riots, serving as the parade's first grand marshal Sally Huffer (born 1965), board member of multiple LGBT non profit organizations Richard Isay (1934–2012) psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, author and gay activist; responsible for ending discrimination against gay people by the American Psychoanalytic Association; wrote "Being Homosexual: Gay Men and their Development", widely considered a groundbreaking work Janet Jackson (born 1966), American singer, songwriter, and actress Cheryl Jacques (born 1962), former member of the Massachusetts State Legislature and the president of the Human Rights Campaign from January through November 2004. She resigned from this post less than a month after the passage of 11 state constitutional amendments banning gay marriage. Helen G. James, American equality activist Dale Jennings (1917–2000), co-founder of the Mattachine Society Marsha P. Johnson (1945–1992) was an American gay liberation activist and transgender woman. Known as an outspoken advocate for gay rights, Johnson was one of the prominent figures in the Stonewall uprising of 1969. Cleve Jones (born 1954), conceived the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt and worked with Harvey Milk; co-founded the San Francisco AIDS Foundation Christine Jorgensen (1926–1989), first person to become widely known for having sex reassignment surgery in the United States Frank Kameny (1925–2011), participant in many gay rights rallies of the 1960s and 1970s, most notably the push in 1972–1973 for the American Psychological Association to remove homosexuality from its list of mental disorders in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) Norm Kent (born 1949), publisher of the South Florida Gay News and nationally respected constitutional rights and criminal defense attorney, the former chair of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws and radio talk show host Morris Kight (1919–2003), founder of Los Angeles' Gay and Lesbian Front and Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center Lisa Kove (born 1958), Executive Director of the Department of Defense Federal Globe and President of Empowering Spirits Foundation Larry Kramer (1935–2020), author and playwright who helped form the prominent gay rights organizations Gay Men's Health Crisis and AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT-UP) Janice Langbehn (born 1968), campaigner for same-sex marriage and same-sex hospital visitation after being denied access to her dying partner, Lisa Marie Pond, in 2007 Cyndi Lauper (born 1953), founder of the True Colors Fund charity which promotes equality for members of the LGBT community Malcolm L. Lazin (born 1943), founder and executive director of Equality Forum and LGBT History Month,