(Quick FYI to Adrianislander-Dr. King's widow was Coretta, not Loretta) How about Dan Savage, Larry Kramer, and Edmund White
YIKES! big typo error sorry about that! and sorry to the late Loretta Scott King! thanks for the heads up!
Heather Peace. She actually set up the first rainbow walkway in Europe, in Brighton, modelled after an Australian one (can't remember which city). It was after the realise of what she calls her 'big gay anthem' We Can Change, in the style of Dusty Springfield. And she's a big supporter of the LGBT charity StonewallUK. She writes a lot of songs about her wife, and always performs at multiple PrideFestivals up and down the UK