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PHOTOS: The 50 Most Powerful Celebrities To Pose For NOH8

noh8-posesThis week marks the fifth anniversary of the NOH8 campaign, and to celebrate the project’s raging success and wide reach over the years, co-founders Adam Bouska and Jeff Parshley chatted with MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts about the famous faces involved and the future of NOH8 in a post-Prop 8 country.

The project was conceived in 2009 as a silent protest in response to the passage of California’s Proposition 8, which amended the state Constitution to ban same-sex marriage. To date, more than 33,000 people have been photographed for the glossy photo series, including 119 members of Congress.

Though Proposition 8 has since been ruled unconstitutional (go us!), Bouska says the movement shows no signs of slowing down. “It initially started through something that was politically driven,” he said, “but it’s really turned into such a positive message…and we want to take this message and share it with the world and show that it’s possible to make change. Change is happening all over the world.”

Scroll down to check out some of our favorite (and most powerful) allies speaking volumes through silence. In no particular order:

1. Meghan and Cindy McCain, daughter and wife of Senator John McCain

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2. New Mexico Senator Martin Heinrich, first Senator to pose for NOH8

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3. Chad Michaels as Cher

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4. Ricky Martin

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5. Larry King

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6. Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

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7. David Hasselhoff

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8. Kathy Griffin

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9. Jane Lynch

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10. Perez Hilton

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11. George Takei

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12. Courtney Love

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13. Tori Spelling & Co.

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14. Raven Symone

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15. Tatyana Ali

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16. fun.

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17. Ricki Lake

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18. Isaiah Washington

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19. Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer

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20. Kourtney, Khloe, and Kim Kardashian

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21. Nick Adams

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22. Tegan & Sara

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23. Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus Rep. Xavier Becerra

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24. James Van Der Beek

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25. Taye Diggs

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26. Vanessa Carlton

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27. Duane “Dog the Bounty Hunter” Chapman

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28. Eliza Dushku

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29. Lavar Burton

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30. Lindsay Lohan

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31. Paris Hilton

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32. Aaron Carter

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33. Gene Simmons

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34. Dave Navarro

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35. Slash

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 36. Darryl McDaniells

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37. Mel B.

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38. Lt. Dan Choi

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39. Fran Drescher

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40. Lance Bass

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41. Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz

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42. Weird Al Yankovic
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43. Kimora Lee Simmons

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44. Leslie Jordan

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45. Andrea Bowen

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46. Jack Mackenroth

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47. Andy Cohen

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48. Dr. Drew

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49. Giuliana Rancic

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50. Scott Herman

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