THE LIST - H to M ------ | A to G | N to Z |
( 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James Hormel, retired businessman and philanthropist; nomination as U.S. ambassador to Fiji withdrawn by Pres.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