Actors have the ability to move us in more than one way: With their performances and by using their platforms for the good. For a community thirsting for representation on both sides of the camera, these five performers have managed to impress us both as people and as artists.
Each of the entries in the “performers” category has scored career milestones in the past year in representing their community while at the same time advocating for equality offstage, helping elevate visibility in doing