I bet you never knew there were so many of us...Believe me...I didn't.

• 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
• 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
• Paul Bowles, writer
• Boy George, pop star (formerly of Culture Club)
• Rev. Malcolm Boyd, Episcopal priest and writer
• Joe Brainard, poet and artist
• 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 compose
• 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
• Ellen Degeners, comedian
• 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
• Melissa Etheridge, rock singer
• Rupert Everett, actor (Another Country)
• 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, Mrs. Doubtfire, Kull the Conqueror)
• 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
• Ann Heche, actor
• 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
• Reno, comedian
• Hunter Reno, model, Janet Reno's neice
• Adrienne Rich, poet
• 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, magicians
• 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 beinggay; 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