The ADVOCATE: 40 Years, 40 Heroes

As part of their 40 year publication celebration, The Advocate is unveiling a redesign by Luke Hayman, whose credits include TIME and New York magazine.  With a bolder logo, more attention to visual elements, and expanded editorial coverage, The Advocate will continue to set the standard as the #1 news and entertainment source for gay and lesbian readers.

The Advocate's 40 Year celebration issue also unveils the 40 greatest LGBT heroes of the last 4 decades according to The Advocate readers and editorial staff.  At #1, Ellen DeGeneres.  She's OUT, both in real life and in character, makes bank, is happily partnered, hosts the Oscars, and shows millions of straight T.V. fans, every day, that being gay is no big whoop!

Completing the Top 10, in order at left. Top row - 2. Barney Frank, 3. Harvey Milk, 4. Matthew Shepard.  Middle: 5. Melissa Etheridge, 6. Billy Jean King, 7. Harvey Fierstein.  Bottom: 8. Elton John, 9. Margarethe Cammermeyer, 10. Rosie O'Donnell.

Look for The Advocate 40th Year Anniversary issue on newsstands September 11, 2007.  However, if you can't wait that long to see who made the Top 40, click here.

In case you missed it:
---> The Advocate: 40th Anniversary Heroes... Vote for Yours!
---> The Advocate Sex Issue: Meet Ian Roberts

Rounding out the Top 40 in order... 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. Rany 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.

Comments

[lauren]

Ellen #1 rightfully so! ellens amazing =)

[idd]

I'm french so some of yours personalities did not mean a lot to me but let me say this : Ellen DeGeneres is a hell of a good choice. She's smart, beautiful, and she does what thousands of activists can't do : she is loved by the same people who before 1997 thought that being gay was a terrible thing. She speaks about her life, about Portia de Rossi and she does it so simply and with such intelligence AND SHE'S FUNNY !!! So tell her that she desserves everything she's got and more. And let her host the oscars for the next 20 years !!!

[Gray]

Why did the Advocate remove the link to the list of the original 100 people it asked readers to vote for?

I'd like to know who else was on the approved list. By any chance was Andy Warhol or Truman Capote on the list? Or Sylvia Rivera?

thanks

Gaye Barr