100 Heroes

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100 Heroes

100 Heroes: Sergei Diaghilev

The gay man who founded one of the most influential ballet companies in the world.

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100 Heroes: Mehmed II, the Conqueror

The gay man who ruled the Ottoman Empire.

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100 Heroes: Hafez

The gay man who became of Islam's most influential poets.

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100 Heroes: Paul Verlaine

The gay man who became one of the world's greatest poets.

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100 Heroes: Philip Anh

The gay man who showed Hollywood how to embody two cultural identities.

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100 Heroes: Arthur Mitchell

The gay man who helped break down the barriers of ballet.

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100 Heroes: Tennessee Williams

The gay man who became an American literary icon.

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100 Heroes: J.C. Leyendecker

The gay man who established modern magazine design.

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100 Heroes: Stephen Sondheim

The gay man who became one of the biggest names in musical theatre.

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100 Heroes: Nikolai Gogol

The gay man who became a giant of Russian literature.

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100 Heroes: Eugène Jansson

The gay man who infused his art with sensuality.

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100 Heroes: Wilfred Owen

The gay man who chronicled the First World War.

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100 Heroes: Rudolf Nureyev

The gay man who became an iconic dancer.

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100 Heroes: Vaslav Nijinsky

The gay man who was one of the greatest dancers the world has seen.

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100 Heroes: Will Geer

The gay man who combined acting with activism.

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100 Heroes: Chips Channon

The gay man who became a well-connected politician.

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100 Heroes: Mike Calvert

The gay man who always led from the front.

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100 Heroes: Pier Paolo Pasolini

The gay man who became a groundbreaking filmmaker.

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100 Heroes: Hector Archibald Macdonald

The gay man who lost his military career in a sex scandal.

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100 Heroes: Lytton Strachey

The gay man who created the genre of literary biography.

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100 Heroes: Chopin

The gay man who became one of the world's most famous composers.

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100 Heroes: Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

The gay man who became one of the world's most important philosophers.

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100 Heroes: Wakefield Poole

The gay man who helped establish gay erotic cinema.

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100 Heroes: George Handel

The gay man who created some of the world's finest operas.

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100 Heroes: W. H. Auden

The gay man who gave the world beautiful poetry.