Chantal Hébert

Chantal Hébert (1954 -     )

Canadian journalist, columnist, author, and political pundit

in print, radio and television media;

one of Canada's pre-eminent political commentators.

Gladys Bentley

Gladys Bentley (1907 - 1960)

American blues singer and pianist;

achieved her greatest fame as an openly lesbian crossdressed entertainer

in gay New York speakeasies during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s;

during the repressive McCarthy Era of the 1950s, she recanted her

gay identity, wore dresses and apparently wed a man although

her alleged husband denied the marriage.

Oluwunmi Mosaku

Oluwunmi Mosaku (1986 -     )

Nigerian-British actor;

Best known role is Hunter B-15 in

the Marvel series Loki (2021-2023).

Elaine Pagels

Elaine Pagels (1943 -     )

American professor, scholar and historian of religion;

expert in early Christianity and Gnosticism;

her best-selling book The Gnostic Gospels (1979)

examines the divisions in the early Christian church,

and the way in which women have been viewed

throughout Jewish and Christian history.

Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald (1917 - 1996)

American singer, songwriter and composer

called the "First Lady of Song" and the "Queen of Jazz";

first African-American woman to win a Grammy Award;

her accolades included 14 Grammy Awards, the National Medal of Arts,

the NAACP's inaugural President's Award, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Veronica Tennant

Veronica Tennant (1946 -     )

Canadian producer, director, filmmaker and

former principal dancer of the National Ballet of Canada for 25 years;

recipient of the Governor-General's Performing Arts Award

for Lifetime Artistic Achievement (2004), Canada's highest honour

in the performing arts.

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman (1967 -     )

Australian-American actor and producer;

her many awards include 2 Primetime Emmies and 6 Golden Globes

and an Academy Award for Best Actress in The Hours (2002);

much philanthropy work for women's and children's causes.