LGBT rights activists from California

The list LGBT rights activists from California includes Lily Tomlin, Harvey Milk and John Burnside. The list consists of 34 members.

1.

Tyra Banks

American, TV Personality

Overview: Tyra Lynne Banks (born December 4, 1973), also known as BanX, is an American television personality, model, producer, writer, and actress. Born in Inglewood, California, she began her career as a model ...

Date of birth: 4 December 1973

Age: 50

Nationality: American

Occupation: TV Personality

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Louis Belanger Martin (Long-Term)

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American women civil rights activists 370T

21st-century African-American actresses 111T

20th-century African-American actresses 70T
2.

Elizabeth Taylor

American, Actress

Overview: Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor DBE (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was an English-American actress, businesswoman, and humanitarian. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s, and ...

Date of birth: 27 February 1932

Date of death: 23 March 2011

Age: 79 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

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American women art collectors 74T

American recipients of the Legion of Honour 33T

Actors from the London Borough of Barnet 85T
3.

Cher

American singer and actress (born 1946)

Overview: Cher (born Cherilyn Sarkisian; May 20, 1946) is an American singer, actress and television personality. Often referred to by the media as the "Goddess of Pop", she has been described as embodying female ...

Date of birth: 20 May 1946

Age: 78

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: AE (Vice President) (Dating)

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American torch singers 82T

American comedy actresses 409T

21st-century American singer-songwriters 2,716T
4.

Elizabeth Montgomery

American actress (1933–1995)

Overview: Elizabeth Victoria Montgomery (April 15, 1933 – May 18, 1995) was an American actress whose career spanned five decades in film, stage, and television. She is best remembered for her leading role as the ...

Date of birth: 15 April 1933

Date of death: 18 May 1995

Age: 62 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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Spence School alumnae 37T

Hollywood Walk of Fame 370T

Activists from New York (state) 804T
5.

Sean Penn

American actor and filmmaker (born 1960)

Overview: Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer. He has won two Academy Awards, for his roles in the mystery drama Mystic River (2003) and the biopic ...

Date of birth: 17 August 1960

Age: 64

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Olga Korotyayeva (Dating)

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Male actors of Irish descent 682T

Volpi Cup for Best Actor winners 77T

César Honorary Award recipients 88T
6.

Sally Field

American, Actress

Overview: Sally Margaret Field (born November 6, 1946) is an American actress. Known for her extensive work on screen and stage, she has received many accolades throughout her career spanning five decades, including ...

Date of birth: 6 November 1946

Age: 77

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

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American sitcom actresses 542T

American comedy actresses 409T

LGBT-related scandals 10T
7.

George Clooney

American actor and filmmaker (born 1961)

Overview: George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor, film director, producer, screenwriter and philanthropist. He is the recipient of three Golden Globe Awards and two Academy Awards, one for ...

Date of birth: 6 May 1961

Age: 63

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

Partner: Amal Clooney (Married)

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Time 100 250T

Members of the Council on Foreign Relations 379T

Filmmakers who won the Best Film BAFTA Award 102T
8.

RuPaul

American actor, musician, and drag queen

Overview: RuPaul Andre Charles (born November 17, 1960) is an American drag queen, actor, model, singer, songwriter, and television personality. Since 2009, he has produced and hosted the reality competition series ...

Date of birth: 17 November 1960

Age: 63

Nationality: American

Occupation: TV Personality

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 7" (201 cm)

Partner: Georges LeBar (Married)

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21st-century LGBT people 1,058T

20th-century LGBT people 1,140T

LGBT singers from the United States 499T
9.

Betty White

American actress and comedian (1922–2021)

Overview: Betty Marion White Ludden (January 17, 1922 – December 31, 2021 ) was an American actress and comedian. A pioneer of early television, with a career spanning over nine decades, White was noted for her ...

Date of birth: 17 January 1922

Date of death: 31 December 2021

Age: 99 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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Stroke-related deaths in California 142T

Neurological disease deaths in California 457T

Women civil rights activists 611T
10.

Melissa Etheridge

Musician

Overview: Melissa Lou Etheridge (born May 29, 1961) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist. Her self-titled debut album Melissa Etheridge was released in 1988 and became an underground success ...

Date of birth: 29 May 1961

Age: 63

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

Partner: Linda Wallem (Married)

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20th-century American women guitarists 83T

21st-century American women guitarists 235T

LGBT singers from the United States 352T
11.

Aisha Tyler

American actress and talk show host

Overview: Aisha Nilaja Tyler (born September 18, 1970) is an American actress and talk show host. She is known for playing Andrea Marino in the first season of Ghost Whisperer, Dr. Tara Lewis in Criminal Minds ...

Date of birth: 18 September 1970

Age: 54

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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American women film editors 112T

21st-century American memoirists 410T

African-American female comedians 113T
12.

Robert Redford

American actor and filmmaker (born 1936)

Overview: Charles Robert Redford Jr. (born August 18, 1936) is an American actor, director, and activist. He is the recipient of various accolades, including; two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, three ...

Date of birth: 18 August 1936

Age: 88

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Sibylle Szaggars (Married)

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Directors of Best Picture Academy Award winners 82T

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement recipients 95T

Male actors of Scottish descent 224T
13.

Chaz Bono

American writer, musician and actor

Overview: Chaz Salvatore Bono (born Chastity Sun Bono; March 4, 1969) is an American writer, musician and actor. His parents are entertainers Sonny Bono and Cher, and he became widely known in appearances as a child ...

Date of birth: 4 March 1969

Age: 55

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

Partner: Shara Blue (Dating)

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21st-century American male writers 6,101T

American male non-fiction writers 7,282T

20th-century American non-fiction writers 3,856T
14.

Lily Tomlin

American comedian and actor

Overview: Mary Jean "Lily" Tomlin (born September 1, 1939) is an American actress, comedian, writer, singer, and producer. Tomlin started her career as a stand-up comedian as well as performing Off-Broadway during ...

Date of birth: 1 September 1939

Age: 85

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Jane Wagner (Married)

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Feminist comedians 9T

Comedians from California 466T

Winners of the Los Angeles Times Women of the Year 2T
15.

Joan Baez

American contemporary folk musician (born 1941)

Overview: Joan Chandos Baez ( BYZE, born January 9, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist. Her contemporary folk music often includes songs of protest and social justice. Baez has performed ...

Date of birth: 9 January 1941

Age: 83

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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20th-century American singer-songwriters 1,277T

21st-century American songwriters 20T

Musicians from Staten Island 60T
16.

Dixie Carter

American actress (1939–2010)

Overview: Dixie Virginia Carter (May 25, 1939 – April 10, 2010) was an American film, television and stage actress and singer. She starred as Julia Sugarbaker on the sitcom Designing Women (1986–93), and as Randi ...

Date of birth: 25 May 1939

Date of death: 10 April 2010

Age: 70 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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Deaths from endometrial cancer 6T

Actresses from Tennessee 96T

21st-century American actresses 5,675T
17.

Margaret Cho

American comedian and actress (born 1968)

Overview: Margaret Moran Cho (born December 5, 1968) is an American comedian and actress. She is known for her stand-up routines, through which she critiques social and political problems, especially regarding race ...

Date of birth: 5 December 1968

Age: 55

Nationality: American

Occupation: Comedian

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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Comedians from San Francisco 1T

American comedians of Korean descent 1T

American bisexual writers 255T
18.

Alexis Arquette

American actress (1969–2016)

Overview: Alexis Arquette (July 28, 1969 – September 11, 2016) was an American actress.

Date of birth: 28 July 1969

Date of death: 11 September 2016

Age: 47 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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American transgender musicians 93T

American transgender actors 99T

Genderfluid people 67T
19.

Diamanda Galás

Greek-American vocalist and musician

Overview: Diamanda Galás (born August 29, 1955) is a Greek American musician and visual artist.

Date of birth: 18 August 1955

Age: 69

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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20th-century women composers 1,221T

21st-century women composers 620T

American women in electronic music 325T
20.

Dick Sargent

American actor (1930–1994)

Overview: Richard Stanford Cox (April 19, 1930 – July 8, 1994), known professionally as Dick Sargent, was an American actor, notable as the second actor to portray Darrin Stephens on ABC's fantasy situation comedy ...

Date of birth: 19 April 1930

Date of death: 8 July 1994

Age: 64 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

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People from Carmel-by-the-Sea, California 153T

LGBT people from California 626T

Male actors from California 756T