List of LGBT rights activists

A list of notable LGBT rights activists who have worked to advance LGBT rights by political change, legal action or publication. Ordered by country, alphabetically.

Argentina
  • Claudia Castrosín Verdú, her and her partner were the first lesbian couple to form a civil union in Latin America; vice president of FALGBT[1]
  • María Rachid, politician and LGBT rights activist, partner of Claudia Castrosín Verdú[1]
  • Diana Sacayán, board member of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association and a leader of the Antidiscrimination Liberation Movement[2]

Australia

Austria

Bangladesh

Belize

Brazil

Bulgaria

Cameroon

Canada

Chile

China, People's Republic of

Croatia

Colombia

Denmark
  • Axel Axgil, he and his partner were the first same-sex couple in the world to enter a registered partnership
  • Lili Elbe (b. 1882 as Einar Magnus Andreas Wegner), among the first transgender women to correct her gender through surgery. She died from complications, as her uterus transplant got infected in 1931.

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

India

Indonesia

Iran

Israel

Ireland

Italy

Japan

Kyrgyzstan

Lithuania

Lebanon

Mexico

Nepal

Netherlands

New Zealand

Philippines

Poland

Romania
  • Florin Buhuceanu[41]
  • Romaniţa Iordache

Russia

Serbia

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Somalia

South Africa

Spain

Sri Lanka

Taiwan (Republic of China)

Uganda

United Kingdom

United States of America
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See also

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