Queer of the Year Finalists

2016 will go down in the history books as one of the most bizarre years in recent history. From Brexit to Donald Trump winning the electoral college, it has been a year of change, not always for the better. With LGBT people facing the least accepting administration in modern history, visibility is more important than ever. We want to thank and laud everyone who's out, proud, and making a difference just by being themselves, but here we want to pay a little homage to a few celebrities whose open embrace of their identity helped increase visibility in a more public sphere from YouTube to the Super Bowl.