Vera Anderson via Getty Images Ellen DeGeneres came out a lesbian in 1997, and then her character on her TV show came out. Two firsts!

WASHINGTON ― Saturday marks President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office. In case you haven’t read an analysis of his failures, his lies or what grades he deserves for his performance over the past three months, don’t worry: there are more than 833,000 takes to choose from. Enough. It’s time to expend brain power on something else. Nobody wants another think piece on the first 100 days. But the first 100 gays? Nobody has done this. Until now. Here are the first 100 gay people in America, with some major caveats. 1) These are people who have been out and influential in some form. 2) I am going back in time as far as I can find people in Google searches on a Friday night, when I’m doing this instead of going out and enjoying whiskey with friends. 3) I will inevitably miss important people; do not give me crap. Instead, enjoy reading about something other than Trump and learn things. 1. Frances Rummell (a.k.a Diana Frederics) published a 1939 autobiography called Diana: A Strange Autobiography. It was the first explicitly lesbian autobiography in which two women ended up happy together. 2. In 1950, Harry Hay founded the Los Angeles-based Mattachine Society, one of the first gay rights organizations in the country. The FBI spent a few years investigating those homosexuals. 3. Marijane Meaker (aka Vin Packer)published Spring Fire in 1952, the first lesbian paperback novel. Her publisher made her change its ending from happy to tragic ― because lesbians in the 1950s couldn’t have nice things. 4. In 1955, Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon founded Daughters of Bilitis, the first national lesbian political and social organization. They were also the first same-sex couple married in California when, in 2004, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom ordered the city clerk to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. They were 87 and 83. Aw.

POOL New / Reuters Here's Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon getting marred in their 80s.

Dave Buresh via Getty Images John Hospers, the first openly gay man to run for president. He was a Libertarian Party candidate.

NASA NASA / Reuters Sally Ride, chilling out in a spaceship.