(January 21, 1895 - September 16, 1923)
Ito Noe is a pioneering Japanese anarcha-feminist.
(June 27, 1869 - May 14, 1940)
Emma Goldman is an influential anarchist thinker, writer, and revolutionary.
(c. 1851 - March 7, 1942)
Lucy Parsons is a social anarchist who later became an anarcho-communist and went on to help co-found the Industrial Workers of the World union.
(March 5, 1871 - January 15, 1919)
Rosa Luxemburg is a Marxist theorist and revolutionary.
(c. December 24, 1920 - May 24, 2014)
Stormé DeLarverie is a mixed race Black butch activist who was present at the Stonewall Riot. Some claim she was the first person there to throw a brick.
(July 2, 1951 - February 19, 2002)
Silvia Rivera is one of the most well known trans activists who was present at the Stonewall Riot. She worked with Marsha P. Johnson to create Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (see below). Her powerful speech at pride in 1973 is an essential watch.
(August 24, 1945 - July 3, 1992)
Marsha P. Johnson worked with Silvia Rivera to create Street Transvestit eAction Revolutionaries, an organization aimed at helping drag queens, trans women, and gay youth on the streets of New York.
(June 16, 1951 - March 2, 1991)
Lou Sullivan is a trans activist who passed of AIDS. He fought hard for acceptance of gay trans men.
(September 14, 1954 - July 22, 1992)
David Wojnarowicz is a gay artist, famous for making work about the AIDS epidemic. He created and wore this famous jacket emblazoned with the slogan "IF I DIE OF AIDS—FORGET BURIAL—JUST DROP MY BODY ON THE STEPS OF THE FDA." before passing from AIDS.
(January 20, 1946 - January 16, 2025)
David Lynch is a painter, animator, and filmmaker known for groundbreaking movies like Blue Velvet and the television series Twin Peaks.