With Pride – People – Prominent Non-LGBTQ Allies and Supporters
Penfield Wallace “Pen” Tate II (1931-1993)
Penfield Tate II was a politician, LGBTQ supporter, and Boulder, Colorado’s first African American mayor. Tate was born on June...
Naya Marie Rivera (1987-2020)
Naya Marie Rivera was an actress, singer, and model. Rivera was born on January 12, 1987, to Yolanda Previtire and...
Alice Nkom (1945- )
Alice Nkom broke barriers for women by becoming the first female barrister in her country of Cameroon. She is also...
Shawn Corey “Jay-Z’ Carter (1969- )
Shawn Corey Carter, who uses the stage name of Jay-Z, has become one of the most successful hip-hop artists and...
Benjamin L. Hooks (1925-2010)
Benjamin L. Hooks is most notably known for serving as leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored...
Coretta Scott King (1927-2006)
The widow of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott King became a forceful public figure and important...
Michelle Robinson Obama (1964- )
On January 20, 2009, Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama made history as the first African American First Lady of the United...
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)
One of the most visible advocates of nonviolence and direct action as methods of social change, Martin Luther King, Jr....
Benjamin Chavis Muhammad (1948- )
Born on January 22, 1948 as Benjamin Franklin Chavis, Jr. in the city of Oxford, North Carolina, Benjamin Chavis Muhammad...
