Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi. Ireland Mary Dorcey Lydia Foy David Norris Tonie Walsh Katherine Zappone Italy Franco Grillini Vladimir Luxuria Imma Battaglia Japan Taiga Ishikawa Wataru Ishizaka Maki Muraki (born 1974), head of Nijiro Diversity in Osaka Kanako Otsuji, first openly lesbian politician in Japan Kenya Denis Nzioka Edwin Chiloba Kyrgyzstan Dastan Kasmamytov Lithuania Romas Zabarauskas Marija Aušrinė Pavilionienė Lebanon Georges Azzi Hamed Sinno Sandra Melhem Mexico Patria Jiménez Nancy Cardenas, playwright, director, and LGBT+ activist Agnés Torres Hernández, psychologist and transgender activist Nepal Sunil Babu Pant, first openly gay Nepali politician, former head of Blue Diamond Society Bhumika Shrestha Netherlands Willem Arondeus Vera Bergkamp, former chairman of the world's oldest LGBT organization John Blankenstein Boris Dittrich Coos Huijsen, first openly gay parliamentarian Henk Krol Marjan Sax New Zealand Georgina Beyer, first openly transgender mayor in NZ. Suran Dickson Kevin Hague Ngahuia Te Awekotuku Nigeria Bisi Alimi Matthew Blaise, activist involved in End SARS Philippines Tonette Lopez Boy Abunda Poland Robert Biedroń Anna Grodzka Krzysztof Garwatowski Krystian Legierski Paweł Leszkowicz Szymon Niemiec Russia Nikolai Alekseev Ali Feruz Igor Kochetkov, head of the LGBT Network Yekaterina Samutsevich Evgeny Shtorn Mikhail Tumasov Yulia Tsvetkova Serbia Dejan Nebrigić Jelena Karleuša Sierra Leone FannyAnn Eddy Singapore Alex Au Paddy Chew, first person in Singapore to come out as HIV-positive Jean Chong Somalia Amal Aden Sumaya Dalmar South Africa Abdurrazack "Zackie" Achmat Dawn Cavanagh Busi Khewsa Simon Nkoli, LGBT activist, founder of the Gay and Lesbian Organisation of the Witwatersrand Noxolo Nogwaza Funeka Soldaat, leader of Free Gender Organisation in Khayelitsha, Western Cape Midi Achmat, LGBT activist, co-founder of Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), Association of Bisexuals, Gays, and Lesbians (ABIGALE) and the National Coalition of Lesbian and Gay Equality (NCLGE) Spain Oriol Pamies Ángeles Álvarez Carla Antonelli Sri Lanka Rosanna Flamer-Caldera Sudan Ahmed Umar Syria Abdulrahman Akkad Taiwan Josephine Ho Chi Chia-wei Trinidad and Tobago Jason Jones Jowelle de Souza Tunisia Mounir Baatour Turkey Barış Sulu Çağla Akalın Demet Demir Hande Kader Mehmet Tarhan Yasemin Öz Uganda David Kato Kasha Nabagesera Pepe Julian Onziema Ukraine Bogdan Globa, Ukrainian human and LGBT rights activist Vitalina Koval, LGBTI human rights defender in Ukraine United Kingdom Jeremy Bentham, 19th-century jurist, philosopher, and legal and social reformer. Bette Bourne, actor, performer, founder of the Gay theatrical troupe Bloolips, and one of the first modern-day UK LGBTQ+ activists and campaigners. Christine Burns, trans rights campaigner, formerly a vice president