Our terms and labels may be modern, but our existence is not. 

• (Since the following list will be of historical figures, I will use what might be the best modern equivalent for their identity based on evidence, though they would not have described themselves in these terms)
  

William Shakespeare, famous playwright, is thought to have been bi.

Langston Hughes, poet of the Harlem Renaissance,  was gay.

Abraham Lincoln, American President, is thought to have been bi.

Chevalier D'eon, french solider and spy, was a trans woman (or non-binary?)

Emperor Ai of Han, Chinese Emperor, was gay

Emperor Hadrian, Roman Emperor, was bi

Anne Seymour Damer, English sculptor, was a lesbian (possibly bi)

Sappho, famous Greek poet, was a lesbian 

Casanova, Italian adventure and author, was bi

Michelangelo, famous renaissance artist, was gay

Alexander the Great, Emperor of Macedonia, was bi

Eleanor Roosevelt, US First Lady and philanthropist,  was bi 

Alan Turing, British Mathematician and father of modern computers, was gay

Sally Ride, first American woman in space, was a lesbian 

Leonardo di Vinci, Renaissance inventor, was gay

James Buchanan, US President, was gay

Sylvia Rivera, activist, trans woman

The list goes on and on and on. Wikipedia has an “LGBT people in history” page for each letter of the alphabet. 

We are more common, more important, and more amazing than we give ourselves credit for.