Foreword by Florent Manelli Introduced by Clare Summerskill Marsha P. Johnson, Keith Haring, Harvey Milk, Audre Lorde, Peter Tatchell, RuPaul… the names of pioneers and trailblazers who have advanced the LGBT cause and helped bring about new human rights. This book pays tribute in 50 portraits to the activists, personalities, writers and artists who have advanced the LGBT movement and celebrates those who have fought and are fighting every day to create a more inclusive and tolerant world. To coincide with a new touring  exhibition  of Florent Manelli’s artworks. Bayard Rustin (1912-1987) Alan Turing (1912 – 1954) Tom of Finland ( 1920 – 1991) Edith Windsor ( 1929 – 2017) Harvey Milk ( 1930 – 1978) Barbara Gittings ( 1932 – 2007) Audre Lorde ( 1934 – 1992) Renée Richards ( 1934 – present) Nancy Cárdenas ( 1934 – 1994) Larry Kramer ( 1935 – 2020) Miss Major Griffin-Gracy ( 1940 – present) Craig Rodwell ( 1940 – 1993) Armistead Maupin ( 1944 – present) Marsha P. Johnson ( 1945 – 1992) Brenda Howard ( 1946 – 2005) Jean Le Bitoux ( 1948 – 2010) Pedro Almodóvar ( 1949 – present) Michael Cashman ( 1950 – present) Sylvia Rivera ( 1951 – 2002) Peter Tatchell ( 1952 – present) Judith Butler ( 1956 – present) Rosanna Flamer-Caldera ( 1956 – present) Martina Navratilova ( 1956 – present) Simon Nkoli ( 1957 – 1998) Keith Haring ( 1958 – 1990) Chi Chia-wei ( 1958 – present) Mark Ashton ( 1960 – 1987) RuPaul ( 1960 – present) Mary Bonauto ( 1961 – present) Manvendra Singh Gohil ( 1965 – present) Hida Viloria ( 1968 – present) Bamby Salcedo ( 1969 – present) Phyllis Akua Opoku-Gyimah ( 1974 – present) Xulhaz Mannan ( 1976 – 2016) Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed  ( 1977 – present) Nikolai Alekseev ( 1977 – present) Yelena Grigoryeva ( 1979 – 2019) Xiaogang Wei ( 1976 – present) Georges Azzi ( 1979 – present) Marielle Franco ( 1979 – 2018) Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera ( 1980 – present) David Jay ( 1982 – present) Linda Baumann ( 1982 – present) Megan Rapinoe ( 1985 – present) Elliot Page ( 1987 – present) Hanne Gaby Odiele ( 1988 – present) Olly Alexander ( 1990 – present) Hande Kader ( 1993 – 2016) Bouhdid Belhadi ( 1993 – present) Aaron Rose Philip ( 2001 – present)