GLBT Celebrities

Graham Ackerman
Gymnast
 

Ruthie Alcaide
Real World, Hawaii


Miss J. Alexander
Model/TV Personality/Runway Coach


Chad Allen
Actor


Ted Allen
Queer Eye Guy


John Amaechi
Athlete


Eric Anderson
Athletic Coaching


Mitchell Anderson
Actor


Steve Antin
Actor/Stunt Man
/Screenwriter/Producer/Director


Judith Arndt
German Cyclist


Alexis Arquette
Transgender Actress
/Musician/Drag Performer


Kevin Aviance
Female Impressionist


Don Bachardy
Portrait Artist

(partner, Christopher Isherwood)


Joan Baez
Singer/Songwriter


Rep. Tammy Baldwin
Member of Congress


Alan Ball
Writer / Director


Rich Barke
Swimming


Clive Barker
Author/Film Director


John Barrowman
Singer/Actor


Lance Bass
Singer (NSYNC)


Bryan Batt
Actor


Gary Beach
Actor


Billy Bean
Athlete


Amanda Bearse
Actor


Chris Beckman
Real World, Chicago


Andy Bell
Singer


Trevor Bentham
Stage Manager/Screenwriter

(partner, Sir Nigel Hawthorne)


Chris Bergland
Triathlon


Nate Berkus
Designer


Sandra Bernhard
Actor


Thom Bierdz
Actor


Geert Blanchart
Olympic Speed Skating


Chastity Bono
Gay Rights Activist


Kate Bornstein
Author


Keith Boykin
President Clinton's Liaison


Alex Briley
Singer
(The Village People, Sailor)


Bill Brochtrup
Actor


David Brock
Author


Nat Brown
Cross Country Skiing


Richard Buckley
Fashion Journalist
(partner, Tom Ford)


Jim J. Bullock
Actor


Glenn Burke
Baseball


Glenn Burns
Tennis


David Burtka
Broadway Actor


Charles Busch
Actor


Dan Butler
Actor


Simon Callow
Actor


Mario Cantone
Actor/Comedian


Steven Capsuto


Ryan Carrillo
Inline Skating


Richard Chamberlain
Actor


RuPaul Andre Charles
Singer/Drag Queen Superstar


Tracy Chapman
Singer/Songwriter


Mark Chatfield
Olympic Swimming


Christian Chavez
Actor/Singer


Mary Cheney
Daughter of VP Dick Cheney


Marc Cherry
TV Writer


Margaret Cho
Comedian/Fashion Designer/Actress


Kate Clinton
Comedian


Steven Cojocaru
Fashion Critic


Bill Condon
Director/Screenwriter

(partner, Jack Morrisey)


Greg Congdon
Football


Robert Costello
Equestrian


Anderson Cooper
Broadcast Journalist/Author


Scott Cranham
Diving


Toller Cranston
Figure Skating


Mike Crosby
Water Polo


Wilson Cruz
Actor


Alan Cumming
Actor


John Curry
Figure Skating


Dame Edna Humphries
(aka, Barry Humphries)
Fictitious Character


John Damien
Horse Racing


Charlie David
Actor


Jaye Davidson
Oscar-Nominated Actor


Justin Deabler
Real World, Hawaii


Deadlee
Rapper


Frank DeCaro
Humor Columnist/TV Personality


deMarco DeCiccio
Singer (Jason & deMarco)


Ellen DeGeneres
Actor/Comedian


Portia de Rossi
Actor


Chris Dickerson
Bodybuilding


Guillermo Diaz
Actor


Ani Di Franco
Singer/Songwriter


Kyan Douglas
Queer Eye Guy


Robert Dover
Equestrian


Imke Duplitzer
Fencing


Roland Emmerich
Film Director


Andre Espaillat
Motorcycle Racing


Raul Esparza
Actor


Melissa Etheridge
Singer/Gay Rights Activist


Rupert Everett
Actor


Justin Fashanu
English Professional Soccer


Mark Feehily
Singer
(partner, Kevin McDaid)


Michael Feinstein
Singer/Pianist


Aneesa Ferreira
Real World Chicago


Harvey Fierstein
Writer/Actor/Singer


Thom  Filicia
Queer Eye Guy


Siegfried Fischbacher
Entertainer


Fannie Flagg
Author/TV Personality


Tom Ford
Fashion Designer
(partner, Richard Buckley)


Jodie Foster
Actor/Director/Producer


Samantha Fox
Model/Singer


Rep. Barney Frank
Member of Congress, D-Mass


David Furnish
(partner, Sir Elton John)


Stephen Fry
Author/Humorist


Rudy Galindo
Figure Skater


Robert Gant
Actor


Stephen Gately
Singer


Ramona Gatto
Kickboxing


Jean Paul Gaultier
Fashion Designer


David Geffen
Film/Music/Theatrical Producer


Malcom Gets
Actor


Sara Gilbert

Actor


Candace Gingrich
LGBT Rights Activist @ HRC


Gideon Glick
Actor


Billy Glover
Cross-Country Running


John Glover
Actor


Judy Gold
Comedian/Writer


Andrew Goldstein
Lacrosse


Jordan Goldwarg
Cross-Country Skiing


Jason Gould
Actor/Director/Writer/Producer


Leslie Gore
Singer/Songwriter


Jim Graham
Equestrian


Robin Greenspan


John Greyson
Filmmaker/Video Artist/Writer/Activist


Gina Guidi
Boxing


Rob Halford
Singer/Songwriter


Matthew Hall
Figure Skating


Matthew Hall
Australian Rules Football, Amateur


Scott Hall
Comedian/Actor


Dean Hamer
Geneticist


Gail Hand


Mark Harris
Journalist
(partner, Tony Kushner)


Neil Patrick Harris
Actor


Randy Harrison
Actor


Richard Hatch
1st Survivor Winner


 Bruce Hayes
Swimming


Darren Hayes
Singer
(partner, Richard Cullen)


R.J. Helton
American Idol Contestant


Carl Hester
Equestrian


Edward Hibbert
Actor


Perez Hilton
aka, Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr.
Celebrity Gossip


David Hodo
Singer (The Village People, Const. Worker)


Tyler Hoffman
Professional Baseball Umpire


Andrew Holder
Swimming


Drew Holland
Rowing


Roy Horn
Entertainer


Ryan Hunka
Figure Skating


Tab Hunter
Actor/Writer/Singer
 


Janis Ian
Songwriter


Jon Ingle
(aka, Lady Bunny)
Drag Performer


Billy Innes
Stock Car Racing


James Ivory
Director
(partner, Ismail Merchant)


Cheyenne Jackson
Actor


Patrick Jeffrey
Diving


Sir Elton John
Singer/Songwriter
(partner, David Furnish)


Corey Johnson
Football


Holly Johnson
Artist/Writer/Musician


Charles Jones
Boxing


Cherry Jones
Film/State Actor


Randy Jones
Singer
(The Village People, Cowboy)


Leslie Jordan
Actor


General Keith Kerr
United States Army


Johan Kenkhuis
Swimming


Udo Kier
Actor


Billie Jean King
Tennis


Tommy Kirk
Actor


Parinya Kiatbusaba
Kickboxing


Andrew Kinlochan
Singer


Steve Kmetko
Reporter/TV Host
(partner, Greg Louganis)


T.R. Knight
Actor


Jeffrey Kofman
ABC News Correspondent


Rep. Jim Kolbe
Member of Congress
R-Arizona


Dave Kopay
Athlete (NFL)


Norman Korpi
Real World New York 1


Alex Kostich
Swimming


Dave Koz
Jazz Saxophonist


Larry Kramer
Author/Playwright


Carson Kressley
Queer Eye Guy


Tony Kushner
Playwright
(partner, Mark Harris)


Nathan Lane
Actor


K.D. Lang
Singer


Yves Saint Laurent
Fashion Designer


Mark Leduc
Boxing


Reichen Lehmkuhl
Amazing Race 4 Winner


Little Richard
Singer/Songwriter/Pianist


Dave Lohse
College Athletics Administrator


Greg Louganis
Athlete
(partner, Steve Kmetko)


Christopher Lowell
Interior Decorator


Barry Manilow
Singer/Songwriter/Musician/
Arranger/Producer/Conductor


Joe Mantello
Tony Award-Winning Actor/Director


Jay Manuel
Make-up Artist/Fashion Photographer/Model


Eric Marcus
Writer


Brian Marshall
Track and Field


Rob Marshall
Theatre & Film Director/Choreographer


April Martin


Conchita Martinez
Tennis


Johnny Mathis
Singer


Doug Mattis
Figure skating


Armistead Maupin
Author
(partner, Chris Turner)


Ameile Mauresmo
Tennis


Kevin McDaid
Singer
(partner, Mark Feehily)


Jonny McGovern
Comedian/Musician/Podcaster


James McGreevey
52nd Governor of New Jersey
(parnter, Mark O'Donnell)


Sir Ian McKellen
Actor


Kristy McNichol
Former Actor


Billy Mearsty


Ismail Merchant
Film Producer
(partner, James Ivory)


George Michael
Singer


Tammy Lynn Michaels
Actor


Eric Millegan
Actor


Jacob Miller
Singer (Nemesis)


Joshua Miller
Singer (Nemesis)


Ryan Miller
Snowboarding


John Cameron Mitchell
Director/Writer/Performer


Isaac Mizrahi
Fashion Designer/TV Personality


Dave Moffatt
Actor


Chris Morgan
Power lifting


Jack Morrisey
(partner, Bill Condon)


Genesis Moss
Real World Boston


Mike Muska
College Athletic Director


Michael Musto
Writer


Martina Navratilova
Athlete/Gay Rights Activist

 


Jack Nelson

Cross-Country Skiing


Rob Newton
Track and Field


Cynthia Nixon
Actress


Graham Norton
TV Presenter


Sinead O'Connor


Rosie O'Donnell
Comedian/TV Host


George O'Dowd
(aka, Boy George)
Singer


Dennis O'Hare
Actor


Peter Orlovsky
Poet

(partner, Allen Ginsberg)


Suze Orman
Financial Advisor/Writer/Author


Brian Orser
Figure Skating


Larry David Paciotti
(aka, Chi Chi Larue)
Drag Queen/Director


Peter Paige
Actor


Dave Pallone
Athlete
Major League Baseball


Charles Panati


Bob Paris
Bodybuilding


Alex Parks
Singer/Songwriter


Pat Patterson
Professional Wrestling


Jon Pauole
Swimming, Triathlon


Charles Perez
news reporter and anchor


Phranc
(born Susan Gottlieb)
Singer/Songwriter


David Pichler
Diving


David Hyde Pierce
Actor


Danny Pintauro
Actor


Peter Prijdekker
Swimming


Ryan Quinn
Skiing


Anthony Rapp
Actor


Amy Ray
Singer (Indigo Girls)


Dan Renzi
Real World Miami


Marcellas Reynolds
Big Brother 3 Cast Member


Christopher Rice
Author


General Virgil Richard
Retired Army General


Danny Roberts
Real World New Orleans


Ian Roberts
Rugby


Craig Rogerson
Diving


Filipe Rose
Singer
(The Village People, Indian)


Danny Roberts
Real World New Orleans


Jai Rodriguez
Queer Eye Guy


Emily Saliers
Singer (Indigo Girls)


Eddie Sarfaty


Dan Savage
Writer


Francesco Scavullo
Fashion Photographer


Fred Schneider
Singer (B-52s)


Sarah Schulman
Novelist/Historian/Playwright


Gunther Seidel
Equestrian


Dirk Shafer
Model/Actor/Screenwriter/Director


Marc Shaiman
Composer
(partner, Scott Whitman)


Jake Shears
Singer


Jeremy Sheffield
Dancer/Actor


Pete Shelley
Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist


Michelangelo Signorile
Writer/Radio Talk Host


Richard Simmons
Fitness Personality


Roy Simmons
Football


Jimmy Sjodin
Diving


Dwight Slater
Football


David Slattery
Football


Bob Smith


Jerry Smith
Football


Liz Smith
Gossip Columnist


Jill Sobule
Singer/Songwriter


Douglas Spearman
Actor


Muffin Spencer-Davlin
Golf


Stephen Spinella
Actor


Annie Sprinkle
Former Prostitue/Striper/Porn Star/TV Host/Magazine Editor/Writer/Film Producer


Admiral Alan Steinman


Jim Stephens
Volleyball Coach


Ryan Stevens
Figure Skating

 


Michael  Stipe
Singer/Songwriter/Producer


Jason Stuart
Actor


Sheryl Swoopes
Professional Basketball Player


Sylvester
Musician/Drag Performer


Blyth Tait
Horseman


John Tartaglia
Singer/Actor/Dancer/Puppeteer


Rip Taylor
TV Personality


Mark Tewksbury
Swimming


George Takei
Actor


John Tartaglia
Actor


Rip Taylor
Comedian


Karen  Thompson &
Sharon Kowalski


Scott Thompson
Comedian


Bill Tilden
Tennis


Lily Tomlin
Actor/Comedian


Brandon Triche
Gymnastics


Esra Tuaolo
Athlete (NFL)


Tommy Tune
Singer/Dancer/Choreographer


Chris Turner
(partner, Armistead Maupin)


Edward Van Campen
Figure skating


Gus Van Sant
Film Director


Dan Veatch
Swimming


Robert Verdi
TV Personality/Style Expert


Jim Verraros
American Idol Contestant


Gore Vidal
Novelist/Essayist/Playwright


Bruce Vilanch
Comedian/Writer


Tom Waddell
Olympic Decathlete


Rufus Wainwright
Singer


Jason Warner
Singer (Jason & DeMarco)


Patricia Nell Warren
Author


John Waters
Film Director


Mark Weigle
Singer/Songwriter


Mark Welsh
Triathlon


Suzanne Westenhoefer
Comedian


Jack Wetherall
Actor (QAF)


Scott Whitman
Theatre & Concert Work/Musician
(partner, Marc Shaiman)


Will Wikle
Big Brother 5 Cast Member


Karen Williams


Robbie Williams
Singer/Songwriter


Pete Williams
NBC News Correspondent


Shane Windmeyer


B.D. Wong
Film/TV Actor
 


Chris Woods


Will Young
Singer/Actor


 Josh Zuckerman
Musician


Deceased GLBT Celebrities

Alvin Ailey Jr.
Dancer
(01/05/1931 - 12/01/1989)

Peter Allen
Singer / Songwriter
(02/10/1944 - 06/18/1992)


Michael Bennett
(born, Michael DiFiglia)
Musical Theatre Director
(04/08/1943 - 07/02/1987)


Glenn Burke
Athlete, Baseball
(11/16/1952 - 05/30/1995)


Raymond Burr
Actor
(05/21/1917 - 09/12/1993)


William S. Burroughs
Author
(02/05/1914 - 08/02/1997)


Truman Capote
Writer
(09/22/1924 - 08/25/1984)


Willa Cather
Author
(12/07/1873 - 04/24/1947)

(partner, Edith Lewis)


Graham Chapman
Actor / Speaker
(01/08/1941 - 10/04/1989)

(partner, David Sherlock)


Ian Charleson
Actor
(08/11/1949 - 01/06/1990)


Montgomery Clift
Actor
(10/17/1920 - 07/23/1966)


Roy Cohn
Attorney
(02/20/1927 - 08/02/1986)


Aaron Copland
Composer
(11/14/1900 - 12/02/1990)


Sir Noel Coward
Playwright &  Composer
(12/16/1899 - 03/26/0973)


Quentin Crisp
Author
(12/25/1908 - 11/21/1999)


George Cukor
Film Director
(07/07/1899 - 01/24/1983


John Curry
Figure Skater
(09/09/1949 - 04/15/1994)


Charlotte Sanders Cushman
Actress
(07/23/1816 - 02/18/1876)


Edith Lewis
(partner, Willa Cather)


Richard Deacon
Actor
(05/14/1921 - 08/08/1984)


Mercedes de Acosta
Poet/Playwright
(03/01/1893 - 05/09/1968)

(partner, Isadora Duncan)


James Dean
Actor
(02/08/1931 - 09/30/1955
)


David Diamond
Composer
(07/09/1915 - 06/13/2005)


Divine
(aka, Glen Milstead)

Actor/Singer
(10/19/1945 - 03/07/1988)


Lord Alfred Douglas
Poet
(10/22/1870 - 03/20/1945)

(partner, Oscar Wilde)


Isadora Duncan
Dancer
(05/26/1877 - 09/14/1927)

(parnter, Mercedes de Acosta)


Ruth Ellis
Activist/Oldest Lesbian, 101yo
(07/23/1899 - 10/05/2000)

(partner, Ceciline "Babe" Franklin)


Brian Epstein
Beatles Manager
(09/19/1934 - 08/27/1967)


Kenny Everett
Radio & TV Personality
(12/25/1944 - 04/04/1995)


E.M. Forster
Writer
(01/01/1879 - 06/07/1970)


Pim Fortuyn
Politician
(02/19/1948 - 05/06/2002)


Will Geer
Actor
(03/09/1902 - 04/22/1978)

(partner, Harry Hay)


Sir John Gielgud
Actor
(04/14/1904 - 05/21/2000)


Allen Ginsburg
Poet
(06/03/1926 - 04/05/1997)

(partner, Peter Orlovsky)


George Grizzard
Stage & Film Actor
(04/01/1928 - 10/02/2007)


William Haines
Actor/Interior Designer

(01/02/1900 - 12/26/1973)

(partner, Jimmie Shields)


Halston
(aka, Roy Halston Frowick)
Clothing Designer
(04/23/1932 - 03/26/1990)


Lorenz Hart
Songwriter/Lyricist
(05/02/1895 - 11/22/1943)


Hurd Hatfield
Actor
(12/07/1917 - 12/26/1998)


Nigel Hawthorne
Actor
(04/05/1929 - 12/26/2001)

(partner, Trevor Bentham)


Frankie Howerd
Comedian/Actor
(03/06/1917 - 04/19/1992)


Rock Hudson
born, Roy Harold Scherer, Jr.
Actor
(11/17/1925 - 10/02/1985)


Langston Hughes
Poet/Playwright/Novelist
(02/01/1902 - 05/22/1967)


William Inge
Playwright/Screenwriter/Novelist
(05/03/1913 - 06/10/1973)



Christopher Isherwood
Novelist
(08/26/1904 - 01/04/1986)

(partner, Don Bachardy)

Michael Jeter
Actor
(08/26/1952 - 03/30/2003)

(partner, Sean Blue)


Rep. Barbara Jordan
TEXAS - Member of Congress

(02/21/1936 - 01/17/1996)
(partner, Nancy Earl)


Father Mychal Judge
FDNY Chaplain
(05/11/1933 - 09/11/2001)


Nancy Kulp
Actor
(08/28/1921 - 02/03/1991)


Charles Laughton
Actor
(07/01/1899 - 12/15/1962)


Liberace
Entertainer
(11/04/1946 - 03/09/1989)


Paul Lynde
Comedian/Actor
(06/13/1926 - 01/10/1982)


Robert Mapplethorpe
Photographer
(11/04/1946 - 03/09/1989)


Kerwin Matthews
Film & TV Actor
(01/08/1926 - 07/05/2007)

(partner, Tom Nicholl)


Freddie Mercury
Singer
(09/05/1946 - 11/24/1991)

(partner, Jim Hutton)


Harvey Milk
Gay Rights Activist/City Supervisor
(05/22/1930 - 11/27/1978)


Merle Miller
Author
(05/17/1919 - 06/10/1986)


Sal Mineo
Actor
(01/10/1939 - 02/02/1976)

 


Rudolf Nureyev
Dancer
(03/17/1938 - 01/06/1993)


Anthony Perkins
Actor
(04/04/1932 - 09/12/1992)


Robert Preston


Cole Porter
Composer
(06/09/1891 - 10/15/1964)


Marcel Proust
Writer/Social Critic
(07/10/1871 - 11/18/1922)


Robert Reed
Actor
(10/19/1932 - 05/12/1992)


Charles Nelson Reilly
Actor/Comedian
(01/13/1931 - 05/25/2007)


Herb Ritts
Photographer
(08/13/1952 - 12/26/2002)

(partner, Erik Hyman)


Jerome Robbins
Choreographer/Dancer
(10/11/1918 - 07/29/1998)


Cesar Romero
Actor
(02/15/1907 - 01/01/1994)


Dick Sargent
Actor
(04/19/1930 - 07/08/1994)


John Schlesinger
Film Director
(02/16/1926 - 07/25/2003)

(partner, Michael Childers)


Clay Shaw
Businessman
(03/17/1913 - 08/14/1974)


Matthew Shepard
Student - Univ. of Wyoming
(12/01/1976 - 10/12/1998)


Randy Shilts
Journalist/Author
(08/08/1951 - 02/17/1994)


David Sherlock
Writer
(partner, Graham Chapman)


Dusty Springfield
Singer
(04/16/1939 - 03/02/1999)


Gertrude Stein
Writer
(02/03/1874 - 07/27/1946)

(partner, Alice B. Toklas)


Alibe B. Toklas
(04/30/1877 - 03/07/1967)

(partner, Gertrude Stein)


Thornton Wilder
Playwright/Novelist
(04/17/1897 - 12/07/1975)


Tenessee Williams
Playwright
(03/26/1911 - 02/25/1983)


Paul Winfield
Actor
(05/22/1939 - 03/07/2004)

(partner, Charles Gillan Jr.)


Virginia Woolf
Author
(01/25/1882 - 03/28/1941)


Pedro Zamora
Real World - San Francisco
(02/29/1972 - 11/11/1994)

(partner, Sean Sasser)


Gianni Versace
Clothing Designer
(12/02/1946 - 07/15/1997)


Andy Warhol
Artist/Avant Garde/Filmmaker
(08/06/1928 - 02/22/1987)


James West
Politician
(03/28/1951 - 07/22/2006)


James Whale
Film Director
(07/22/1889 - 05/29/1957)


Walt Whitman
Poet
(05/31/1819 - 03/26/1892)

(partner, Peter Doyle)


Oscar Wilde
Playwright/Novelist/Poet
(10/16/1854 - 11/30/1900)

(partner, Lord Alfred Douglas)