5. Chuck Panozzo

Known all over the world as the bass player for the famed band Styx, Chuck Panozzo is actually also one of the original founders of the group.

Apart from touring with the band on a regular basis to this day, Panozzo also spends his time by fighting for LGBTQ+ rights and by fighting the stigma that surrounds the disease known as AIDS.

Te musician announced that he was gay in 2001, and at the same time, revealed that he was suffering from HIV. He even released an autobiography in 2007, in which he wrote in detail how it is to live with the disease.