Mark Simpson

Father of the 'metrosexual' and 'retrosexual'; author, 'Male Impersonators,' 'Saint Morrissey' and 'Metrosexy'

The 58-year-old Pulitzer prize-winning sports journalist and best-selling author Buzz Bissinger caused a minor tsunami of scandale, disgust and derision recently with a bravely barnstorming confessional piece in GQ.

Courtney O'Donnell

Transgender actress, advocate, and writer; star, 'Lexie Cannes'

During 2012 I wrote approximately 400 articles for The Guerrilla Angel Report, the vast majority of them transgender-related. The following are the 12 most read stories of the year.

Daniel Garofali

Model

Since being established, Jeffrey Fashion Cares has raised more than $11 dollars for its beneficiaries, with 90 percent of every dollar donated to the fight discrimination, support LGBT youth, provide life-saving services and education. 

Shayna Zamkanei

PhD Candidate, University of Chicago

While celebrating larger models such as Adele can help diversify our conception of beauty, weights and figure shapes shouldn't be fads.