Click to Nominate LGBT History Month Icons for 2025
The deadline for submissions is Friday, December 20, 2025.
Selection Criteria
Each year, 31 LGBT Icons, living or dead, are selected for achievements in their field of endeavor, for their status as a national hero, or for their significant contribution to LGBT civil rights. Equality Forum solicits nominations from regional, state, national, and international organizations, activists, and the general public. LGBT History Month co-chairs Jim Obergefell and Suhaly Bautista-Carolina review all nominations and recommend the annual Icons.
See All the Icons
View the list of LGBT Icons from 2006 to the present with links to their videos, biographies, resources, and downloads. Please note that the 31 Icons for 2025 will be featured one each day, beginning October 1. The information for each 2025 Icon will not be available until the day they are honored.
