Benutzer Diskussion:Fg68at/Arbeitsliste LGBT-Personen

List of gay, lesbian, or bisexual figures in ancient and classical fiction and myth

A

• Acantha - Greek myth (bisexual)
• Ash - Egyptian mythology lover of Set

H

• Heracles/Hercules - Greek/Roman myth (bisexual)
• Hu - God of creation itself in Egyptian mythology (gay)

I

• Iolaus - Greek myth (bisexual?)

M

• Mesenet - Goddess of brick-childbirth in Egyptian mythology (lesbian)

N

• Narcissus - Greek/Roman myth (bisexual)

S

• Saa - God of wisdom in Egyptian mythology (gay) dt:Sia
• Shai - Goddess of fate in Egyptian mythology (lesbian)
• Set - A significant god in Egyptian mythology (dt: Seth (Ägyptische Mythologie)

List of gay, lesbian, or bisexual figures in fiction within comics

A

• Freddie Allen - Preacher; Sexual Investigator and small-time drug trafficker. Partnered with Bob Glover (see below) (gay)
• Anima - Anima (bisexual)
• Anole - Marvel Comics's New X-Men (gay)
• Apollo - Wildstorm Comics's The Authority (gay and married to husband Midnighter)

B

• Bambi - The Invisibles; member of the "Poison Pussies" cell. (lesbian)
• Terry Berg - DC Comics' Green Lantern supporting character (gay)
• Titus Bird - The Enigma; comic book author and creator of The Enigma (see below) who appears to leap into the "real" world. (gay)
• Black Cat - Spider-Man ; former cat-burglar and ally of Spider-Man. (bisexual)
• Bobby - The Invisibles; member of the "Poison Pussies" cell. (lesbian)
• Ken Brassai - Circles (gay)
• Alex Burgess - The Sandman; a magus and lover of Paul McGuire (see below). (gay)

C

• Captain Metropolis - Watchmen, "Outed" by Silk Spectre in a magazine interview. (gay)
• Margarita Luisa "Maggie" Chascarrillo - Locas, Has had a long relationship with the woman Hopey, as well as with several different men. (bisexual)
• Cherry Poptart - (bisexual)
• Clarice - Dykes To Watch Out For (lesbian)
• Si Coltrane - Preacher; investigative reporter looking into the "Reaver-Cleaver" killings. (gay)
• Colossus - The Ultimate X-Men version confirmed his sexuality when he agrees to go out with Northstar. (gay)
• Brody Coyote - The Suburban Jungle (gay)
• Cutter - Elfquest Confirmed Sexual relationship with Skywise (bisexual)

D

• Rodney Davis - Carpe Diem (gay)
• Jesus De Sade - Preacher; unmitigated hedonist. (omnisexual)
• Desire - The Sandman; whoever sees Desire sees him/her as the perfect man or woman, depending on their sexual preference. (nongendered, bisexual)
• Destiny - Marvel Comics's X-Men (bisexual, preferred females)
• Taylor "Taye" Dooley - Circles (gay)
• Doop - Marvel Comics's X-Staix has been recognized by self and others as male; has been involved with both female and male characters. (bisexual)
• Ellen Dunkel - El Goonish Shive (bisexual)

E

• Electro - Marvel Comics' supervillain, revealed that in jail he'd found a new side to himself (bisexual)
• Element Lad - DC Comics' Legion of Superheroes (gay, original continuity - had a relationship with m2f transsexual Sean/Shvaughn Erin, saying "anything we've ever shared physically...was in spite of" the sex change, not because of it - details at http://www.gayleague.com/gay/characters/display.php?id=139)
• Sean/Shvaughn Erin - DC Comics' Legion of Superheroes (original continuity - see Element Lad)
• The Enigma - Enigma; Apparently a comic book character come to life. Lover of Michael Smith (see below). (gay)
• Extraño - member of DC Comics' The New Guardians; an effeminate man from Peru, he made references to himself as gay several times, and even referenced a former lover who had died from AIDS. (gay)

F

• Fenris - Andreas Strucker, Marvel Comics super villain (bisexual)
• Fire - Super-heroine who may have had a lesbian relationship with Icemaiden (possibly bisexual?)
• Flatman - Superhero member of Great Lakes Avengers (gay)
• Foxglove AKA Donna Cavanagh - The Sandman and the Death comics; writer turned poet turned pop star. Lover of Hazel McNamara and Judy (see below for both). she has a non-biological daughter with Hazel. (lesbian)

G

• Trent Gaudaen - Carpe Diem (gay)
• Esperanza Leticia "Hopey" Glass - Locas, Has had a long relationship with the woman Maggie, as well as with men. (bisexual?)
• Bob Glover - Preacher; Sexual Investigator and small-time drug trafficker. Partnered with Freddie Allen (see above) (gay)
• Kate Godwin AKA Coagula - Superheroine from Doom Patrol is both a transsexual and bisexual.
• Go Go Fiasco - DC Comics' Vertigo title Codename: Knockout (gay)
• Amy Grinderbinder - Preacher; in lust with Jesse Custer, possibly sexually interested in Tulip O'Hare, her best friend. (bisexual?)

H

• Freddie "Tom O' Bedlam" Harper-Seaton - The Invisibles; homeless tramp and one of the greatest magicians in the history of the human species (possibly gay or bisexual)
• Hooded Justice - Watchmen; super-hero. (gay)
• Tefé Holland - Swamp Thing; daughter of Swamp Thing, John Constantine and Abigail Arcane Cable Holland (Swampy possessed John to use his body for the conception). Formerly a flesh elemental, now just a human girl. (bisexual)
• Michael Bernard "Mikey" Hopkins - The Class Menagerie, The Suburban Jungle (gay)
• Hulkling - Marvel Comics' Young Avengers - Confirmed as being in a relationship with fellow Young Avenger, Wiccan. (gay)

I

• Icemaiden - Occasional member of the Justice League (bisexual; dislikes labels)
• Invisible Kid of the Legion of Super-Heroes - in Threeboot continuity had a relationship with Condo Arlick (gay)

J

• Jolly Roger - The Invisibles; leader of the "Poison Pusssies" cell. Real name unknown. (lesbian)
• Marlo Chandler Jones - Incredible Hulk, Captain Marvel (bisexual)
• Judy - The Sandman; former lover of Foxglove (see above) - they split up because Judy hit her. She was killed in a diner, and Foxglove later wrote a song about her. (lesbian)

K

• Jennifer Kale - Marvel Comics witch (bisexual)
• Karma (Xi'an Coy Manh) Marvel Comics' X-Men (lesbian)
• Karolina Dean - Marvel Comics's Runaways (lesbian)
• Alistair Katt - Newshounds (gay)
• Nanase Kitsune - El Goonish Shive (lesbian)
• Knockout - Superboy and Villains United (lesbian)
• Arthur Korsky - Circles (gay)
• Jackie "Jack Phantom" Kowalski - Top Ten; police detective, has the power to phase in and out of reality (lesbian)

L

• Lightning Lass - DC Comics' Legion of Superheroes (original continuity - bisexual)
• Lord Fanny - The Invisibles; glamorous shaman and occult terrorist (m-f transvestite)
• Living Lightning - superhero and former member of the Avengers (gay)
• Lois McGiver - Dykes To Watch Out For (lesbian)
• Patrick Kevin Louis - Carpe Diem (bisexual)

M

• Lady Edith Manning - The Invisibles; 1920s flapper with an interest in the occult. Fights on the side of chaos. Lover of Beryl Wyndham (see below). (bisexual)
• Stanley Wayne Manor - Hellblazer; billionaire infatuated with John Constantine. Insane. (gay)
• Marj - Hellblazer; former lover of John Constantine and Zed (see below). (bisexual)
• Paulie Mayhew - Circles (gay)
• Mazikeen - Lucifer and The Sandman; demon. In love with Lucifer. (bisexual)
• Paul McGuire - The Sandman; lover and personal assistant to Alex Burgess (see above). (gay)
• Hazel McNamara - The Sandman and the Death comics; chef and mother. Lover of Foxglove (see above). (lesbian)
• Burt McPhearson - Carpe Diem (gay)
• Midnighter - Wildstorm Comics The Authority (gay and married to husband Apollo)
• Martin "Marty" Miller - Circles (gay)
• Mo - Dykes To Watch Out For (lesbian)
• Toy Molto - The Ballad of Halo Jones; secretly in love with Halo, although Halo has no idea (lesbian)
• Ray Monde - Hellblazer; Antiques and curiosities dealer with an interest in the supernatural. In mourning for his lover, who died during a war. (gay)
• Renee Montoya - Gotham Central and other Batman comic books (lesbian). First DC Comics character to actually say she is a lesbian.
• Moondragon- Marvel Comics' (bisexual)
• Mystique - Marvel Comics' X-Men (bisexual)

N

• Sigrid Nansen (Icemaiden I) - DC Comics' Justice League (probably bisexual, says she dislikes labels)
• Nick - Carpe Diem (bisexual)
• Nigel - Newshounds (gay)
• Northstar (Jean-Paul Baubier) - Marvel Comics' X-Men (gay, first outted gay in Marvel Comics, the first in mainstream comics)

O

• Obsidian (Todd Rice) - DC Comics' Infinity Inc. (bisexual)
• Omaha - Omaha the Cat Dancer have had sexual relations with women (bisexual?)

P

• Ken Pierce - Carpe Diem (gay)
• Douglas "Doug" Pope - Circles (gay)
• Lawrence Poirier - For Better or For Worse (gay)

R

• Sarah Rainmaker - Wildstorm's Gen 13 (lesbian)
• Randolph - Truman Capote's Other Voices, Other Rooms (gay)
• Hartley Rathaway a.k.a. The Pied Piper - DC Comics' The Flash (gay)
• Rawhide Kid - Marvel Comics' first gay comic-book cowboy, at least in Marvel's Max adult-line title of the same name. (gay)
• Riot - Marvel Comics's Skrull Kill Krew (strongly implied lesbian)
• Wally Roo - The Suburban Jungle (gay)
• Ruckus - Member of the Nasty Boys (gay?)

S

• Scandal Savage - Villains United (lesbian)
• Shinobi Shaw - Decadent son of Marvel Comics' Sebastian Shaw (bisexual)
• Shrinking Violet - DC Comics' Legion of Superheroes (original continuity - bisexual)
• Inspector Maggie Sawyer - DC Comics' Superman, Batman and Gotham Central (lesbian)
• Izzy Sinclair - Doctor Who Magazine comic strip (lesbian)
• Skywise - Elfquest Confirmed Sexual relationship with Cutter (bisexual)
• Michael Smith - The Enigma; lover of The Enigma (see above), who used his powers to make him gay. But that's alright - Michael's happier that way. (gay)
• Sparrow - Dykes To Watch Out For (bisexual?)
• Sunfire - Marvel Comics' Exiles (lesbian)
• Swift - Wildstorm Comics - former member of Stormwatch and current member of The Authority (bisexual)
• Sydney Krukowski - Dykes To Watch Out For (lesbian)

T

• Tasmanian Devil - DC Comics' Justice League International (gay)
• Thea - Dykes To Watch Out For (lesbian)
• Michael "Mouse" Tolliver - Tales of the City (gay)
• Justin Tolkiberry - El Goonish Shive (gay)
• Toni Ortiz - Dykes To Watch Out For (lesbian)
• Steven "Jetlad/Jetman" Traynor - Top Ten; police captain and brilliant pilot; in a lifelong relationship with Wulf (see below) (gay)
• Elizabeth "Liz" Tremayne - Swamp Thing (bisexual)

U

• Utahraptor - Dinosaur Comics (gay)

W

• Detective Paulie Walters - Preacher; supercop. Investigating the "Reaver-Cleaver" killings. (gay)
• Beatrice Wechsler - Lucifer; waitress at Lucifer's piano bar. Primarily heterosexual but is in love with Mazikeen (see above). (bisexual)
• Wiccan - Marvel Comics' Young Avengers - Confirmed as being in a relationship with fellow Young Avenger, Hulkling. (gay)
• Drezzer Wolf - The Suburban Jungle (gay)
• Wulf - Top Ten; expert pilot and former member of the Skysharks squadron. In a lifelong relationship with Steve Traynor (see above) (gay)
• Beryl Wyndham - The Invisibles; occultist from the 1920s, lover of Edith Manning (see above). (bisexual)

Z

• 'Zed', AKA Mary - Hellblazer; former girlfriend of John Constantine and Marj (see above for both). She was raised to become a vessel for a new Christ-child, but rebelled and ended up running a pagan travelling group instead. (bisexual)

List of gay, lesbian, or bisexual figures in film, radio, and TV fiction

A

• Big Gay Al - from the animated television series South Park (gay)
• The Ambiguously Gay Duo - Saturday Night Live - animated superhero duo (ambiguously gay)
• Athena -- Xena: Warrior Princess (lesbian?) Athena, the Greek Goddess of Wisdom and Warfare, was shown in a very close and affectionate relationship with her favorite warrior, Ilainis; the dialogue implied that they were lovers.

B

• Nancy Bartlett - Roseanne (lesbian, bisexual?)
• Billy and Chuck – World Wrestling Entertainment tag team (ambiguously gay) – Tag team that made headlines in 2002 following an angle where Chuck asked Billy to be his "partner for life," and resulted in a well-publicized "marriage ceremony" on WWE SmackDown!.
• Harvey Birdman - Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law (bisexual) - Has an intimate experience with Booboo Bear and marries his bunkmate Magilla Gorilla while in prison.
• Larry Blaisdell - closeted high school jock and bully from Buffy the Vampire Slayer (gay)
• Stanford Blatch - Sex and the City (gay)
• Patty Bouvier - The Simpsons - one of Marge Simpson's sisters and twin of Selma Bouvier (lesbian)
• Drew Boyd - pro football player and lover of Queer as Folk's Emmett (gay)
• Brunhilda, Xena: Warrior Princess (lesbian??) Brunhilda was a Valkyrie who appeared in the Season 6 Xena episodes "The Rheingold" and "The Ring." Initially a stern warrior who scorned all love, Brunhilda fell in love with Xena's friend Gabrielle.

C

• Leon Carp - Roseanne (gay)
• Steven Carrington - 1980s TV drama Dynasty (gay)
• Stimpson J. Cat, better known as "Stimpy" - Ren and Stimpy (gay) It has been confirmed by creator John Kricfalusi that Ren and Stimpy are gay lovers.
• Carl Carlson - The Simpsons (gay?) There is question whether or not Carl is gay. In some episodes he shares an obvious attraction to Lenny Leonard, however in others he mentions having been married.
• Keith Charles - Six Feet Under (gay) Los Angeles police officer who is the lover (and later husband) of David Fisher.
• Seymour "Big" Cheese (Kōn no Kami) - Samurai Pizza Cats (gay) - Occasionally flirts with male subordinates, but never with women.
• Princess Clara - Drawn Together, oppressed by her father (bisexual)
• Buddy Cole - The Kids in the Hall, effeminate and flamboyant character who talks openly about his sexual activities (gay)
• Daniel Colson - One Life to Live, played by Mark Dobies from 2003 to 2005, closeted district attorney who killed several people to conceal his relationship with another man (bisexual)
• Marissa Cooper - The O.C. played by Mischa Barton (bisexual)
• Cousin Liz – All in the Family (lesbian) – unseen character and Edith Bunker's cousin on the 1977 episode "Cousin Liz".
• Mitch Crumb - Crumbs (gay)
• Liz Cruz - Nip/Tuck (lesbian)

D

• Jodie Dallas - openly gay primetime TV character from the 1977 TV series Soap - portrayed by Billy Crystal. (gay)
• Beauchamp Day - Tales of the City seducer, corrupter & opportunist, portrayed by Thomas Gibson in the mini-series (bisexual)
• Michael Delaney - All My Children, played by Chris Bruno from 1995 to 1997 (gay)
• Billy Douglas - One Life to Live, gay teen played by Ryan Phillippe from 1992 to 1993 (gay)

E

• Banky Edwards - Jason Lee's Chasing Amy and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back comic book artist (gay) - Was confirmed as gay at the end of Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.
• Jura Basil Elden - Vandread (lesbian) - Barnette Orangello's lover.
• Hank Eliot - As the World Turns (gay) - Openly gay character played by Brian Starcher from 1988 to 1989.

F

• Dana Fairbanks - The L Word (lesbian)
• Gavin Featherly - The Brittas Empire (gay) - in a relationship with coworker Tim Whistler
• Marina Ferrer - The L Word (lesbian)
• David Fisher - Six Feet Under (gay) Funeral director who is in a relationship with Los Angeles police officer Keith Charles. The two later marry in the series finale.
• Fish Eye - Fish Eye appears in the fourth Sailor Moon series (SuperS), and is an extremely effeminate, young (physically) man who is assigned to work with Tiger Eye and Hawk Eye under the auspices of Zirconia, the main operative of the Dead Moon Circus (gay)
• Flowerdew - The Goon Show (bisexual?)
• Fred – A waiter in first-season episodes of Archie Bunker's Place (gay).
• Shizuru Fujino - Mai-HiME. Student body president of Fuuka Academy. (Lesbian)

G

• William "Butch" Gamble - Main character in the television series Normal, Ohio (gay). The plot of the series centers around the sexual orientation of the main character.
• Ian Gallagher- Teenager in the Gallagher family in the television series Shameless (gay).
• Monica Gallagher- Ex-wife of Frank Gallagher in the television series Shameless (lesbian).
• Pussy Galore Bond girl in James Bond novel and film Goldfinger (Lesbian then bisexual)
• Herbert Garrison - Elementary school teacher from the cartoon series South Park. Has a sex change operation in a later episode (gay, transgendered)
• Bart Garsus - Vandread (bisexual)
• Meia Gisborn - Vandread (lesbian) - In one of Meia's flashbacks, she is shown in bed with another woman.
• Goldust – Professional wrestler with World Wrestling Entertainment, whose gimmick is that of an ambiguously gay movie star.
• Grace - Marc Maron and the Temple of Doom - Marc Maron's lesbian aide who helps him try to find the earthly identity of the anti-christ. She takes great offensive when Fred Phelps insults Ellen DeGeneres.
• Grady – The Simpsons (gay) – guest character on the 2003 episode "Three Gays of the Condo."
• Stewie Griffin - Family Guy (possibly gay, although only aged 1. However, has shown interest in females on numerous occasions. Has said "...then I thought wouldn't it be great if I turned out to be a homosexual"). He often refers to his toy teddy bear "Rupert" as being gay.(gay?)
• Hercules Grytpype-Thynne - The Goon Show BBC radio series (gay) - This was not confirmed until the release of The Goon Show Companion in 1972, where it was mentioned in a biographical note.

H

• Jack Harkness - a companion of the Doctor in the television series Doctor Who (bisexual)
• Carter Heywood - Spin City - the Government's head of minority affairs is a gay black man.
• Bev Harris - Roseanne (lesbian, bisexual?)
• Kimber Henry - Nip/Tuck (bisexual)
• Herbert - Family Guy (gay)
• Captain Hero - Drawn Together, seemingly regretted an incident in some public toilets (bisexual?)
• Anthy Himemiya - character in the anime Revolutionary Girl Utena (bisexual).
• Louis Hines - Murder One (gay).
• Ren Höek - Ren and Stimpy (bisexual) It has been confirmed by creator John Kricfalusi that Ren and Stimpy are gay lovers.
• Hollywood - Mannequin movie series (gay)
• Emmett Honeycutt - Queer as Folk (gay)
• Scott Hope - Buffy the Vampire Slayer (gay) - Buffy's boyfriend early season 3 is outed by a vampire in season 7.
• Mr. Humphries - flamboyant sales clerk from the BBC sitcom Are You Being Served? and the sequel series, portrayed by John Inman (bisexual)

I

• Susan Ivanova from Babylon 5 - (bisexual?) She said she loved Talia Winters.

J

• Jace -- Xena: Warrior Princess (gay?) The brother of Joxer who appears in one episode; he is a flamboyant singer who is initially shunned by Joxer because he is "different."
• Jakotsu - A character from the anime InuYasha likes InuYasha, Miroku, and most males from raided towns
• Jasper - Family Guy (gay)
• Jez- landlady of the local pub The Jockey in the TV series Shameless (lesbian)
• John – The Simpsons (gay) – guest character in the 1997 episode "Homer's Phobia."
• Allysa Jones - Chasing Amy (Lesbian)
• Lucas Jones - General Hospital played by Ben Hogestyn since 2005. (gay)
• Samantha Jones - Sex and the City (bisexual) played by Kim Cattrall
• Justin - Desperate Housewives (gay) Roommate of landscaper John Rowland who attempts to blackmail Gabrielle Solis into sleeping with him. When Gabrielle asks him why, he tells her that he might be gay. It is later revealed that Justin is in a secret relationship with Andrew Van De Kamp. Played by Ryan Carnes.

K

• Kaorin - Azumanga Daioh (lesbian)
• Michiru Kaioh, also known as Sailor Neptune, from Sailor Moon. (lesbian)
• Kash Karib- clerk of the local shop and one-time boyfriend of Ian Gallagher in Shameless. (gay)
• Tina Kennard - The L Word (lesbian)
• Kennedy - Iyari Limon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer "Potential Slayer", lover of Willow (see below), (lesbian)
• Brian Kinney - Queer as Folk One of the main characters of the series (gay)
• Kunzite - lover of Zoisite from Sailor Moon (gay)

L

• Malcolm Laffley - the gay vice president of casting for LGT in Beggars and Choosers, played by Tuc Watkins.
• Lamar, A character from Revenge of the Nerds and the sequel, played by Larry B. Scott (gay)
• Jim Lahey, A character from Trailer Park Boys (gay)
• Lenny Leonard - The Simpsons (gay?) - In some episodes, Lenny has been known to express his liking for Carl, carving his face into a mountain and imagining a constilation forming his head. However, In early episodes, Lenny says he has a wife.
• Loc Dog - Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (bisexual?)
• Foxxy Love - Drawn Together (bisexual) - forcibly French-kisses Clara in the first episode; her promiscuity is one of the series's most enduring running gags.
• Sebastian Love - Little Britain (gay)
• Fred Luo - Outlaw Star (gay) - has a long-running crush on Gene and a mild liking to Jim, and is unphased by females; this is never actually mentioned, but is obviously implied.

M

• Tara Maclay - Amber Benson's Buffy the Vampire Slayer "Scoobie" and witch, lover of Willow (see below), (lesbian)
• Melanie Marcus - Queer as Folk One of the main characters of the series, partner of Lindsay Peterson (lesbian)
• Mark- As If (bisexual)
• Jo Masters - The Bill (UK) Lesbian CID officer, doesnt conform to stereotypes
• Donald Maulpey - from the Showtime series Brothers (gay)
• Shane McCutcheon - The L Word (lesbian)
• Jack McFarland - Will & Grace (gay)
• Matt McNamara - Nip/Tuck Though the situation is complicated, Matt doesn't seem to have a problem with sleeping with/having relationships with post-op male-to-female transgendered people. (bisexual?)
• Jack McPhee - Kerr Smith's Dawson's Creek regular, (gay)
• Bianca Montgomery - All My Children (lesbian) Played by actress Eden Riegel. Shared the first same-sex kiss on daytime television with close friend and confidante Mary Margaret "Maggie" Stone (Elizabeth Hendrickson) both left the cast in 2005.
• Ellen Morgan - principal character of the TV sitcom Ellen (lesbian)
• Myfanwy- Little Britain (lesbian)

N

• Kaworu Nagisa from Neon Genesis Evangelion hinted at relationship with Shinji (gay?)
• Nigel - the Adrian Mole series (gay)
• Norma- girlfriend of Monica Gallagher in Shameless (lesbian)
• Michael Novotny - Queer as Folk One of the main characters (gay)

O

• Barnette Orangello - Vandread (lesbian) - Jura Basil Elden's lover.
• Omar - The Wire (Gay) - stick-up artist .

P

• Dan Parker- As If (gay)
• Perry - Home Movies (gay)
• Lindsay Peterson - Queer as Folk One of the main characters of the series, partner to Melanie Marcus (lesbian)
• Philip - "South Park"; makes a comment in the special "Not Without My Anus" which heavily implies that he is gay. (gay)
• Alice Pieszecki - The L Word (bisexual)
• Bette Porter - The L Word (lesbian)

Q

• Queer Duck - Main character of cartoon of the same name (gay)

R

• Sarah Rainmaker - Wildstorm's Gen 13 (lesbian)
• Randy - A character from Trailer Park Boys (bisexual)
• Gascogne Rheingau - Vandread (probably lesbian)
• Richard Richard - Bottom. Shows homosexual tendencies in the Bottom Live shows. Presumably due to the fact that he has had no luck with women and now doesn't care who he loses his virginity to. (Bisexual?)
• Arnold (Ace) Rimmer - Super-hero alter-ego of Chris Barrie's character in Red Dwarf (gay?)
• Allen Rissbrook- As If- (gay)
• Willow Rosenberg - Alyson Hannigan's Buffy the Vampire Slayer witch, lover of Tara and Kennedy (see above) (despite previous heterosexual relationships, lesbian)

S

• Saddam Hussein - A deceased hellbound character from South Park (gay)
• Seishirou Sakurazuka - from X 1999 - Subaru's "special person" who killed his sister (gay)
• Jessie Sammler - A character from the ABC series Once and Again
• Joel Sansom - character in 1995 film adaptation of Truman Capote's Other Voices, Other Rooms, played by David Speck (gay)
• Satan - A character from South Park (gay)
• Jenny Schecter - The L Word (bisexual)
• Theodore "Ted" Schmidt - Queer as Folk One of the main characters of the series (gay)
• Scott - Roseanne (gay)
• Phil Ken Sebben - Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law (bi-curious)
• Inara Serra - A regular character from the FOX series Firefly. She is a "Companion", which is the 26th century equivalent of a courtesan. (bisexual)
• Lenny Shapiro - Shade, The Changing Man; rich-girl and sometime armed robber. Lover of Rac Shade and Kathy George (see above). (bisexual)
• Kevin Sheffield - gay teen on All My Children, played by Ben Jorgensen from 1996 to 1998. (gay)
• Shuichi Shindou - Nineteen year old pop star and protagonist of the anime Gravitation (gay)
• Simon - Family Guy (gay)
• Randolph Skully - character in 1995 film adaptation of Truman Capote's Other Voices, Other Rooms, played by Lothaire Bluteau (gay)
• Mr. Slave - A leather clad S&M afficianado from South Park (gay)
• Stuart Smalley - Al Franken's Saturday Night Live, book, and movie character. (gay)
• Waylon Smithers from The Simpsons - (gay) Has never mentioned being gay directly, but shows great interest in his employer, Mr. Burns.
• Mark Solomon - One Life to Live recurring character played by Matt Cavanaugh from 2004 to 2005, revealed to be secret lover of Daniel Colson (gay)
• Asst. District Attorney Serena Southerlyn - Law and Order, played by Elisabeth Rohm; homosexuality revealed on last episode as a regular (lesbian)
• Sparky - Stan Marsh's dog from South Park (gay)
• Vito Spatafore - An obese closeted mobster from The Sopranos portrayed by Joseph Gannascali
• Alex Staton- As If (gay)
• Stevo - Narrator and protagonist of SLC Punk, played by Matthew Lillard; at a point later on in the movie after the death of his best friend he states that he didn't know if he was gay, bi, or straight. Before this he states that the character Brandy was going to be his wife. (bisexual?)
• Subaru Sumeragi - His sister, Hokuto, was killed by his love interest, Sakurasuka Seishirou, eight years before the start of X 1999 (gay)

T

• Yosh Tanaka - ER (gay)
• Justin Taylor - Queer as Folk One of the main characters of the series (gay)
• Ryan Taylor - character of Tinsel Town (BBC), played by David Paisley, 17yo Ryan, falls in love with a police officer.
• Utena Tenjou - character in the anime Revolutionary Girl Utena (bisexual). Many other characters in the series are gay, lesbian, or bisexual also.
• Haruka Tenoh, also known as Sailor Uranus, from Sailor Moon. (lesbian)
• Daffyd Thomas - Little Britain (gay)
• Izaak Titsingh - Samurai Champloo (gay)
• Michael "Mouse" Tolliver - Tales of the City (gay)
• Will Truman - Will & Grace (gay)
• Anna Taggaro - One Tree Hill (bisexual)

U

• Eiri "Yuki" Uesugi - Gravitation

V

• Andrew Van De Kamp - Desperate Housewives (bisexual) The son of character Bree Van De Kamp (Marcia Cross) who came out as gay in order to get out of deprogramming camp. He currently is in a secret relationship with Justin, a neighborhood gardener. Andrew then told his pastor that he was bisexual and not ashamed.
• Veronica – All in the Family (lesbian) – partner of Edith Bunker's cousin, Liz, on the 1977 episode "Cousin Liz."
• Ezra Vieil - Vandread (lesbian)

W

• Karen Walker - Will & Grace (bisexual tendencies)
• Eric Walsh - One Life to Live recurring character played by Bill Dawes since 2004 (gay)
• Walter - Home Movies (gay)
• Cliff Waters - from the Showtime series Brothers (gay)
• Dr. Kerry Weaver - ER (lesbian, bisexual?)
• Jonathan Weed - Family Guy (gay)
• Andrew Wells - closeted ubergeek from the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer(bisexual)
• Tim Whistler - The Brittas Empire (gay) - in a relationship with coworker Gavin Featherly
• Dr. Peter White - The Venture Bros. (bisexual) - Is "totally gay" according to another character's words, but Dr. White also seems to be interested in Triana.
• Daley Wong - Bubblegum Crisis (gay) - Openly gay and often flirts with his heterosexual partner, Leon.

X

• Xandir - Drawn Together (gay)
• Xena (Xena Warrior Princess) (bisexual?) Xena had an extremely close friendship with her sidekick Gabrielle, and the show sometimes hinted at a possible sexual and romantic relationship between the two, particularly late in the series when they were described as "soulmates." However, Xena was also shown as being attracted to men, including Mark Antony and Ares, God of War. Xena's sexuality and her relationship with Gabrielle were deliberately left open to interpretation right up to the end of the show.

Z

• 'Zed' - rapist in Pulp Fiction (gay?)
• Zoisite - lover of Kunzite from Sailor Moon (gay)

List of gay, lesbian, or bisexual figures in video games

B

• Billy - Wild ARMs: 2nd Ignition (gay) - Brad Evans's old military boyfriend.
• Birdo - Descriptions of Birdo in the Super Mario Bros. 2 instruction manual read: "He thinks he is a girl" and "He'd rather be called 'Birdetta.'" Birdo has since been portrayed as a girl with romantic interest in Yoshi. (gay, transexual)
• Lawrence Blood (gay) - A fighting game character that first appeared in Fatal Fury 2.

C

• Charles - Radiata Stories (possibly gay) - Effeminate castle guard. He has the charm ability.

E

• Eagle, a character from Street Fighter and Capcom vs. SNK 2 (gay)
• Ebisumaru, a character from the Mystical Ninja series (possibly gay)
• Brad Evans - Wild ARMs 2 (gay) - In love with Billy since their military years.

F

• Fox- Bloody Roar - (gay)

H

• Hammer the Supplier - Xenogears - Most likely gay from his heavily gaydar-tripping personality. (gay?)
• Hana- Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix - (lesbian)

J

• Jeanette- Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines - (bisexual)

R

• Ivan Raikov - Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (gay)

V

• Vamp - Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (bisexual)
• Venom - Guilty Gear (gay)
• Vivian - Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (gay, transvestite) (Note that this theme was only present in the Japanese version of the game)

Z

• Zangief - Street Fighter - Capcom officially "outed" Zangief as a homosexual. (gay)

List of bisexual people

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• Joey Lauren Adams, American actress
• Krista Allen+ American actress
• Brett Anderson, of British rock band Suede
• David Bacon+ American actor
• Marina Baker+, British model, author, politician
• Jillian Barberie+ (born 1966), TV hostess, actress
• Angie Bowie (born 1950), Model, actress, author - ex-wife of art-rock legend David Bowie.
• Susie Bright (born 1958), sex columnist
• Golden Brooks (born 1970), actress
• Jim Carroll (born 1950), Poet/Author of The Basketball Diaries
• Claudette Colbert+ (1903 – 1996), French-American actress
• Richard Cromwell, American actor, first husband of Angela Lansbury, star of 1930s classic films: Lives of a Bengal Lancer, Jezebel, and Young Mr. Lincoln.
• Rebecca Cummings+ (born 1970), American porn star
• Adrianne Curry (born 1982)
• Wendy Curry, American bisexual activist
• Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) Spanish painter
• Dave Davies (born 1947), British rock musician (see http://www.davedavies.com/articles/mojo_0596.htm)
• Elsie de Wolfe+ (1865–1950), American socialite and interior decorator
• H.D. (Hilda Doolittle, 1886–1961), American poet
• Diane Duane, author
• James Euringer+, (aka--Little Jimmy Urine), American lead singer of Mindless Self Indulgence and The Left Rights
• Brenda Fassie (1964-2004), South African pop singer
• Frances Faye, nightclub singer
• Luigi Ferrer, American bisexual activist
• Greta Garbo, actress of "Queen Christina"
• Janet Gaynor, American actress
• Paul Goodman, anarchist author
• Devin Grayson, comic book writer
• Kathleen Hanna, lead singer of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre
• Max Hardcore, American porn star
• Nina Hartley, one of the few pornstars who identifies as bi, outside of her career.
• Sophie B. Hawkins, musician
• Nona Hendryx, singer with LaBelle
• Paris Hilton+, celebrity heiress
• Billie Holiday, legendary jazz singer
• Dave Holland, former drummer of Judas Priest
• Judy Holliday, American actress
• John Holmes (1944–1988), American porn actor
• Brenda Howard (1946–2005), American bisexual activist
• Magdalen Hsu-Li, Singer-songwriter
• Michael Huffington (born 1947), California Republican politician
• Howard Hughes+, American aviator and film producer
• Simon Hughes+, British Liberal Democrat politician
• Loraine Hutchins, American bisexual activist & writer
• Janis Ian, folk singer
• Patricia Ireland (born 1945), American feminist, former president of NOW
• Janis Joplin, Bisexual blues-rock singer
• June Jordan, author of "Technical Difficulties" and a Berkeley professor
• Lani Ka'ahumanu, American bisexual activist & writer
• Miranda July
• Debra Kolodny, bisexual activist
• Nancy Kulp, Miss Hathaway on the Beverly Hillbillies
• Jesse Liberty (born 1955), Author, programmer
• Kristanna Loken (born 1979), actress, model
• Rebecca Loos former personal assistant to David Beckham
• Josie Maran (born 1978), US model
• Carson McCullers, Southern author
• Margaret Mead+, American anthropologist and writer
• Herman Melville (1819–1891), American writer
• George Melly, Jazz musician. (Noted to have had only heterosexual relationships later in life)
• Dannii Minogue+, Australian singer
• Sharon Mitchell+, American pornstar
• Bif Naked, Canadian rock musician
• Dave Navarro+, American rock musician
• Me'Shell NdegeOcello, funk musician and bassist
• Holly Near, singer-songwriter and political activist
• Anais Nin (1903–1977), French author
• Gary North, American bisexual activist & journalist
• Conor Oberst+ (born 1980), singer-songwriter, Bright Eyes and Desaparecidos
• Pink+ (born 1979), American pop singer and musician
• Queen Pen+, rapper
• Michael Portillo (born 1953), British politician, Conservative member of parliament
• Tyrone Power (1913–1958, actor - this has been confirmed through several writings, including a best-selling novel entitled The Secret Life Of Tyrone Power written by .
• Dack Rambo, American actor
• Anthony Rapp, American actor
• James Julian Rios or Julian Andretti, male porn star, mostly straight, but has performed some solo films and one bi film under the name "Jordan Rivers."
• Margaret Rood, American bisexual activist
• Sapphire, Penname of African-American poet and author
• Reece Shearsmith, British comedian and actor, best known as part of troupe The League Of Gentlemen
• Rachel Sterling (born 1979), American model and actress
• Jacqueline Susann (1918-08-20–1974-09-21), American actress, playwriter and writer
• Sharon Stone
• Corin Tucker+, lead singer and guitarist for the band Sleater-Kinney
• Alice Walker+, author of "The Color Purple"
• Rebecca Walker, author and activist
• David Walliams, British comedian in Little Britain
• Jane Wiedlin+, guitarist for the Go-Go's
• Eglantina Zingg, Latin American MTV VJ
• König Ferdinand I. (Bulgarien) (1861-1948), German aristocrat
• Alexander der Grosse+, Macedonian Emperor

Disputed

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• Leonardo da Vinci, famous artist who was trialled for having taken part in several gay relationships, many of his portraits explore androgyny, homosexuality and the male form.
• Kurt Cobain (1967–1994), rumours of his bisexuality started after an interview in a gay magazine in which he stated: "I could be bisexual... If I wouldn't have found Courtney (Love), I probably would have carried on with a bisexual lifestyle."
• König David, King of ancient Israel, bisexual, lover of Jonathan, see 2 Samuel 1:26
• Hugh Hefner, publicly acknowledged to having gay relationships during the 1970s
• Katharine Hepburn (1907–2003): according to biographer Anne Edwards
• Jonathan, prince of ancient Israel, bisexual, lover of King David
• Brian Jones, original lead guitarist for The Rolling Stones - according to interview with Dave Davies in UNCUT magazine
• Alfred Kinsey (according to biographer James Jones)
• Abraham Lincoln (see The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln)
• John Lennon (according to separate biographies by Geoffrey Giuliano and Albert Goldman), implied in interview in Rolling Stone magazine
• Michelangelo, famous Italian sculptor, artist, architect and poet - many of his writings were clearly homoerotic in nature.
• Jim Morrison, American rock singer, according to biographer Stephen Davis
• Friedrich Nietzsche (according to biographer Joachim Kohler's "Zarathustra's Secret")
• Peter North, a porn star rumored to be bisexual because he has performed in numerous gay porn movies at the beginning of his career. Also many of his former girlfriends have made the accusations that he is bisexual also.
• River Phoenix, according to biographer Brian J. Robb.
• Nicholas Ray
• Lou Reed - "came out" as bisexual in 1970s, renounced his bisexuality in the early 1980s (according to biographer Victor Bockris)
• Cesar Romero (1907–1994), actor, most famous for playing role of The Joker in television's Batman of the sixties. He once called fellow actor Tyrone Power "his greatest love."
• Simon Rex - actor, former MTV personality, publicly only dates women, but has appeared in gay-themed pornography. Brad Posey, the director of the gay-themed films that Rex appeared in, claims that he performed oral sex on Rex.
• Jonathan Rhys-Meyers (born 1977), says he is open to the possibility.
• Kelly Ripa - American actress/talkshow host, makes frequent sexual suggestions about females on her talkshow.
• Sappho (married a man, and gave birth, but wrote love poems to women)
• Randolph Scott - actor primarily in Westerns of the 1930s-60s, according to Kenneth Anger's Hollywood Babylon 2
• William Shakespeare wrote love poems that some believe were to both men and women.
• Anna Nicole Smith, model, has been rumored to have had affairs with women. This has been verified by Margaret Cho during one of her stand-up shows where she described putting Smith against the wall and kissing her for an extended period.
• Malcolm X, African-American political activist, see [48]

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A

• Louise Abbéma, French painter.
• Roberta Achtenberg, American politician.
• Jean Acker, American actress.
• Sir Harold Acton, British art writer, aesthete.
• Alvin Ailey+, American dancer and choreographer.
• Francesco Algarotti, Italian academic.
• Ted Allen, American food and wine guru on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.
• Waheed Alli, Baron Alli+, British TV industry executive and life member of the House of Lords
• Scott Amedure+, American victim in the "Jenny Jones Murder".

Enza Anderson, Canadian drag queen and political gadfly. {{fact}}

• Kenneth Anger, American filmmaker.
• Steve Antin, American actor. {{fact}}
• Gloria E. Anzaldúa+, American writer
• Marshall Applewhite+, American cult leader.
• Aleksey Apukhtin+, Russian poet.
• Neil Armfield, Australian theatre director. {{fact}}
• Othniel Askew+, American assassin
• Kevyn Aucoin+, American celebrity makeup artist
• Kevin Aviance, American dance music singer.

B

• David Bacon+, American film actor.
• Francis Bacon+, British painter
• Paul Bailey, British author.
• Claire Balding+, BBC sports presenter and journalist
• James Baldwin+, American author
• Tammy Baldwin+, member of the United States House of Representatives (D - Wisconsin)
• Alan Ball+, American writer (American Beauty, Six Feet Under)
• Brent Bambury, Canadian journalist for CBC. {{fact}}
• Jillian Barberie+, American tv hostess, actress, bisexual
• Alexander Bard, Swedish musician, bisexual (Army of Lovers, Vacuum).
• Fred Barnes+, British music hall singer.
• Tim Barnett+, New Zealand member of parliament.
• Natalie Clifford Barney+, American poet.
• Michael Barrymore+, British comedian
• Paul Bartel, American filmaker.
• Jurgen Bartsch+, German serial killer.
• Katharine Lee Bates, American writer of America the Beautiful
• Terry Baum, American playwright and congressional candidate
• Billy Bean+, American former major league baseball player
• Andy Bell, British singer
• Linda Bellos+, British black and LGBT activist and politician
• A C Benson, British writer of the words 'Land of Hope and Glory'; 2 of his brothers (sons of the Archbishop of Canterbury) were also gay
• Gladys Bentley, American blues singer
• Nate Berkus, American interior designer and regular guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show
• Christopher Bernau+, American stage actor known for his Shakespearean roles, as well as roles on soap operas (Alan Spaulding on The Guiding Light)
• James Bidgood, American photographer and filmmaker (Pink Narcissus)
• Jón Þor Birgisson+, Lead singer of Icelandic band Sigur Rós.
• Marie-Claire Blais, Québec novelist
• Ross Bleckner, American artist
• Florinda Bolkan, Brazilian actress
• Lizzie Borden, bisexual filmmaker
• Michel Marc Bouchard+, Canadian playwright (Les feluettes)
• Matthew Bourne, British choreographer
• Leigh Bowery, Australian performance artist, fashion designer, and nightclub promoter.
• E. E. Bradford+, British Uranian poet
• Ben Bradshaw+, British politician
• Johnny Brandon, British singer popular in the 1950s
• Allison Brewer+, Canadian politician, leader of the New Brunswick NDP
• Scott Brison+, Canadian member of Parliament and Minister of Public Works and Government Services
• David Brock+, American journalist and author
• Romaine Brooks+, American painter, bisexual
• Nicole Brossard, Québec poet and novelist
• Jack Buetel+, American film actor
• Jim J. Bullock, American tv personality
• Lady Bunny, American drag performer
• Glenn Burke+, American baseball player
• Pete Burns+, British singer (Dead or Alive)
• Chandler Burr, American author and journalist
• Dan Butler+, American actor
• Spring Byington+, American actress

C

• Paul Cadmus, American painter
• John Cage+, American composer of aleatoric music and partner of Merce Cunningham.
• Andrew Calimach, American author
• Simon Callow, British actor
• Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès, French lawyer and statesman, author of the Code Napoléon
• Rhona Cameron, British Comedienne, TV Presenter
• Tevin Campbell, American R&B musician
• Truman Capote, American author
• Capucine, French actress (The Pink Panther), (Walk on the Wild Side)
• Scott Capurro, American comedian and writer
• Gia Carangi, American fashion model, widely considered the world's first supermodel
• Caravaggio, Italian Renaissance artist
• Edward Carpenter, British poet and activist
• Chris Carter, New Zealand Minister of Conservation, Minister of Local Government and Minister for Ethnic Affairs
• Nell Carter, American actress/singer (star of Gimme a Break)
• Giacomo Casanova, Italian seducer - bon vivant, bisexual
• Michael Cashman, British actor and politician
• Maggie Cassella, Canadian comedian
• Cazuza, Brazilian singer and poet
• Luis Cernuda, Spanish playwright
• Richard Chamberlain, American actor
• Graham Chapman+, British comedian, member of "Monty Python's Flying Circus"
• Tracy Chapman, American singer/songwriter
• Karl IV.+, Spanish king
• Ian Charleson, Scottish actor
• Mary Cheney, daughter of U.S. vice-president Dick Cheney
• Marc Cherry, American creator of Desperate Housewives
• Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong singer/actor
• Margaret Cho, American comedian, bisexual
• Wayson Choy, Canadian novelist
• Nathan Christoffersen, American activist and journalist
• Ralph Chubb, British poet, artist, printer, and prophet
• David Cicilline, American politician; Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island
• Golan Cipel, Israeli associate of former New Jersey governor James McGreevey, with whom he had an affair
• James Clark, British ambassador to Luxembourg
• Julian Clary, British comedian
• Montgomery Clift, American actor
• Kate Clinton, American comedian
• James Coco, American actor
• Jean Cocteau, French director and artist, lover of Jean Marais
• Roy Cohn, American lawyer and associate of U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy
• Claudette Colbert, French-American actress, bisexual
• Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English Romantic Poet, bisexual
• Colette French novelist, music hall performer, bisexual
• Cyril Collard, French writer, director (Les Nuits Fauves), bisexual
• Russ Conway, British pianist popular in late 1950s and early 1960s
• Nancy Cook, suffragette, educator, and an intimate of Eleanor Roosevelt
• Dennis Cooper, American novelist, poet, and critic
• Aaron Copland, American composer (bisexual according to a biography)
• John Corigliano, American composer
• Dean Corll, serial killer
• Douglas Coupland, Canadian Writer, author of Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
• Noel Coward, British writer
• Henry Cowell, American composer
• Marton Csokas, New Zealand actor
• William Craig, Canadian owner of HARD on PrideVision and OUTtv
• Cheryl Crane, Lana Turner's daughter; killer of Johnny Stompanato
• Nicky Crane+, British co-founder of neo-nazi organization Blood and Honour
• Darby Crash, lead singer of American punk band The Germs
• Gavin Crawford, Canadian television comic
• Rene Crevel, French surrealist author
• Quentin Crisp, British actor, author, and wit
• Richard Cromwell, American actor, was Angela Lansbury's first husband, and best known for his work on Jezebel and Lives of a Bengal Lancer, bisexual
• Rodney Croome, Australian gay activist
• Aleister Crowley, British occultist
• Howard Cruse, American underground cartoonist
• Wilson Cruz, American actor and activist
• George Cukor, American film director
• Alan Cumming, British actor, bisexual
• Rebecca Cummings+, American porn star, bisexual
• Andrew Cunanan, American spree killer, murdered Gianni Versace
• Merce Cunningham+, American choreographer and partner of John Cage.
• Michael Cunningham, American writer
• Pam Currie, Scottish Socialist Party activist
• John Curry, British figure skater, 1976 Winter Olympics gold medalist
• Catie Curtis, American singer-songwriter
• Charlotte Cushman, American stage actress
• Julie Cypher, American former lover of Melissa Etheridge

D

• Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French novelist and poet
• Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer and cannibal
• Dan Dailey, American actor and dancer
• Stephen Daldry, British gay film director
• Joe Dallesandro, American actor and Andy Warhol protegé
• Dave Davies+, British rock musician (The Kinks)
• Libby Davies, Canadian member of parliament
• Michael Llewelyn-Davies, British inspiration for the literary character Peter Pan.
• Peter Maxwell Davies, British composer
• Ron Davies, former MP and former member of Welsh Assembly
• Mercedes de Acosta+, American author and socialite
• James Dean+, American actor, bisexual
• Dean DeBlois, Canadian animator and director (Lilo & Stitch)
• Jeanine Deckers, Belgian nun and singer-songwriter
• Edgar de Evia+, Mexican-born American photographer, writer, artist
• Ellen DeGeneres, American writer, comedian and actress
• Baron Nicolas de Gunzburg+, editor of Town & Country, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and mentor to: Calvin Klein, Bill Blass and Oscar de la Renta
• Bertrand Delanoë, mayor of Paris
• Samuel Delany+, American science fiction author
• Lea DeLaria, American comedian, jazz singer, author
• Robert Denning+, American interior designer, socialite in New York City and Paris and protégé of Edgar de Evia
• Denice Denton, American university chancellor
• Drea de Matteo+, American actress, bisexual
• Portia de Rossi, Australian-born actress
• Elsie de Wolfe+, American socialite and interior decorator
• Guillermo Diaz, American actor
• Andy Dick, American actor and comedian
• Marion Dickerman suffragette, educator, vice-principal of the Todhunter School and an intimate of Eleanor Roosevelt
• Janice Dickinson, American model (claims to be 1st supermodel), bisexual [49]
• Dave Dictor, frontman of American hardcore punk band MDC
• Marlene Dietrich, German actress, bisexual
• Ani DiFranco, American folk singer, bisexual
• Diane DiMassa, American cartoonist and author, HotHead Paisan, Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist
• Elio Di Rupo, Belgian politician
• Thomas M. Disch, writer of science fiction and horror
• Divine, American actor (in many of John Waters's films)
• Tom Dooley, American Catholic who became a national hero for his humanitarian work in Vietnam during the 1950s and early 1960s.
• Candas Dorsey, Canadian science fiction author
• Joseph Doucé, French psychologist and Baptist minister, founder of the International Lesbian and Gay Association
• Lord Alfred Douglas, British poet and author, Oscar Wilde's lover.
• Kyan Douglas, American grooming guru on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
• Brian Dowling, 2001 British Big Brother winner
• James Dreyfus, British film and television actor
• Carol Ann Duffy, Scottish poet and feminist
• Diane Duane, American author, bisexual
• Alan Duncan, British politician
• Don Dunstan, Australian Labor politician, Premier of South Australia; married twice; bisexual
• James Duval, American actor, bisexual
• Clea DuVall, American actress
• Andrea Dworkin, American feminist

E

• Angela Eagle, British Member of Parliament
• Edward II., king of England, bisexual
• Hilton Edwards, Irish actor, co-founder of Dublin's Gate Theatre, partner of Micheál MacLiammoir
• Elagabalus+, Roman emperor
• Cássia Eller, Brazilian musician
• Bret Easton Ellis+, American writer, gay
• Ruth Ellis, lesbian matriarch and only known African-American centenarian lesbian
• Julian Eltinge, American vaudeville performer, drag queen, and film actor
• Brian Epstein, British, manager of The Beatles
• Epaminondas, Thebian military commander and statesmen
• Melissa Etheridge, American musician
• James Euringer, (A.K.A. Little Jimmy Urine), American lead singer of Mindless Self Indulgence and The Left Rights, bisexual
• Uzi Even, first openly gay member of the Israeli Knesset
• Kenny Everett, British DJ and comic
• Rupert Everett, British actor

F

• George Faludy, Hungarian poet and writer (My Happy Days in Hell), bisexual.
• Justin Fashanu, British Footballer.
• Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German movie director.
• Mark Feehily, Irish singer, Westlife.
• Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, former Tsar von Bulgarien.
• Harvey Fierstein+, American actor, playwright (Torch Song Trilogy).
• Thom Filicia, American home design guru on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.
• Timothy Findley, Canadian novelist and playwright.
• Leslie Fish+, SF writer, folk musician and poltical activist, bisexual.
• Fannie Flagg, American author, Fried Green Tomatoes.
• Laura Flanders, American host on Air America Radio.
• Gary Floyd, American frontman of hardcore punk band The Dicks.
• Mark Foley, member of the United States House of Representatives (R-FL).
• Tom Ford, American fashion designer.
• E. M. Forster+, British author.
• Jackie Forster, American tv news presenter/journalist and Minorities Research Group member.
• Pim Fortuyn, assassinated Dutch politician.
• Per-Kristian Foss, Finance Minister of Norway.
• Michel Foucault+, French scholar, partnered with Daniel Defert from 1963 till his death, Aldrich, Robert and Wotherspoon, Gary (Eds.) (2001). Also dated Jean Barraque.
• Samantha Fox, British model and one time pop singer.
• Virgil Fox, American organist.
• Simon Fowler, British vocalist for rock band Ocean Colour Scene.
• Barney Frank+, American congressman (D-MA).
• Sidney Franklin, American matador.
• Robert Fraser, English art dealer and producer .
• Peter Frechette, American film, stage and television actor.
• Aaron Fricke+, American gay rights activist who successfully sued his high school for the right to bring his boyfriend to the senior prom.
• Donald Friend, Australian artist.
• Stephen Fry, British actor, comedian, novelist and wit.

G

• John Wayne Gacy+, American serial killer
• Rudy Galindo, American figure skater
• Jeff Gannon (James Dale Guckert), American reporter
• Robert Gant, American actor (Queer As Folk)
• Greta Garbo, Swedish actress
• Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet and playwright, martyred in the Spanish Civil War
• Stephen Gately, Irish singer and ex member of the boyband Boyzone
• Jean-Paul Gaultier, French fashion designer
• Piers Gaveston, French-born lover of Edward II
• Janet Gaynor+, American film actress
• Will Geer, American actor (Grandpa Walton, The Waltons)
• David Geffen, American music producer and record executive
• Jean Genet, French writer
• Kitty Genovese, American crime victim
• Chrissy Gephardt, American daughter of U.S. congressman Dick Gephardt
• Boy George, British musician
• David Gerrold, American science fiction writer, inventor of Tribbles
• André Gide, French novelist and Nobel Laureate
• Sir John Gielgud, British theater and film actor
• Sara Gilbert, American television actress, series Roseanne
• Rolf Gindorf, German sexologist
• Candace Gingrich, American activist, half-sister of former U.S. Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich
• Allen Ginsberg, American Beat poet ("Howl").[50]
• Judy Gold, American comedienne
• Claudia Gonson, musician, collaborator with Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields
• Felix Gonzalez-Torres, American artist
• Julie Goodyear, British television actress (Coronation Street)
• Lesley Gore, American singer
• Gorgidas, Theban military leader of the Sacred band of elite troops of paired gay lovers.
• Juan Goytisolo, Spanish writer
• Judy Grahn, American poet
• Barbara Graham, American burglar, had a well-publicized relationship with fellow inmate Donna Prow
• Brian Greig, Australian senator.[51]
• Athen Grey, American photographer
• John Greyson, Canadian filmmaker (Zero Patience, Proteus)
• Gustaf Gründgens, German actor and stage director
• Michael Guest+, former U.S. ambassador to Romania.

H

• Fritz Haarmann+, German serial killer
• Hadrian, Roman military commander and emperor
• Leisha Hailey, American musician and actress
• William Haines, American actor
• Rob Halford+, British singer (Judas Priest)
• Kristen Hall, American musician and songwriter, formerly of Sugarland
• Radclyffe Hall+, British lesbian, author of The Well of Loneliness
• Marc Hall, Canadian student and activist
• Vincent Hanley, Irish radio DJ who died of an AIDS-related illness
• Kathleen Hanna, American musician, bisexual
• Lorraine Hansberry, American playwright (A Raisin in the Sun)
• G. H. Hardy, British mathematician
• Billy James Hargis American televangelist.
• Keith Haring, American artist
• Lou Harrison, American composer
• Randy Harrison, American actor (Queer As Folk)
• Deborah Harry, American singer, Blondie. {{fact}}
• Lorenz Hart+, American Broadway lyricist, who penned his work with Richard Rodgers
• Marsden Hartley, American painter
• Nina Hartley+, American porn actress
• Patrick Harvie, Scottish Green Party Member of the Scottish Parliament, bisexual
• Bill Hastings+, Chief Censor of New Zealand
• Richard Hatch, American contestant and winner of reality tv series Survivor
• Sophie B. Hawkins, American musician, bisexual
• Sir Nigel Hawthorne, British actor
• Charles Hawtrey (George Hartree), British actor (not to be confused with Sir Charles Hawtrey, the Victorian stage actor)
• Harry Hay+, American gay rights activist, founder of the Mattachine Society
• Todd Haynes, American film director
• Edith Head, American costume designer, winner of 8 Academy Awards
• Anne Heche+, American actress, bisexual
• Michael Hendricks, Canadian gay rights activist, half of first couple to legally marry in Québec
• Nona Hendryx, American singer (Labelle), bisexual
• Hans Werner Henze+, German-italian composer
• Hephaestion, Alexander The Great's lover and best friend. Military officer.
• Ty Herndon, American Country & Western singer, bisexual
• Sighsten Herrgård, Swedish designer, trendsetter. Became the face of AIDS in Sweden.
• Frank Hershey (aka Franklin Q. Hershey) American automotive designer (1949 Cadillac, 1955 Ford Thunderbird)
• Ralph Hexter, American educator, President of Hampshire College
• Hibiscus+, American founder of the all-drag The Cockettes
• Patricia Highsmith, American writer, bisexual
• Hildegarde+, American cabaret singer, lesbian partner of Anna Sosenko
• Magnus Hirschfeld+, German sociologist, formed the possible first gay rights organization, the Scientific Humanitarian Committee in 1897.
• Billie Holiday+, American blues singer
• Alan Hollinghurst, British author (The Swimming Pool Library)
• Dave Holmes, American TV personality, former MTV VJ
• Philippe Honoré+, French-born violinist, life-partner of Indian novelist Vikram Seth
• John Holmes+, American porn actor, bisexual
• James Hormel, former U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg. Appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1999.
• A. E. Housman, British poet
• Frankie Howerd, British actor
• Rock Hudson, American actor
• Tanya Huff, Canadian author
• Michael Huffington, American politician
• Langston Hughes, American author, poet
• Simon Hughes+, British politician (bi)
• Jerry Hunt, American composer
• Tab Hunter+, American actor/singer
• Chris Hyndman, Canadian tv personality

I

• Janis Ian, American singer/songwriter
• Norman Iceberg, Canadian singer/songwriter
• Witi Ihimaera, New Zealand author, Whale Rider
• William Inge, American dramatist
• Javed Iqbal (Serienmörder), Pakistani serial killer
• Christopher Isherwood, British novelist
• James Ivory, American director, producer, and screenwriter

J

• Tony Jackson, American pianist and composer
• Max Jacob+, French poet
• Cheryl Jacques+, American politician
• Paco Jamandreu, Argentine fashion designer and actor
• James I of England +, James VI of Scotland
• Jenna Jameson+, American adult-film actress, bisexual
• Tove Jansson, Finnish author of the Moomin books
• Derek Jarman+, British film director, artist and writer
• Michael Jeter, American actor, "Mr. Noodle's brother Mr. Noodle" of Sesame Street
• Sarah Orne Jewett, American author {{fact}}
• Patria Jiménez, Mexican politican - PRD member of Mexico's Chamber of Deputies - first openly lesbian member of Mexico's National Legislature. [52]
• Phil Jimenez, American comic artist
• Jobriath+, American rock singer
• Edmund John, Uranian poet
• Elton John, British singer, musician, composer
• Jeffrey John+, Church of England dean
• Jasper Johns+, American pop artist in the 1960s
• Holly Johnson+, British lead singer for Frankie Goes to Hollywood
• Philip Johnson, American architect, bisexual
• Angelina Jolie, American actress, bisexual
• Bill T. Jones, American dancer and choreographer
• Cherry Jones, American actress
• Grace Jones, Jamaican-born actress and singer {{fact}}
• Jim Jones, American cult leader {{fact}}
• Janis Joplin, American singer, bisexual
• Barbara Jordan+, American congresswoman
• Leslie Jordan, American character actor; Will & Grace, Sordid Lives
• Mychal F. Judge, American Franciscan priest, WTC terrorism victim
• Miranda July, American performance artist and film director, bisexual

K

• Frida Kahlo, Mexican artist, wife of Diego Rivera, bisexual
• Gorden Kaye, British actor
• Johan Kenkhuis, Dutch Olympic swimmer
• Graham Kennedy, Australian television personality
• Jack Kerouac, American author, bisexual
• Maya Keyes, American daughter of U.S. politician Alan Keyes
• John Maynard Keynes, British economist
• Larry Kert, American Broadway stage performer
• Udo Kier+, German actor
• Bernard King, Australian tv personality, celebrity chef
• Billie Jean King+, American tennis player, bisexual
• Florence King+, American writer and columnist, bisexual
• Andrew Kinlochan, British member of boy band Phixx
• Alfred Kinsey, American scientist, sexologist, founder of the Institute for Sex Research, bisexual
• The Hon. Justice Michael Kirby, Justice of the High Court of Australia
• Robert Kirby, American cartoonist (Curbside)
• Tommy Kirk, American actor
• Tim Kirkman, American writer and film director
• James Kirkwood, American playwright (A Chorus Line)
• Jim Kolbe, member of the United States House of Representatives (R-Arizona)
• Jeffrey Kofman, Canadian journalist at ABC
• David Kopay, American football player
• Dave Koz, American jazz musician and radio host
• Ronnie Kray, British gangster
• Carson Kressley, American style guru on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
• Sheila Kuehl, California State Senator and former teenage actress
• Michael Kühnen, German neo-nazi leader
• Nancy Kulp, American actress (The Beverly Hillbillies)
• Elvira Kurt, Canadian comedian
• Tony Kushner, American playwright (Angels in America)
• Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian novelist and poet
• Stanley Kwan, Chinese filmmaker

L

• Touko Laaksonen+ (Tom of Finland), Finnish artist
• Bruce LaBruce, Canadian filmmaker
• David LaChapelle, American photographer
• Gavin Lambert+, British screenwriter, novelist and biographer
• Wanda Landowska, Polish harpsichord, companion of Denise Restout{{fact}}
• Nathan Lane, American actor and singer
• k.d. lang+, Canadian country and blues singer.
• Tom Lanoye, Belgian writer.
• Laurier L. LaPierre+, Canadian broadcaster and Senator
• Danny La Rue+, Irish-born comedian and drag queen
• Derek Laud, British political activist and Big Brother contestant
• Charles Laughton, British actor, bisexual {{fact}}
• Lonnie Latham disgraced minister {{fact}}
• Chris Lea+, former leader of the Green Party of Canada, first openly gay party leader in Canada
• René Leboeuf+, Canadian gay rights activist, half of first same-sex couple to legally marry in Québec
• Mark Leduc+, Canadian Olympic medallist/boxing, 1992
• Violette Leduc+, French author
• Sook-Yin Lee+, Canadian tv personality, former MuchMusic VJ, bisexual
• Eva Le Gallienne+, British-born American actress and screenwirter
• Annie Leibovitz, American photographer. {{fact}}
• Robert Lepage, Canadian playwright, actor and film director {{fact}}
• José Lezama Lima, Cuban poet {{fact}}
• Liberace+, American musician (denied by Liberace himself)
• Jesse Liberty, American writer, bisexual
• Ivri Lider+, Israeli singer
• Limahl+, British singer, lead of Kajagoogoo band
• Janine Lindemulder+, American porn actress, bisexual
• Brian Linehan, Canadian tv personality {{fact}}
• Alain Locke, first African-American Rhodes scholar {{fact}}
• Kristanna Loken+, American actress, bisexual
• Audre Lorde+, American poet, author
• Lance Loud, American reality television show An American Family, rock singer {Lance Loud and the Mumps)
• Greg Louganis, U.S. Olympic high-diver
• Matt Lucas+, British comedian
• Ludwig II.+, German King of Bavaria (The Mad King)
• Ernst Ludwig, German Grand Duke of Hesse and The Rhine {{fact}}
• Paul Lynde+, American actor and comedian

M

• Ann-Marie MacDonald, Canadian author and playwright
• Ashley MacIsaac, Canadian fiddler from Cape Breton
• Mary MacLane, British Edwardian-era writer
• Micheál MacLiammoir, Irish actor and co-founder of Dublin's Gate Theatre
• Rachel Maddow, American talk show host, Air America Radio
• Gregory Maguire, American author (Wicked), married to painter Andy Newman
• Makarios III., Archbishop, President of the Cypriot Republic According to historian Rupert Allason the late Archbishop's private life was documented by the MI6.
• Tony Malone, British graphic designer and typographist
• Peter Mandelson, Britain's EU commissioner
• Marjorie Main, American actress best known for portraying Ma Kettle
• Irshad Manji, Canadian journalist, author, and "Muslim Refusenik".
• Erika Mann, German cabaret producer, actress, author
• Klaus Mann, German author
• Thomas Mann, German author
• Robert Mapplethorpe, American artist, photographer
• Jean Marais, French actor, lover of Jean Cocteau
• Josie Maran, American model, bisexual
• Marilyn, British pop star and musician
• Beatriz Marinello, President of United States Chess Federation
• Christopher Marlowe, British Elizabethan playwright
• Del Marquis, American, bass player in Scissor Sisters
• David Marr, Australian author, broadcaster and media commentator
• David Marsden, Canadian radio broadcaster and music promoter
• Andy Martin, British musician (The Apostles, Academy 23), editor (SMILE) and writer
• Jake Maskall, British actor from EastEnders
• Heather Matarazzo, American actress
• Johnny Mathis, American singer
• William Somerset Maugham, British writer and dramatist
• Armistead Maupin, American writer (Tales of the City)
• Amélie Mauresmo, French tennis player
• Roddy McDowall, British actor and photographer
• Frank McGuinness, Irish playwright
• Jonny McGovern ("The Gay Pimp"), American comedian and singer
• Jim McGreevey, American former governor of New Jersey
• Sir Ian McKellen, British actor, gay rights campaigner
• Margaret Mead, American anthropologist
• Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, last Medici ruler of Tuscany
• Joe Meek, British record producer
• Armin Meiwes, German cannibal
• Meleager, Greek military commander
• Réal Ménard, Canadian member of parliament
• Gian Carlo Menotti, American composer
• Rick Mercer, Canadian television comedian
• Ismail Merchant, Indian-born British film director, producer, and screen witer
• Freddie Mercury, British musician (Queen)
• James Merrill, American poet
• Stephin Merritt, American singer/songwriter for the Magnetic Fields, the Sixths, and the Gothic Archies
• Metrobius, ancient Roman actor
• George Michael, British singer (Wham)
• Tammy Lynn Michaels, American actress, partner of Melissa Etheridge
• Harvey Milk, American former member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, assassinated in 1978
• Eric Millegan, American actor
• Merle Miller, American presidential biographer
• Kate Millett, American author
• Scott Mills, British Radio DJ
• Vincente Minnelli, American husband of Judy Garland, father of Liza Minnelli, bisexual
• Sal Mineo, American actor
• Yukio Mishima, Japanese author
• Jerry Mitchell, American Tony Award-winning choreographer
• John Cameron Mitchell, American writer and director. Creator of Hedwig and the Angry Inch
• Isaac Mizrahi, American fashion designer, television show host
• Dave Moffatt, Canadian singer
• Albert Mol, Dutch actor
• Brian Molko, Belgian-born singer of British rock band Placebo, bisexual
• Comte Robert de Montesquiou poet, writer, set designer, patron of the arts
• Amanda Moore, American fashion model
• Gene Moore leading window dresser first at Bonwit Teller then at Tiffany
• Tyria Moore, American love partner of serial killer Aileen Wuornos
• Agnes Moorehead, American actress
• Cherrie Moraga, American author on lesbian Hispanic themes
• Richard Morel, American singer, music producer
• Chris Morgan, British powerlifting champion
• Paul Morrissey, American filmmaker
• Rudolph Moshammer, German clothing designer
• Bob Mould, American rock musician, former member of Hüsker Dü and Sugar
• Megan Mullally, American actress, bisexual
• Murathan Mungan, Turkish author, playwright and poet
• Saki (real name H.H. Munro), British Edwardian writer
• Glen Murray, Canadian former mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba
• Michael Musto, American columnist, TV personality

N

• Martina Navratilova, Czech-born American tennis player
• Alla Nazimova, Ukrainian born American silent film actress
• Ted Nebbeling, Canadian politician, first Cabinet Minister to legally marry his same sex partner.
• Mike Nelson, American politician. Five-term mayor of Carrboro, NC; first openly gay mayor in the American South.
• Vaslav Nijinsky, Russian ballet dancer, choreographer
• Dennis Nilsen, British serial killer
• Cynthia Nixon, American actress
• Klaus Nomi, German singer
• Peter North, Canadian born adult-film actor who predominantly appears in heterosexual porn
• Graham Norton, Irish comedian and television personality
• Ramon Novarro, Mexican-American silent screen actor
• Ivor Novello, British stage and film actor
• Richard Bruce Nugent, American author, wrote first description of homosexuality in African-American literature.
• Terri Nunn, American singer, new wave band Berlin, bisexual
• Rudolf Nureyev, Russian ballet dancer
• Laura Nyro, American singer

O

• Mark Oaten, British politician
• Sinéad O’Connor, Irish singer, bisexual (Ryan Confidential, broadcast on RTÉ 1 on May 29, 2003)
• Daniel O'Donnell, American politician, brother of Rosie O'Donnell
• Rosie O'Donnell, American comedian
• Eoin O'Duffy, Irish police commissioner, leader of the 'Blueshirts' and aide to Michael Collins
• Paul O'Grady, British television performer
• Andrew Olexander, Australian politician, current member of the Victorian Legislative Council
• Mary Oliver, American poet
• Pauline Oliveros, American composer
• Laurence Olivier, British actor, bisexual
• Brian Orser, Canadian silver medalist at both the 1984 Winter Olympics and the 1988 Winter Olympics
• Joe Orton, British playwright
• Cathal Ó Searcaigh, Irish poet
• Kanako Otsuji, Japan's 1st openly lesbian politician
• François Ozon, French writer and film director

P

• David Paisley, British actor
• Pai Hsien-yung, Taiwanese writer
• Chuck Palahniuk, American writer, Fight Club
• Chuck Panozzo+, American musician (Styx).
• Carl Panzram, American serial killer
• Antonia Pantojas, Puerto Rican educator
• Antonio Pantojas, Puerto Rican actor
• Benito Papazón, Mexican journalist and politician.
• Bob Paris+, American bodybuilder
• Annise Parker+, American activist/politician
• Alex Parks, British singer/songwriter
• Matthew Parris, British journalist and former politician
• Harry Partch, American composer and just intonation instrument inventor
• Pier Paolo Pasolini+, Italian director and writer
• Robert Patrick, American Off-Off Broadway playwright
• Paul Patrick, British LGBT activist
• John Paulk, American former leader of the ex-gay movement and ex-president of Exodus International
• Sarah Paulson, American actress
• Graham Payn, British actor and singer
• Douglas Pearce, British musician best known for his work as Death In June.
• Peter Pears, British singer
• Queen Pen, American bisexual rapper
• Anthony Perkins, American actor, bisexual
• Linda Perry, American singer
• Roger Peyrefitte+, French diplomat and writer
• Dean Phoenix, pornographic actor
• Philip II., French monarch
• Philippe, French Duke of Orléans under Louis XIV
• Phranc, American singer/songwriter, musician and artist
• Doug Pinnick, American singer and musician, King's X
• Danny Pintauro, American actor (Who's the Boss?)
• Miguel Piñero, Puerto Rican playwright, bisexual
• Plato, Greek Philosopher
• Edmond de Polignac, French composer
• Marcel Proust, French author
• Carole Pope, Canadian rock singer
• Cole Porter, American composer and lyricist
• Michael Portillo, British politician and journalist
• Francis Poulenc, French composer
• Manuel Puig, Argentine writer

Q

• Colin Quinn, American comedian and actor, acknowledges several same-sex encounters in his late teens and early twenties.

R

• Justin Raimondo, American writer
• Gilles de Rais, French nobleman and serial killer
• Richard Ramirez, American serial killer, bisexual
• Anthony Rapp, American actor and singer
• Robert Rauschenberg, American artist
• Amy Ray, American singer, The Indigo Girls
• Nicholas Ray, American film director, bisexual
• John Rechy, American author
• Robert Reed, American actor (The Brady Bunch)
• Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor and former game-show regular
• George Reinholt, American soap opera actor (Steve Frame on Another World)
• Jennifer Diane Reitz+, computer programmer, cartoonist and gender rights advocate, bisexual.
• Rio Reiser, German musician ("Ton Steine Scherben"), bisexual
• John Reith, 1. Baron Reith British founder of the BBC
• Mary Renault, South African novelist
• Denise Restout+, French companion of Wanda Landowska
• Cecil Rhodes, British financier and colonizer of Africa
• Christopher Rice, American author (son of Anne Rice)
• Adrienne Rich, American poet and critic
• Marlon Riggs, American author and producer of Tongues Untied
• Arthur Rimbaud, French poet
• Herb Ritts, American fashion photographer
• Jerome Robbins, American choreographer. {{fact}}
• Ian Roberts, Australian Rugby League player
• Angela Robinson, American film director
• Anwar Robinson, American Idol contestant
• Gene Robinson, American Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire
• Svend Robinson, former Canadian member of parliament
• Tom Robinson, British rock musician
• Roland Rocchiccioli, Australian performer and television personality
• Roche-sur-Yon, French prince and King of Poland
• Jai Rodriguez, American "culture guru" on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
• Ernst Röhm, German leader of the Nazi SA (Brownshirts)
• Anthony Romero, first Hispanic and openly gay Executive Director of the ACLU
• Cesar Romero, American actor
• Ned Rorem, American composer,
• Seraphim Rose, informal saint of the Russian Orthodox Church; had longterm same-sex relationship in his youth later converted to Orthodox Christianity and became celibate in order to live according to the rules of the faith.
• Hilary Rosen, American former CEO of the RIAA, longtime partner of Elizabeth Birch (see above)
• Jane Rule, Canadian author
• RuPaul (RuPaul Andre Charles), Actor, American singer
• Joanna Russ, American science fiction/fantasy author and feminist
• Bayard Rustin+, American civil rights activist, organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, introduced Martin Luther King Jr. to the writings of Mahatma Gandhi and non-violence, fired for being gay

S

• Mário de Sá-Carneiro, Portuguese modern poet
• Steven Sabados, Canadian TV personality
• Vita Sackville-West, British author and poet
• Marquis de Sade, French author and philosopher, bisexual
• Leontine Sagan, Austrian film-maker
• JD Samson, American musician, Le Tigre
• Emily Saliers, American singer, The Indigo Girls
• Victor Salva, American writer/director (Jeepers Creepers)
• Alex Sanchez, Mexican author.
• Ben Sander (Brini Maxwell), American drag performer and television host
• Sue Sanders+, British LGBT activist
• Emanuel Sandhu, Canadian figure skater
• Jeremy Sapienza, American anarcho-capitalist
• Dick Sargent, American actor, (zweiter "Darrin" in Verliebt in eine Hexe)
• Siegfried Sassoon+, British poet
• John Saul, American novelist
• Dan Savage, American columnist
• Francesco Scavullo, American fashion photographer
• John Schlesinger, British film director (Midnight Cowboy,Sunday Bloody Sunday)
• Fred Schneider, American lead singer of The B-52's
• Joel Schumacher, American filmmaker (The Phantom of the Opera)
• David Sedaris, American essayist and radio personality
• Pierre Seel+, French concentration camp survivor
• Shyam Selvadurai, Sri Lankan-Canadian novelist (Funny Boy)
• Vikram Seth, Indian novelist, poet, biographer-memoirist, travel writer and librettist (A Suitable Boy, An Equal Music, From Heaven Lake, Golden Gate)
• Adam Shankman, American director.
• Penny Sharpe, Australian politician
• Clay Shaw, American tried in the conspiracy in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy
• Fiona Shaw, Irish actress
• Jake Shears, American singer for the band the Scissor Sisters
• Pete Shelley, British singer of the punk band The Buzzcocks
• Matthew Shepard, American hate crime victim, violently murdered in Wyoming, subject of Emmy winning films The Laramie Project and The Matthew Shepard Story
• Jeremy Sheffield, British Actor
• Ned Sherrin, British broadcaster
• Randy Shilts, American author, journalist and AIDS activist
• Henry Sidgwick, British utilitarian philosopher
• Michelangelo Signorile, American columnist, advocate, and pundit
• Bill Siksay, Canadian member of parliament
• Mario Silva, Canadian member of parliament
• Bryan Singer, American movie director (Superman Returns, X-Men)
• Winnaretta Singer, patron of the arts, heir to the Singer sewing machine fortune
• Jeffrey Smart, Australian painter
• Anna Nicole Smith, American celebrity, bisexual
• Bessie Smith, American blues singer
• Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury|Chris Smith, first openly gay British MP
• Liz Smith+, British actress.
• Liz Smith, American gossip columnist, bisexual
• George Smitherman, Canadian politician (Ontario cabinet minister) [53]
• Socrates, Greek philosopher
• Valerie Solanas, American cult writer, feminist, attempted to assassinate Andy Warhol.
• Simeon Solomon, British artist associated with the Pre-Raphaelites and the Aesthetic art movement
• Jimmy Somerville, British singer (Bronski Beat, The Communards)
• Stephen Sondheim, American musical theater composer and lyricist
• Susan Sontag, American essayist and novelist
• Dusty Springfield, British pop singer
• Annie Sprinkle, American adult-film actress, performance artist
• Pam St. Clement, British television actress (EastEnders)
• James St. James, American author and former New York party icon.
• Mia St. John, American boxer, bisexual
• Darren Star, American television producer and screenwriter
• Barbara Stanwyck, American actress
• David Starkey, British historian
• Gertrude Stein, American expatriate author, partner of Alice B. Toklas
• Sharon Stone, American actress, bisexual
• Michael Stipe, American singer (R.E.M.), film producer
• Jim Stork, American politician
• Billy Strayhorn, American jazz composer, lyricist, arranger, and pianist (Duke Ellington Orchestra)
• Jeff Stryker, American adult-film actor
• Sylvester, American singer
• Gerry Studds, American politician
• Lucius Cornelius Sulla, Roman dictator
• Andrew Sullivan, British-born American conservative journalist Retr
• Terry Sweeney, American writer and actor who was a Saturday Night Live cast member in the mid-1980s
• Sheryl Swoopes, American WNBA basketball player
• Algernon Swinburne, British poet
• Karol Maciej Szymanowski, Polish composer and pianist

T

• George Takei, American actor (Star Trek)
• Peter Tatchell, Australian born LGBT activist and politician
• Rip Taylor, American comic
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer
• Tegan and Sara, Canadian singer/songwriters and sisters
• Neil Tennant, British musician (Pet Shop Boys)
• Stephen Tennant, British aristocrat
• Mark Tewksbury, Canadian gold medal winner in the 1992 Summer Olympics
• George Thomas, 1. Viscount Tonypandy, British statesman
• Scott Thompson+, Canadian comedian and actor (Kids in the Hall)
• Virgil Thomson, American theater composer and music critic
• Jeremy Thorpe, leader of British Liberal Party
• William Tatem (Bill) Tilden II, American tennis champion.
• Billy Tipton, American jazz musician, male impersonator
• Colm Tóibín, Irish novelist
• Alice B. Toklas+, American author, partner of Gertrude Stein, known for her cookbook that contains Brion Gysin's hashish brownies (marijuana)
• Sandi Toksvig, British comedian
• Lily Tomlin+, American comedian, actress
• Pussy Tourette, drag performer and singer
• Noel Tovey, Australian actor, producer and write
• Trajan, Roman emperor
• Violet Trefusis, British lesbian daughter of King Edward VII's mistress Alice Keppel; lover of Vita Sackville-West
• Michel Tremblay, Canadian writer
• Mark Trevorrow, Australian comedian
• Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet and writer
• Esera Tuaolo, American former NFL player
• Alan Turing, British mathematician, computer scientist and theorist, WWII codebreaker
• Colin Turnbull, British-born American anthropologist
• Guinevere Turner, American actress and screenwriter
• Stephen Twigg, British politician, MP, defeated Michael Portillo in 1997 election
• Oras Tynkkynen, Finnish politician

U

• Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, German activist, author

V

• Urvashi Vaid, American former head of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
• Penny Valentine, British rock critic, music journalist
• Pierre Vallières, Canadian writer, member of the terrorist FLQ
• Gus Van Sant, American director
• Chavela Vargas, Mexican singer, who came out as lesbian during an interview with Colombian television [[54]]
• Gianni Vattimo, Italian philosopher
• Nichi Vendola, Italian communist politician
• Paul Verlaine, French poet
• Jim Verraros, American singer, actor, American Idol contestant
• Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer
• Gore Vidal, American writer
• Salka Viertel, Ukrainian-born Hollywood screenwriter
• Bruce Vilanch, American comedy writer
• Norah Vincent, American Immersion Journalist
• Luchino Visconti, Italian director

W

• Tom Waddell, American athlete
• Rufus Wainwright+, Canadian singer
• Alice Walker, American author, The Color Purple, bisexual
• Rebecca Walker, American author, bisexual
• Horace Walpole, British 4th Earl of Orford
• Andy Warhol, American artist and pop art icon
• Patricia Nell Warren, American writer, Front Runner
• Tony Warren, British scriptwriter (creator of Coronation Street)
• John Waters, American film director (Pink Flamingos)
• Sarah Waters, British author (Tipping the Velvet)
• Aaron Webster, Canadian hate crime victim
• Martin Webster, British neo-nazi
• Apichatpong Weerasethakul+, Thai experimental filmmaker (Mysterious Object At Noon, Blissfully Yours, Tropical Malady) and artist
• Sumner Welles, American Under Secretary of State 1937-1943
• James E. West, American politician
• Guido Westerwelle, leader of the German liberal party FDP
• James Whale, British film director
• Diane Whipple, American victim in the Presa Canario dog mauling trial
• Edmund White, American novelist (A Boy's Own Story)
• Patrick White, Australian novelist and Nobel Prize winner(The Twyborn Affair)
• Walt Whitman, American poet (Leaves of Grass)
• Jane Wiedlin, American guitarist/singer for The Go-Go's, bisexual
• Tracey Wigginton, Australian "lesbian vampire murderer"
• Oscar Wilde, Irish playwright and bon vivant, imprisoned after conviction for "gross indecency" for homosexual behavior
• Thornton Wilder, American playwright (Our Town) and novelist
• Kenneth Williams, British actor and diarist
• Rozz Williams, American gothic music icon and musician, bisexual
• Tennessee Williams, American playwright
• Wendy O. Williams, American singer, formerly of the Plasmatics
• John Wilmot, 2. Earl of Rochester, Anglo-Irish poet and rake.
• Ricky Wilson, guitarist, new wave band The B-52's
• Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German classical archaeologist and art historian
• Paul Winfield, American actor
• Jeanette Winterson, British author
• Dale Winton, British television presenter
• Michal Witkowski, Polish writer
• Ludwig Wittgenstein+, Austrian philosopher
• Monique Wittig, French-born American academic
• B.D. Wong, American actor
• David Wojnarowicz, American artist
• Alexander Wood, Canadian merchant and magistrate, "Founder of Gay Toronto"
• Virginia Woolf, British author
• Klaus Wowereit, German mayor of Berlin
• Aileen Wuornos, American serial killer

Y

• Kenji Yoshino, American legal scholar, author, and social activist.
• Will Young+, British pop singer, winner of ITV's 2001 Pop Idol, and singer of the million-selling 2002 single "Anything Is Possible / Evergreen"

Z

• Pedro Zamora+, Cuban-American AIDS activist, The Real World participant
• Zhou Dan+, Chinese lawyer and gay activist

Trans

The word transgender, for the purposes of this article, is an umbrella term that can include transmen and transwomen, who may identify themselves as transgender, transsexual, genderqueer, androgynous, cross-dressers, transvestites, drag queens, drag kings or those intersexual (some prefer hermaphroditic) people whose gender identity differs from the gender they were assigned; or people who use similar terms to describe themselves. See those pages for an explanation of these terms. People on the list have been described according to their self-identification. This article is not sorted by transgender behaviour.

Regarding historical persons, please also note that for individuals at least until the beginning of the 20th century, there were no names for transgender behaviour, and therefore we have no statements that are a clear documentation for their reasons to behave the way they did; most of the time, we have no statements by themselves at all. All we can say is that by today's standards, these people or their behaviour would be considered transgender.

The people on this list have been selected because their fame or notoriety was in some way due or connected to their transgender behaviour.

Living individuals

• Courtney Act, drag queen
• Calpernia Addams, actress, author, autobiographer, entrepreneur, activist, fiddle player
• Janice Allen, motion picture preservationist, transsexual
• Paul J. Allen, gay porn star
• Nadia Almada, Big Brother UK 2004 winner, transsexual
• Adèle Anderson, cabaret singer, actress, member of Fascinating Aida
• Enza "Supermodel" Anderson, drag performer
• Buck Angel, world's first FTM transsexual porn star
• Arcipello a British digital artist
• April Ashley, model
• Brianna Austin, writer and gender columnist
• Mianne Bagger, golfer, transsexual woman
• Dana Baitz, musician (pianist, producer, songwriter)
• Shirley Temple Bar, drag performer
• Georgina Beyer, New Zealand's (and the world's) first transsexual mayor (1995) and member of parliament (2002)
• Joan Jett Blakk, drag performer
• Sister Boom-Boom, drag queen
• Kate Bornstein, transsexual author, playwright, performance artist and gender theorist
• Sara Davis Buechner (née David Buechner), concert pianist
• Lady Bunny, drag performer
• Charles Busch, drag performer
• Mauro Cabral, transman, educator
• Meryn Cadell, writer and singer-songwriter
• Patrick Califia, a writer
• Loren Cameron, transman, photographer
• Endry Cardeño, Colombian transsexual actor
• Wendy Carlos, American transsexual composer and electronic musician
• The Lady Chablis, drag queen
• Parinaya Charoemphol aka Nong Toom, transsexual Thai actress and former kickboxer
• Roberta Close, Brasilian transsexual model
• Coccinelle, French transsexual performer
• Lynn Conway, transsexual computer scientist, electrical engineer and transgender advocate
• Caroline Cossey, also Tula, British transsexual model, author, and Bond girl
• Jayne County, U.S. rock singer (previously famous as 'Wayne County')
• Ginger Coyote, San Francisco punk scenester and founder of Punk Globe magazine. Singer in the White Trash Debutantes.
• Jennifer Cross (née Carl Cross), computer programmer
• Katherine Cummings (née John Cummings), librarian
• Vaginal Davis, drag queen
• Delia Death, model and singer
• Morty Diamond, transman filmmaker and performance artist
• Dreuxilla Divine, drag queen
• Colin Kennedy Donovan, genderqueer/trans disability writer and anti-racist activist
• Aaron H. Dover, writer and educator
• Qwo-Li Driskill, writer, activist, and educator
• Michelle Dumaresq, transsexual professional mountain bicyclist
• Monet Dupree, drag performer
• Julian Eltinge, drag performer
• Jackie Enx, transsexual drummer for the heavy metal band Rhino Bucket
• Bulent Ersoy, Turkish transsexual singer
• Leslie Feinberg, transgender activist and author
• Jamie Faye Fenton, computer game designer
• Bibiana Fernández, Spanish transsexual actress, model, performer
• Harvey Fierstein, drag performer, Hairspray
• Jacqualine Elizabeth Gaynor, female illusionist, show promoter
• James Green, transman, writer & educator
• Stasha Goliaszewski, corporate activist, minister, radio host & producer TransPhillyRadio
• Rachael Goss a computer programmer and founder of TACT (Transgender Activists of Central Texas) and political activist
• Aidy Griffin (née Aidan Griffin), activist
• Jacob Hale, transman, philosopher
• Lauren Harries, famous as child prodigy 'James Harries'
• David Harrison, performer
• Harisu, transsexual model, singer and actress
• Mike Hernandez, writer and activist
• Blaine Paxton Hill, transman, psychic
• Jenny Hiloudaki, Greek transsexual model
• Clover Honey, drag queen
• Mary Ann Horton, (also Mark Horton), transgendered (bi-gendered) Internet pioneer
• House of Diabolique, drag queen
• Dana International, Israeli pop singer
• Eddie Izzard, comedian who cross-dresses and calls himself an "executive transvestite"
• Andrea James, transwoman, entrepreneur, film producer, screenwriter, actress, and activist
• Michelle Josef, Canadian musician
• Kamikawa Aya, or Aya KAMIKAWA Tokyo municipal official (first transgendered person to seek elected office in Japan)
• Mara Keisling, transsexual, founder of the National Center for Transgender Equality. Key leader in passing several laws protecting transgender people. www,nctequality.org
• Taff al-Khalifa, transsexual man, member of Bahrain's royal family, now exiled
• Andreas Krieger, transman, athlete
• Mado Lamotte, drag performer
• Danny La Rue, drag performer
• Jennifer Jane Leitham, transsexual jazz bassist
• Amanda Lepore, transexual icon and model
• Hedda Lettuce, drag performer
• Miss Shangay Lily, drag performer
• Shirley Q Liquor, drag queen
• Charles Ludlam
• Lypsinka (John Epperson), drag queen
• Deirdre McCloskey, noted American Economist, argued The McCloskey critique
• Christine Mancini, drag performer
• Brini Maxwell, drag performer
• Dana Moran, NASCAR driver 1970, sprint car champion, super modified champion, advocate
• Billy More, drag queen
• Angela Morley, (née Wally Stott), composer and conductor
• Shannon Minter, transsexual man, attorney, legal director of National Center for Lesbian Rights
• Jan Morris, transsexual author, winner of English Golden Pen Award for a Lifetime's Distinguished Service to Literature
• Nancy Nangeroni, trans activist, GenderTalk Radio founder/producer/host, writer, musician, engineer
• Terri O'Connell, stock car racer, previously paricipated in NASCAR under the name J.T. Hayes
• Kathy Padilla, transsexual, aka Kathleen Padilla, the first openly transgender official in Pennsylvania, Democratic delegate to the 2004 Democratic Presidential Convention in Boston, Commissioner Philadelphia Police Advisory Commission
• Dee Palmer, (née David Palmer), transsexual musician
• Larry Paciotti, porn movie director, transvestite
• Pauline Pantsdown, Australian drag queen and musician
• Roberta Perkins (née Robert Perkins), anthropologist
• Grayson Perry, artist whose work sometimes features his female alter ego, Claire. Winner of the 2003 Turner Prize for art
• Charles Pierce, drag performer
• Angela Piland, model
• Mark Rees, activist
• Madame Regina, transgender author
• Rebecca Richards, computer programmer
• Dr. Renee Richards, transsexual, professional tennis player
• Jennifer Diane Reitz, computer programmer, cartoonist and gender rights advocate
• Joan Roughgarden, professor of biology; evolution and ecology expert
• RuPaul, AKA RuPaul Andre Charles, American drag queen
• Fulvia Celica Siguas Sandoval the person with the most Gender Reassignment Surgeries in the world and perhaps the first transsexual in Peru
• José Sarria, drag performer, first LGBT person to run for elective office in the USA, activist, noted fund raiser for AIDS services
• Lily Savage, drag performer
• Erik Schinegger, 1968 women's world champion downhill skier for Austria
• Scott Turner Schofield, writer, performer
• Melissa Sklarz, the first openly transgender public official in New York State, Democratic county judicial delegate in Manhattan
• Fonda Shepards, drag queen
• Dean Spade, transman, attorney, and founder Sylvia Rivera Law Project
• Sandy Stone, transgender activist and author
• Ethan St. Pierre, transsexual man, hate crimes survivor, radio host transfm.org
• Margaret Stumpp, transsexual co-manager of Quantitative Management department at Prudential Financial Inc.
• Jolene Sugarbaker, drag queen
• Karen Taylor (aka Rodney Taylor), Australian drag queen
• Tina Dee Taylor, transgendered actor, artist and writer in Hollywood
• Terre Thaemlitz, musician
• Nicole Thomas, scientist
• Stephen Thorne, transman, police officer
• Pussy Tourette, drag performer and singer
• Miss Understood, drag performer and entrepreneur
• Pieter Dirk Uys, drag performer
• Daniel Van Oosterwijck, transman, lawyer
• Max Valerio, performer
• Kelly Van Der Veer, transsexual Big Brother Holland contestant
• Del Lagrace Volcano, transman, performer and photographer
• Megan Webb (née Lee Webb), cyclist
• Stephen Whittle, transman, lawyer, writer and educator
• Holly Woodlawn, U.S. drag queen, part of Andy Warhol's Factory and featured in Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side"
• Jin Xing, transsexual Chinese dancer

20th and 21st century individuals

• Gwen Araujo, U.S. pre-operative transsexual girl, murdered 2002 [55]
• Danielle Bunten Berry, U.S. software developer, formerly Dan Bunten, author of several titles for Electronic Arts in the 1980s, died of cancer
• Jackie Curtis, U.S. drag queen who had a friendship with the famous pop artist, Andy Warhol
• Candy Darling, part of Andy Warhol's Factory and subject of The Velvet Underground song "Candy Says", and Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side"
• Ethyl Eichelberger drag performer, actor, performance artist
• Lili Elbe, Danish transsexual, one of the first women to undergo a crude form of sexual reassignment surgery, through five operations which were completed by 1930. Fifteen months after her final surgery, she either died from complications or faked her own death to avoid the media attention. She is the subject of the 1933 book Man Into Woman, although it is likely she was never biologically male, but rather born intersexual, supposedy with rudimentary ovaries which would conflict with the speculative diagnosis of Klinefelter's Syndrome
• Bella Evangelista, also known as Elvys Perez, drag performer who was murdered in Washington, D.C. [56]
• Tyra Hunter, U.S. transsexual woman, died 1995
• Marsha P. Johnson, transgender activist, involved in Stonewall (UK), co-founder of Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR).
• Frankie 'Halfpint' Jaxon, American singer and entertainer who has often sung with a female voice
• Christine Jorgensen, one of the first Americans to have sexual reassignment surgery in 1952
• Dawn Kereluik, hate crime survivor in Columbus, Ohio. Legally married in a Same-Sex Marriage to Katheryn Kereluik.
• Pepper LaBeija, Harlem, New York drag queen, subject of the documentary Paris Is Burning
• Cam Lyman millionaire transman, disappeared in 1987, found murdered in 1997.
• Glen Milstead, actor and drag performer also known popularly as Divine, star of many John Waters films
• Sylvia Rivera, transgender activist, resisted police at Stonewall on June 27, 1969
• Craig Russell, Canadian actor and female impersonator Outrageous
• Jeanette Schmid, World famous whistler
• Brandon Teena, U.S. transsexual boy who was murdered, subject of the film Boys Don't Cry [57]
• Billy Tipton, woman who lived as a male jazz musician
• Ed Wood, Jr., film-maker with transvestite tendencies

Earlier historical individuals

It is often difficult to construe the gender and sexual identity of pre-modern individuals. In many societies, those whom Western society might consider homosexual or bisexual are or were considered transgendered. Therefore, see also List of famous gay, lesbian, or bisexual people.

Many of these persons cross-dressed during wartime for various purposes. Such people are covered under the article Crossdressing During Wartime.

• Herculine Barbin, 19th Century French hermaphrodite
• James Barry, female bodied surgeon who lived as a man throughout his/her life, according to some accounts in order to be able to practice medicine.
• Christina von Schweden, Queen of Sweden from 1632 to 1654 who went by the name of "Count Dohna" at one point, dressing in male attire as part of the role. Despite speculation, modern medical examinations of her remains have not uncovered any evidence of intersexuality, although such examinations might not be conclusive.
• Elagabalus, Roman Emperor
• Chevalier d'Eon, French diplomat (1728-1810) who claimed that he had been born a girl and later adopted a female persona.
• Venerable Onuphrius, in Eastern Orthodoxy, is supposed to had been a virtuous young girl who, in order not to lose her virginity to a persistent suitor, had her wish to become a man granted by divine intervention.

Fictional individuals

• Azure C., a transsexual model on the American soap opera The City. The first transsexual portrayed on American soaps, she was played by Carlotta Chang from 1995 to 1996.
• Bree, a pre-operative male-to-female transsexual played by Felicity Huffman in the 2005 film Transamerica.
• Myra Breckinridge, transsexual character in two best-selling novels by Gore Vidal, Myra Breckinridge and Myron, and a well-known film.
• Liane Cartman, parent of Eric Cartman and local hermaphrodite in the fictional town of South Park
• Nuriko (born Chou Ryuuen), biologically male but living as and referred to as a woman throughout the course of the anime and manga series Fushigi Yūgi. Expresses a wish to be reincarnated as a woman.
• Chloe, pre-operative transsexual nightclub singer from the comic book How Loathsome by Ted Naifeh and Tristan Crane.
• Herbert Garrison, schoolteacher in the fictional town of South Park, who, in the Season 9 premiere, underwent sexual reassignment surgery.
• Hayley Cropper, transsexual character in the popular British soap opera Coronation Street. First transsexual portrayed on British soaps, since 1998.
• Henry "Hildegarde" Desmond, a hetero male who dresses as a woman to live in a budget "women's hotel" in the TV sitcom Bosom Buddies. Portrayed by Peter Scolari.
• Frank N. Furter, the transvestite antagonist of the cult musical Rocky Horror Show and Rocky Horror Picture Show.
• Emily Howard, the "unconvincing transvestite" character in the BBC sketch show Little Britain.
• Dorothy Michaels, a male actor posing as an actress in the film Tootsie. Portrayed by Dustin Hoffman.
• Josephine Monaghan, the protagonist of "The Ballad of Little Jo", dresses as a man to escape the bourgeois East and survive in the rugged West as a single person. Played by Suzy Amis. [58]
• Ava Moore, transsexual character in the American drama Nip/Tuck, played by Famke Janssen from 2004.
• Roberta Muldoon, a large muscular transexual woman (former male football player) in The World According to Garp. Portrayed by John Lithgow in the film version.
• Orlando, An Elizabethan era immortal from the novel of the same name by Virginia Woolf. After 200 years, Orlando changes from a man to a woman. Also a 1993 film.
• Princess Ozma of the Land of Oz, temporarily changed into a boy, later restored to girlhood.
• Hedwig Robinson, "internationally ignored song stylist" and lead role in Hedwig and the Angry Inch
• Nao Tsurumoto, a 15-year-old female from season 6 of the Japanese dorama 3 Nen B Gumi Kinpachi Sensei who despises her female body and knows she is male inside. The season focuses heavily on Nao's trials and peer reactions throughout the 22 episode span. Played by Aya Ueto.
• Kip "Buffy" Wilson, a hetero male who dresses as a woman to live in a budget "women's hotel" in the TV sitcom Bosom Buddies. Portrayed by Tom Hanks.
• Sadako Yamamura, the genetically male psychic villain of the Ring series of novels. Victim of a birth disorder causing "her" to have a vagina and breasts. Her physical appearance was that of a very beautiful young woman. (Note: There is no evidence that the version of Sadako portrayed in the Ringu movie series, and it is even less likely that Samara Morgan of the American remake has the same condition)
• Stephen - female character in The Well of Loneliness, a novel by Radclyffe Hall. Commonly thought of as a lesbian, modern reading of the text identifies Stephen as transgendered rather than a lesbian.
• Angel, an AIDS-infected street performer in the broadway musical Rent.
• Birdo, Nintendo's Super Mario Bros 2 character who, according to the original manual, "...thinks he is a girl...He'd rather be called 'Birdetta.'" Eventually sticking with Birdo, she is currently accepted as female and is rumoured to be dating Yoshi.

Mythological figures

• Alfhild, beautiful maiden in Norse mythology who dressed as a man to avoid marrying King Alf
• Guan Yin, Bodhisattva of Compassion, who has both been depicted as male and female, and, according to the Lotus Sutra, has the ability to change form in order to help people.
• Heracles, was dressed as a woman when enslaved by Omphale
• The Norse god Thor put on the wedding gown and veil of his enemy's bride, married his enemy, and then slew him at the end of the ceremony.
• Tiresias, soothsayer to Oedipus from Greek mythology changed into a woman and back in an unrelated tale
• Pope Joan, who according to legend was a cross-dressing woman elected Catholic Pope (given the name "John VIII"), whose reign was variously attributed to several periods of history. She allegedly died or was murdered in childbirth during a papal procession. There is no evidence for her existence, and the story originates from a much later date than the purported events.

Bisexual Pride - In Good Company

• Josephine Baker - Singer, actress, French resistance member in WWII and very beautiful as well :^)
• Stephen Donaldson (Donny the Punk) - Stop Prisoner Rape activist, punk, one time presidential candidate. Died of AIDS July 1996
• Sappho - Ancient greek poet
• k.d. lang - Singer "... I have always felt inclined towards women. I have felt inclined towards men - not as deeply or sexually as towards women - but I'm definitely attracted to men." (Marie Claire, January 1997)
• Janis Joplin - Singer, songwriter, poet
• Anaïs Nin - Author
• David Bowie - Singer, actor (The Hunger, etc.)
• Angela Bowie
• Claudia Christian - Actress (Ivanova on Babylon 5), singer
• Lou Reed - At one point lived with a transvestite named "Rachel"
• Ani DiFranco - Folk/rock singer and songwriter
• Stephen Fry - Author, comedian, all-round brainiac
• Skin - Singer (Skunk Anansie) in a British band
• Brett Anderson - Lead singer of British group Suede. "I'm a bisexual who's never had a homosexual experience..." ("Bit of a twat, actually...." - T.L in the U.K.)
• Dave Navarro - guitarist for Red Hot Chilli Peppers
• Marlene Dietrich - Actress
• Greta Garbo - Actress
• James Dean - Actor
• Eleanor Roosevelt
• Lawrence Olivier - Actor
• Errol Flynn - Actor
• Danny Kaye - Entertainer
• Frida Kahlo - Artist
• Robert Taylor
• Cary Grant - Actor
• Mick Jagger - Singer
• Madonna - Singer
• Greg Araki - Film maker (Nowhere, The Living End, Totally F***ed Up)
• Maria Maggenti - Film maker (The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls In Love)
• Elaine Holliman - Film maker (Chicks In White Satin)
• Tom Ford - Gucci designer
• Michael Stipe - REM
• Kurt Cobain - Nirvana
• Me'shelle Ndegeochello - Singer / songwriter
• Sophie B. Hawkins - Singer / songwriter
• Michael Feinstein - Pianist / singer
• Patricia Ireland - President of NOW
• Nan Goldin - Photographer
• Anne Heche - Actress
• Alexander the Great
• Saint Augustine - Theologian
• Joan Baez - Singer
• Tallulah Bankhead - Actress
• Djuna Barnes - Novelist
• Leonard Berstein - Conducter
• Paul Bowles - Writer, composer
• Colette - Novelist, actress
• Thomas Mann - Novelist
• Margaret Mead - Anthropologist
• Julius Caesar - Emperor
• Socrates - Philosopher
• James I - King of England
• Shakespeare - Writer
• Marie Antoinette - Wife of Louis XVI
• Julie Ann Park - Singer (Fem 2 Fem)
• Sandra Bernhard - Comedian, entertainer
• Sarah Bernhardt
• Oscar Wilde - Author
• Marlon Brando - Actor
• Laurence Olivier - Actor
• Georgia O'Keefe - Painter
• D. H. Lawrence - Author
• Gertrude "Ma" Rainey - Singer
• Countee Cullen - Poet
• Langston Hughes - Poet
• Wallace Thurman - Writer
• Bessie Smith - Singer
• Pietro Aretino
• John Maynard Keynes
• Baba Ram Dass (Richard Alpert)
• Louis XIII
• Robin Maugham
• W. Somerset Maugham
• Kate Millett
• Francis Bacon
• Harold Nicolson
• Charles Reich
• Catullus
• Vita Sackville-West
• Maria Schneider - Actress
• Philip, Duke of Orleans
• Ted Shawn
• Edward II
• Andre' Gide
• Henry III
• Dorothy Thompson
• Horace
• Paul Verlaine
• Janis Ian
• Gore Vidal
• Oscar Wilde
• Elton John
• Virginia Woolf
• Drew Barrymore - Actress
• Jill Sobule - Singer / songwriter
• Courtney Love - Actress / singer
• Tom Robinson - Activist / musician

List of famous gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered composers of music

A

• Peter Allen ^[4], once married Liza Minnelli, partnered with Gregory Connell from 1973 until his own death in 1992
• Ruth Anderson ^[2]

B

• Samuel Barber ^{[1],[2], [5]}
• Jean Barraqué ^[5], dated Michel Foucault
• Eve Beglarian ^[2]
• Leonard Bernstein ^[1],[4], though married had "indiscretions"
• Chester Biscardi ^[2]
• Chris de Blasio ^[2]
• Marc Blitzstein ^[1],[2],[3]
• Konrad Boehmer ^[5]
• David Bowie, ^[4], came out as bisexual to Playboy in 1975, married Iman in 1992 and said he had been 'a closet heterosexual' in the 70's but that he does not regret it
• Paul Bowles, ^[4],[5], though married to lesbian Jane Auer
• Benjamin Britten ^[1],[4], (Lord Britten of Aldeburgh) partnered with singer Sir Peter Pears from 1936 till his own death in 1976
• Sylvano Bussotti ^[1],[5]
• Madelyn Byrne ^[2]

C

• John Cage ^[1],[2]
• Cazuza ^[4] bisexual
• Aaron Copland ^[1],[2]
• John Corigliano ^[1],[3],[5]
• Arcangelo Corelli ^[1]
• Jayne (formerly Wayne) County
• Noël Coward ^[5]
• Henry Cowell ^[2],[5]
• Conrad Cummings ^[2]

D

• Peter Maxwell Davies ^[1],[3]
• David Del Tredici ^[1],[2],[5]
• David Diamond ^[5],[59],[60],[61]
• Ani DiFranco ^[1],[3], bisexual, she was married to Andrew Gilchrist for five years starting in 1998

F

• Manuel de Falla
• Gareth Farr, New Zealand classical composer who also appears in his alter ego "Lilith" in cabaret performances.
• Wolfgang Fortner ^[5]
• Lori Freedman ^[2]

G

• Karel Goeyvaerts ^[5]
• Eugene Goosens ^[5]
• Charles Tomlinson Griffes ^[1],[5]

H

• Reynaldo Hahn ^[1],[5]
• Lou Harrison ^[1],[2]
• Robert Helps ^[2]
• Hans Werner Henze ^[1]
• William Alden Hibbard ^[2]
• Jennifer Higdon ^[2]
• Lee Hoiby ^[2]
• Jerry Hunt ^[2],[3]

I

• Janis Ian ^[3] http://www.janisian.com/wedannounce.html
• Norman Iceberg ^[1]
• John Ireland ^[5]

K

• Paula Kimper ^[2]

L

• k.d. lang
• John Lennon - bisexual according to Albert Goldman in The Lives of John Lennon (First edition 1988, ISBN 0688047211; 2001 edition: ISBN 1556523998)
• Marilyn Lerner ^[2]
• André Éric Létourneau ^[2]
• Annea Lockwood ^[2]

M

• Robert Maggio ^[2]
• Andy Martin
• Richard Maxfield
• Colin McPhee ^[5]
• Gian Carlo Menotti ^[1]
• Freddie Mercury ^[1]
• George Michael
• Dimitri Mitropoulos ^[5]
• Linda Montano ^[2]
• Angela Morley (formerly Wally Stott)
• Bob Mould

N

• Alwin Nikolais ^[2]

O

• Pauline Oliveros ^[2]

P

• Harry Partch ^[2]
• Thomas Pasatieri ^[5]
• Dominique Phinot, executed in Lyon, France for homosexuality in 1556 ^[6]
• Daniel Pinkham ^[5]
• Cole Porter ^[5]
• Francis Poulenc ^[1],[3],[4] French composer, openly gay from his first serious relationship, that with painter Richard Chanelaire to whom he wrote, "You have changed my life, you are the sunshine of my thirty years, a reason for living and working." He also said, "You know that I am as sincere in my faith, without any messianic screamings, as I am in my Parisian sexuality."

Q

• Roger Quilter ^[5]

R

• Øyvind Rauset, ^[4]
• Tom Robinson
• Ned Rorem ^[1],[2],[4]

S

• Marc Shaiman ^[1], coupled with lyricist/director Scott Wittman since 1979
• Sławek Słarosta, ^[4]
• Dame Ethel Smyth ^[1]
• Jimmy Somerville ^[3],[4]
• Stephen Sondheim ^[1],[5]
• William Thomas Strayhorn ^[1]
• Conrad Susa ^[5]
• Sylvester ^[4]
• Karol Szymanowski ^[1]

T

• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ^[1],[3]
• Virgil Thomson ^[1],[2]
• Nurit Tilles ^[2]
• Sir Michael Tippett ^[1],[4], Of his one time partner painter Wilfred Franks Tippett wrote, "Meeting with Wilf was the deepest, most shattering experience of falling in love; and I am quite certain that it was a major factor underlying the discovery of my own individual musical voice...all that love flowed out in the slow movement of my First String Quartet. He was partnered with Meirion Bowen till his own death in 1998.
• Hordur Torfason, ^[4]

V

• Claude Vivier ([62])

W

• Rufus Wainwright ^[1]
• Ben Weber ^[2],[3],[5]
• Charles Wuorinen ^[5]

Sources

1. Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Culture
2. included on CRI's Gay American Composers Vol. 1 or 2, or Lesbian American Composers
3. Aldrich, Robert and Wotherspoon, Gary (Eds.) (2001). Who's Who in Contemporary Gay & Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day. New York: Routledge. ISBN 041522974X.
4. Larivière, Michel, Homosexuels et bisexuels célèbres: le dictionnaire, preface by Pierre Bergé, drawings by Jean Cocteau - Paris, Delétraz, 1997. - 393 p., ill., 22 cm. - ISBN 2911110196
5. Lesbian and Gay Music by Philip Brett and Elizabeth Wood
6. Roger Jacob: "Dominique Phinot", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (Accessed January 1, 2006), (subscription access)

Reference

• Bredel, Marc, Erik Satie - Paris, Mazarine, 1982 - 232 p. - ISBN 2863740555

External links

• UC Press: The Queer Composition of America's Sound Gay Modernists, American Music, and National Identity by Nadine Hubbs
• The Rest Is Noise: How gay is it? by Alex Ross

List of LGBT Jews

While traditional Jewish views opposed homosexuality (and other sexual orientations and gender identities), more accepting attitudes have accompanied increased secularisation and social awareness (as well as a tendency to leftwing politics). These attitudes have had an effect on all the major denominations: gay rabbis are increasingly common, and same-sex marriages are sanctioned by both the Reform and Reconstructionist denominations (see: Jewish views of homosexuality). The following is a list of some prominent LGBT Jews.

Politicians and activists

• Roberta Achtenberg, HUD assistant secretary
• Sheldon Andelson, University of California Regent
• Miriam Ben-Shalom, US sergeant, founder of AVER
• David Cicilline, Providence mayor (Jewish mother)
• Roy Cohn, McCarthyist lawyer
• Laura Di Nola, founder of first Italian lesbian/gay group in Rome, writer.
• Niek Engelschman, Dutch gay activist
• Arthur Finkelstein, Republican spin doctor
• Deborah Glick, NY State Assembly
• Judy Gold, American comedienne
• Jackie Goldberg, California State Assembly
• Kurt Hiller, German lawyer, activist & writer
• Michal Eden, Tel-Aviv city councillor
• Uzi Even, Israeli MP
• Barney Frank, US congressman
• Magnus Hirschfeld, German, founder of "Scientific-Humanitarian Committee" (WHK).
• Brenda Howard (1946–2005), American bisexual activist and "Mother of Pride"
• Tony Kushner, American playwright, wrote "Angels in America"
• Mark Leno, California State Assembly
• Peter Mandelson, British politician (Jewish father)
• Aldo Mieli, first Italian homosexual activist ever
• Mario Mieli, Italian gay activist and theorician, writer, performer (unconfirmed)
• Carole Migden, California State Assembly
• Harvey Milk, San Francisco city supervisor
• Lillian Wald, US nurse & social worker
• Evan Wolfson, US gay marriage activist

Religious figures

See also: List of LGBT Rabbis

• Dr. Tamar Kamionkowski, Academic Dean, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
• Rabbi Allen Bennett, first openly gay rabbi
• Rabbi Lionel Blue, first openly gay rabbi in the UK; broadcaster
• Rabbi Lisa Edwards, rabbi of Congregation Beth Chayim Chadashim, the world's first LGBT Synagogue
• Rabbi Steven Greenberg, first openly gay Orthodox rabbi
• Rabbi Peter Kessler, first openly gay rabbi to be ordained
• Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, rabbi of Congregation Beth Simchat Torah, the world's largest LGBT Synagogue
• Rabbi Stacy Offner, first openly lesbian rabbi
• Rabbi Sheila Shulman, first openly lesbian rabbi in the UK
• Reuben Zellman, first openly transsexual rabbinical student (not yet ordained)

Academics

• Dennis Altman, politics and sexuality
• Sanford Berman, radical librarian
• Allan Bloom, philosopher
• Judith Butler, queer theorist
• Martin Duberman, historian
• Lillian Faderman, historian
• Estelle Freedman, feminist historian
• H. L. A. Hart, legal philosopher
• Magnus Hirschfeld, sexologist
• Richard Isay, psychoanalyst
• George Mosse, historian
• B. Ruby Rich, cultural theorist & film critic
• Tobias Schneebaum, anthropologist
• Charles Silverstein, psychotherapist & author
• Otto Weininger, philosopher
• Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosopher
• Charlotte Wolff, psychiatrist

Showbusiness

• Chantal Akerman, film director
• Simon Amstell, comedian
• Michael Bennett, choreographer (Jewish mother)
• Sandra Bernhard, comedian
• Sarah Bernhardt, stage actress (Jewish mother)
• Nell Carter, actress (convert)
• Ilene Chaiken, creator of The L Word
• George Cukor, director
• Sergei Eisenstein, director (Jewish father)
• Harvey Fierstein, actor & playwright
• Eytan Fox, film director
• Leonard Frey, actor
• Stephen Fry, actor & comedian (Jewish mother)
• David Geffen, film producer
• Sara Gilbert, actress
• Judy Gold, comedian
• Jason Gould, actor
• Todd Graff, actor & filmmaker
• Nina Hartley, porn actress
• Todd Haynes, film director (Jewish mother)
• Tab Hunter, actor (Jewish father)
• Larry Kert, stage actor
• Lincoln Kirstein, dance impressario
• Matt Lucas, comedian
• Miriam Margolyes, actress
• Inge Meysel, actress (Jewish father)
• Kimberly Peirce, director (half-Jewish)
• Léa Pool, director (Jewish father)
• Irving Rapper, director
• Paul Reubens, actor & comedian
• Jerome Robbins, choreographer
• Steve Rubell, co-founder of Studio 54
• Leontine Sagan, director
• Anat Salomon, film editor
• John Schlesinger, film director
• Adam Shankman, film director, dancer, choreographer
• Antony Sher, stage actor
• Bryan Singer, film director
• Ione Skye, actress
• Annie Sprinkle, performance artist
• Darren Star, tv producer & screenwriter
• Mauritz Stiller, director
• Jason Stuart, actor-comedian
• Robin Tyler, comedian
• Pieter-Dirk Uys, satirist, playwright (Jewish mother)
• Bruce Vilanch, comedy writer
• Jonathan Taylor Weiss, Actor
• Arnie Zane, choreographer

Musicians

• Howard Ashman, musical writer
• Babydaddy, member of Scissor Sisters
• Jean-Pierre Barda, member of Army of Lovers
• Frieda Belinfante, conductor (Jewish father)
• Leonard Bernstein, composer
• Marc Blitzstein, composer
• Aaron Copland, composer
• Dana International, singer
• David Diamond, composer
• Ani DiFranco, singer/songwriter (unconfirmed Jewish mother)
• Alix Dobkin, singer/songwriter
• Brian Epstein, manager of The Beatles
• Frances Faye, jazz singer
• Michael Feinstein, singer, pianist
• William Finn, musical writer
• Sandy Gallin, manager, talent agent, producer
• Ari Gold, singer/songwriter
• Reynaldo Hahn, composer (Jewish father)
• Lorenz Hart, musical writer
• Jerry Herman, musical writer
• Libby Holman, singer, actress
• Vladimir Horowitz, pianist
• Janis Ian, singer/songwriter
• John Kander & Fred Ebb, musical writers
• Wanda Landowska, harpsichordist
• Lynn Lavner, tin pan alley pop pianist
• Marilyn Lerner, jazz pianist
• Ivri Lider, singer
• Frederick Loewe, composer
• Meredith Monk, performance artist
• Jon Moss, member of Culture Club
• Laura Nyro, singer/songwriter (Jewish mother)
• Peaches, electrothrash artist
• Phranc, singer/songwriter
• Lou Reed, singer
• Hilary Rosen, former head of the RIAA
• Rachael Sage, singer/songwriter
• Kate Schellenbach, member of Luscious Jackson
• Lorin Sklamberg & Alicia Svigals, members of The Klezmatics
• Marc Shaiman, musical writer
• Jill Sobule, singer/songwriter
• Stephen Sondheim, musical writer

Writers

• Leroy Aarons, journalist, founder of NLGJA
• Naomi Alderman, novelist
• Jon Robin Baitz, playwright
• Kate Bornstein, author & performance artist
• Jane Bowles, writer
• Harold Brodkey, writer, bisexual
• Bryher, novelist (probably Jewish father)
• Charles Busch, playwright
• Benjamin Cohen, journalist/ entrepreneur
• György Faludy, poet
• Leslie Feinberg, author & activist
• Hubert Fichte, author (Jewish father)
• Edward Field, poet
• Giovanni Forti, Italian journalist, writer and activist. First gay Italian Jew ever to openly marry in a gay synagogue (with Brett Shapiro), and to adopt a child. He died of AIDS.
• Diane Flacks, Playwright
• Helen Fremont, author
• Allen Ginsberg, poet
• Paul Goodman, author & intellectual
• Richard Greenberg, playwright
• Jacob Israël de Haan, poet
• Richard Hall, writer & literary critic
• Marilyn Hacker, poet
• William Hoffman, playwright
• Richard Howard, poet & translator
• Max Jacob, poet
• Chester Kallman, poet & librettist
• Moisés Kaufman, playwright
• Larry Kramer, playwright, co-founder of GMHC
• Tony Kushner, playwright
• Boleslaw Lesmian, poet
• Arthur Laurents, playwright & librettist
• David Leavitt, writer
• Amy Levy, novelist & poet
• Jesse Liberty, writer & programmer, bisexual
• Robin Morgan, feminist writer
• Joan Nestle, writer & archivist
• Leslea Newman, author
• Marge Piercy, author
• Alejandra Pizarnik, poet
• Marcel Proust, novelist (Jewish mother)
• Marc-André Raffalovich, poet
• David Rakoff, writer
• Adrienne Rich, poet
• Maer Roshan, magazine editor
• Paul Rudnick, playwright
• Muriel Rukeyser, poet
• Umberto Saba, poet (Jewish mother)
• Siegfried Sassoon, poet (Jewish father)
• Sarah Schulman, writer & activist
• Martin Sherman, playwright
• Susan Sontag, essayist & novelist
• Stephen Spender, poet & essayist (Jewish mother)
• Gertrude Stein, writer
• Julian Stryjkowski, writer
• Alice B. Toklas, literary figure
• Karen X. Tulchinsky, writer
• Rebecca Walker, feminist writer (Jewish father)

Artists

• Gilbert Adrian, fashion designer
• Ross Bleckner, painter
• Brad Braverman, photographer & video artist
• Claude Cahun, photographer
• Baron Nicolas de Gunzburg, magazine editor, socialite (Jewish father)
• Robert Denning, interior designer
• Laurie Toby Edison, photographer
• Rudi Gernreich, fashion designer
• Gluck, painter
• Frank Israel, architect
• Marc Jacobs, fashion designer
• Frida Kahlo, painter (Jewish father)
• Calvin Klein, fashion designer
• Michael Kors, fashion designer (half Jewish)
• Annie Leibovitz, photographer
• Corrado Levi, architect, gay activist, writer.
• Herbert List, photographer ('part-Jewish')
• Isaac Mizrahi, fashion designer
• Zac Posen, fashion designer
• Benno Premsela, designer & activist
• Herb Ritts, photographer
• Simeon Solomon, painter
• Jorge Zontal, artist, member of General Idea

Sports

• Robert Dover, 6-time Olympic equestrianist
• Dr. Renee Richards, tennis player
• Andrew Goldstein, lacrosse player

Miscellaneous

• Sidney Franklin, matador
• Domino Harvey, model & bounty hunter (Jewish father)
• Leopold and Loeb, murderers
• Starhawk, Pagan & ecofeminist

Related figures

Persons of debated sexual orientation:

• Maya Deren, avant-garde filmmaker
• Andrea Dworkin, feminist writer
• Anna Freud, psychoanalyst
• Emma Goldman, anarchist leader
• Herschel Grynszpan, assassin
• Moss Hart, librettist
• Danny Kaye, actor & comedian
• Calvin Klein, fashion designer
• Ed Koch, New York mayor
• Nancy Lieberman, basketball player
• Allard K. Lowenstein, US congressman
• Alice Schwarzer

Straight contributors to LGBT culture:

• Bella Abzug, congresswoman (gay rights campaigner)
• Jonathan Ames, author (explores blurred boundaries in human sexuality)
• Kate Braverman, author explores sexual identities in two major works.
• Hélène Cixous, feminist philosopher (contributed to queer theory)
• Job Cohen, mayor of Amsterdam (officiated first same-sex weddings)
• Irwin Cotler, Canadian Justice minister (introduced Bill C-38)
• Billy Crystal, actor (played Jodie Dallas in Soap)
• Yael Dayan, Israeli MP (gay rights campaigner)
• Jacques Derrida, philsoopher (contributed to queer theory)
• Michael S. Gottlieb & Joel Weisman, doctors (early identifiers of AIDS)
• Judith Light, actress (gay rights advocate)
• Herbert Marcuse, philosopher (influence on sexual liberation theories)
• Judd Marmor, psychiatrist (successfully campaigned to remove homosexuality from the DSM)
• Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, queer theorist
• George Weinberg, psychologist (coined the word homophobia)

Fictional characters

• Arnold Beckoff, drag queen from Torch Song Trilogy
• Queer Duck Duckstein, duck from Queer Duck
• Harold, birthday celebrant from The Boys in the Band
• Daniel Hirsh, family doctor from Sunday Bloody Sunday
• Melanie Marcus, lawyer from Queer as Folk
• Max, concentration camp prisoner from Bent
• Posner, student from The History Boys
• Thea, bookstore clerk from Dykes to Watch Out For

Nachfrage

War Alan Turing nicht auch Jude? Meine das mal in einer Dukumentation gehört zu haben. Gruß --Nemissimo 酒?!?ʘ 18:10, 14. Dez. 2006 (CET)