june is LGBT pride month.

in honour of celebrating those of alternate gender and sexual identities, i present to you a list of the media i choose to submerse myself in as a queer-identifying individual.

► activists

• george takei
• harvey milk
• laverne cox
• malcolm x

► actors & actresses

• ellen page
• ian mckellen
• jane lynch
• jodie foster
• lily tomlin
• neil patrick harris
• samira wiley
• sarah paulson
• ted allen

► artists

• andy warhol
• annie leibovitz
• frida kahlo

► authors

• alice walker
• allen ginsberg
• chuck palahniuk
• david sedaris
• maurice sendak
• truman capote
• virginia woolf

► books

• the color purple, alice walker
• fried green tomatoes at the whistlestop café, fannie flagg
• the hours, michael cunningham
• the perks of being a wallflower, stephen chbosky
• the picture of dorian gray, oscar wilde
• tipping the velvet, sarah waters

► comedians

• ellen degeneres
• margaret cho
• wanda sykes

► films

• beginners (2010)
• blue is the warmest color (2013)
• boys don't cry (1999)
• but i'm a cheerleader (1999)
• dog day afternoon (1975)
• heavenly creatures (1994)
• high art (1998)
• i love you phillip morris (2009)
• philadelphia (1993)
• rent (2005)
• transamerica (2003)
• we were here (2010)

► musicians

• ani difranco
• beth ditto
• carrie brownstein
• david bowie
• elton john
• freddie mercury
• mary lambert
• sam smith
• tegan & sara quin

► songs

• “brave” — sara bareilles
• “closer to fine” — indigo girls
• “follow your arrow” — kasey musgraves
• “fuck you” — lily allen
• “girls like girls” — hayley kiyoko
• “i'm coming out” — diana ross
• “lola” — the kinks
• “same love” — macklemore & ryan lewis
• “she keeps me warm” — mary lambert
• “standing in the way of control” — the gossip
• “take a walk on the wild side” — lou reed
• “you've got to hide your love away” — the beatles

► television

• buffy the vampire slayer (1997–2003)
• glee (2009–2015)
• grey's anatomy (2005– )
• the l word (2004–2009)
• my so-called life (1994–1995)
• orange is the new black (2013– )
• once upon a time (2011– )
• united states of tara (2009–2011)
• will & grace (1998–2006)
• xena: warrior princess (1995–2001)