Software Pioneer/Philanthropist, 58
Using wealth gained from founding the software giant Quark, Gill began campaigning for LGBT equality after antigay Colorado Amendment 2 was passed in 1992. Since then, the Gill Foundation has granted over $197 million to nonprofits -- most of them LGBT-focused -- and, along with the Gill Action Fund, helped stop antigay politicians and laws all over the U.S.
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Using wealth gained from founding the software giant Quark, Gill began campaigning for LGBT equality after antigay Colorado Amendment 2 was passed in 1992. Since then, the Gill Foundation has granted over $197 million to nonprofits -- most of them LGBT-focused -- and, along with the Gill Action Fund, helped stop antigay politicians and laws all over the U.S.
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The racist, homophobic, and frightening arrest of Don Lemon
Opinion: It’s not a coincidence or an accident that Lemon, and other Black journalists were targeted by the Trump Justice Department, writes John Casey.