In honor of its 40th Anniversary, the Advocate has selected 40 LGBT people as heroes. I think they really got it right for the most part. Here is the list:
1. Ellen DeGeneres 2. Barney Frank 3. Harvey Milk 4. Matthew Shepard 5. Melissa Etheridge 6. Billie Jean King 7. Harvey Fierstein 8. Elton John 9. Margarethe Cammermeyer 10. Rosie O'Donnell 11. Martina Navratilova 12. Troy Perry 13. Greg Louganis 14. Mel White 15. V. Gene Robinson 16. Ian McKellen 17. Betsy Berzon 18. Larry Kramer
19. k.d. lang 20. Rita Mae Brown 21. Mark Bingham 22. Armistead Maupin 23. Harry Hay 24. Tammy Baldwin 25. Tony Kushner 26. Pedro Zamora 27. Malcom Boyd 28. Cleve Jones 29. John Waters 30. Indigo Girls 31. Randy Shilts 32. Del Martin & Phyllis Lyon 33. Elizabeth Birch 34. Bayard Rustin 35. Audre Lorde 36. Leonard Matlovich 37. Tim Gill 38. John Amaechi 39. Roberta Achtenberg 40. Barbara Gittings.

Congratulations to all the heroes, and thanks...