October is GLBT History Month and the official website www.GLBTHistoryMonth.com is online and rockin' and rollin' with over 100,000 unique visitors in the past two weeks alone.
In 2008, over 500 nonprofit organizations, educational institutions and for-profit corporations had a GLBT History Month link (MileHighGayGuy included!), making GLBT History Month the largest collaborative project worldwide for the GLBT community.
Malcolm Lazin, Executive Director of Equality Forum, says that GLBT History Month sends a "powerful civil rights message about our community’s extraordinary national and international contributions. We are the only minority community deprived of its history in schools, at home, and in religious institutions. GLBT History Month teaches our heritage, provides role models and builds community.”
The site will also feature a profile on a different gay icon for every day of the month. See the full list of honorees after the jump.
GLBT History Month 2009 Icons
Alvin Ailey, Jr. - Choreographer
John Amaechi - Professional Basketball Player
Tammy Baldwin - Congresswoman
John Cage - Composer
Ruth Ellis - Activist
Rainer Fassbinder - Film Director
Michel Foucault - Philosopher
Harry Hay - Activist
Magnus Hirschfeld - Social Scientist
Zora Neale Hurston - Author
Jasper Johns - Painter
Cherry Jones - Actress
Kate Kendell - Attorney
Alfred Kinsey - Sexual Researcher
k.d. lang - Singer
Rachel Maddow - Commentator
Deirdre McCloskey - Economist
Paul Monette - Author
Pauli Murray - Attorney
Joan Nestle - Historian
Todd Oldham - Designer
Suze Orman - Financial Expert
Christine Quinn - New York City Council Speaker
Robert Rauschenberg - Painter
Jerome Robbins - Choreographer
Hilary Rosen - Commentator
Yves St. Laurent - Fashion Designer
Esera Tuaolo - Professional Football Player
Urvashi Vaid - Activist
Gus Van Sant - Film Director
B.D. Wong - Actor
