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Alan Cumming
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Alan Cumming

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

Peacock’s Traitors has taken the world by storm thanks to its dramatically charming and fashionable host, Alan Cumming.

Lording over a castle of backstabbing reality stars, the bisexual entertainer even bested reigning Emmys titleholder RuPaul as the year’s top reality host. He discovered that win in bed. But he showed up in full Scottish regalia (and a transgender flag pin) to accept the Emmy for Best Reality Competition during the televised main ceremony. “I’m proud of subverting the competition reality form and bringing fun and joyful genderfuck queerness to a mainstream audience,” he trumpets.

Cumming was also a force this year in HBO’s Chimp Crazy, a docuseries where the animal rights activist employed his star power to save a kidnapped chimpanzee. He encourages all LGBTQ+ people to take a stand for what’s right.

“We must use our power more. Why is anyone still on Twitter? Why didn’t we boycott Target when they withdrew the Pride merch? We need to show them our power is economic as well as spiritual. And we must always remember that queer joy is a form of protest.” @alancummingreally

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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Jaymes Black
Erik Carter

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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Educators

Jaymes Black

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

Erik Carter

The Trevor Project — a national suicide prevention and crisis intervention nonprofit supporting LGBTQ+ youth — tapped Jaymes Black this year to helm the group’s vital work.

Black (he/she/they) is Trevor’s first Black and first nonbinary CEO. A former CEO of Family Equality who grew up in the rural South, they bring both an impressive résumé and lived experience to tackling the daunting challenges faced by today’s queer and trans kids. “To be in this role, to be who I needed when I was [a] young queer Black awkward kid in Texas, is…another dream come true,” they say.

Bullies manifest on the playground and in the political world. But through it all, Black is inspired by how many young people live openly and proudly, a resilience that comes with being part of the LGBTQ+ community.

“The way that we view the world is very different. And because of that, I think we come with…this innate strength that others don’t understand,” they say. “We’ll never give up. We’ll never give up the fight. We’ll never give up fighting for equality. We’ll never give up being ourselves.” @thejaymesblack