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From: Lori L Hartman <[e-mail]>
Subject: FAMOUS GAYS from GAYNET (fwd)
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From [e-mail] Sat Nov 14 10:35:49 1992
From: Lori L Hartman <[e-mail]>
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Subject: FAMOUS GAYS from GAYNET
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> From: Mark Hertzog <[e-mail]>
> Date: Mon, 12 Oct 92 00:10:27 EDT
> Subject: THE LIST OF LIVING, FAMOUS "OUT" PEOPLE: HERE IT IS!
>
> Howdy!
>      Here, at last, is the list of names of living, famous or notable "out"
> people, in alphabetical order.  Any additions or corrections are welcome.
> Please give special thanks to Ellen Greenblatt in Buffalo, who sent the most
> recent edition of "Famous or Distinguished Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals: A List
> of Names," which she helped prepare for the Gay & Lesbian Task Force of the
> American Library Association.  (Ellen, BTW, I've mislaid your e-mail address;
> please post it to me so I can post you your individual copy!)  I also thank
> the rest of y'all for the nearly 100 direct or indirect posts I received on
> this subject.
>      As you can imagine, we could not fit everyone on the list into the
> display.  We featured four pictures--Barney Frank, Urvbashi Vaid, Tracy
> Thorne and Audre Lorde--and a slew of names.  It got very good comments.
>      ONE IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: I am relying on second-hand information.  I
> use only that which I judge to be reliable and have made reasonable efforts
> to verify those names included, but it is possible that I inadvertantly may
> have identified someone as les/bi/gay who is not.  I apologize in advance if
> this was done, and will retract any such name if it belongs to a
> heterosexual.
>      Have fun with this!
>
> Mark in Virginia
>
>
>                         THEY CAME OUT--YOU CAN, TOO!
>       A list of some living, famous people who have publicly acknowledged
>                   that they are lesbian, gay or bisexual
>                             (as of October 1992)
>
> Roberta Achtenberg, San Francisco city supervisor
> Edward Albee, playwright (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)
> Pedro Almodovar, filmmaker (Tie Me Up!, Tie Me Down!; Women on the Verge of a
>   Nervous Breakdown)
> Tom Ammiano, schoolteacher, comedian, San Francisco School Board member (and
>   first-place vote-getter)
> Emily Anderson, photographer
> Virginia Apuzzo, adviser to Governor Mario Cuomo; former head of the National
>   Gay and Lesbian Task Force
> Greg Araki, filmmaker (The Living End)
> John Ash, poet and literary critic
> John Ashbery, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
> Don Bachardy, artist; life partner of the late novelist Christopher Isherwood
> Guido Bachmann, writer
> Joan Baez, singer (basically straight, but has written and spoken about a
>   onetime lesbian affair)
> Ann Bancroft, explorer and teacher (*not* the actress Anne)
> Paul Bartel, filmmaker
> John Bartlett, fashion designer
> Robert Bauman, conservative gay activist; former Republican Congressman from
>   Maryland
> Pia Beck, singer and pianist
> Andy Bell, lead singer of Erasure
> Miriam Ben-Shalom, sued military for reinstatement after expulsion for being
>   lesbian
> Eric Bentley, critic, theatre director and translator
> Sandra Bernhard, comedian
> George Birisima, actor and playwright
> Mr. Blackwell, fashion designer; creator of annual "Ten Worst Dressed" list
> Marie-Claire Blais, French-language novelist
> Nayland Blake, artist
> Robin Blaser, writer
> Dirk Bogarde, actor
> Chastity Bono, daughter of Sonny Bono and Cher
> John Boswell, historian
> Angela Bowie, poet and performance artist; ex-wife of David Bowie
> David Bowie, rock star and actor (*but* now claims he was just experimenting
>   with gay sex)
> Paul Bowles, writer
> Boy George, pop star (formerly of Culture Club)
> Rev. Malcolm Boyd, Episcopal priest and writer
> Joe Brainard, poet and artist
> Marlon Brando, actor (predominately straight, but has written openly of his
>   gay experiences)
> Robert Bray, spokesman for National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
> Harry Britt, former President of the San Francisco City Board of Supervisors
> Nicole Brossard, novelist
> James Broughton, poet, filkmaker and playwright
> Olga Broumas, poet
> Rita Mae Brown, novelist and Charlottesville resident (Rubyfruit Jungle;
>   Bingo; etc.)
> John Brunner, writer
> Glenn Burke, ex-Major League baseball player
> William S. Burroughs, novelist
> Scott Burson, artist
> Charles Busch, writer, director and actor
> Aldo Busi, Italian novelist
> Dick Button, Olympic athlete
> Paul Cadmus, artist
> John Cage, classical composer
> Jerome Caja, artist
> Pat Califia, advice columnist
> Michael Callen, singer, member of The Flirtations
> Simon Callow, actor
> Jack Campbell, millionaire Florida businessman and activist
> Renaud Camus, French novelist
> Craig Carver, artist
> Richard Chamberlain, actor
> Carl "Spitz" Channell, fundraiser for the Nicaraguan contras
> Margaret Cho, comedian
> Meg Christian, singer
> Christopher Ciccone, artist and set designer; brother of Madonna
> Craig Claiborne, food writer
> Kate Clinton, comedian
> Arch Connelly, artist
> Janet Cooling, artist
> John Corigliano, classical composer
> Alfred Corn, poet
> Tee A. Corrine, artist
> Midge Costanza, White House aide to President Carter
> Quentin Crisp, writer and humorist (The Naked Civil Servant)
> Louie Crew, professor, founder of Integrity (lesbigay Episcopal group)
> Mort Crowley, playwright (The Boys In The Band)
> Joe Dallesandro, actor in Andy Warhol films
> Mary Daly, feminist writer
> Gasparino Damata, Brazilian writer
> Betsy Damon, artist
> Juan Davila, writer
> Craig Dean and Patrick Gill, male couple suing D.C. government for a marriage
>   license
> Donna Deitch, filmmaker (Desert Hearts)
> Samuel R. Delany, African-American science-fiction writer
> John D'Emilio, historian
> Patrick Dennis, novelist
> The members of Depeche Mode
> David Diamond, classical composer
> Rev. Johannes Willem DiMaria-Kuiper, minister
> Thomas M. Disch, poet and science-fiction writer
> Alix Dobkin, folksinger
> Jerry Dreva ("Jerri Bonbon"), writer
> Tom Duane, New York City Council member
> Martin Duberman, historian and writer (Cures)
> Robert Edward Duncan, poet
> Andrea Dworkin, feminist writer and anti-pornography activist
> Sally Edwards, athlete and businesswoman
> Kenward Elmslie, writer and librettist
> Evelien Eshius, member of Dutch parliament
> Rupert Everett, actor (Another Country; A Room with a View)
> Perry Farrell, lead singer of Jane's Addiction
> Justin Farshanau, British pro soccer star
> David F. Feinberg, novelist (Eighty-Sixed; Spontaneous Combustion)
> Dominique Fernandez, French novelist
> Ferron, folksinger
> Edward Field, poet
> Harvey Fierstein, actor, playwright and female impersonator (Torch Song
>   Trilogy)
> William Finn, Tony-winning Broadway actor (Falsettos)
> Gary Floyd, leader of Sister Double Happiness
> Barney Frank, U.S. Congressman (Democrat from Massachusetts)
> Jedd Garet, artist
> Sally Gearhart, professor, writer and activist
> David Geffen, billionaire record and film magnate
> Dante Germino, professor and political theorist
> Gordon Getty, classical composer
> Sir John Gielgud, award-winning actor
> Ronnie Gilbert, folksinger, member of The Weavers
> Gilbert and George, visual artists
> Allen Ginsberg, poet
> Peggy Glanville-Hicks, classical composer
> Deborah Glick, New York state legislator
> John Glines, Broadway producer
> Rev. John Gomes, chaplain of Harvard University
> Jewelle Gomez, writer
> Juan Goytisolo, Spanish novelist
> Annemarie Grewel, Dutch politician and scholar
> Barbara Grier, writer and publisher
> Doris Grumbach, writer and critic
> Daniel Guerin, French journalist
> Thom Gunn, poet
> Allan Gurganus, novelist (Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All)
> Marilyn Hacker, poet
> Andrew Halloran, novelist
> Christopher Hampton, playwright
> Michael Hardwicke, challenged Georgia's sodomy law; the U.S. Supreme Court,
>   on a 5-4 vote, upheld the law in 1986
> Joy Harjo, Native American poet (recently visited U.Va.)
> Sherry Harris, Seattle City Council member; first African-American lesbian
>   elected official in U.S.
> Lou Harrison, classical composer
> Bob Hattoy, adviser to Bill Clinton; spoke at Democratic convention
> Harry Hay, founder of the modern gay-rights movement
> Bruce Hayes, Olympic gold medallist in swimming
> Essex Hemphill, African-American poet
> Joseph Herzenberg, mayor pro-tem of Chapel Hill, N.C.
> Jon Hinson, gay-rights activist; former Republican Congressman from
>   Mississippi
> David Hockney, painter
> William S. Hoffman, playwright (As Is)
> Jeff Horton, member of Los Angeles School Board
> Richard Howard, poet, translator and editor
> Tom Hulce, Oscar-nominated actor (Mozart in "Amadeus")
> David Hutter, painter
> Kate Hutton, seismologist
> Janis Ian, singer
> Robert Indiana, artist
> Patricia Ireland, president of the National Organization for Women (NOW)
> Bob and Rod Jackson-Paris, pro models/bodybuilders
> Marc Jacobs, fashion designer
> Derek Jarman, filmmaker (Edward II)
> Elton John, pop star
> Jasper Johns, artist
> Holly Johnson, lead singer of Frankie Goes to Hollywood
> Phillip Johnson, architect
> Sonia Johnson, feminist, minor-party presidential candidate
> Bill T. Jones, African-American dancer
> Cleve Jones, initiator of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, now running for San
>   Francisco city supervisor
> Frank Kameny, longtime activist; first openly gay person to run for Congress
>   (1971)
> Arnie Kantrowitz, writer, teacher and activist
> Jonathan Ned Katz, historian
> Dennis Kelly, poet
> Maurice Kenny, poet
> Billie Jean King, pro tennis champion
> David Kopay, retired NFL player (incl. the Washington Redskins)
> Larry Kramer, playwright (The Normal Heart), activist, founder of ACT-UP and
>   Gay Men's Health Crisis
> Friedrich Krohnke, German writer
> Hanif Kureishi, novelist and screenwriter (My Beautiful Laundrette; Sammy and
>   Rosie Get Laid)
> Lili Lakich, artist
> k. d. lang, country singing star
> Lynn Lavner, comedian
> David Leavitt, writer (The Lost Language of Cranes)
> Fran Lebowitz, writer and satirist
> Ursula LeGuin, novelist
> Sergei Lemeshev, Russian opera singer
> Raymond Leppard, classical composer
> Simon LeVay, medical researcher; found physiological differences between
>   brains of gay and straight men
> Denise Levertov, poet
> Jeffrey Levi, former head, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
> Marvin Liebman, conservative activist, top aide to William F. Buckley
> Little Richard, rock singer (*but* claims a Christian conversion expelled his
>   homosexuality)
> Jenny Livingston, filmmaker (Paris Is Burning)
> Audre Lorde, African-American poet and activist
> Lance Loud, columnist; came out to his family on TV during 1973 PBS
>   documentary series "An American Family"
> Greg Louganis, three-time Olympic gold medallist in diving
> Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin, co-founders of the Daughters of Bilitis, first
>   lesbian organization in the U.S.
> Donald Maclean, British spy
> Jean Marais, French actor
> Miriam Margoyles, actress
> Johnny Mathis, singer
> Armistead Maupin, writer (Tales of the City)
> Glen Maxey, Texas state legislator
> Bernard Mayes, Episcopal priest, journalist, founding chairman of National
>   Public Radio, now Asst. Dean of U.Va. College of Arts and Sciences
> Rev. Renee McCoy, African-American minister and activist
> David McDermott, artist
> Tim McFeeley, head of the Human Rights Campaign Fund
> Peter McGough, artist
> Sir Ian McKellen, award-winning actor
> Rod McKuen, poet and songwriter
> Brian McNaught, writer
> Rev. John J. McNeill, Jesuit priest, scholar and writer
> Taylor Mead, poet and actor
> Robert Medley, painter
> Mary Meigs, painter
> Gian Carlo Menotti, opera composer
> Ismail Merchant and James Ivory, British film producers
> William Meredith, poet
> James Ingram Merrill, poet
> Duane Michaels, photographer
> Carole Migden, San Francisco city supervisor
> Kate Millett, writer (Sexual Politics)
> Donna Minkowitz, Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist
> Paul Monette, novelist
> Cherrie Moraga, writer
> Mark Morris, dancer and choreographer
> Morrissey, rock star (formerly of The Smiths)
> Dee Mosbacher, activist; daughter of President Bush's campaign chairman and
>   Secretary of Commerce
> Yves Navarre, French novelist
> Martina Navratilova, pro tennis champion
> The "NEA Four" (Karen Finley, John Fleck, Holly Hunter and Tim Miller),
>   performance artists whose federal grants were cut off because of
>   "homoerotic" content in their work
> Holly Near, folksinger
> Joan Nestle, writer
> Simon Nkoli, South African anti-apartheid activist
> Elaine Noble, first openly lesbian or gay person elected to a state
>   legislature (Massachusetts, 1974)
> Harold Norse, poet
> Richard Bruce Nugent, writer and artist
> Rudolf Nureyev, ballet star
> Mary Oliver, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
> Donald Olson, writer
> Camille Paglia, writer (Sexual Personae)
> Dave Pallone, ex-Major League umpire (author, Behind the Mask)
> Juan Palomo, newspaper columnist
> Robert Patrick, playwright (Kennedy's Children)
> Ross Paxton, artist
> Darcy Penteado, Brazilian writer
> Rev. Troy Perry, founder of the Metropolitan Community Churches
> Robert Peters, poet, critic and teacher
> Roger Peyrefitte, French writer
> Phranc, folksinger
> Charles Pierce, female impersonator
> Jody Pinto, artist
> Minnie Bruce Platt, poet and teacher
> Iggy Pop, rock star
> Jill Posner, photographer
> Rosa von Praunheim, German filmmaker
> Deb Price, Gannett newspapers columnist
> Edward Reynolds Price, novelist
> Dusty Pruitt, sued military for reinstatement after expulsion for being gay
> Anne-Imelda Radice, acting head of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA),
>   appointed by President Bush
> John Rechy, writer
> Lou Reed, rock star (*but*, like Bowie, now says he was just experimenting)
> Reno, comedian
> Adrienne Rich, novelist
> Marlon Riggs, African-American filmmaker (Tongues Untied)
> Sviatoslav Rickter, Russian pianist
> Herb Ritts, photographer
> Larry Rivers, painter and sculptor
> Svend Robinson, member of the Canadian Parliament
> Tom Robinson, singer/songwriter
> Edouard Herbert Roditi, writer
> Romanofsky and Phillips, folksingers
> Ned Rorem, classical composer and writer
> A. L. Rowse, historian
> William Rubinstein, gay-rights lawyer
> Jane Rule, writer
> Joanna Russ, feminist and science-fiction writer
> Paul Rutherford, singer, Frankie Goes to Hollywood
> Yves Saint-Laurent, fashion designer
> Dick Sargent, actor (second Darrin on Bewitched)
> Jose Sarria, drag entertainer; first openly gay candidate for public office
>   in U.S. history (San Francisco, 1961)
> May Sarton, writer
> Ben Schatz, gay-rights lawyer
> John Schlafly, son of anti-gay conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly and
>   lawyer for her Eagle Forum organization
> John Schlesinger, filmmaker
> Maria Schneider, actress (Last Tango in Paris)
> James Schuyler, poet
> David Scondras, Boston City Council member
> Antony Sher, actor
> Randy Shilts, journalist (The Mayor of Castro Street; And the Band Played On)
> Siegfried and Roy, comedians
> Michelangelo Signorile, journalist, activist, co-founder of Queer Nation
> Aguinaldo Silva, Brazilian writer
> Ingrid Sischy, editor of Interview magazine
> Christopher Smith, member of the British Parliament
> Jimmy Somerville, pop singer (formerly of Bronski Beat, The Communards)
> James Spada, writer
> Allan Spear, Minnesota state senator
> Stephen Spender, poet and critic
> Martin Sperr, German writer
> Joe Steffan, top Naval Academy cadet expelled for being gay, now suing for
>   reinstatement
> Samuel Steward ("Phil Andros"), writer
> Tom Stoddard, gay-rights lawyer
> Jeff Stryker, star of gay, straight and bi porno films
> Gerry Studds, U.S. Congressman (Democrat from Massachusetts)
> Andrew Sullivan, editor of The New Republic magazine
> Terry Sweeney, comedian (Saturday Night Live's Nancy Reagan)
> Mutsuo Takahashi, Japanese poet
> Carla Tardi, artist
> Karen Thompson, obtained custody of her disabled lover Sharon Kowalski after
>   six-year court battle
> Scott Thompson, comedian (The Kids in the Hall)
> Lt. j.g. Tracy Thorne, U.S. Navy officer who came out on Nightline, now
>   fighting expulsion
> Michel Tournier, French writer
> Pete Townsend, lead guitarist of The Who, composer
> Arthur Tress, photographer
> C. A. Tripp, psychologist (author, The Homosexual Matrix)
> Tommy Tune, Tony-winning Broadway singer/actor
> Robin Tyler, comedian, producer and activist
> Urvashi Vaid, head of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
> Gus Van Sant, filmmaker (My Own Private Idaho)
> Gore Vidal, novelist
> The members of Village People
> John Waters, filmmaker (Pink Flamingos; Polyester; Hairspray)
> Sgt. Perry Watkins (ret.), won Supreme Court case for reinstate-ment to Army
>   after expulsion for being gay; African-American
> George Weinberg, psychologist; coined the term "homophobia" in his book
>   "Society and the Healthy Homosexual"
> Eudora Welty, novelist
> Edmund White, novelist (A Boy's Own Story)
> John Wieners, poet
> Gale Wilhelm, novelist
> Jonathan Williams, poet and teacher
> Cris Williamson, folksinger
> Val Wilmer, photographer and writer
> Millie Wilson, artist
> Fran Winant, artist
> Jeanette Winterson, novelist
> Monique Wittig, writer
> B. D. Wong, Tony-winning Broadway actor (M. Butterfly)
> Holly Woodlawn, actor in Andy Warhol films
>
>
> NOT OUT--not used in display
>      (I include these names in that they were passed along by people who
> believed, and in some cases insisted, that they were out of the closet--that
> is, had publicly acknowledged being gay, lesbian or bisexual.  I have
> verified that, to date, they have not.)
>
> Laurie Anderson, performance artist
> Matthew Broderick, actor
> Tracy Chapman, African-American folksinger
> Barry Diller, entertainment executive
> Jodie Foster, actress and director
> Merv Griffin, singer, talk-show host and entertainment executive
> Christian Laettner, pro basketball star
> Kristi McNichol, actress
> The members of Pet Shop Boys
> Larry Sabato, political analyst and professor
> Sidney Scheinberg, entertainment executive
> Tom Selleck, actor
> Michael Stipe, lead singer of R.E.M.
> Lily Tomlin, comedian/actress
> John Travolta, actor
> Jane Wagner, playwright, life partner of Lily Tomlin
> Alice Walker, African-American novelist
> Pete Williams, Pentagon spokesman
>
> (Again, those in this last group are NOT OUT in that they have not *publicly*
> acknowledged being gay, lesbian or bisexual)
>


--

 Lori

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