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    Meet the LGBTQ+ celebrities and activists TIME called the Most Influential People of 2024

    Ryan Adamczeski

    Ryan is a reporter at The Advocate, and a graduate of New York University Tisch's Department of Dramatic Writing, with a focus in television writing and comedy. She first became a published author at the age of 15 with her YA novel "Someone Else's Stars," and is now a member of GALECA, the LGBTQ+ society of entertainment critics, and the IRE, the society of Investigative Reporters and Editors. Her first cover story, "Meet the young transgender teens changing America and the world," has been nominated for Outstanding Print Article at the 36th GLAAD Media Awards. In her free time, Ryan likes watching the New York Rangers and Minnesota Wild, listening to the Beach Boys, and practicing witchcraft.
    Ryan is a reporter at The Advocate, and a graduate of New York University Tisch's Department of Dramatic Writing, with a focus in television writing and comedy. She first became a published author at the age of 15 with her YA novel "Someone Else's Stars," and is now a member of GALECA, the LGBTQ+ society of entertainment critics, and the IRE, the society of Investigative Reporters and Editors. Her first cover story, "Meet the young transgender teens changing America and the world," has been nominated for Outstanding Print Article at the 36th GLAAD Media Awards. In her free time, Ryan likes watching the New York Rangers and Minnesota Wild, listening to the Beach Boys, and practicing witchcraft.
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    Meet the LGBTQ+ celebrities and activists TIME called the Most Influential People of 2024


    Meet the LGBTQ+ celebrities and activists TIME called the Most Influential People of 2024

    LGBTQ celebrities activists TIME magazine Most Influential People of 2024 Colman Domingo Dominique Crenn Kelley Robinson Elliot Page

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    The work and achievements of LGBTQ+ people are taking over this year's TIME100 list.

    TIME Magazine has named the 100 most influential people of 2024, several of whom are members of the LGBTQ+ community. Whether activists or actors, these are the people fighting for queer rights in media, health care, law, politics, and the environment.

    Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign up for The Advocate's email newsletter.

    Scroll to see all of TIME's LGBTQ+ honorees, some of which you might not have heard of before, but who very well could have already impacted your life.

    Colman Domingo

    out gay actor Colman Domingo LGBTQ celebrities activists TIME magazine Most Influential People of 2024

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    Colman Domingo recently became the second out gay man to be nominated for an Oscar for playing a gay character for his role as civil rights activist Bayard Rustin in the biopic Rustin.

    Elliot Page

    transgender actor Elliot Page LGBTQ celebrities activists TIME magazine Most Influential People of 2024

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    From Juno to Umbrella Academy to his recently released memoir Pageboy, Elliot Page's journey as a transgender man inspires in a time where transgender identity and health care is under attack.

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    Jonathan Anderson

    fashion designer Jonathan Anderson LGBTQ celebrities activists TIME magazine Most Influential People of 2024

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    Renowned fashion designer Jonathan Anderson is the founder of JW Anderson and the current creative director of LOEWE. He also recently served as the costume designer on the highly-anticipated sports romance film Challengers starring Zendaya, Josh O'Connor, and Mike Faist.

    Jenni Hermoso

    Jenni Hermoso LGBTQ celebrities activists TIME magazine Most Influential People of 2024

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    Spanish soccer star Jenni Hermoso is defined by more than the headlines she made this year. Hermoso sparked a global conversation about sexual harassment after the (former) president of the Spanish football federation, Luis Rubiales, kissed her without her consent on national television. Because of Hermoso's willingness to speak out, Rubiales has since resigned and has been banned by FIFA for three years.

    Kelley Robinson

    Kelley Robinson HRC president human rights campaign LGBTQ celebrities activists TIME magazine Most Influential People of 2024

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    Kelley Robinson is president of the Human Rights Campaign, the largest LGBTQ+ political lobbying organization in the United States. Her leadership emphasizes intersectionality, encompassing gun reform, racial justice, immigration, voting rights, climate, and abortion.

    Frank Mugisha

    out gay Ugandan activist Frank Mugisha LGBTQ celebrities activists TIME magazine Most Influential People of 2024

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    Frank Mugisha, head of Sexual Minorities Uganda, has spent his life fighting for LGBTQ+ rights as one of the few out gay people in the country. He is a recipient of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award and a Nobel Peace Prize nominee.

    Rosanna Flamer-Caldera

    Sri Lanka human rights activist Rosanna Flamer Caldera LGBTQ celebrities activists TIME magazine Most Influential People of 2024

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    Rosanna Flamer-Caldera has spent over two decades fighting for LGBTQ+ rights in Sri Lanka. Her advocacy swayed the United Nations to declare the country's ban on same-sex intimacy between women a human-­rights violation, which then led to the decriminalization of homosexuality in the nation.

    Katsuhiko Hayashi

    Katsuhiko Hayashi genetics professor Osaka University Japan LGBTQ celebrities activists TIME magazine Most Influential People of 2024

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    Katsuhiko Hayashi, a professor at Osaka University in Japan, may not be queer himself, but his work has forever changed the community. Hayashi pioneered the technique that turns skin cells into reproductive cells, giving same-sex couples the ability to have biological children in the near-distant future.

    Dominique Crenn

    chef Dominique Crenn LGBTQ celebrities activists TIME magazine Most Influential People of 2024

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    Dominique Crenn is not only the first woman chef to earn three Michelin stars in the United States, but also a pioneer in climate-friendly farming. She stopped serving meat in her restaurants to bring attention to industrial factory farming, and now sources ingredients directly from her own farm, which reduces carbon pollution by growing food regeneratively.

    Ophelia Dahl

    Ophelia Dahl PIH cofounder Partners In Health Boston LGBTQ celebrities activists TIME magazine Most Influential People of 2024

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    Ophelia Dahl is the co-founder of Partners In Health, a Boston-based health care nonprofit that provides high-quality treatment to millions of impoverished people around the world. She is also the daughter of famed children's author Roald Dahl, and is currently working on a memoir about her father's life.

    Beth Ford

    Land OLakes CEO Beth Ford LGBTQ celebrities activists TIME magazine Most Influential People of 2024

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    Land O’Lakes head Beth Ford was the first out lesbian CEO of a Fortune 500 company. She uses her position to support rural Americans and farmers, while also pushing the farming industry towards more sustainable methods that combat climate change.

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