100 Heroes

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100 Heroes

100 Heroes: Francis Bacon

The gay man whose art grabbed the world's attention.

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100 Heroes: The Kray Twins

The gay men who ran East London.

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100 Heroes: Dale Jennings

The gay man who fought for equality.

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100 Heroes: Arthur Rimbaud

The gay man who was one of the world's most important libertine poets.

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100 Heroes: Marsilio Ficino

The gay man who became one of the most influential figures in the Italian Renaissance.

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100 heroes: Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès

The gay man who developed the rule of law in France.

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100 Heroes: Mikhail Kuzmin

The gay man who became one of Russia's greatest poets.

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100 Heroes: Montgomery Clift

The gay man who was one of the greatest actors of his generation.

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100 Heroes: Oscar Wilde

The gay man who dared to speak about his love.

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100 Heroes: Michel Foucault

The gay man who helped define our understanding of sexuality.

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100 Heroes: Virgil

The gay man who became one of history's most famous poets.

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Remembering Matthew Shepard - the homophobic murder that shocked the world

A violent death. A powerful legacy.

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100 Heroes: Jack Macnamara

The gay man who became an important British politician.

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100 Heroes: Jerome Robbins

The gay man who helped define Broadway musicals at their best.

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100 Heroes: Simeon Solomon

The gay man who became a leading painter.

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100 Heroes: Sergius and Bacchus

The gay men now venerated as saints.

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100 Heroes: Herbert List

The gay man who became an iconic fashion photographer.

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100 Heroes: John Addington Symonds

The gay man who became a giant of English literature.

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100 Heroes: Erik Bruhn

The gay man who helped shape the world of dance.

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100 Heroes: Karol Szymanowski

The gay man who composed groundbreaking music.

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100 Heroes: Truman Capote

The gay man who became one of America's literary giants.

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100 Heroes: Caravaggio

The gay man who became an icon of the art world.

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100 Heroes: William Beckford

The gay man who became an influential and infamous novelist and politician.

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100 Heroes: Louis XIII

The gay man who exiled his mother to take the French crown.

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100 Heroes: Ronnie Tree

The gay man who became an influential British politician during WWII.