Queeroes are people whose words and actions foster an inclusive, affirming environment for all gender and sexual orientations; a person who authentically inspires liberation by challenging social norms. Nominate your Queero!
Mychal Judge
We honor the Franciscan friar and longtime NYC chaplain to the Fire Department who raced to the World Trade Center to help
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- Almodóvar, Pedro
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- Baker, Gilbert
- Barres, Ben
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- Burgess, Trevor
- Burns, Randy
- Buttigieg, Pete
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- Carpenter, Cameron
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- Conway, Lynn
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- DeLarverie, Stormé
- DiFranco, Ani
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- Downs, Lila
- Dyer, Richard
- Egan, James
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- Fesco, Michael
- Flamer-Caldera, Rosanna
- Frank, Barney
- Gallant, Chris
- Gallo, River
- Garza, Alicia
- Gates, Dr. Ruth
- Gessen, M.
- Gheradi, Cheyenne
- Gittings, Barbara
- Godsey, Keelin
- Greenwald, Glenn
- Hansberry, Lorraine
- Henry, Mary Kay
- Highsmith, Patricia
- Hockney, David
- Horton, Mary Ann
- Hubbard, Laurel
- Ireland, Logan
- Isherwood, Christopher
- Java, Sir Lady
- Jean, Qween
- Judge, Mychal
- Kaplan, Roberta “Robbie”
- Kellgren-Fozard, Jessica
- King, Billie Jean
- Khalo, Frida
- Kiyoko, Hayley
- Kleinbaum, Rabbi Sharon
- Kronen, Cara
- Kusama, Yayoi
- Labonté, Richard
- Latimer, George
- Lecesne, Celeste
- LeVay, Simon
- Lorca, Federico Garcia
- Lorde, Audre
- Lucas, Jordan
- Maklin Good, Renée Nicole
- Manford, Jeanne
- Mavalvala, Nergis
- Maupin, Armistead
- Mayer, Shelley
- McNeill, Father John J
- Mika
- Milk, Harvey
- Mirza, Fawzia
- Mishima, Yukio
- Nkoli, Simon Tseko
- Noguera, Natalia Oberti
- Obergefell, Jim
- Ocassio-Cortez, Alexandra
- O’Connell, Ryan
- Oseman, Alice
- Pagonis, Pidgeon
- Parton, Dolly
- Paulin, Amy
- Pierson, Kate
- Pittsford,Leanne
- Prescod-Weinstein, Chanda
- Putuma, Koleka
- Quinn
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- Reigns, Steven
- Rice-González, Charles
- Ride, Sally
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- Rivera, Sylvia
- Robinson, Bishop V. Gene
- Rodriguez, Michaela Jae
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- Rose, Felipe
- Rosswood, Eric
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- Saltzman, Mark
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- Schulman, Sarah
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- Torres, Richie
- Tsui, Kitty
- Turing, Alan
- Varadkar, Leo
- Vargas, Chavela
- Wilde, Oscar
- Windsor, Edith
- Wolf, Soni
- Wolny, Nick
- Xavier, Emanuel
- Zia, Helen
2026 Trailblazing Queero Award Winner Cheyenne Gheradi
The winner of Tuckahoe’s first ever Trailblazing Queero Award was be presented by Tuckahoe’s Mayor, Cara Kronen, to queer owner and operator of Mazzy’s Bar, Cheyenne Gheradi.
Tuckahoe NY Pride 