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All Your Favorite Iconic Queer Trailblazers Illustrated<\/b><\/p>\n

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In 2014, artist Michele Rosenthal embarked on a project not knowing what the final outcome would be.<\/p>\n

“I began creating portraits of some of my favorite historical queer people, writing a sentence or two about each and sharing them on Tumblr<\/a>,” she explains on her website. “At first I only had a handful of people in mind, but the names quickly multiplied.”<\/p>\n

Related: 10 Iconic Images Of Love & Defiance Illustrate The Road To Equality<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

As she got deeper and deeper into the project, the small “handful” of portraits grew to 20, then 40, then 60. And those short bios of the subjects became several meticulously-researched paragraphs.<\/p>\n

“Two years later, I took my first 60 illustrations and created queerportraits.com<\/a>, a permanent home for the project,” Rosenthal explains. “It’s designed to be a fun and accessible entry point to LGBTQ history.”<\/p>\n

Related: 37 Unintentionally Gay Moments In Comic Book History<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Many of the people Rosenthal features are popular figures within LGBTQ history. Others are lesser known, but no less influential.<\/p>\n

“This project has definitely been a labor of love,” she tells Queerty <\/em>in an email. “There are 60 portraits and bios on the website so far, and I’m constantly adding more.”<\/p>\n

Check out some of the portraits below, and see the entire collection at queerportraits.com<\/a>. The prints are also available for purchase…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Keith Haring<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Bessie Smith<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Bayard Rustin<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Willi Ninja<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Robert Mapplethorpe<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Marsha P. Johnson<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Freddie Mercury<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Frederico Garcia Lorca<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Marlene Dietrich<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Andy Warhol<\/strong><\/p>\n

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George Takei<\/strong><\/p>\n

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