromiya – Author/AIDS Activist
Sharon Lubinski – U.S. Marshal
Jane Lynch – Actress
Patsy Lynch – Photographer
Matthew Mitcham – Olympic Diver
Jamie Nabozny – Youth Activist
Cynthia Nixon – Actress
Catherine Opie – Photographer
Sunil Babu Pant – Nepalese Politician
Annise Parker – Mayor of Houston
John A. Pérez– Speaker of California Assembly
Eleanor Roosevelt – First Lady
Jalal al-Din Rumi – Sufi Mystic/Poet
David Sedaris – Writer/Humorist
Maurice Sendak – Author/Illustrator
Matthew Shepard – Hero
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir– Prime Minister of Iceland
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Composer
Rufus Wainwright – Singer/Songwriter
Mel White – Minister/Activist
Emanuel Xavier – Poet
For the only community worldwide deprived of its history at home, in public schools and religious institutions, GLBT History Month teaches our heritage, provides role models, builds community, and celebrates our extraordinary contributions.
Each day in October 2010, an Icon is featured with a video, biography, bibliography, downloadable images and other educational resources. The resources for GLBT History Month 2010 Icons will be available at www.glbtHistoryMonth.com. The 124 Icons with resources for 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 are archived on the site.
The videos and resources are offered without charge. The GLBT History Month video player can be embedded on organizations' or individuals' Web sites, blogs, or social networking pages. Once embedded, the player is automatically updated throughout October with that day's Icon video.
Click here to register for free to be a GLBT History Month collaborating organization or individual, and you'll receive the latest updates and ideas about using our resources to celebrate GLBT History Month.
Equality Forum launched GLBT History Month in 2006 with 20 organizations having a GLBT History Month link on their Web sites. In 2009, over 650 nonprofit organizations, educational institutions and for profit corporations had a GLBT History Month link, making GLBT History Month our community's largest collaborative project.
