List of LGBT rights activists

A list of notable LGBT rights activists who have worked to advance LGBT rights by political change, legal action or publication. Ordered by country, alphabetically.

Albania

  • Elton Ilirjani, the first CEO of a major company in Albania who came out of the closet as gay[1] in 2016.[2] He is the founder of the Dignity Global[3] non-government organization for LGBT rights in the workplace, founded in 2019. He is also known as an LGBT activist[4] and model, making history as the first genderless model to walk Seoul Fashion Week in 2023.[5]
  • Xheni Karaj, founder of Aleanca LGBT organization and recipient of the Civil Rights Defenders of the Year Award 2022[6]
  • Kristi Pinderi, LGBT activist and journalist; founder of Pro-LGBT[6]

Argentina

  • Mariana Alarcón, human rights activist who worked for labor rights for transgender women[7]
  • Claudia Pía Baudracco, led the movement to repeal laws criminalizing transgender identities; co-founder of the Argentine Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Trans Federation[8]
  • Lohana Berkins, founder of the Association for the Fight for Travesti and Transsexual Identity[9]
  • Lara María Bertolini, human rights activist advocating for the rights of travesti, transgender, and non-binary people[10]
  • Claudia Castrosín Verdú, she and her partner were the first lesbian couple to form a civil union in Latin America; vice president of FALGBT[11]
  • María Rachid, politician and LGBT rights activist, partner of Claudia Castrosín Verdú[11]
  • Diana Sacayán, board member of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association and a leader of the Antidiscrimination Liberation Movement[12]

Armenia

Australia

Austria

Bangladesh

Barbados

  • Ro-Ann Mohammed, co-founder of the organization Barbados - Gays, Lesbians and All-Sexuals against Discrimination (B-GLAD)[29]
  • Donnya Piggott, tech entrepreneur, human rights advocate, co-founder of the organization Barbados - Gays, Lesbians and All-Sexuals against Discrimination (B-GLAD)[29]

Belgium

Belize

Botswana

Brazil

Bulgaria

Cameroon

Canada

Chile

China, People's Republic of

Colombia

Costa Rica

Croatia

Cuba

  • Ada Bello, LGBT rights activist and medical researcher[88]
  • Mariela Castro, director of the National Commission for Comprehensive Attention to Transsexual People[89]

Denmark

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Guatemala

  • Aldo Dávila, politician and first openly gay man and first HIV-positive member of Congress[121]
  • Sandra Morán, first out LGBT person ever elected to Congress; LGBT and human rights activist[122]

Honduras

Hungary

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Jamaica

Japan

Kenya

Kyrgyzstan

Latvia

Lebanon

Lithuania

Malta

Mexico

Morocco

Myanmar

Nepal

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nigeria

Norway

Pakistan

Palestine

Panama

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Qatar

Romania

Russia

Serbia

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Slovakia

Somalia

South Africa

South Korean

Spain

Sri Lanka

St. Lucia

Sudan

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

Taiwan

Thailand

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

Uganda

Ukraine

United Kingdom

United States

Uruguay

Venezuela

Vietnam

Zambia

See also

References

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