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On June 1st, NBC Out, part of NBC News, released its annual #Pride30 list of trailblazing members of the LGBTQ community around the world who are making a difference — from breaking barriers and/or fighting for LGBTQ equality. This year’s list honors 30 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer firsts, including elected officials, actors, athletes, educators and more. The following LGBTQ individuals have been honored this year:
- Ian Alexander, the first transgender actor in trans ‘Star Trek’ role
- Dawn Bennett, the first queer woman Lutheran pastor in Nashville
- Leyna Bloom, the first trans woman of color in Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit issue
- Pete Buttigieg, the first gay Senate-confirmed cabinet official
- Stephanie Byers, the first transgender Indigenous elected official in the U.S.
- Gina Chua, first transgender executive editor at Reuters
- Benson Churgai, the first trans graduate of Philadelphia Police Academy
- Mara Gomez, the first trans woman to play pro soccer in Argentina
- Gottmik, the first trans man to compete on RuPaul’s Drag Race
- Owen Hurcum, the first nonbinary mayor in the world
- Karine Jean-Pierre, first lesbian to serve as a VP candidate’s chief of staff
- Martin J. Jenkins, the first gay man to serve on California Supreme Court
- Punkie Johnson, the first Black lesbian cast member on ‘SNL’
- Stella Keating, the first transgender teen to testify before the US Senate
- Javicia Leslie, the first bisexual actress to play Batwoman
- Rachel Levine, the first transgender federal official confirmed by the U.S. Senate
- Aaron Marcus, the first LGBTQ history curator at History Colorado
- Sarah McBride, the first transgender state senator in the U.S.
- Charmaine McGuffey, the first lesbian elected sheriff in Ohio
- Quince Mountain, the first trans dog musher to compete in the Iditarod
- Claire Murashima, the first LGBTQ president of Calvin University, a Christian college in Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Elliot Page, the first trans man on the cover of Time
- Torrey Peters, first trans woman nominated for the Women’s Prize for Fiction
- Nisha Rao, the first transgender lawyer in Pakistan
- Syd Sanders, first transgender valedictorian in Maine
- Rachel Slawson, first bisexual Miss USA contestant
- Katie Sowers, the first lesbian to coach in a Super Bowl
- Ritchie Torres, the first gay Afro-Latino in Congress
- Mauree Turner, the first nonbinary state legislator in the U.S.
- Nicholas Yatromanolakis, first gay minister in Greece
To view the entire list, click here. Follow the conversation on Twitter with the hashtag #Pride30.
