Lily Tomlin one of OUT100 for 2015

A local girl makes good.

Lily Tomlin – who used to live in Winter Park – is one of this year’s OUT100. Out Magazine releases the list of  compelling people who have had a hand in moving forward LGBT rights every year. 

“A 2014 Kennedy Center Honoree, Tomlin has had two high-profile projects this year: the Netflix series Grace and Frankie, in which she and Jane Fonda play women whose husbands leave them for each other, and Grandma, an Oscar-buzzy road trip film that sees Tomlin playing gay. The movie gives the actress her first leading role since 1988’s Big Business, but more important, it’s one of the few contemporary films with a queer actor playing a queer character. Which means, of course, that, at 76, Tomlin is still a pioneer,” her OUT100 profile reads.

Other names on the list include Diana Nyad, the swimmer who finally swam from Cuba to  Florida after five attempts, Jim Obergefell, whose lawsuit led to the historic U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing marriage equality, and Caitlyn Jenner, OUT’s pick for Newsmaker of the Year.

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