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Margaret Cho
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Margaret Cho

Meet one of the artists, disruptors, educators, groundbreakers, innovators, and storytellers who all helped make the world a better place for LGBTQ+ people.

Margaret Cho is a comedy and entertainment legend. Career highlights, from her 1994 ABC show All-American Girl to 2022’s Fire Island, represent victories against what she considers her greatest hurdle, which is invisibility of people like her in the media.

“As a queer Asian American woman, you just never saw yourself reflected back in entertainment or anywhere,” she shares. “And so, to really come from nothing and to create a space from nothing was a really huge achievement.”

The 2024 Netflix documentary Outstanding shows Cho’s significant role in the history of LGBTQ+ comedy, an art form that has also engendered greater equality. And Cho continues to use her platform to advocate for trans kids and causes that support the LGBTQ+ movement. “The accomplishment that I'm most proud of this year is helping elect Kamala Harris to president of the United States,” she shares.

“We have a right to equality,” she asserts. “...We don't have to stand for bullying. We don't have to stand for transphobia. We don't have to stand for homophobia. We don't have to stand for racism.” @margaret_cho

Daniel Reynolds

Daniel Reynolds is the editor-in-chief of Out and an award-winning journalist who focuses on the intersection between entertainment and politics. This Jersey boy has now lived in Los Angeles for more than a decade.

Daniel Reynolds is the editor-in-chief of Out and an award-winning journalist who focuses on the intersection between entertainment and politics. This Jersey boy has now lived in Los Angeles for more than a decade.

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Katy O'Brian
Daniel Prakopcyk

Stacey Yvonne

Stacey Yvonne is a critic and entertainment journalist who can be found in Los Angeles eating snacks at events. She loves to uplift the LGBTQIA+ community and specifically highlight Black and female members. She can be found at SYvonneCreative.com

Stacey Yvonne is a critic and entertainment journalist who can be found in Los Angeles eating snacks at events. She loves to uplift the LGBTQIA+ community and specifically highlight Black and female members. She can be found at SYvonneCreative.com

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Katy O'Brian

Meet some of the artists, disruptors, educators, groundbreakers, innovators, and storytellers who all helped make the world a better place for LGBTQ+ people.

Daniel Prakopcyk

Before her starring role in this year’s Love Lies Bleeding, Katy O’Brian, 35, acted in many beloved superhero and sci-fi productions, including The Mandalorian, Westworld, and Ant-Man and the Wasp. Clearly, she had the superpowers needed to carry (on her very strong shoulders!) the hit romantic thriller alongside Kristen Stewart.

O’Brian auditioned six times for the new queer classic. Yet it seems as though the role of the driven strongwoman Jackie was written specifically for her. But the real-life bodybuilder needed more than physical strength to get through the challenges of 2024.

“I lost a dear family member unexpectedly, totaled my car, and I had to have surgery…it seemed like one disaster after another,” O’Brian shares. What helped her cope? She and wife Kylie Chi set aside time for mindfulness exercises to “refresh a positive mindset.” The queer star is seeing fruitful dividends ahead: She has upcoming roles in Mission Impossible 8 and the zombie movie Queens of the Dead, with more projects to be announced soon. @thekatyo