Samuel Pickart
Innovators
Matt Bernstein
Meet one of the artists, disruptors, educators, groundbreakers, innovators, and storytellers who all helped make the world a better place for LGBTQ+ people.
Matt Bernstein is one of social media’s most prominent political voices — and he rocks a perfect manicure. Amid the noise and fake news, Bernstein provides his millions of followers with nuanced takes on pop culture and political injustices, broken down into digestible slides “through a progressive, queer lens.” He’ll analyze how pop stars need better boundaries then break news about a corrupt politician in the same day, all while hosting his own podcast, A Bit Fruity.
Bernstein’s work uplifts the LGBTQ+ community and bridges the divide to members of their red-state families. “That’s really special, and a reminder that I’m oftentimes making work not for the people who follow me, but for their families,” Bernstein says.
Creating boundaries is also necessary in his line of work. “I’m a really sensitive person,” he says. “It’s taken years to separate my human self from my worker self, and one is still a bit mixed up in the other, but knowing which is which has been vital to not losing my mind.” Throughout, he’s an optimistic fighter for LGBTQ+ equality. “We will win.” @mattxiv
Taylor Henderson
Pop culture nerd. Lives for drama. Obsessed with Beyonce's womb. Tweets way too much.
Pop culture nerd. Lives for drama. Obsessed with Beyonce's womb. Tweets way too much.
inKind
Daniel ReynoldsDaniel 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.
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.
Johann Moonesinghe
Meet some of the artists, disruptors, educators, groundbreakers, innovators, and storytellers who all helped make the world a better place for LGBTQ+ people.
inKind
Johann Moonesinghe is the CEO and founder of inKind, an ingenious app that rewards diners with credit for supporting their favorite restaurants (inKind gives businesses funding in exchange for food and beverage credits for users).
The app has marked a milestone year, exceeding 1 million users — 1.4 million at the time of this reporting. Moonesinghe, a foodie, personally owns and operates restaurants in order to improve his business model. One establishment, the Guest House, is currently the top-rated restaurant in the company’s base city of Austin. The entrepreneur and angel investor (Uber, Allbirds) grew up in a working-class family with parents who emigrated from Sri Lanka. Today, he is a successful, proudly gay man with a loving husband. But he knows the fight for LGBTQ+ equality in the U.S. and abroad is far from over.
“We’ve come a long way, but we’re still far from the finish line. I encourage our community and our allies not to take anything for granted, but also to recognize and celebrate the progress being made every day — whether big or small.” @johannmoon