OUT Magazine Announces "Power 50" For 2015

Who are the most "powerful" LGBTs in America, you ask?

In what is now the 9th edition of OUT Magazine's "Power 50" we see a mix of entertainers, politicians and uber-high level business executives.

Each year we rank the most influential LGBT people in American culture. It's not an easy task, and we take into account a variety of criteria: everything from someone's political clout or visibility in the media to how they impact our economy and our view of the world.

It's an impressive group of movers and shakers — and the changing look of the list indicates an expanding and inspiring sense of what it means to have power in 2015.

Here's this year's top 10:

1. Tim Cook
2. Ellen DeGeneres
3. Rachel Maddow
4. Sen. Tammy Baldwin
5. Anderson Cooper
6. Anthony Romero
7. Chad Griffin
8. Mary Kay Henry
9. Laverne Cox
10. Andy Cohen

The only two names I can admit I didn't know are Romero, who is executive director of the ACLU, and Henry, who heads up the SEIU.

Head over to OUT for the full list of 50, plus mini-bios on each.