1. Anne Lister Halifax Landowner

2. Joanna Sigurdardottir Iceland’s Prime Minister

3. Audre Lorde Author

4. Gertrude Stein Author

5. John Maynard Keynes Economist

6. Marlene Diertrich Entertainer

7. Andy Warhol Artist

8. Colette Author

9. Justin Fashanu Footballer

10. Oscar Wilde Author

11. Frida Kahlo Artist

12. Edward Carpenter Poet

13. Cherry Clarke Poet

14. Valerie Mason- John Author

15. Langston Hughes Author

16. Franz Schubert Composer

17. Freddie Mercury Singer

18. Joan Armatrading Singer

19. Michelangelo Renaissance Man

20. Rikki Beadle- Blair Author

21. Eddie Izzard Comedian

22. George Washington Carver Researcher

23. Paris Barclay Director

24. Benjamin Britten Composers Peter Pears

25. k.d. Lang Singer

26. Alan Turing Mathematician

27. Virginia Woolf Author

28. Sappho Poet

29. Jackie Kay Author

30. Elton John Singer

31. Dame Ethel Smythe Composer

32. Cyril Nri Actor

33. Lionel Blue Rabbi

34. Martina Navratilova Tennis Player

35. Lord Waheed Ali Peer

36. Ian McKellen Actor

37. Jan Morris Author

38. Eleanor Roosevelt Politician

39. Rock Hudson Actor

40. Kirsten Hearn Campaigner

41. Bayard Rustin Activist

42. Tracy Chapman Singer

43. Leonardo Da Vinci Renaissance Man

44. Ellen DeGeneres Comedienne

45. William Shakespeare Author

46. Dana International Singer

47. George Michael Singer

48. Ma Rainey Singer

49. Dusty Springfield Singer

50. Billie Jean King Tennis Player

51. Federico Garcia Lorca Artist

52. April Ashley Model

53. Samantha Fox Singer

54. Drew Barrymore Actress

55. Socrates Philosopher

56. Bessie Smith Singer

57. Vita Sackville West Author

58. Sarah Ponsonby Eleanor Butler 18 th Century lesbians

59. Richard O’Brien Entertainer

60. Jackie Forster Activist

61. Anne Bonney Mary Read Pirates

62. Greg Louganis Diver

63. Queen Christina of Sweden

64. Peter Tatchell Activist

65. Mary Daly Author

66. David Hockney Artist

67. Linda Bellos Politician

68. Clare Balding Presenter

69. Will Young Singer

70. Ismail Merchant Director

71. Pam St. Clements Actress

72. Emily Dickinson Author

73. Simone De Beauvoir Author

74. Coco Chanel Fashion Designer

75. James Baldwin Author

76. Gore Vidal Author

77. Lewis Carroll Author

78. Walt Whitman Author

79. Janis Ian Singer

80. Cole Porter Composer

81. Paul O’Grady Presenter

82. Graham Norton Presenter