#TheLIST: Big Gay Beauty Icons
#TheLIST: Big Gay Beauty Icons
In honor of LGBTQ Pride Month, we're paying tribute to the gay and transgender activists, drag queens, on-screen portrayals and pop icons of the community with a celebration of their signature hair and makeup moments.
1) RuPaul
Long before Rihanna and Fifth Harmony were singing about it, the ultimate drag icon coined the phrase "you better work" while teaching us how to make love to the camera and walk the runway.
2) Ziggy Stardust
An electric alter ego, from the sound to the hair to the iconic lightening bolt face paint.
3) Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz
Garland's role as Dorothy in the gender-bending film secured her status as a gay icon and camp figure.
4) Liza Minnelli
Garland's daughter who carried on her legacy, Minnelli also introduced us to jazz hands and gave Twiggy a run for her money in the eyelash department
6) Cher
The Goddess of Pop and gay icon's powerful voice allowed her to sing both male and female ranges in love songs that many interpreted as gender-neutral.
7) Laverne Cox
A trailblazer for black, transgendered women on television as Sophia in OITNB and an outspoken advocate for the cause off-screen.
8) Boys Don't Cry
Hilary Swank's Oscar-winning transformation into Brandon Teena came on the heels of the Matthew Shepard murder, and added fuel to the conversation around hate crime legislation.
9) Caitlyn Jenner
Arguably the most famous trans woman, the former Olympian and reality star has used her fame as a platform and taken America along for the ride with I Am Cait.
10) Amanda Lepore
Muse to David LaChapelle, Terry Richardson, The Blonds and more, Lepore is a fixture on the NYC party circuit.
11) Boy George
Adele's not the only UK superstar with a strong cat-eye game.
12) Madonna
LGBTQ magazine The Advocate named the singer who made voguing mainstream "the greatest gay icon."
13) Blue Is the Warmest Color
Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux star in the French coming-of-age film inspired by a graphic novel.
14) Brooke Candy
The openly pansexual rapper partnered with MAC on a line of lipsticks made for an underground dance party.
15) Grace Jones
The androgynous diva's unique look and dance hits influenced fashion, the cross-dressing community and the music world.
16) Carol
Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara star as lovers caught in a forbidden affair in the '50s.
17) Lady Gaga
The bisexual singer's Born This Way message of empowerment, costumes and social activism for HIV/AIDS and LGBTQ rights has earned her an army of loyal fans.
18) Ruby Rose
Those tattoos, that smile, the most perfect pixie cut of all time...the gender fluid DJ/actress had just about everyone falling for her approximately .05 seconds into her OITNB debut.
19) Erika Girardi, a.k.a. Erika Jayne
Real Housewife of Beverly Hills by day, sexed-up stage performer by night.
20) Andreja Peji?
Peji? broke barriers in the modeling world and became the first trans woman to land a major beauty campaign with Make Up For Ever.
Happy Pride Month!