LGBTIQ+ important members

There are many people part of the LGBTIQ+ movement who, through the years, have become icons for this society. In this presentation, we have chosen four of them and we are going to explain why they are so important.

• Lily and Lana Wachowsky:

These two cinema directors became famous with their film trilogy “Matrix”. When they filmed this trilogy, they were both men. What is important about them is the fact that both of them changed their gender from men to women and finally they also decided to go under surgery and change their biological sex. They are representatives of the LGBTIQ+ movement because they helped to make transgender people more visible.

• Ellen DeGeneres:

This talk-show host has her own program called The Ellen’s Show, in which she invites different famous people to talk about their lives. When she decided to tell her sexual orientation, it caused a big impact of the USA film and TV world. But, instead of becoming a nightmare for her, this releasing made her even more famous. She has become a role model for the lesbians and nowadays is seen as one of the most influential LGBTIQ+ group member.

• RuPaul Andre Charles

RuPaul Andre Charles, known as RuPaul, was the first American Drag Queen to become famous in the USA. At the age of 30 he started to host modelling programs and some years later he started is music career. Apart from doing music, nowadays RuPaul hosts his own TV program called RuPaul’s Drag Race, in which the best Drag of America is chosen among some participants. Such is the impact of this program that RuPaul has become an icon among the LGBTIQ+ members.

• Mark Ashton

Mark Ashton is the protagonist of the film we have watched in class, “Pride” (2014). We thought it was important to include him in this list because he did a lot of things for the LGBTIQ+ rights. He began to participate in acts supporting this group’s right at the age of 22. As it can be seen in the film, he helped the miners with is group of LGBTIQ+ rights defenders. Unfortunately, he died at the age of 26 because of HIV.

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