TODAY'S GAY PRIDE MONTH ICON IS ASTRONAUT SALLY RIDE. EVERYONE KNOWS SHE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST SIX WOMEN EVER CHOSEN BY NASA AND THE FIRST AMERICAN FEMALE IN SPACE ABOARD THE SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER IN 1983, BUT WHAT IS LESS TALKED ABOUT IS THAT SHE WAS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY ASTRONAUT.