Name
|
Occupation
|
McKinley Belcher III
[15]
[16]
|
Actor
|
Kemah Bob
[17]
|
Comedian and
drag king
|
Lee Daniels
[18]
|
Film and television producer
|
Little Richard
[19]
|
Singer
|
Don Lemon
[20]
|
CNN News anchor and journalist
|
Bessie Smith
[21]
|
Singer
|
Raven-Symoné
[22]
|
Actress and singer
|
Patrick Ian Polk
[23]
|
Film director, producer, singer, and actor
|
Frank Ocean
[24]
|
Singer, songwriter, and rapper
|
Wanda Sykes
[25]
|
Actress and comedian
|
Kevin Abstract
[26]
|
Singer, songwriter, director and rapper
|
Terez Carter Thorpe
|
Activist, Director, Producer
|
Daryl Stephens
[27]
|
Actor
|
Angel Haze
[28]
|
Rapper
|
LZ Granderson
[29]
|
Journalist and commentator
CNN and
ESPN
|
Charles M. Blow
[30]
|
Columnist for
The New York Times
|
Paris Barclay
[31]
|
Director, producer, and writer
|
Andre Leon Talley
[32]
|
Journalist and editor
|
Terrance Dean
[33]
|
Writer and author
|
Audre Lorde
[34]
|
Author and feminist
|
Alice Walker
[35]
|
Author and poet
|
Tracy Chapman
[36]
|
Singer
|
RuPaul
[37]
|
Actor,
drag queen, and television personality
|
Tarell Alvin McCraney
[38]
|
Playwright and actor
|
James Baldwin
[39]
|
Author
|
Janet Mock
[40]
|
Writer, TV host, and
transgender rights activist
|
Isis King
[41]
|
Model and designer
|
Alvin Ailey
[42]
|
Choreographer and activist
|
Azealia Banks
[43]
|
Rapper
|
Nell Carter
[44]
|
Actress and singer
|
Billy Porter
|
Actor, singer, fashion icon
[45]
|
Laverne Cox
[46]
|
Actress and
LGBT advocate
|
Janelle Monáe
[47]
|
Singer-songwriter, actress, model, and record producer
|
Mo'Nique
[48]
|
Comedian and actress
|
Sir Lady Java
[49]
|
Drag queen, actress, and
transgender rights activist
|
Amandla Stenberg
[50]
|
Actress and singer
|
Tessa Thompson
[51]
|
Actress
|
Mel Tomlinson
[52]
|
Ballet dancer and choreographer
|
Karamo Brown
[53]
|
Television personality and activist
|
François Clemmons
[54]
|
Actor and singer
|
Lil Nas X
[55]
[56]
|
Rapper, singer, and songwriter
|
Harrison David Rivers
[57]
|
Playwright
|
Luther Vandross
[58]
|
Singer, songwriter, record producer.
|
Todrick Hall
[59]
|
Singer, songwriter, dancer, producer, director, choreographer
|
Le1f
[60]
|
Rapper and producer
|
Colman Domingo
[61]
|
Actor, playwright, director, producer, professor.
|
Angie Stardust
[62]
|
Singer, actress, drag artist
|
Queen Latifah
|
Rapper and Actress
|
Amythyst Kiah
|
Singer, songwriter, musician
|
Marlon Riggs
|
filmmaker
|
LeRoy Whitfield
[63]
|
Journalist
|
Terry Blade
[64]
|
Singer, songwriter, lyricist
|
Monifah Carter Thorpe
|
Singer, Actress, Producer
|
Emira D'Spain
[65]
|
Model, social media influencer, magazine director
|