The OutList
The OutList
From: Mark Hertzog [email protected]
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 95 20:45:53 EDT
Subject: THE OUT LIST 2.1, Pt. 1
Version 2.1 -- October 1995
"THEY CAME OUT--YOU CAN, TOO!"
Compiled by Mark Hertzog, The Heartland Project, Charlottesville, Virginia,
USA [email protected]
***NOTICE*** Please send correspondence regarding the List to the address
above, NOT to my former address, [email protected]
ABOUT THE LIST
The Out List is an alphabetical list of nearly 700 living, famous or
distinguished persons who have publicly acknowledged that they are lesbian,
gay or bisexual. The purpose of the Out List is to celebrate the
accomplishments of our community and to show people, especially those
struggling with their sexuality, that hundreds of prominent persons have come
out as homosexual or bisexual and kept their careers, their fortunes, and the
love and respect of others.
Five previous versions of this List have been issued during each U.S.
college semester beginning with the Fall of 1992. Each is posted initially
to GayNet [email protected] and the Queer Resources Directory
[email protected] .
To assist those who wish to create displays, advertising, etc., aimed at
people-of-color groups or AIDS/HIV education, I have made marginal notations
where appropriate, mostly coded as follows:
[B] African descent [A] Asian descent [L] Latino/a descent
[NA] Native American descent [HIV] Openly HIV-positive
Given the overwhelming disproportion of Americans on the List, I
strongly encourage the submission of names of publicly out people from
*outside* the United States!
PRINCIPAL SOURCES:
** American Library Association Gay and Lesbian Task Force. Famous or
Distinguished Gays, Lesbians and Bisexuals: A List of Names, July 1992
version. Kindly provided by Ellen Greenblatt of SUNY-Buffalo (thanks!).
** Sherman, Philip, exec. ed., and Samuel Bernstein, ed. 1994.
Uncommon Heroes: A celebration of Heroes and Role Models for Gay and Lesbian
Americans.
** Tarver, Chuck. 1994. LGBT People of African Descent. Kindly
provided by the author, at the University of Delaware (again, thanks!)
** Various news reports, particularly in The Advocate and Out magazines.
** Information provided by various subscribers to GayNet.
USING THE LIST:
Anyone receiving this list is free to repost, copy and use the List,
provided acknowledgment is given to the compiler *AND* the following
disclaimer is included:
DISCLAIMER: While every reasonable effort has been made to assure the
accuracy of this List, it may not be 100-percent accurate. Please send any
corrections, additions or deletions to the compiler, Mark Hertzog, at
[email protected] . If anyone has been incorrectly identified as gay,
lesbian or bisexual here, I will correct and apologize for the error publicly
and remove that person's name.
NOTE NOTE NOTE!:
The Out List has grown sufficiently large that it is being sent in two
posts. Those whose last names begin with the letter A through J are in one
post, K through Z in the other.
Mark Hertzog, Executive Director [email protected]
THE HEARTLAND PROJECT, P.O. Box 2191, Charlottesville, VA 22902
Tools & skills for les/bi/gay communities in small-town & rural America
**Field work begins Jan. '96 in a community near you--or maybe your own!**
From: Mark Hertzog <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 95 20:51:02 EDT
Subject: THE OUT LIST 2.1, Pt. 2
THE OUT LIST
Version 2.1 -- October 1995
SECOND OF TWO POSTS
[Surnames beginning K - Z]
THE LIST:
( A )
Leroy Aarons, former executive editor of The Oakland Tribune; founder of the
National Gay and Lesbian Journalists Association
Katherine Acey, head of the Astraea Foundation
Roberta Achtenberg, first out person ever confirmed for a subcabinet post by
the Senate; former San Francisco city supervisor, now running for mayor
Margie Adam, folksinger; founder of Women's Music movement
Mitch Adams, Massachusetts state commissioner of revenue
Edward Albee, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright
Luis Alfaro, writer and performance artist [L]
Paula Gunn Allen, writer and activist [NA]
Dorothy Allison, novelist
Pedro Almodovar, Spanish filmmaker
Marc Almond, British pop singer
Sasha Alyson, publisher
Angunquac, activist [NA]
Tom Ammiano, schoolteacher, comedian, and San Francisco city supervisor;
first openly gay municipal school board chair in U.S.
Jane Anderson, Emmy Award-winning screenwriter
Emily Anderson, photographer
Gloria Anzaldua, writer [L]
Virginia Apuzzo, New York state government official; former head of the
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Gregg Araki, Japanese-Canadian filmmaker [A]
Giorgio Armani, Italian fashion designer
Rebekka Armstrong, openly HIV-positive former Playboy centerfold
Alexis Arquette, actor
John Ash, poet and literary critic
John Ashbery, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
Christopher Ashley, stage and film director
Kevyn Aucoin, supermodels' makeup artist
Caroline Azar, musician
( B )
Don Bachardy, artist
Guido Bachmann, writer
Nina Baehr, Genora Dancel, Pat Lagon and Joe Melillo, the two Hawaiian
same-sex couples suing for the right to marry
Robert Bailey, political scientist; commentator on LGB politics
Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin state legislator
Jim Ballantine, TV producer
Ann Bancroft, explorer and teacher (*not* the actress Anne)
Ann Bannon, pioneering author of lesbian novels
Clive Barker, British horror novelist and film director
Paul Bartel, filmmaker
John Bartlett, men's fashion designer
Deborah Batts, U.S. District Court judge; first out person ever nominated or
confirmed for a federal judgeship by the Senate [B]
Robert Bauman, conservative gay activist; former Republican Congressman from
Maryland
Bruce Bawer, poet and neoconservative journalist
Bishop Carl Bean, founder of the Unity Fellowship Churches [B]
Amanda Bearse, actress
Alison Bechdel, cartoonist
Pia Beck, singer and pianist
Volker Beck, Green Party member of the German Bundestag
Andy Bell, lead singer of Erasure
Dodie Bellamy, writer
Lisa Ben, singer/songwriter and retired secretary; created L.A. lesbian
newsletter "Vice Versa" in 1940s
Miriam Ben-Shalom, sued military for reinstatement after expulsion for being
lesbian; head of Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Veterans of America
Eric Bentley, critic, theatre director and translator
John Berendt, writer; former editor of New York magazine
Vernon "Copy" Berg, artist; Navy ensign who sued for reinstatement in 1970s
Sandra Bernhard, comedian
Allen Berube, historian
Betty Berzon, psychologist and author
Troix Bettencourt, prominent teenage gay activist
Elizabeth Birch, head of the Human Rights Campaign [nee Fund]; former chief
counsel for Apple Computers
Joan E. Biren ("JEB"), filmmaker; director of 1987 and 1993 March on
Washington videos
Bobbi Birleffi, TV producer
Blackberri, singer [B]
Mr. Blackwell, fashion designer; creator of annual "Ten Worst Dressed" list
Marie-Claire Blais, French-language Canadian novelist
Nayland Blake, artist
Robin Blaser, writer
Ross Bleckner, artist
Angela Bocage, cartoonist and writer
Dirk Bogarde, actor ( and author)
Chastity Bono, rock musician and journalist; daughter of Sonny Bono and Cher
Lizzie Borden, filmmaker
Ivy Bottini, longtime feminist and lesbian activist
Sharon Bottoms, stripped of custody of her son by Virginia courts because of
her lesbian relationship
Roddy Bottum, keyboardist of Faith No More
Angela Bowie, poet and performance artist; ex-wife of David Bowie
Paul Bowles, writer
Boy George, pop star
Rev. Malcolm Boyd, Episcopal priest and writer
Kevin Boyer, schoolteacher; organizer of National Lesbian and Gay History
Month
Keith Boykin, former Clinton White House aide [B]
Joe Brainard, poet and artist
Lily Braindrop, writer, editor and "vixen"
Robert Bray, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force official
Lynn Breedlove, punk rocker; singer for Tribe 8
Susie Bright, writer
Jos Brink, Dutch television host
Harry Britt, former San Francisco Board of Supervisors president
Lois Bromfield, TV writer (Roseanne)
Michael Bronski, author and journalist
Nicole Brossard, novelist
James Broughton, poet, filmmaker and playwright
Olga Broumas, poet
Forman Brown ("Richard Meeker"), writer and puppeteer
Julie Brown, comedian
Michael Brown, Conservative member of the British parliament
Rita Mae Brown, novelist
Victoria A. Brownworth, writer and newspaper columnist
John Brunner, writer
Ed Buck, Arizona businessman; led drive to recall Gov. Evan Mecham from
office
Ron Buckmire, mathematician; founder of Internet's Queer Resources Directory
[Afro-Caribbean]
JM J. Bullock, comic actor
Richard Burns, head of New York Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center
William S. Burroughs, novelist
Scott Burson, artist
Ellen Burstein, former New York legislator and judge; Democratic nominee for
state Attorney General, 1994
Gary Burton, Grammy-winning jazz musician
Charles Busch, writer, director and actor
Aldo Busi, Italian novelist
Dan Butler, TV actor
Judith Butler, literary/"queer" theorist
Frank Buttino, former FBI special agent who sued over dismissal for being gay
Dick Button, Olympic athlete
Shannon Byrne, daughter of Cobb County, Ga., Commission Chairman Bill Byrne;
father supported anti-gay resolution which led to Olympics pulling out
of county, despite Shannon coming out at press conference
( C )
Paul Cadmus, artist
Jerome Caja, artist
Pat Califia, advice columnist, erotic writer and editor
Simon Callow, British actor
Peter Cameron, novelist and short-story writer
Jack Campbell, millionaire bathhouse owner and activist
Margarethe (Greta) Cammermeyer, discharged longtime National Guard officer
Scott Capurro, comedian and actor
Mandy Carter, national and regional LGB-rights activist [B]
Craig Carver, artist
Casselberry & Dupree, singers [B]
Maggie Cassella, comedian and lawyer
Jane Chambers, playwright
Marilyn Chambers, porno actress
Rt. Rev. Otis Charles, retired Episcopal bishop of Utah
Claude Charron, journalist and former Quebec cabinet minister
George Chauncey, historian
Neneh Cherry, singer [B]
Craig Chester, actor
Ken Cheuvront, Arizona state legislator
Abigail Childs, video maker
Meg Christian, singer
Christopher Ciccone, artist and set designer; brother of Madonna
Chrystos, lesbian poet and activist [NA]
Craig Claiborne, food writer
David Clarenbach, former Wisconsin state legislator, now head of the Gay and
Lesbian Victory Fund
Joe Clark, Canadian writer (*not* the former prime minister)
Karen Clark, Minnesota state legislator
Michelle Cliff, Jamaican writer
Kate Clinton, comedian; life partner of Urvashi Vaid
Gary Cohen, physician and AIDS columnist
Jaffee Cohen, comedian
Sophia Collier, founder of Soho Natural Sodas and Working Assets mutual fund
Thom Collins, model [HIV]
Arch Connelly, artist
Janet Cooling, artist
Dennis Cooper, writer
John Corigliano, classical composer
Alfred Corn, poet
Tee A. Corrine, artist, editor and writer
Midge Costanza, White House aide to ex-President Carter
Richard Cowan, conservative businessman and marijuana-legalization leader
Amelia Craig, head of Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders
Louie Crew, founder of Gay Academic Union and of Integrity (gay
Episcopalians)
Bill Crews, Republican mayor of Melbourne, Iowa
Douglas Crimp, art historian
Quentin Crisp, British humorist, writer, actor and gay pioneer
Michelle Crone, comedian
Mart Crowley, playwright
Wilson Cruz, TV actor [L]
Julie Cypher, filmmaker; life partner of Melissa Etheridge
( D )
James Dale, ex-Eagle Scout who sued Boy Scouts of America for discrimination
Joe Dallesandro, actor in Andy Warhol films
Mary Daly, feminist writer
Gasparino Damata, Brazilian writer
Betsy Damon, artist
Danilo, celebrity hairstylist
Jaye Davidson, British actor [mixed-race]
Juan Davila, writer
Angela Davis, professor and Communist leader [B]
Craig Dean and Patrick Gill, male couple suing D.C. government for a
marriage license
John DeCecco, psychologist and journal editor
Donna Deitch, filmmaker
Samuel R. Delany, science-fiction writer [B]
Lea DeLaria, comedian
Theresa De Lauretis, film scholar and queer theorist
David Del Tredici, classical composer
John D'Emilio, historian
Michael Denneny, book editor
David Diamond, classical composer
David Dillon, playwright and director
Rev. Johannes Willem DiMaria-Kuiper, Dutch minister
Kim Dingle, artist
Thomas M. Disch, poet and science-fiction writer
Julie Dlugacz, co-founder and president of Olivia Records and Travel
Alix Dobkin, folksinger
Tanya Domi, kicked out of military for being lesbian; now head of NGLTF
MIlitary Project
Ron Donaghe, writer
Gerard Donelan, cartoonist
Cecilia Dougherty, video maker
Tom Doyle, chair of the Fremont County (Colo.) Commission [HIV]
Raymond Dragon, fashion designer
David Drake, playwright and actor
Jerry Dreva ("Jerri Bonbon"), writer
Tom Duane, New York City Council member and Congressional candidate [HIV]
Martin Duberman, historian and autobiographer
Michael Duffy, chair of Massachusetts Human Rights Commission
Robert Edward Duncan, poet
Andrea Dworkin, radical feminist writer and anti-pornography activist
Richard Dyer, film scholar and author
( E )
Sally Edwards, athlete and businesswoman
Denise Eger, Reform Jewish rabbi
George Eighmey, Oregon state legislator
Kenward Elmslie, writer and librettist
Mica England, applicant whose suit ended anti-gay discrimination by Dallas
police
Robert Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, Academy Award-winning documentary
filmmakers
Evelien Eshius, former member of Dutch parliament
Melissa Etheridge, rock superstar
Rupert Everett, actor, rock musician and novelist
( F )
Lillian Faderman, historian
Richard Failla, New York state judge
Richard Fairbrass, lead singer of Right Said Fred
Marianne Faithfull, British rock singer
Elias Farajaje-Jones, Harvard divinity professor and bisexual activist [B]
Perry Farrell, lead singer of Porno for Pyros; formerly of Jane's Addiction
Justin Fashanu, Nigerian-born British pro soccer star [B]
Michael Feinstein, Grammy-nominated singer/somgwriter
Dominique Fernandez, French novelist
Melissa Ferrick, rock singer
Ferron, folksinger
Edward Field, poet
Harvey Fierstein, actor, playwright, director and female impersonator
Leslie Fineberg, writer and activist
William Finn, Tony-winning Broadway playwright and composer
Peter Fisher, author (The Gay Mystique)
Patrick Fitzgerald, British musucian; bassist and singer of Kitchens of
Distinction
Will Fitzpatrick, Rhode Island state senator
The members of The Flirtations
Gary Floyd, leader of Sister Double Happiness
Katherine V. Forrest, mystery novelist
Ayofemi Foyalan, writer and performance artist [B]
Barney Frank, U.S. Congressman (Democrat from Massachusetts)
Tyler Franz, openly gay Bush campaign staffer who alleged being demoted and
fired after complaints from religious conservatives
Aaron Fricke, author; as teenager got court order allowing him to bring a
male date to his high school prom
Job Friszo, Dutch TV news reporter
Franklin Fry, co-chair of Stonewall 25
Stephen Fry, British comic actor, novelist and screenwriter
Tret Fure, folksinger
( G )
Ed Gallagher, former college football lineman
Peter Galvin, associate editor of Interview magazine
Jedd Garet, artist
Jean-Paul Gaultier, French fashion designer
Sally Gearhart, professor, writer and activist
David Geffen, billionaire record and film magnate
Gordon Getty, classical composer
Robert Gentry, former Laguna Beach, Cal., city councilman; first out elected
official in southern California
Sir John Gielgud, award-winning actor
Ronnie Gilbert, folksinger, member of The Weavers
Gilbert and George, visual artists
Tim Gill, millionaire software entrepreneur and philanthropist
Candace Gingrich, gay-rights activist; sister of House Speaker Newt Gingrich
Allen Ginsberg, legendary poet
Barbara Gittings, pioneering lesbian activist
Peggy Glanville-Hicks, classical composer
Garrett Glaser, TV entertainment reporter
Deborah Glick, New York state legislator
John Glines, Broadway producer
Rev. Peter Gomes, chaplain of Harvard University [B]
Jewelle Gomez, writer [B]
Letitia Gomez, head of Latino/a Lesbian and Gay Organization [L]
Marga Gomez, comedian [L]
Helen Gonzales, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force official [L]
Felix Gonzales-Torres, artist [L]
Juan Goytisolo, Spanish novelist
Annemarie Grewel, Dutch politician and scholar
John Greyson, filmmaker
Barbara Grier, co-founder of Naiad Press
Susan Griffin, feminist writer and poet
Larry Gross, writer and professor
Doris Grumbach, writer and critic
Daniel Guerin, French journalist
Thom Gunn, poet
Steve Gunderson, U.S. Congressman (Republican from Wisconsin)
Allan Gurganus, novelist
( H )
Marilyn Hacker, poet
Matthew Hall, Canadian figure skater
Pam Hall, folksinger [B]
Andrew Halloran, novelist
Barbara Hammer, filmmaker
Christopher Hampton, playwright
Joseph Hansen, mystery novelist
Michael Hardwick, challenged Georgia's sodomy law; the U.S. Supreme Court,
on a 5-4 vote, upheld the law in 1986
James Earl Hardy, writer [B]
Joy Harjo, scholar, professor and poet [NA]
E. Lynn Harris, novelist [B]
Sherry Harris, Seattle City Council member [B]
Beverly Wildung Harrison, Christian theologian
Lou Harrison, classical composer
Nina Hartley, porno actress and feminist
Bob Hattoy, Interior Department official, campaign adviser to President
Clinton; spoke at 1992 Democratic convention [HIV]
Harry Hay, founder of the modern gay-rights movement; organized the
Mattachine Society (1950) and the Radical Faeries (1979)
Bruce Hayes, Olympic gold medallist in swimming
Christopher Hayes, actor
Todd Haynes, filmmaker
Jeff Heiskell, lead singer of the Judybats
Lawrence Helman, film producer
Essex Hemphill, poet [B]
Nona Hendryx, pop singer [B]
Brenda and Wanda Henson, founders of Camp Sister Spirit (Ovett, Miss.)
Stephen Herbitz, liquor executive
Gilbert Herdt, anthropologist
Gregory Herek, psychologist; author of several studies on homophobia
Fred Hersch, Grammy-nominated jazz pianist and composer
Sally Hershberger, fashion photographer
Joseph Herzenberg, former vice-mayor of Chapel Hill, N.C.
Rev. Carter Heyward, lesbian Episcopal priest and writer
Billy Hileman, schoolteacher and organizer; co-chair, 1993 March on
Washington
Marjorie Hill, psychologist and public health official; former head of New
York City Office of Lesbian and Gay Concerns [B]
Leonard Hirsch, head of GLOBE, LGB federal government employees' organization
R. Scott Hitt, physician; chair of Pres. Clinton's AIDS Commission
David Hockney, painter
William S. Hoffman, playwright and librettist
James Holobaugh, fought expulsion from ROTC for being gay
The Hollywood Kids (John and Lance), gossip columnists
James Hormel, retired businessman and philanthropist; nomination as U.S.
ambassador to Fiji withdrawn by Pres. Clinton after Republicans won
control of Congress
Jeff Horton, member of Los Angeles School Board
Richard Howard, poet, translator and editor
Tom Hulce, Oscar-nominated actor
David Hutter, painter
Loraine Hutchins, author and bisexual activist
Kate Hutton, seismologist
( I )
Janis Ian, singer/songwriter and columnist
Gary Indiana, writer
Robert Indiana, artist
[Indigo Girls--see Amy Ray, Emily Saliers]
Patricia Ireland, president of the National Organization for Women (NOW)
( J )
Bob and Rod Jackson-Paris, pro models/bodybuilders and gay-rights activists
Marc Jacobs, fashion designer
Tove Jansson, Finnish children's writer and cartoonist; created the Moomins
Lorri L. Jean, head of L.A. Gay and Lesbian Community Service Center
Joan Jett-Blakk, drag entertainer and 1992 Queer Nation presidential
candidate [B]
Elton John, pop superstar
Jasper Johns, artist
Holly Johnson, lead singer of Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Phillip Johnson, architect
Bill T. Jones, dancer and choreographer [B; HIV]
Cherry Jones, Tony Award-winning actress
Cleve Jones, founder of The NAMES Project and the AIDS Memorial Quilt
June Jordan, writer and educator [B]
Leslie Jordan, comic actor and playwright
( K )
Lani Ka'Ahumanu, bisexual activist and writer [Hawaiian descent]
Frank Kameny, pioneering activist; first out person to run for Congress
(1971)
Robin Kane, activist
Firdaus Kanga, conservative Indian writer [A]
Arnie Kantrowitz, writer, teacher and activist
Laura Karpman, film composer
Jonathan Ned Katz, historian
Michael Kearns, actor and writer
Michael Keeley, chief operating officer of the City of Los Angeles
Joe Keenan, TV and film screenwriter
Dennis Kelly, poet
Maurice Kenny, poet
Jim Kepner, pioneering gay-rights activist and archivist
Morris Kight, gay-rights pioneer; led campaign against Briggs Initiative
(1978)
Kevin Killian, writer
Tommy Kirk, actor in Disney films
Gwen Kirkpatrick, writer
Michael Klein, poet
Frankie Knuckles, "house" musuician [B]
David Kopay, retired NFL player
Beverly Kopf, TV producer
Kris Kovick, cartoonist and writer
Joseph Kramer, founder of Body Electric massage schools
Larry Kramer, playwright and AIDS activist; founder of ACT UP and Gay Men's
Health Crisis
Friedrich Krohnke, German writer
Sheila James Kuehl, law professor, actress, journalist, and first "out"
California state legislator
Hanif Kureishi, Pakistani-British novelist and screenwriter [A]
Tony Kushner, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright
( L )
Dean LaBate, head of Community Health Project [New York]
Bruce LaBruce, Canadian avant-garde filmmaker
Lady Bunny, drag impressaria; organizer of Wigstock festivals
Robert LaFosse, ballet dancer and choreographer
Kay (Tobin) Lahusen, longtime lesbian activist and writer
Lili Lakich, artist
Michael Lane and Jim Crotty (The Monks), magazine publishers and adventurers
k. d. lang, country/crossover singing star
Steve Langly, singer [B]
Peter Lankhorst, Dutch member of parliament, leader of Green Party
Nancy Lanoue, lesbian anti-cancer leader
Jack Larsen, actor (Jimmy Olson on TV's Superman)
Per Larson, financial advisor and columnist
Arthur Laurents, legendary playwright, screenwriter and Broadway director
Lynn Lavner, comedian and singer
Susan Leal, San Francisco city supervisor [L]
David Leavitt, writer
Paul de Leeuw, singer and Dutch TV show host
Ursula K. LeGuin, novelist
Bruce Lehman, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce
Lowell Lieberman, classical composer
Raymond Leppard, conductor and classical composer
Simon LeVay, medical researcher; found physiological differences between
brains of gay and straight men
Denise Levertov, poet
Jeffrey Levi, activist; former head, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force,
now heads AIDS Action Council
Heather Lewis, novelist
Mitchell Lichtenstein, actor
Marvin Liebman, longtime conservative activist
Derek Charles Livingston, co-chair, 1993 March on Washington [B]
Jenny Livingston, filmmaker
Lauren Lloyd, vice president of Hollywood Pictures
Kerry Lobel, deputy head of the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force
Lance Loud, journalist
Greg Louganis, actor and autobiographer; three-time Olympic gold medallist in
diving [Samoan descent; HIV]
JoAnn Loulan, psychotherapist and lesbian sex educator
Susan Love, breast-cancer surgeon and famous lesbian mother
Joe Lovett, TV producer
Chris Lowe, member of Pet Shop Boys
Craig Lucas, playwright and screenwriter
Ace Lundon, journalist, psychic, and retired Hollywood publicist
Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin, co-founders of the Daughters of Bilitis, first
known lesbian organization in the U.S.
Lypsinka, drag entertainer extraordinaire
( M )
Heather MacDonald, documentary filmmaker
Maria Magenti, filmmaker
Ann Magnuson, actress and performance artist
Mabel Maney, comic-mystery novelist
Joe Mantello, Tony-nominated actor and director
Eric Marcus, writer and television producer
Miriam Margoyles, actress
Johnny Mathis, award-winning singer [B]
Armistead Maupin, writer
Glen Maxey, Texas state legislator
Bernard Mayes, British-born journalist, priest and university dean; founding
chair of NPR
Donna McBride, co-founder of Naiad Press
Stephen McCauley, novelist
Dale McCormick, Maine state senator
Rev. Renee McCoy, minister and activist [B]
Judith McDaniel, writer
David McDermott, artist
Rodger McFarland and Tom Viola, heads of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
Tim McFeeley, former 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
Danny McWilliams, comedian
Taylor Mead, poet and actor
Robert Medley, painter
Mary Meigs, painter
Herman Meijer, architect; member of Rotterdam (Netherlands) City Council
Keith Meinhold, Navy petty officer successful to date in fighting expulsion
Real Menard, member of the Canadian parliament
Gian Carlo Menotti, opera composer
William Meredith, poet
Neil Meron, TV producer
James Ingram Merrill, poet
Stephin Merritt, rock songwriter and musician
Duane Michaels, photographer
Carole Migden, San Francisco city supervisor
Eileen Miles, poet and independent presidential candidate
Jeff Miller, country singer
Tony Miller, former California Secretary of State
Kate Millett, writer
Donna Minkowitz, Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist
Christina Minna, member of Fem2Fem
Isaac Mizrahi, fashion designer
David Mixner, millionaire businessman and gay-rights activist; estranged
friend and advisor of President Clinton
Steve Moore, comedian [HIV]
Cherrie Moraga, writer
Linda Morales, sued to overturn Texas' sodomy law [L]
Timothy Morange, former president, National Association of Black
Psychologists [B]
Ethan Mordden, writer and editor
David Morgan, photographer
Robin Morgan, feminist writer and editor
Tom Morgan, New York Times reporter; former president, National Association
of Black Journalists [B]
Mark Morris, dancer and choreographer
Morrissey, rock star
Dee Mosbacher, public health administrator and activist; daughter of
ex-President Bush's campaign chairman and Secretary of Commerce
Thierry Mugler, fashion designer
Rick Munoz, marathon runner; featured in Nike ad [L; HIV]
Jonathan Murray, TV producer
Nicole Ramirez Murray, drag entertainer, civic leader, Stonewall 25 co-chair
[L]
Diane Murphy, child actress (Tabitha on Bewitched)
Michael Musto, journalist
( N )
George Nader, actor and science fiction novelist
Kathy Najimy, comic film and TV actress [Arab-American]
Scot Nakagawa, gay-rights and anti-racism activist [A]
Nalty, comedian [HIV]
Martina Navratilova, pro tennis champion
Three of the "NEA Four" (John Fleck, Holly Hughes and Tim Miller),
performance artists whose federal grants were cut off because of
homoerotic content in their work during the Bush administration
Holly Near, folksinger
Judy Nelson, entrepreneur and broadcaster; sued Martina Navratilova for
palimony
Joan Nestle, writer
Leslea Newman, children's writer (Heather Has Two Mommies, Gloria Goes to
Gay Pride)
Esther Newton, social anthropologist
Me'Shell Ndege'Ocello, singer [B]
Simon Nkoli, South African anti-apartheid, gay-rights and AIDS activist; got
sexual orientation protection included in new South African constitution
[B]
Elaine Noble, first out person elected to a state legislature (Massachusetts,
1974)
Pat Norman, organizer; co-chair of 1987 March on Washington and Stonewall 25
[B]
Harold Norse, poet
Ann Northrop, activist, journalist and former TV producer
Richard Bruce Nugent, writer and artist
The members of The Nylons, Canadian all-male a capella singers
Ron Nyswaner, Oscar-nominated screenwriter
( O )
Robin Ochs, writer and bisexual activist
Erwin Olaf, photographer
Todd Oldham, fashion designer
Mary Oliver, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
Jenni Olsen, filmmaker, writer and curator
Donald Olson, writer
Torie Osborn, writer; former head of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Annemiek Onstenk, member of Amsterdam City Council
( P )
Antonio Pagan, member of New York City Council [L]
Camille Paglia, controversial writer and professor
Dave Pallone, ex-Major League umpire
Juan Palomo, newspaper columnist [L]
The members of Pansy Division
Melinda Paras, head of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force [L]
Robert Patrick, playwright
Charlotte Patterson, research psychologist and professor
Cindy Patton, writer
Ross Paxton, artist
Darcy Penteado, Brazilian writer
James Pepper, philanthropist; founder of the Stonewall Foundation
Rev. Troy Perry, founder of the Metropolitan Community Churches
Robert Peters, poet, critic and teacher
Roger Peyrefitte, French writer
Phranc, folksinger
Felice Picano, writer
Charles Pierce, female impersonator
Marge Piercy, writer
Richard Pillard, first "out" U.S. psychiatrist
Jody Pinto, artist
Amy Pivar, dancer and choreographer
The members of Pomo Afro Homos, African-American gay comedy troupe [B]
Iggy Pop, British rock star
Jill Posener, photographer
Minnie Bruce Pratt, poet and teacher
Rosa von Praunheim, German filmmaker
Benno Premsela, designer and early European gay movement leader
Deb Price, Gannett newspapers columnist
Edward Reynolds Price, novelist
Rev. Dusty Pruitt, MCC minister; challenged her expulsion from military
( R )
Peri Jude Radecic, former head of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Anne-Imelda Radice, acting head of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
under ex-President Bush; denied grants for homoerotic art
Louise Rafkin, writer
Georgia Ragsdale, comedian
Amy Ray, folk-rock star; member of Indigo Girls
Toshi Reagon, folksinger [B]
John Rechy, writer
Donna Red Wing, LGB media activist; co-led campaign to defeat Ballot Measure
9 in Oregon; Advocate Woman of the Year 1992
Kenneth Reeves, mayor of Cambridge, Mass. [B]
Mary Renault, novelist
Reno, comedian and performance artist
Gerard Reve, Dutch novelist
Adrienne Rich, poet and critic
Tom Rielly, founder of Digital Queers
Herb Ritts, photographer
Larry Rivers, painter and sculptor
Ian Roberts, Australian rugby star
Svend Robinson, member of the Canadian Parliament
Tom Robinson, singer/songwriter
Robert Rodi, novelist
Edouard Herbert Roditi, writer
Eric Rofes, writer
Romanovsky and Phillips, folksingers
Ned Rorem, classical composer and writer
Ty Ross, artist; grandson of Barry Goldwater [HIV]
Jan Rot, Dutch pop musician
Richard Rouillard, journalist; former editor of The Advocate
H. L. Rowse, historian
William Rubinstein, gay-rights lawyer
Paul Rudnick, playwright and screenwriter
Jane Rule, writer
RuPaul, drag entertainer extraordinaire [B]
Joanna Russ, feminist and science-fiction writer
Paul Rutherford, singer, Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Sonia Rutstein, guitarist of disappear fear
Edward Ryan, Republican city councilman, Champaign, Ill.
( S )
Keith St. John, alderman, Albany, N.Y. [B]
Yves Saint-Laurent, French fashion designer
Emily Saliers, folk-rock star; member of Indigo Girls
Jose Sarria, drag entertainer; first openly gay candidate for public office
in U.S. history (San Francisco, 1961) [L]
Steven Saylor, mystery novelist
John Scagliotti, TV producer
Benjamin Schatz, gay-rights lawyer
John Schlafly, son of anti-gay conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly and
lawyer for her organization, the Eagle Forum
John Schlesinger, Academy Award-winning filmmaker
Fred Schneider, singer for the B-52's
Maria Schneider, German-born actress
Sarah Schulman, writer and activist
Tom Schumacher, Disney executive (executive producer of The Lion King)
James Schuyler, poet
David Scondras, former Boston City Council member
Scout, lesbian activist and organizer; co-chair, 1993 March on Washington
Jed Seidel, TV screenwriter
Dirk Selland, former Navy officer who fought expulsion
Dirk Shafer, former Playgirl Man of the Year
Mark Shaiman, Academy Award-nominated film and TV composer
Michael Patrick Shea, publisher of Alternative Press magazine
Antony Sher, South African-British novelist and actor
Gail Shibley, Oregon state legislator
Jenny Shimizu, actress and supermodel [A]
Michelangelo Signorile, journalist and activist
Aguinaldo Silva, Brazilian writer
Charles Silverstein, psychologist and writer; co-author, The Joy of Gay Sex
Roy Simmons, former New York Giants tackle
Ingrid Sischy, editor of Interview magazine
Luke Sissyfag [ne Montgomery], presidential heckler and candidate for D.C.
mayor
Dave Slattery, former general manager, Washington Redskins
John Sloman, actor (appeared in gay-themed IKEA commercial)
Christopher Smith, member of the British Parliament
Barbara Smith, publisher [B]
Bob Smith, comedian
Mike Smith, co-founder (with Cleve Jones) of The Names Project
Nadine Smith, co-chair, 1993 March on Washington [B]
Jimmy Somerville, British pop singer
James Spada, writer
Allan Spear, president of the Minnesota State Senate
Martin Sperr, German writer
Stephen Spinella, actor
Annie Sprinkle, writer and erotic photographer
Rick Stafford, former chair of Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party [HIV]
Starhawk, feminist theologian and spiritual teacher
Joe Steffan, top Naval Academy cadet who fought expulsion
Doug Stevens, country singer/songwriter; leader of the Outband
James B. Stewart, journalist; former Page 1 editor of The Wall Street Journal
Tom Stoddard, gay-rights lawyer; former head of Lambda Legal Defense and
Education Fund and Campaign for Military Service [HIV]
Keith Strickland, rock drummer, formerly of the B-52's
Sean Strub, entrepreneur, Congressional candidate, publisher of POZ magazine
[HIV]
Jeff Stryker, star of gay, straight and bi porno films
Gerry Studds, U.S. Congressman (Democrat from Massachusetts)
Suede, blues singer and trumpet player
Andrew Sullivan, British-born editor of The New Republic magazine
David Surber, co-host and producer of Network Q
Terry Sweeney, comedian (formerly of Saturday Night Live)
( T )
Rich Tafel, head of Log Cabin Federation (gay Republicans)
Mutsuo Takahashi, Japanese poet
Carla Tardi, artist
Peter Tatchell, controversial British activist; outed Church of England
bishops
Tim Taylor, artist
Neil Tennant, member of Pet Shop Boys
Valerie Terrigno, first mayor of West Hollywood, Cal.
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, French classical pianist
Sherry Thomas, publisher
Karen Thompson, obtained custody of her disabled lover Sharon Kowalski after
six-year court battle
Scott Thompson, comedian
Tracy Thorne, Navy officer who fought expulsion after coming out on
"Nightline"
Andrew Tobias ("John Reid"), Wall Street Journal editor and writer
Michel Tournier, French writer
Pete Townshend, rock guitarist, singer and composer; formerly of The Who
Michel Tremblay, Quebecois novelist and playwright
Arthur Tress, photographer
Monika Treut, German filmmaker
C. A. Tripp, psychologist
Tommy Tune, Tony-winning Broadway singer/actor
Guinevere Turner, actress and screenwriter
Robin Tyler, first out comedian; rally/festival producer and activist
( U )
Virginia Uribe, founder of Project 10
( V )
Christine Vachon, film producer
Urvashi Vaid, national movement leader; former head, National Gay and
Lesbian Task Force; life partner of Kate Clinton [A]
Annelize van de Stoel, member of Amsterdam City Council
Gus Van Sant, filmmaker
Tim van Zandt, Missouri state legislator
Carmen Vasquez, feminist leader [L]
Rev. Herman Verbeek, Catholic priest, Dutch member of European Parliament
Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer
Gore Vidal, novelist
Bruce Vilanch, columnist
Several members of Village People
Tom Villard, actor
Abel Villareal, leather fashion designer [L]
Linda Villarosa, editor of Essense magazine [B]
( W )
Barry Walters, pop-music critic
Patricia Nell Warren, novelist [American Metis]
John Waters, filmmaker
Sgt. Perry Watkins (ret.), won Supreme Court case for reinstatement to Army
after expulsion for being gay [B]
William Waybourn, head of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
(GLAAD); former head of the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund
George Weinberg, psychologist; coined the term "homophobia"
John Weir, novelist and journalist
Suzanne Westenhoeffer, comedian
Cheryl Wheeler, songwriter
Edmund White, novelist
Rev. Mel White, MCC minister; ex-ghostwriter for Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson
John Wieners, poet
Gale Wilhelm, novelist
Michael Wilhoite, children's writer (Daddy's Roommate)
Danny Williams, comedian
David Williams, folksinger
Jonathan Williams, poet and teacher
Karen Williams, comedian; co-host, PBS's In The Life [B]
Cris Williamson, folksinger
Val Wilmer, photographer and writer
Barbara Wilson, writer and publisher
Millie Wilson, artist
Phill Wilson, AIDS director for City of Los Angeles; founder, Black Gay and
Lesbian Leadership Forum [B]
Fran Winant, artist
Jeanette Winterson, novelist
Monique Wittig, writer
Evan Wolfson, gay-rights lawyer
B. D. Wong, Tony-winning Broadway actor [A]
Norman Wong, author [A]
Merle Woo, author and professor [A]
Holly Woodlawn, actor in Andy Warhol films
James D. Woods, communications scholar (author, The Corporate Closet)
Cynthia Wooten, Oregon state legislator
( Y )
Jeff Yarbrough, editor of The Advocate
Ivy Young, head of NGLTF Family Project [B]
( Z )
Bohdan Zachary, filmmaker
Craig Zadan, TV producer
Jose Zuniga, journalist; 1992 6th Army Solider of the Year, discharged for
saying he was gay after President Clinton took office [L]
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IN MEMORIAM:
PERSONS ON THE OUT LIST WHO HAVE DIED SINCE VERSION 2.0 WAS ISSUED:
Cal Anderson, Washington state legislator [HIV]
Glenn Burke, ex-Major League baseball player [B; HIV]
Jon Hinson, gay activist; former Republican Congressman from Mississippi
Mark Huestis, filmmaker [HIV]
May Sarton, writer
Stephen Spender, poet and critic
Mark Hertzog, Executive Director [email protected]
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