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Tristan Schukraft
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Innovators

Tristan Schukraft

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

Following in the footsteps of Virgin mogul (and role model) Richard Branson, Tristan Schukraft is known as the “CEO of Everything Gay” for good reason. This year alone, the business mogul bought The Abbey, the iconic gay bar in West Hollywood; Puerto Rico’s Circo nightclub; and a 75 percent stake in the Fire Island Pines Resort commercial district. He also launched Tryst Hotels, with properties set to open in San Juan, Puerto Vallarta, and the Pines.

Additionally, Schukraft is the CEO of MISTR, a PrEP telemedicine company that recently surpassed 350,000 patients. It’s this milestone that his been his proudest 2024 accomplishment. “I’m motivated not so much about building businesses. While that’s fun, it’s about…eliminating HIV, preserving the gay community. That’s what gets me up in the morning — every morning, because I work seven days a week.”

Schukraft urges LGBTQ+ folks to realize the power of the pink dollar. “Support those gay businesses, those gay bars because even though it doesn’t seem like you’re doing anything of major significance [by spending money there], you really are.” @tschukraft

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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Johann Moonesinghe
inKind

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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Innovators

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