WHEN ASKED TO NAME GAY PEOPLE IN POSITIONS OF POWER, MOST PEOPLE WOULD BE STUMPED TO MENTION ANYONE OTHER THAN APPLE CHIEF EXECUTIVE TIM COOK, OR DAVID GEFFEN, THE LEGENDARY A&R MAN WHO WENT ON TO SET UP DREAMWORKS, BECOMING A MULTI-BILLIONAIRE IN THE PROCESS. THIS IS PARTLY BECAUSE THEY COULDN’T BE OUT; COOK ONLY MENTIONED HIS SEXUALITY PUBLICALLY IN 2014, SAYING: “WHERE I VALUED MY PRIVACY SIGNIFICANTLY, I FELT I WAS VALUING IT TOO FAR ABOVE WHAT I COULD DO FOR OTHER PEOPLE.” HERE ARE SOME OF THE LESSER-KNOWN BUT HUGELY INFLUENTIAL LGBT AMERICANS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT...
DARREN WALKER