1. Peter Murphy: When I was preparing to interview Murphy last year, a Houston friend of his named Lonnie Locascio helped me prepare for talking to an undisputed goth legend. Locascio warned me that Murphy had a slight stutter that he's suffered from all his life. Of all the entries on this list I find Murphy the most comforting.
For some reason my daughter is in love with the vampiric icon, and should she not grow out of her recent condition as so many assure me she will, I will be able to point to one of the men she most admires and hold him up as an example that being a stutterer doesn't mean you are in any way limited.
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Jef Rouner (not cis, he/him) is a contributing writer who covers politics, pop culture, social justice, video games, and online behavior. He is often a professional annoyance to the ignorant and hurtful.
