Biographies of Notable Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Individuals

Alvin Ailey, dancer and choreographer

• Berenice Abbott, photographer
• Sam Adams, political figure
• Jane Addams, activist
• Alvin Ailey, dancer and choreographer
• Clay Aiken, singer
• Edward Albee, playwright
• Joseph Alsop, journalist
• Gregg Araki, filmmaker
• Francis Bacon, painter
• Josephine Baker, singer and dancer
• James Baldwin, writer
• Tammy Baldwin, U.S. Senator
• Alan Ball, screenwriter
• Lance Bass, singer
• Meredith Baxter, actor
• James Beard, chef
• Ruth Benedict, anthropologist
• Nate Berkus, interior designer
• Sandra Bernhard, actress and comedian
• Leonard Bernstein, composer, conductor, and pianist
• Chaz Bono, activist
• Rita Mae Brown, writer and social activist
• Edward Carpenter, poet
• Willa Cather, writer
• Marc Cherry, writer, producer
• Lisa Cholodenko, filmmaker
• David Cicilline, politician
• Jason Collins, basketball player
• Anderson Cooper, journalist
• Aaron Copland, composer
• Quentin Crisp, writer and actor
• Michael Cunningham, writer
• Ellen DeGeneres, actress and comedian
• Melissa Etheridge, musician
• Tom Ford, fashion designer, film director
• E. M. Forster, novelist
• Jodie Foster, actress and filmmaker
• Barney Frank, politician
• Stephen Fry, actor and writer
• Lady Gaga (Name at birth: Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta), singer and songwriter
• David Geffen, music producer
• Allen Ginsberg, poet
• Barbara Gittings, activist
• Tim Gunn, television personality
• Harry Hay, activist
• Neil Patrick Harris, actor
• Perez Hilton, Internet celebrity
• Rock Hudson, actor

• Marc Jacobs, fashion designer
• Elton John, singer, songwriter, and producer
• T. R. Knight, actor
• Tony Kushner, playwright
• Adam Lambert, singer
• Annie Leibovitz, photographer
• Liberace, pianist and performer
• Audra Lorde, poet
• Amy Lowell, poet
• Jane Lynch, actress
• Rachel Maddow, political commentator
• Ricky Martin, singer
• James McGreevey
• Ian McKellen, actor
• Freddie Mercury, musician
• Harvey Milk, political figure, activist
• Kate Millett, writer, activist
• Bob Mould, musician

• Martina Navratilova, tennis player
• Cynthia Nixon, actress
• Rudolf Nureyev, ballet dancer
• Rosie O'Donnell, actress, television personality
• Suze Orman, financial adviser, television personality
• Jared Polis, Congressman
• Amy Ray, singer
• Portia de Rossi, actress
• Adrienne Rich, poet
• Bayard Rustin, activist
• Vita Sackville-West, writer
• Emily Saliers, singer
• Patty Schemel, musician
• Maurice Sendak, children's book author
• Christian Siriano, designer
• Susan Sontag, feminist, writer
• Gertrude Stein, writer
• Michael Stipe, musician
• Gerry Studds, Congressman
• Sheryl Swoopes, basketball player
• Wanda Sykes, comedian and actress
• John Addington Symonds, writer and critic

• Bill Tilden
• Andy Warhol, artist
• Jann Wenner, publisher
• Walt Whitman, poet
• Oscar Wilde, writer
• Tennessee Williams, dramatist
• Virginia Woolf, writer
• Mary Wollstonecraft, writer and feminist

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