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Disruptors
Pabllo Vittar
Meet one of the artists, disruptors, educators, groundbreakers, innovators, and storytellers who all helped make the world a better place for LGBTQ+ people.
Pabllo Vittar is not just a renowned drag performer. She’s a legitimate Brazilian pop star and A-list celebrity who keeps expanding her global reach. With 2.3 billion views and 7.9 million subscribers on YouTube, 21.3 million monthly listeners on Spotify, and a following of 13 million on Instagram and 9.6 million on TikTok, Vittar is unquestionably the most popular drag artist of the digital age.
Describing her sound as “sexy, upbeat, and 100 percent Brazilian vibes with a pop twist,” Vittar enters this year’s Out100 after going viral with “Alibi” (a collab with Sevdaliza and Yseult) and becoming the second-ever drag queen to enter the Billboard Hot 100 chart — following the drag pioneer herself, RuPaul, who charted thrice in the 1990s.
Vittar is proud of “reaching mainstream audiences despite being a queer artist” in Brazil, where it’s still dangerous for the LGBTQ+ community despite the country’s lively music scene for queer and trans artists. Next up, the unstoppable Vittar is releasing a new album. @pabllovittar
Bernardo Sim
Deputy Editor
Bernardo Sim is the deputy editor of Out. He's also a staff contributor to The Advocate, PRIDE, and other equalpride publications. Born in Brazil, he currently lives in South Florida.
You can follow Bernardo Sim on Instagram. You can also find him on Bluesky, Threads, X/Twitter, and TikTok.
Bernardo Sim is the deputy editor of Out. He's also a staff contributor to The Advocate, PRIDE, and other equalpride publications. Born in Brazil, he currently lives in South Florida.
You can follow Bernardo Sim on Instagram. You can also find him on Bluesky, Threads, X/Twitter, and TikTok.
José Becerra
Gabriella Angelina
Nikola Alexandre
Meet one of the artists, disruptors, educators, groundbreakers, innovators, and storytellers who all helped make the world a better place for LGBTQ+ people.
José Becerra
Nikola Santarem Alexandre is a Black queer forester whose life changed after attending a nature-based healing gathering following the Pulse massacre. The experience inspired them to commit to land stewardship and nurture a sustainable future for marginalized communities.
After obtaining degrees in forestry and business from Yale University, Alexandre founded Conservation International’s Ecosystem Restoration Program and now serves as its senior advisor. Alexandre cocreated and leads the Shelterwood Collective, a 900-acre, queer-run forest and community center in Northern California. He continues to center queer and Black voices in environmental stewardship.
“Queerness and ecological health are intimately linked,” Alexandre says. “Our environmental problems are born from attempts to create boxes that separate people and nature. It’s only by rejecting those boxes and blurring the divides between people, places, and ecologies that we’ll be able to restore balance in our ecosystems and build a world where all can thrive. Queerness is one of our greatest teachers for this kind of endeavor, and queer leaders are needed in the climate movement for it to reach its full potential.” @blk_forester