Famous/Highly Visible Queers

[Medusa]

I am working on a historical referencing project and wanted to ask you all for help...and besides, this will be fun :)

I would love to compile a biggo thread full of info about Queers who are famous/highly visible. Our heroes, actresses, singers, artists, etc.

Beyond that, we can discuss how the visibility and fame of these Queers has impacted the world around us. Did they invent something awesome? Did their song make it to #1? Were they controversial? How have they shaped the media experience? How have they been shaped by the media?

Let's talk!

Please include a link to a pic!

[Medusa]

Me'Shell NdegeOcello (born August 29, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singer-songwriter), rapper (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapping), bassist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassist), and multi-instrumentalist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-instrumentalist). Her music incorporates funk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funk), soul (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_music), hip hop (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop_music), reggae (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggae), R&B (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_R%26B), rock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music), and jazz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz). She has received significant critical acclaim throughout her career,[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meshell_Ndegeocello#cite_note-0)[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meshell_Ndegeocello#cite_note-1) and has had ten career Grammy Award (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award) nominations.[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meshell_Ndegeocello#cite_note-2) She is often credited for having "sparked the neo-soul (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_soul) movement."[4] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meshell_Ndegeocello#cite_note-3)
(from wikipedia)

http://www.drumsonly.ch/stars/meshell_1.jpg



The first time I ever saw her was in a video for "Wild Night" with John Cougar Melencamp. I hadnt even heard the song until I saw that video and fell in love with her energy. She is an AMAZING musician (and fine as hell).

[christie]

Toshi Reagon:

born in Atlanta in 1964) is an American folk/blues musician. She is the daughter of Sweet Honey in the Rock co-founder Bernice Johnson Reagon, with whom she has sometimes collaborated on musical projects and of Cordell Hull Reagon, a leader of the civil rights movement in Albany, member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and co-founder of The Freedom Singers. She is also the goddaughter of folk singer, Pete Seeger and named after his wife, Toshi Seeger.
Reagon began performing when she dropped out of college; soon afterward, Lenny Kravitz invited her to open for him on his first world tour. She has since shared the stage with performers ranging from Ani Difranco to Elvis Costello.
Her band, BIGLovely, has been performing together since September 1996. The name allegedly comes from a love-letter she received from her girlfriend, which was addressed "To My BIGLovely." The band includes Judith Casselberry on acoustic guitar and vocals, Robert "Chicken" Burke on drums, Fred Cass, Jr. on bass, Adam Widoff on electric guitar, and Catherine Russell on mandolin and vocals. The line-up also includes Jen Leigh, Ann Klein, Debbie Robinson, Alison Miller, Kismet Lyles and Stephanie McKay as replacements.
Reagon lives in Brooklyn, New York with her partner and her daughter.[1]
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/85/Toshi_laughing.jpg/220px-Toshi_laughing.jpg


(from Wiki)

I am a huge blues fan and she is one of my favs.

[Medusa]

Toshi Reagon:

born in Atlanta in 1964) is an American folk/blues musician. She is the daughter of Sweet Honey in the Rock co-founder Bernice Johnson Reagon, with whom she has sometimes collaborated on musical projects and of Cordell Hull Reagon, a leader of the civil rights movement in Albany, member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and co-founder of The Freedom Singers. She is also the goddaughter of folk singer, Pete Seeger and named after his wife, Toshi Seeger.
Reagon began performing when she dropped out of college; soon afterward, Lenny Kravitz invited her to open for him on his first world tour. She has since shared the stage with performers ranging from Ani Difranco to Elvis Costello.
Her band, BIGLovely, has been performing together since September 1996. The name allegedly comes from a love-letter she received from her girlfriend, which was addressed "To My BIGLovely." The band includes Judith Casselberry on acoustic guitar and vocals, Robert "Chicken" Burke on drums, Fred Cass, Jr. on bass, Adam Widoff on electric guitar, and Catherine Russell on mandolin and vocals. The line-up also includes Jen Leigh, Ann Klein, Debbie Robinson, Alison Miller, Kismet Lyles and Stephanie McKay as replacements.
Reagon lives in Brooklyn, New York with her partner and her daughter.[1]
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/85/Toshi_laughing.jpg/220px-Toshi_laughing.jpg


(from Wiki)

I am a huge blues fan and she is one of my favs.


AWESOME! Can you believe I had NO idea she was Queer?!!!!!!!

[Jess]

Pretty interesting compilation from wiki :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_gay,_lesbian_or_bisexual_people:_A



Great thread idea!... Then we have those famous folks we all know are LGBT but still haven't come out yet... ( that's a fairly long list too! )

[Medusa]

Anyone care to reminisce on this? I remember the first time I saw it - it was like: :drool:


http://www.unc.edu/~luvvy/kdc.jpg

[Medusa]

And Jenny Shimizu!

http://www.topnews.in/files/images/JennyShimizu.jpg

[The_Lady_Snow]

Who didn't love them some B & A

http://image.listen.com/img/356x237/3/2/3/4/1154323_356x237.jpg

Bitch and Animal, a duo consisting of musicians Bitch and Animal Prufrock, were a queercore band that performed from 1995 to 2004. Bitch and Animal have kept their birth names out of publication for both political and artistic reasons. They became established while touring as an opening act for Ani DiFranco, and later launched their own highly successful tours.

Their first album, What's That Smell, was self-produced and featured some of their best-known songs, such as Drag King Bar and (on a hidden track) Pussy Manifesto. Their next two albums were released on Righteous Babe. Eternally Hard, released in 2001, was co-produced by Ani DiFranco and Wayne Schrengohst. Their last album, Sour Juice and Rhyme was produced in collaboration with June Millington of the groundbreaking 1970s all-women band Fanny.


and of course


Rachel Maddow

Rachel Anne Maddow (pronounced /ˈmædoʊ/; born April 1, 1973) is an American radio personality, television host, and political commentator.[1][2] Her syndicated talk radio program, The Rachel Maddow Show, aired on Air America Radio. Maddow hosts a nightly television show, The Rachel Maddow Show, on MSNBC.[3] She was also a guest host of Countdown with Keith Olbermann and Race for the White House. Maddow is the first openly gay anchor to be hired to host a prime-time news program in the United States.[4][5][6][7]

http://iamatvjunkie.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451c17f69e200e553a712708833-250wi


**Information from Wikipedia**

[Medusa]

And Sandra Valls from Latin Divas of Comedy!!!!


http://discoversweet.com/wp-content/uploads/s-vall-blog.jpg

[Medusa]

Who didn't love them some B & A


http://image.listen.com/img/356x237/3/2/3/4/1154323_356x237.jpg




YESSSSS!!!

Now isnt "Bitch" dating Daniella Sea from the "L" word???? I seem to remember someone talking about that...

[The_Lady_Snow]

YESSSSS!!!

Now isnt "Bitch" dating Daniella Sea from the "L" word???? I seem to remember someone talking about that...

Oh yes....

http://z.about.com/d/lesbianlife/1/0/G/H/BitchDaniela.jpg

[cinderella]

Ok, I just recently - like a few days ago - discovered a new Spanish artist who I am madly in love with now!!! And I'm not just talking about her art, etc., I mean like I AM IN LOVE/LUST!!!

Seriously, I am obsessing about this butch day and night now. Can we talk about this? How does one deal with these obsessions? For Pete's sake I am a mature (really mature!! lol) woman, and I'm seriously thinking of moving to Spain to be near her, and follow her around like some dumb-ass groupie!!!

Her name is Mayte Martin (pronounced 'Myteh'). She is a Spanish Flamenquista singer, not dancer, who also sings the classic boleros of my mom's time. Other then having this angelic voice, she is the best looking butch I have ever seen - bar none!!! So what's a girl to do???? Also, she is very OPEN about her homosexuality, and talks about it online...I believe she is an activist as well.

I'm looking for a pic of her to post, but am afraid you'll all be drooling too!!!

Ok, carry on...

[The_Lady_Snow]

Ok, I just recently - like a few days ago - discovered a new Spanish artist who I am madly in love with now!!! And I'm not just talking about her art, etc., I mean like I AM IN LOVE/LUST!!!

Seriously, I am obsessing about this butch day and night now. Can we talk about this? How does one deal with these obsessions? For Pete's sake I am a mature (really mature!! lol) woman, and I'm seriously thinking of moving to Spain to be near her, and follow her around like some dumb-ass groupie!!!

Her name is Mayte Martin (pronounced 'Myteh'). She is a Spanish Flamenquista singer, not dancer, who also sings the classic boleros of my mom's time. Other then having this angelic voice, she is the best looking butch I have ever seen - bar none!!! So what's a girl to do????

I'm looking for a pic of her to post, but am afraid you'll all be drooling too!!!

Ok, carry on...


http://www.laverdad.es/murcia/ocio/otro_contenido/media/200601/17/267fla.jpg

I am not the obsessed kind of admirer of people... So I dunno? Maybe someone else can help ya on that?

Wait there was the Pinnochio incident once at Disney...........:| I may have been a lil stalkerish but dunno if you can count Pinnochio as a real live type of thing..:|

http://www.lifeology.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/WDCC-PINOCCHIO-I.jpg

[cinderella]

It was prob the nose that gotcha, lol.

I'm not the 'obsessive' type either...but there's just something about Mayte that makes me tingle all over...thanks for posting her pic. Got her on my desktop now - 1st thing I see when I turn on the 'puter, and when I turn it off...is it too much? :thinking:

http://www.laverdad.es/murcia/ocio/otro_contenido/media/200601/17/267fla.jpg

I am not the obsessed kind of admirer of people... So I dunno? Maybe someone else can help ya on that?

Wait there was the Pinnochio incident once at Disney...........:| I may have been a lil stalkerish but dunno if you can count Pinnochio as a real live type of thing..:|

http://www.lifeology.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/WDCC-PINOCCHIO-I.jpg

[Queerasfck]

http://greatcheapcomedy.com/comics3/Sandra%20Bernhard%202.jpg

If it wasn't for apretty I'd probably be desperately seeking Sandra and be one of those weird stalker groupies. I've seen her in concert about five times. The last time was in San Francisco. We were practically ten feet from her!
She's political, fierce, daring, intelligent, oozes sexual energy and I find her so sexy. Sandra Bernhard is just like the gal I love and live with!

[weatherboi]

http://blog.taragana.com/sports/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/billiejeanking.jpg

[Daywalker]

Weatherboi stole mine.
:|

I plan to be Famous one day,
why not just post a Paparazzi pic of myself?

:vampirebat:

Ok...ok...I'll be back later to actually 'participate' in this Grand idea.

:daywalker:

[UofMfan]

Cynthia Nixon.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0633223/

[cinderella]

'My' Mayte...in all her glory *sigh*.
YouTube- MAYTE MART�N - Ten cuidao!

[EnderD_503]

I know there are more, but I mainly based this on musicians/authors/philosophers/politician etc. that I really like or I feel have done something really important.

Rob Halford
As a diehard metalhead, I figured I’d start with this one. For those who don’t know, Rob Halford is the singer of Judas Priest with one of the most widely hailed voices in metal. Besides being the frontman of one of the world’s most well-known heavy metal bands (not to mention one of metal’s founding bands along with Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden), he was also largely responsible for bringing the leather culture into heavy metal (straight from the gay scene, though he didn’t come out as gay to his fans until 1998).

Clive Barker
Is a well-known English author. For those of you familiar with the horror film Hellraiser, it is based on his novella, Hellbound Heart. His books often feature homosexual/queer characters, which has done nothing to diminish his popularity among horror fans worldwide, that's for sure. His books have been translated into a number of different languages.

Timothy Findley
A famous Canadian author. His most well-known work is called The Wars (Governor General’s Award in 1977, the year of its publication), which is widely considered to be a Canadian classic.

Roland Barthes
An extremely influential 20th century French philosopher/critical theorist primarily concerned with structuralism and semiotics. It’s unlikely that you’ll ever take a 20th century critical theory or philosophy course that doesn’t mention him.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Aka Peter Tchaikovsky, aka Tchaikovsky;) Think Nutcracker and Swan Lake.

Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès
French lawyer who wrote the Napoleonic Code upon which French law is founded.

Jóhanna Sigurðadóttir
First female Icelandic Prime Minister and first openly homosexual prime minister/president/head of government in the world.

Marcel Proust
Probably don’t need to say anything about this one either. Famous French author, most known for À la recherche du temps perdu (aka In Search of Lost Time).

Leonardo DaVinci
Do I need to say anything at all:p

Ralph Waldo Emerson
A famous American transcendentalist and one of my favourite philosophers. He was bisexual, but I assume that counts.

Except for Emerson, all the other individuals I mentioned above were/are either gay or lesbian. Some other famous bisexuals who people don’t often recognise as such: Hans Christian Anderson and Michel Foucault (actually, if you look at many 20th century critical theorists, you’ll find many gay/lesbian and bisexual individuals like Judith Butler, Simone de Beauvoir and the aforementioned Roland Barthes).

[Medusa]

The famous couple:

http://www.celebritysmackblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/ellen-portia-08.jpg

[Cyclopea]

http://bovacinema.com/images/Quentin2sc.jpg

[The_Lady_Snow]

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020919/sp4.jpg

Martina Navratilova (born October 18, 1956) is a Czech-American tennis player and a former World No. 1. Billie Jean King said about Navratilova in 2006, "She's the greatest singles, doubles and mixed doubles player who's ever lived."[1]

Navratilova won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, 31 Grand Slam women's doubles titles (an all-time record), and 10 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. She reached the Wimbledon singles final 12 times, including 9 consecutive years from 1982 through 1990, and won the women's singles title at Wimbledon a record 9 times. She and King each won 20 Wimbledon titles, an all-time record. Navratilova is one of just three women to have accomplished a career Grand Slam in singles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles (called the Grand Slam "boxed set").

*Wikipedia information*

[Medusa]

Come to my window!!

Melissa Ethridge: American rock-singer/songwriter

At the 20th Annual Juno Awards in 1990, Etheridge won International Entertainer of the Year.[13]
Etheridge has won the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance twice in her career, for the songs "Ain't It Heavy" in 1992, and "Come to My Window" in 1994.[14]
In 1996 she was awarded ASCAP's Songwriter of the Year Award.
In 2001, she won the Gibson Guitar Award for Best Rock Guitarist: Female.[15]
In 2006, at the 17th GLAAD Media Awards, Etheridge received GLAAD's Stephen F. Kolzak Award, honoring openly lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender media professionals who have made a significant difference in promoting equal rights.[16] In addition, she was awarded as Outstanding Music Artist for Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled.
On February 25, 2007, Etheridge received the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "I Need to Wake Up", the theme song to the Al Gore-moderated, Academy Award winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth. The award was presented by Queen Latifah and John Travolta.
On February 18, 2009, Etheridge was named the "Celebrity Marshall" for Boston's 2009 Pride Parade, by the Boston Pride Committee.

(from wikipedia)

http://flywithbats.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/melissa_etheridge.jpg

[SuperFemme]

http://workingminds.org/video/esera.jpg

http://media.ebaumsworld.com/picture/polskais1/FreddieMercury.png

http://faculty.uml.edu/sgallagher/GENDERSTUDIESTXT_files/milk1.jpg

http://www.wonkette.com/assets/2006/06/mary%20cheney%20now%20it%27s%20my%20turn%20book%20 cover.jpg

[Andrew, Jr.]

Harvey Milk

[SuperFemme]

http://www.cff.org/UploadedImages/ImageGallery/eltonanddarren.jpg

[SuperFemme]

http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Business/images-3/anderson-cooper.jpg

[Medusa]

George Michael!


http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/george-michael.jpg

[SuperFemme]

http://www.apsanet.org/imgtest/BarneyFrank133.jpg

[UofMfan]

http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Business/images-3/anderson-cooper.jpg


Or as I like to call him: Anderson Gay Cooper!

[SuperFemme]

http://groovyvic.mu.nu/archives/images/boy-g.jpg

[SuperFemme]

http://www.foxnews.com/images/66264/8_21_175_odonnell_rosie_newdo.jpg

[Soon]

Or as I like to call him: Anderson Gay Cooper!


Yet, he hasn't verified it or publicly come out.

...I don't know, just asking , if someone can belong to a list of visible queers when they have never confirmed their orientation (despite everyone assuming or presuming)?

[SuperFemme]

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p296/lesleymomof4/home_cesar.jpg

[Medusa]

Marlene Dietrich!

(from Wiki):
Dietrich was known to have a strong set of political convictions and a mind to speak them. She was a staunch anti-Nazi who despised Germany's anti-semitic policies of the time. Her singing helped here too, as she recorded a number of anti-Nazi records in German.

Dietrich became an American citizen in 1937 and entertained American troops during the Second World War. She is also famous for having recorded Lili Marleen during World War II, a curious example of a song transcending the hatreds of war.

Dietrich was a model which later stars would follow. Her public image and some of her movies included strong sexual undertones, including bisexuality. Accordingly, it is no surprise that she had affairs with women (Mercedes de Acosta was among her lesbian lovers) as well as men.

Unlike her professional celebrity, which was carefully crafted and maintained, Dietrich's personal life was kept out of public view. She married once, to film technician Rudolf Sieber. Her only child, Maria, was born in 1925. When Maria gave birth to a son in 1948, Dietrich was dubbed "the world's most glamorous grandmother."

http://nouveaubutch.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/marlene_dietrich1.jpg

[SuperFemme]

Yet, he hasn't verified it or publicly come out.

...I don't know, just asking , if someone can belong to a list of visible queers when they have never confirmed their orientation (despite everyone assuming)?

He was visible all over Paris a few weeks ago....with his partner.

[SuperFemme]

http://momocrats.typepad.com/momocrats/images/2008/05/21/rachel_maddow.jpg

[Soon]

He was visible all over Paris a few weeks ago....with his partner.


Must have missed that!

:)

[The_Lady_Snow]

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p296/lesleymomof4/home_cesar.jpg


Did Cesar divorce the wife????:beatcomputer:

[Medusa]

Did Cesar divorce the wife????:beatcomputer:



He didnt! I thought he was gay too but I remembered seeing an episode where he referred to his wife.

Found this from January:
http://www.elle.com/Pop-Culture/Movies-TV-Music-Books/Cesar-Millan-The-Dog-Whisperer

[The_Lady_Snow]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyrnz0QAAQ1qawy82o1_400.jpg

[Medusa]

Oh, Im going to hell for not remembering my girl, RuPaul, sooner!

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tmz.com/media/2008/04/0423_rupaul_reveal_getty.jpg

[The_Lady_Snow]

He didnt! I thought he was gay too but I remembered seeing an episode where he referred to his wife.

Found this from January:
http://www.elle.com/Pop-Culture/Movies-TV-Music-Books/Cesar-Millan-The-Dog-Whisperer


Yeah he has two sons with Illusion the wife... :|

:eek:

[The_Lady_Snow]

http://dailyblabber.ivillage.com/entertainment/archives/Oscar_Portia.jpg

[Queerasfck]

I need to post this before Super Femme goes thru the entire gay encylopedia.

http://blogs.menmedia.co.uk/old/bourne/Ian%20McKellen.jpg

[Medusa]

Wanda Sykes!

http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/theremoteisland/2009/04/Wanda_Sykes.jpg

[Medusa]

Remember "The Incredible Shrinking Woman"???!!!!


Lily Tomlin

http://kenstein64.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/lily-tomlin-wm02.jpg

[Nat]

http://www.mapability.com/travel/p2i/images/em_forster.jpg

Author of "A Room with a View," "Howard's End," "A Passage to India," and "Maurice" (His only novel with a gay theme - published posthumously - only shared with friends during his life)

[Queerasfck]

I can't stop posting because of Lady Snow.I'm too competitive.This is Leisha Hailey formerly of the L Word and she's in a band.

http://www.contactmusic.com/pics/l/l_word_premiere_party_2_070108/leisha_hailey_1712818.jpg

[The_Lady_Snow]

http://www.eroticartcollection.com/Media/Tom_of_Finland/Tom_of_Finland.jpg


TOM OF FINLAND was born Touko Laaksonen in 1920 in the village of Kaarina, Finland. At the age of nineteen, he moved to Helsinki to attend art college and, for his own personal enjoyment, created his first homoerotic drawings.

Following his release from the army after World War II, Touko began to work in advertising. He continued to draw his fantasies and, urged by close friends, submitted them to the American bodybuilding magazine Physique Pictorial. Because of the conservative social climate in 1957, he chose to be published under the pseudonym "Tom of Finland."

His images were an immediate success, followed by the publication of numerous booklets and anthologies, and since 1973, his work has been exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide.

With his friend Durk Dehner, he founded the Tom of Finland Company in 1979; the Tom of Finland Foundation was formed five years later as a non-profit educational archive to preserve, restore, and exhibit erotic art.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eyYYsTv-8Uc/ScplZOgOSZI/AAAAAAAAClA/7Q349DOM2dI/s400/3way.jpg

[Medusa]

Sara Gilbert! - Little sister of Melissa Gilbert, and start of tv's "Roseanne"


http://static.tvfanatic.com/images/gallery/sara-gilbert-picture.jpg

[Andrew, Jr.]

Divine
John Walters
Sylvester
Matt Sheppard
Siegfried & Roy
Chaz Bono
Tenessee Williams
Mark Bingham - Flight 93

[Medusa]

Jillian Michaels - Trainer on "The Biggest Loser"


http://www.celebritydietdoctor.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/jillian-michaels-personal-workout.jpg

[Andrew, Jr.]

Alexis Arquette
Richard Chamberlain

[Medusa]

Sara Shahi - "Carmen" on the "L' Word"

http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/famecrawler/2009/02/sarah-shahi-picture-3.jpg

[Medusa]

Karina Lombard - "Marina" on "The L Word" but I liked her even better in "Legends of the Fall"

http://imstars.aufeminin.com/stars/fan/karina-lombard/karina-lombard-20070121-201066.jpg

[The_Lady_Snow]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/223/484713555_fe78dbd763.jpg?v=0

[Medusa]

Kate Clinton!

http://blog.syracuse.com/shelflife/2008/11/kate-clinton-2008-3_2.JPG

[Nat]

http://nndb.com/people/607/000031514/alcott.jpg

Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women, did say this in an interview with Louise Chandler Moulton, 1883:

"I am more than half-persuaded that I am a man's soul, put by some freak of nature into a woman's body... because I have fallen in love in my life with so many pretty girls and never once the least bit with any man."

[Medusa]

One of my personal heros: Lt. Dan Choi


http://theworldofhowey.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/danchoi3.jpg

[Medusa]

http://nndb.com/people/607/000031514/alcott.jpg

Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women, did say this in an interview with Louise Chandler Moulton, 1883:

"I am more than half-persuaded that I am a man's soul, put by some freak of nature into a woman's body... because I have fallen in love in my life with so many pretty girls and never once the least bit with any man."



THIS! THIS was worth the whole thread! I had no idea she was queer!
I mean, even if she didnt say word-for-word "I . Am. A. Lesbo", this quote certainly feels queer.

And "Little Women" has always been a fave! :)

[Nat]

THIS! THIS was worth the whole thread! I had no idea she was queer!
I mean, even if she didnt say word-for-word "I . Am. A. Lesbo", this quote certainly feels queer.

And "Little Women" has always been a fave! :)

I think it makes sense why Jo always felt so queer. :) I think she said that in a response to a question about why she never married. I think in the same interview, she also says the only reason she married Jo off to the professor was because of all the fangirls who were begging her to marry Jo off to Laurie, and she was determined to thwart them. Sadly the article is difficult to find online but I think my mom sent me something about the interview. I can look for it if you find your research heading in that direction.

[Soon]

Which reminds me...

Radclyffe Hall

http://www.computerconsultingservices.net/mensworld/images/hall2.jpg

Oscar Wilde

http://blogs.suntimes.com/food/2009/11/25/Oscar%20Wilde.jpg

Rufus Wainwright

http://www.papermag.com/blogs/2007_1221_rufus.jpg

(sorry, if i have repeated any...!)

[Nat]

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/12975031/Tracy+Chapman+Tracy+Where+You+Live+promo1.jpg

[Andrew, Jr.]

Rita Mae Brown
Tracy Chapman

[Hack]

http://www.billystrayhorn.com/biography.htm

Billy Strayhorn, jazz composer. Worked a great deal with Duke Ellington. If you know "Take the A Train," you know Billy Strayhorn. He composed "Take the A Train" based on the lyrical quality of Duke Ellington's voice on the telephone, as Ellington gave him directions to his house in Harlem.

I am a huge, huge jazz fan...and a major fan of Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington.

A sidenote: Ellington was heterosexual. In an interview I saw with his daughter, she acknowledged the close friendship between her father and Strayhorn, saying they were as close as two men could be and not actually be lovers.


YouTube- Duke Ellington, "Take the A Train"

[Hack]

Bayard Rustin, chief organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, where Martin Luther King delivered his amazing "I Have a Dream" speech. Rustin was a colleague of Dr. King.

http://rustin.org/

[Queerasfck]

Buck Angel.

http://blogs.the217.com/withtongue/files/2009/03/buck-angel.jpg

[Hack]

http://www.cammermeyer.com/

Grethe Cammermeyer, who challenged the military's ban on gays and lesbians serving, and was reinstated. I think it's cool, too, that she is still with her partner, Diane Divelbess.

[Hack]

Elena Kagan, currently serving as the U.S. Solicitor General (and the first woman to do so), and also currently on the short list to become the next U.S. Supreme Court Justice when Justice Stevens retires this summer. And, shhhhhh.....she's an out lesbian.

[morningstar55]

umm.......... can I qualify as a HIGHly visible queer ????
i sit high up in my truck and can see for miles and miles........ and everyone in the cars has to look UP to me....... lol lol lol

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o199/morningstar1955/newsunglasss.jpg

ok ya'll know im jest teazzzzin right???? hehe

[moxie]

Jane Addams, the founder of modern-day social work.

http://www.glhalloffame.org/images/240x300/addams311.JPG

She was also the second woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931 for her activism against war. She was known as an internationalist, a feminist and a pioneer of civil responsibility.

Very fascinating woman.

[Toughy]

One of my personal heros: Lt. Dan Choi


http://theworldofhowey.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/danchoi3.jpg

I salute Lt Dan Choi............and there were never many LTs I was happy to salute.......

[Martina]

James Baldwin

http://www.focusdep.com/images/James_Baldwin_1167309552122863.jpg

[Nat]

http://www.legacy.com/UserContent/ns/Photos/hepburn3.jpg

Katharine Hepburn dressed as a boy in the movie Sylvia Scarlett. (AFP/Getty Images)

There has been a lot of speculation regarding Katharine Hepburn's orientation and gender experience, and though she was rumored to have affairs with some women, if she was queer, she was not out. There is a biography that says she had a boy alter-ego named Jimmy when she was a kid and that she had several affairs with women, and that she and Spencer Tracy were basically beards for each other. But there is a lot of refutation of the things said in that biography and I can't put my hands on the source material.

Anyway, here she is being adorable and letting some girl put an eyeliner mustache on her.

ciODYji23kk

[Soon]

Buck Angel.

http://blogs.the217.com/withtongue/files/2009/03/buck-angel.jpg

On my computer the image didn't show up, so I am including one:

http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/40/l_fa9ce259e5644d899d3f194a16addc4c.jpg

[Nat]

http://www.countrymusicgreats.com/images/0114/00628740100929.jpg

Ferron - folksinger, poet

[Soon]

catie curtis--musician
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.queersighted.com/media/2009/02/catie-curtis-blog.jpg

[Soon]

Langston Hughes--poet/writer

http://harlemworldblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/langstonhughe_25.jpg


Dreams


Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.

Dream Deferred

What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
Like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore--
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over--
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?

[Soon]

http://blog.b92.net/user_stuff/upload/212/audre_poster.212.jpg



"I remember how being young and black and gay and lonely felt. A lot of it was fine, feeling I had the truth and the light and the key, but a lot of it was purely hell."

"If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive."

"There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt."

"Your silence will not protect you."

[Soon]

Federico García Lorca


http://www.altfg.com/Stars/others/garcia-lorca-federico.jpg


“To see you naked is to recall the Earth.”

[Hack]

This may mean more to those from Michigan, but I would hate to see this lady just be a footnote in queer history: Ruth Ellis.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Ellis_(activist)

Ruth Ellis was an out African-American lesbian most of her life. She and her long-time partner, Babe Franklin, opened their home to runaway gays and lesbians. Today, there is a LGBTQ center in Highland Park in the metro Detroit area named for her (the Ruth Ellis Center) that serves as short-term and long-term shelter for LGBTQ youth or young adults. It is one of 4 shelters in the US that is dedicated to this purpose.

[Nat]

Federico García Lorca


http://www.altfg.com/Stars/others/garcia-lorca-federico.jpg


“To see you naked is to recall the Earth.”

Cool! I had no idea he was family. I love him.

[WolfyOne]

Ricky Martin told the World that hey's gay and while it's no big deal in this corner, Ricky Martin's coming out caused a stir, and got him so excited he put down the wrong website link from his Twitter account!

[Medusa]

Dorothy Allison - Author, Femme, fellow redhead, and amazing mentor.

Dorothy has written numerous books but is probably most famous for "Bastard Out of Carolina". If you havent read it, I demand you get yourself to the nearest library and get it now. It is simply amazing.


I'll post my pic with Dorothy from the last Femme Conference if I can find it.


http://share.triangle.com/sites/share-uda.triangle.com/files/images/11-Dorothy-Allison.preview.jpg

[Medusa]

Amber Hollibaugh - author of "My Dangerous Desires: A Queer Girl Dreaming her Way Home"

Another MUST read.

Amber is a fierce, kick-ass Femme activist and has the most amazing energy.

http://www.lesbianhealthinfo.org/amberhollibaugh.jpg

[Medusa]

Leah Lakshmi Piepzna Samarasinha - FIERCE as fuck Femme Shark, author of Consensual Genocide.


http://www.cuav.org/media/images/5340_furtographercuav30web2705_display.jpg

[Medusa]

Jewelle Gomez - Another FIERCE Femme author. Jewelle wrote one of my favorite books of poetry, "43 Septembers".

And here she is with what she calls her "Happy Medusa" rolls :)

http://www.redroom.com/files/imagecache/USER_PICTURE_PROFILE_PAGE/u1/u900/picture-900.jpg

[Soon]

http://fascinatingpeople.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/frida_kahlo_small_0trimmed.jpg

I leave you my portrait so that you will have my presence all the days and nights that I am away from you.

I love you more than my own skin.

I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality.

[Soon]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eHeOSKkzbXM/S00_mWZwdbI/AAAAAAAAAcc/LK1kfkHp3nc/s400/daley.jpg

A woman's asking for equality in the church would be comparable to a black person's demanding equality in the Ku Klux Klan.

Courage to be is the key to revelatory power of the feminist revolution.

Why indeed must 'God' be a noun? Why not a verb - the most active and dynamic of all.

We will look upon the earth and her sister planets as being with us, not for us. One does not rape a sister.

Women have had the power of naming stolen from us.

[Soon]

http://teganandsara.org/gallery/pictures/bangers.jpg

[Gemme]

http://www.officialvillagepeople.com/photo_album.php?gal=MTI=

And....God-des & She....

Most people trying to foray into the hip-hop world try to conform to the stereotypes,” says GO NYC magazine. “For God-Des & She, by bucking the standard, they created their own. In other words, while most aspiring rappers try to set the bar, God-des & She ARE the bar.”

A hip-hop/pop/soul duo bred in the Midwest, God-Des & She now play to packed venues all over the world, from Lacrosse, Wisconsin, to Stockholm, Sweden. Ever since they appeared on Showtime’s The L Word three years ago, performing their infamous single “Lick It,” the pair haven’t had a moment’s rest, selling over 30,000 albums, holding down the #1 song spot on MTV LOGO with their song “Love You Better,” and signing autograph after autograph for eager fans. With their new unreleased album, God-Des & She are about to blow up—big. Produced by Brian Hardgroove (Public Enemy, Wu Tang, Burning Spear, Aerosmith), their new album confirms their status as an underground act about to hit the mainstream.

God-Des & She met in Madison, Wisconsin in 1999. God-Des was making her name as a solo act when she first heard She singing in a local rock band. Soon after, God-Des asked her to do some hooks for a new song she was working on. They discovered that they had more than musical chemistry—they had musical alchemy. God-Des hails from a family of classical musicians: her dad was the trombone professor at University of Michigan for twenty years and played a wide musical range of commercial gigs, ranging from The Flintstones theme song to playing in the studio with Neil Diamond; her mother is a cello prodigy who performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at age fifteen before performing in the Motown studios with groups like The Jackson Five and Carol King. In contrast, no one in She’s working-class family is a musician; yet, her powerful, natural talent couldn’t be contained. (Nowadays the workers at She’s father’s factory in Wisconsin smile and proudly jam out to the newest God-Des & She tunes during work). As different as their two backgrounds were, when God-des and She riffed together the first time it was as if they were one person, one mind, one past—and, as it turned out, one future. Combining God-Des’ irreverent rhymes with She’s soaring voice, they created shimmering, irresistible tracks which were soon captivating crowds in Madison and beyond. “Needless to say,” She notes, “I don’t sing with that rock band anymore.”

In 2004, the duo moved to New York City. They’d gotten too big for Madison and it was time to reach the new, bigger audience that was meant to hear them. “I remember the day we arrived in New York,” God-Des recalls. “As we drove into the city I was thinking, ‘Oh shit. We’re really doing this. This is for real.’” And real it was. They pounded the pavement in New York. They garnered a devoted following but even with all the shows in and outside of New York, it was a challenge to stay afloat. “I’m the master at staying a month behind on my rent,” God-Des jokes. “Or two.” Both God-Des & She worked many an odd job to support their budding career. God-Des worked as a security guard and a beer distributor, among other things. And She worked as a waitress and a meat slicer in an Italian deli in Queens. “We had some hard times,” She says, “and a number of times we thought about giving up. The only thing that kept us going was knowing our music meant something extremely special to our fans.”

In 2008 God-Des & She released their second album, Stand Up. By then their hard work was paying off and they were able to live solely off their music. The pair was featured in two documentaries, had appeared on The L Word, held the number one spot on MTV LOGO for 15 consecutive weeks, toured all over the World, and garnered frequent write-ups in magazines and blogs. Their fan base had grown tremendously and their musical style had evolved. “We went from a duo where the rapper rapped all the verses and the singer sung all the hooks, to totally infusing our styles and doing songs that are nearly impossible to define and place in any musical box,” says She. Fans continually told them at the now-famous post-concert autograph signings, there was no other group like them. When you hear a God-des & She song, you know it is them.

In early 2009 God-Des & She took a brief break from their busy touring schedule—eight to ten shows a month all over the country and world—to cut a new album. They teamed up with legendary producer Brian Hardgroove. “This is our best album yet,” says God-Des. “It takes all the strengths we’ve been honing over the years and puts them together to create something new.”Indeed. The new album is a genre-straddling tour-de-force, which frustrates categories and simple descriptions. It fills a massive void that is missing in current popular music. It offers songs honoring their hip-hop roots (“Respect My Fresh”). It has songs to get even the least confident dancer up and “shaking it” in the club (“Love Machine,” “Drum Circle”). Songs to roll the windows down and scream every word (“Get Your Bike,” “Spin The Bottle”). Songs to make you think (“Blue In The Face,” ”Radio Up”). And even the All American Rock Song (“Change”) to play at every football stadium in America. She’s breathtaking alto crackles and burns throughout, leaving you with goose bumps. And God-Des’s lyrics turns language into a playground for her to do wild somersaults in. “They are easily as good as the best that hip hop has to offer,” Hardgroove says of the duo, “and far more interesting.”

So what’s next for God-des & She? More of the same: loyalty to fans and their artistic vision. Only difference is now they’re taking it to a whole new level. “Let’s just hope the world is ready for us,” say’s She.


http://media.photobucket.com/image/god-des%20and%20she/blueboi_dragon/God-des.jpg?o=1

[Nat]

Dorothy Allison - Author, Femme, fellow redhead, and amazing mentor.

Dorothy has written numerous books but is probably most famous for "Bastard Out of Carolina". If you havent read it, I demand you get yourself to the nearest library and get it now. It is simply amazing.


I'll post my pic with Dorothy from the last Femme Conference if I can find it.


http://share.triangle.com/sites/share-uda.triangle.com/files/images/11-Dorothy-Allison.preview.jpg

I love her to death!

[Nat]

Lindsay Lohan

http://www.hamaraphotos.com/hollywood/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/samantha-ronson-lindsay-lohan-at-the-charlotte-ronson-spring-2009-fashion-show.jpg

[Queerasfck]

Alison Bechdel is a cartoonist. She is the creator of the comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For and wrote the acclaimed graphic novel Fun Home. Fun Home chronicals her very interesting childhood. Fun Home was one of the best books of 2006, hailed by Time magazine, Publishers Weekly and many more. I meet Alison in 2007 at Comic Con. She is a fabulous!

http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_371L1X49lIw/SXfZ59ASkLI/AAAAAAAAHDg/lVnQfQcntSM/s400/Dykes+3b.jpg

http://1979semifinalist.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/fun-home-cover.jpg

[Queerasfck]

Phranc! Singer, Artist, Tupperware peddler!

http://unusuallife.com/wp-content/uploads2006/phrancparty.jpg

http://www01.smgov.net/ccs/palette/2007/6-7-07%20images/pass2.jpg

[Martina]

LOL. i had almost completely forgotten about Phranc, though i had one of her records (Folksinger) back in the day, when i went to a show in Detroit to see The Knitters and she was opening for them. She still has the flat top. She still looks good. i gather she took up the tupperware gig to contribute to family income though she apparently loves the stuff.

[Martina]

Federico García Lorca


http://www.altfg.com/Stars/others/garcia-lorca-federico.jpg


“To see you naked is to recall the Earth.”

God, i loved Lorca back in the day.

Gacela of Unexpected Love

No one understood the perfume
of the shadow magnolia of your belly.
No one knew you crushed completely
a humming-bird of love between your teeth.

There slept a thousand little persian horses
in the moonlight plaza of your forehead,
while, for four nights, I embraced there
your waist, the enemy of snowfall.

Between the plaster and the jasmines,
your gaze was a pale branch, seeding.
I tried to give you, in my breastbone,
the ivory letters that say ever.

Ever, ever: garden of my torture,
your body, flies from me forever,
the blood of your veins is in my mouth now,
already light-free for my death.

----

[Martina]

The author of my favorite book of all time -- Country of the Pointed Firs -- Sarah Orne Jewett

http://www.nndb.com/people/122/000113780/sarah-orne-jewett-2-sized.jpg

[christie]

One of my favorite authors and a former Richmonder... Patricia Cornwell

http://www.patriciacornwell.com/files/2009/12/22/img_102214916822.jpg

Patricia Cornwell was born on June 9, 1956, in Miami, Florida, and grew up in Montreat, North Carolina.

Following graduation from Davidson College in 1979, she began working at the Charlotte Observer, rapidly advancing from listing television programs to writing feature articles to covering the police beat. She won an investigative reporting award from the North Carolina Press Association for a series of articles on prostitution and crime in downtown Charlotte.

Her award-winning biography of Ruth Bell Graham, A Time for Remembering, was published in 1983. From 1984 to 1990 she worked as a technical writer and a computer analyst at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Richmond, Virginia.

Her first crime novel, Postmortem, was published by Scribner’s in 1990. Initially rejected by seven major publishing houses, it became the first novel to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity awards as well as the French Prix du Roman d’Aventure in a single year. In Postmortem, Cornwell introduced Dr. Kay Scarpetta as the intrepid Chief Medical Examiner of the Commonwealth of Virginia. In 1999, Dr. Scarpetta herself won the Sherlock Award for best detective created by an American author.

Often interviewed on national television as a forensic consultant, Cornwell is a founder of the Virginia Institute of Forensic Science and Medicine; a founding member of the National Forensic Academy; a member of the Advisory Board for the Forensic Sciences Training Program at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, NYC; and a member of the Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital’s National Council, where she is an advocate for psychiatric research. She is also well known for her philanthropic contributions to animal rescue and criminal justice as well as endowing college scholarships and promoting the cause of literacy on the national scene. Some of her projects include the establishment of an ICU at Cornell’s Animal Hospital, the archaeological excavation of Jamestown, and the scientific study of the Confederacy’s submarine H.L. Hunley. Most recently she donated a million dollars to Harvard’s Fogg Museum to establish a chair in inorganic science.

from www.patriciacornwell.com

[Jess]

Sheri Reynolds, Author and Professor of English at ODU.

http://www.sherireynolds.com/

[christie]

Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara (Gujarati: ફ્રારુક બુલ્સારા*), 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991), was a British musician, best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Queen. As a performer, he was known for his powerful vocals and flamboyant performances.[2][3][4] As a songwriter, Mercury composed many hits, including "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Killer Queen", "Somebody to Love", "Don't Stop Me Now", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", "Barcelona", and "We Are the Champions". Led by Mercury, Queen had sold more than 300 million albums internationally as of 2009.[5][6][7][8]

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:p1CNZHUqJ495kM:http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/9968/freddiemercury0ve.jpg

[Kast]

Jodie Foster

http://www.eforu.com/cards/pictures/jodiefoster/114_thumb.jpg

[Nat]

Danny Pintauro

(the kid from the sitcom "Who's the Boss")

gKf27gsLD3w

[Nat]

Kelly McGillis

http://www.sayitwithpie.com/2008_12_11HotAmishChick2.jpg

[cinderella]

Considered the most beautiful woman in the world during her heyday - 1930's & 40's - Greta Garbo had many affairs with women. Hugo Vicker's biography: 'Loving Garbo', is a tell-all and insightful view of her romantic involvement with Mercedes de Acosta & Cecil Beaton (who was gay himself, but evidently could not resist the Swede). It is a facinating read, and also exposes many other 'ladies' of the 'sewing circle'.
YouTube- Greta Garbo

[Nat]

Portia de Rossi

http://images.allmoviephoto.com/2002_Who_is_Cletis_Tout/portia_de_rossi_001.jpg

[Jess]

SOEUR SOURIRE aka Jeanne-Paule Marie Deckers aka Jeanine Deckers aka The Singing Nun

http://deckers66.homestead.com/

"Citing their financial difficulties in a note, she and her companion of ten years, Anna Pécher, both committed suicide by an overdose of barbiturates and alcohol on 29 March 1985.[3][4][5] She was 51.... From Wikipedia

[UofMfan]

OMG I love her!

One of my favorite authors and a former Richmonder... Patricia Cornwell

http://www.patriciacornwell.com/files/2009/12/22/img_102214916822.jpg

Patricia Cornwell was born on June 9, 1956, in Miami, Florida, and grew up in Montreat, North Carolina.

Following graduation from Davidson College in 1979, she began working at the Charlotte Observer, rapidly advancing from listing television programs to writing feature articles to covering the police beat. She won an investigative reporting award from the North Carolina Press Association for a series of articles on prostitution and crime in downtown Charlotte.

Her award-winning biography of Ruth Bell Graham, A Time for Remembering, was published in 1983. From 1984 to 1990 she worked as a technical writer and a computer analyst at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Richmond, Virginia.

Her first crime novel, Postmortem, was published by Scribner’s in 1990. Initially rejected by seven major publishing houses, it became the first novel to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity awards as well as the French Prix du Roman d’Aventure in a single year. In Postmortem, Cornwell introduced Dr. Kay Scarpetta as the intrepid Chief Medical Examiner of the Commonwealth of Virginia. In 1999, Dr. Scarpetta herself won the Sherlock Award for best detective created by an American author.

Often interviewed on national television as a forensic consultant, Cornwell is a founder of the Virginia Institute of Forensic Science and Medicine; a founding member of the National Forensic Academy; a member of the Advisory Board for the Forensic Sciences Training Program at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, NYC; and a member of the Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital’s National Council, where she is an advocate for psychiatric research. She is also well known for her philanthropic contributions to animal rescue and criminal justice as well as endowing college scholarships and promoting the cause of literacy on the national scene. Some of her projects include the establishment of an ICU at Cornell’s Animal Hospital, the archaeological excavation of Jamestown, and the scientific study of the Confederacy’s submarine H.L. Hunley. Most recently she donated a million dollars to Harvard’s Fogg Museum to establish a chair in inorganic science.

from www.patriciacornwell.com

[Cyclopea]

http://blogofalltrades.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/suze-orman-show-book.jpg

[Cyclopea]

http://jasonkirk.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/susan.jpg

[Cyclopea]

http://clubglee.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/jane-lynch-glee_l.jpg

[Nat]

http://jasonkirk.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/susan.jpg

she did a really interesting interview on the lesbian mafia podcast. i had no idea how much of a feminist she was. she didn't strike me as esp. trans-friendly but definitely a very interesting interview.

[SFFemmePrincess]

Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas: Authors and Soulmates

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nH5E6mclu3o/SUCpOA8UpxI/AAAAAAAABqM/0mnfTj2HCCY/s400/gertrude+stein+alice+b+toklas+and+basket.jpg

Allen Ginsberg: Poet

http://ginavivinetto.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/allen_ginsberg1.jpg

[Cyclopea]

she did a really interesting interview on the lesbian mafia podcast. i had no idea how much of a feminist she was. she didn't strike me as esp. trans-friendly but definitely a very interesting interview.

Ha! I highly doubt she is a feminist. I don't know about trans-unfriendliness but it wouldn't surprise me. She's a total nut. An equal opportunity offender. lol. That's her schtick, I think. I guess that's why she's famous and highly visible. She's like the queer Anne Coulter. lol. Not every famous queer is one to emulate!

[Nat]

Ha! I highly doubt she is a feminist. I don't know about trans-unfriendliness but it wouldn't surprise me. She's a total nut. An equal opportunity offender. lol. That's her schtick, I think. I guess that's why she's famous and highly visible. She's like the queer Anne Coulter. lol. Not every famous queer is one to emulate!

well, i was impressed with her from the interview - but then i wasn't expecting ANYTHING. She's definitely a feminist though. A very opinionated one. She's not respectful of the fat-positive movement either - though her reasoning (which I don't agree with) seemed more female-positive that female-negating. And yeah, she might be crazy and she definitely promotes herself a lot.

here's the link (http://thelesbianmafia.podomatic.com/entry/2009-12-20T21_34_00-08_00) should you choose to listen

[cinderella]

"A dog is a dog is a dog is a dog." ~ Gertrude Stein

Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas: Authors and Soulmates

[apretty]

DOROTHY ARZNER, director 1930s - 40s, screenwriter and also taught film at UCLA

http://www.stumfilm.no/arzner_stor.jpg

http://www.kinseyinstitute.org/services/gallery/qp/images/DanceGirlDance.jpg

here she is on set with joan crawford...

http://www.legendaryjoancrawford.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/brideworeredset20.gif

[Queerasfck]

Issac Mizrahi and Tom Ford.

http://www.harpersbazaar.com/cm/harpersbazaar/images/isaac-mizrahi-fashion-show-de-57547932.jpg

http://uberkid.typepad.com/fashionbusiness/images/2007/04/17/tom_ford.jpg

[Queerasfck]

Gus Van Sant, film director of MILK, Drugstore Cowboy, To Die For, Good Will Hunting to name a few.


http://www.webwombat.com.au/entertainment/movies/images/gus-van-sant.JPG

[Queerasfck]

James Whale, director of such classic monster films Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, The Invisible Man and other types of films as well. Whale lived openly in Hollywood in the 1920-1930's which was pretty much unheard of at the time. His own life was portrayed on screen in the movie Gods and Monsters (1998 d. by Bill Condon also openly gay he directed the film Dreamgirls and others) with Sir Ian McKellen playing him.


http://www.best-horror-movies.com/image-files/bride-of-frankenstein-james-whale.jpg

[Queerasfck]

Kate Bornstein, activist, playwright, artist, author, and fabulous. The first time I ever saw the words gender outlaw it was because of Kate.
http://www.katebornstein.com/KatePages/kate_bornstein.htm

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/56/166938506_e4cf5eae20.jpg?v=0

[Nat]

http://p.playme.com/cspv/72-72-51-10-00-MetaPreview-Cover-JPEG256x256/ma-rainey/ma-rainey-vol-1-(1923-1924).jpg

Ma Rainey (the Mother of the Blues)

from the Prove It On Me Blues:

Went out last night, had a great big fight
Everything seemed to go on wrong
I looked up, to my surprise
The gal I was with was gone.

Where she went, I don’t know
I mean to follow everywhere she goes;
Folks say I’m crooked.
I didn’t know where she took it
I want the whole world to know.

They say I do it,
ain’t nobody caught me
Sure got to prove it on me;
Went out last night
with a crowd of my friends,
They must’ve been women,
‘cause I don’t like no men.

It’s true I wear a collar and a tie,
Makes the wind blow all the while
Don’t you say I do it,
ain’t nobody caught me
You sure got to prove it on me.

Say I do it,
ain’t nobody caught me
Sure got to prove it on me.

I went out last night
with a crowd of my friends,
It must’ve been women,
‘cause I don’t like no men.
Wear my clothes just like a fan
Talk to the gals just like any old man

Cause they say I do it,
ain’t nobody caught me
Sure got to prove it on me.


VjRn7_cC8N4

[cinderella]

Ah, love that Dorothy!! Inventor of the 'boom mike' (this is where the mike is attached to a pole which follows the actors around), and 'married' to choreographer Marion Morgan for 23 years, until Marion's death.

'The Girls: Sappho Goes to Hollywood' - Diana McLellan, L.A. Books, 2000; a revealing 'tell-all' book about the most famous female names in Hollywood during it's heyday. From the early days of Hollywood until the studio system ended, this book is a delicious and scandalous read for anyone interested in classic Hollywood. It is certainly an eye-opener for many!! Many actresses you would never have dreamed of - exuding glamour thru every pore, and their many romantic involvements with men (beards) were lesbian. I recommend it highly. There's also another book: 'The Sewing Circle: Sappho's Leading Ladies' - Axel Madson, Kensington Books, 1995; which is another expose on those beloved classic icons.

DOROTHY ARZNER, director 1930s - 40s, screenwriter and also taught film at UCLA

http://www.stumfilm.no/arzner_stor.jpg

http://www.kinseyinstitute.org/services/gallery/qp/images/DanceGirlDance.jpg

here she is on set with joan crawford...

http://www.legendaryjoancrawford.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/brideworeredset20.gif

[Nat]

http://www.redhotjazz.com/alberta.jpg

Alberta Hunter

from redhotjazz.com:

Her husband moved back to the South and she never saw him again. Alberta met Lottie Taylor soon afterwards. She was the niece of the famous African-American entertainer Bert Williams. The two became lovers and stayed together for many years. Alberta moved on to a club called Elite Cafe #1 (3030 South State Street) where New Orleans Ragtime pianist Tony Jackson tickled the keys. Unlike Alberta, Tony Jackson was openly gay, which must have taken a lot of guts back in those days. Alberta helped to popularize some of Jackson's songs, including his most famous song, "Pretty Baby" which was written for his boyfriend.

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[Nat]

http://www.jerryjazzmusician.com/pics/hno-11.jpg

Tony Jackson, ragtime legend, wrote this song for his boyfriend

You hate to have me call you "Pretty Baby."
I really thought that I was pleasing you,
For you're just a baby to me.
Your cunning little dimples and your baby stare,
Your baby talk and baby walk and curly hair,
Your baby smile
Makes life worthwhile.
You're just as sweet as you can be.

Your mother said you were the cutest kid.
No wonder, Dearie, that I'm wild about you
And all the cunning things you said and did.
Why, I love to fondly recall.
And just like Peter Pan it seems you'll always be
The same sweet cunning little baby dear to me,
And that is why
I'm sure that I
Will always love you best of all.

Everybody loves a baby that's why I'm in love with you,
Pretty baby, pretty baby,
And I'd like to be your sister, brother, dad and mother too,
Pretty baby, pretty baby.
Won't you come and let me rock you in my cradle of love
And we'll cuddle all the time.
Oh, I want a lovin' baby, and it might as well be you,
Pretty baby of mine,
Pretty baby of mine.

[Toughy]

one of my all time favorites:

Joe 'Tuffy' Carstairs...

http://www.richmondreview.co.uk/features/summer01.html

SuperFemme posted a pic in my visitor messages:

http://www.butchfemmeplanet.com/forum/member.php?tab=visitor_messaging&u=242&page=3#visitor_messaging

[cinderella]

Hey, and anyone tell me how to post the pics? All I seem to be able to do is post the links - no pics come up! So frustrating...

[Nat]

http://www.lessignets.com/signetsdiane/calendrier/images/aout/8/Bessie_Smith.jpg

It is well known that not only was Bessie Smith herself a bisexual, but her own chorus line tended to be sexually fluid as well. As she traveled the blues circuits, she would provide her entourage with places to be in many cities.

go6TiLIeVZA

She was known to sing this song with female pronouns, though I can't find a recording of it.

[Nat]

When you are replying to the thread, there is a little icon to the left of the quote icon that has an image of mountains and the moon. If you click that, a box pops up, and you can paste the photo link into that.

[Nat]

fwOMZ1C9zQs

from GLReview (http://www.glreview.com/issues/13.5/13.5-strong.php): Jean-Claude’s biography mentions six of her women lovers by name: Clara Smith, Evelyn Sheppard, Bessie Allison, and Mildred Smallwood, all of whom she met on the black performing circuit during her early years onstage in the United States; along with fellow American black expatriate Bricktop and the French novelist Colette after she relocated to Paris.

[The_Lady_Snow]

S. Bear Bergman (born 22 September 1974) is a transgender author, poet, playwright, and theater artist. Bergman was educated at Concord Academy, was one of the founders of the first Gay-Straight Alliance and a member of the Governor of Massachusetts' commission for LGBT youth, and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Hampshire College in 1996.

Bergman's first book, Butch Is A Noun, was released in September 2006 by Suspect Thoughts Press and was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award in the GLBT Nonfiction category. Bergman's second book, The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You, was released by Arsenal Pulp Press in the fall of 2009 and is a Lambda Literary Award finalist. Bergman contributes regularly to anthologies and writes a book review column for Gendercrash.com. Bergman's poetry is most noted for the piece "Day of Remembrance," which is read at many Transgender Day of Remembrance celebrations nationwide. Bergman is a member of the editorial board for the three-volume encyclopedia LGBTQ America Today.


http://www.thequeerist.com/attachments/2884/original/headshot.jpg

[Toughy]

When you are replying to the thread, there is a little icon to the left of the quote icon that has an image of mountains and the moon. If you click that, a box pops up, and you can paste the photo link into that.

laughin............thanks

:threadneedspics:


however you should know I take pride in being 'puter illiterate...
:riding2:

[cinderella]

Is this 'mountain & moon' icon seen *after* one clicks on 'quote' to respond, or after? In either case, I don't see it anywhere...

When you are replying to the thread, there is a little icon to the left of the quote icon that has an image of mountains and the moon. If you click that, a box pops up, and you can paste the photo link into that.

[Nat]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2276/4511101083_8a864891f2.jpg

I hope this helps. :)

[cinderella]

None are so blind...lol, yes, Nat, it helped. I guess I was having another one of those 'blond moments'. I'll give it a try next time I post a pic.

Signed,
Legally Blond (and chemically too!) ;)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2276/4511101083_8a864891f2.jpg

I hope this helps. :)

[MsMerrick]

Check here for More Rachel Maddow, and GF ... Who hired RM originally to do lawn work....! Desperate Housewives notwithstanding they make a really really cute BF couple...
( Why don't I have a house damn it !!!!!!! )

Its a bunch of photos, so I am providing the whole link ; )
click here (http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2TJaHu/michaeledwardsphotography.com/rachelmaddow/index.htm)

[Martina]

Check here for More Rachel Maddow, and GF ... Who hired RM originally to do lawn work....! Desperate Housewives notwithstanding they make a really really cute BF couple...
( Why don't I have a house damn it !!!!!!! )

Its a bunch of photos, so I am providing the whole link ; )
click here (http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2TJaHu/michaeledwardsphotography.com/rachelmaddow/index.htm)


i LOVE these. THANKS!! i love their story too. i want a Rhodes Scholar yard boy to show up at my house and fall instantly in love with me when i open the door. Sigh.

Rachel has said that if her partner asked her to quit her job and move to the UP or some remote place, she'd do it in an instant.

i love that the partner is no high powered whatever. She is an accountant who does some kind of art. An interesting and i am sure wonderful person. But it's not some power couple thing.

THanks again for the pics!!

[MsMerrick]

i LOVE these. THANKS!! i love their story too. i want a Rhodes Scholar yard boy to show up at my house and fall instantly in love with me when i open the door. Sigh.

Rachel has said that if her partner asked her to quit her job and move to the UP or some remote place, she'd do it in an instant.

i love that the partner is no high powered whatever. She is an accountant who does some kind of art. An interesting and i am sure wonderful person. But it's not some power couple thing.

THanks again for the pics!!

You're welcome, someone turned them up on a Fabu List ! Looking closer they are from StumbleUpon, an interesting internet thing...I probably should have also mentioned they are clearly from the photo shoot, for the People Magazine Article, which I don't yet have, but am making it a minor priority to find ; )

[Rook]

hmmm... ~quietly visits Kroger's to buy magazine~

[Queerasfck]

hmmm... ~quietly visits Kroger's to buy magazine~

Are you looking for famous/highly visible queers at the market?

[Nat]

Check here for More Rachel Maddow, and GF ... Who hired RM originally to do lawn work....! Desperate Housewives notwithstanding they make a really really cute BF couple...
( Why don't I have a house damn it !!!!!!! )

Its a bunch of photos, so I am providing the whole link ; )
click here (http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2TJaHu/michaeledwardsphotography.com/rachelmaddow/index.htm)

adorable! aww these pics make me happy

[Gemme]

Are you looking for famous/highly visible queers at the market?


He should start with Starbucks. They all go there eventually. :blink:

[Dante]

Dr. Susan Love,
Is considered the leading authority on breast cancer in America. She has written many books to help women cope with the disease. She now works full time on research to help find a cure. I had the priviledge of meeting her, as she is My personal hero. She has a wife, and they are raising a daugter. she appears quite often on Good Morning America. drsusanlove.com

[The_Lady_Snow]

http://imstars.aufeminin.com/stars/fan/alan-cumming/alan-cumming-20060109-99647.jpg


Alan Cumming, OBE (born 27 January 1965) is a Scottish stage, television and film actor, writer, director, producer and author. His roles have included the Emcee in Cabaret, Boris Grishenko in GoldenEye, Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler in X2: X-Men United, and Fegan Floop in the Spy Kids trilogy. He has also appeared in independent films like The Anniversary Party, which he co-wrote, co-directed and co-starred in; and Ali Selim's Sweet Land, for which he won an Independent Spirit award as producer. His London stage appearances include Hamlet, Madman in Dario Fo's Accidental Death of an Anarchist, for which he received an Olivier award, the lead in Martin Sherman's Bent, and as Dionysus in The National Theatre of Scotland's The Bacchae. On Broadway he has appeared as Mac the Knife in The Threepenny Opera, the Emcee in Cabaret, for which he won the Tony in 1998, and "Design for Living". Cumming also introduces "Masterpiece Mystery" for PBS. He has also written a novel, Tommy's Tale, had a cable talk show ("Eavesdropping with Alan Cumming") and produced a line of perfumed products labeled "Cumming". He has contributed opinion pieces to many publications and performed a cabaret show I Bought A Blue Car Today. Retaining his British citizenship, Cumming also became a U.S. citizen in November 2008.

Cumming lives in New York City with his husband, graphic artist Grant Shaffer, and their dogs, Honey and Leon.[13] The couple dated for two years before entering into a civil union at the Old Royal Naval College Greenwich on January 7, 2007.[14]

Once described as "a frolicky pansexual sex symbol for the new millenium", Cumming has stated that he considers himself bisexual, "although the pendulum has obviously swung".[15] Prior to the civil union, Cumming dated both men and women. Previous relationships include a two year relationship with actress Saffron Burrows, a six year relationship with theater director Nick Philippou, and a 1985 marriage to actress Hilary Lyon which lasted eight years.

Source: WikiPedia

[Greyson]

Check here for More Rachel Maddow, and GF ... Who hired RM originally to do lawn work....! Desperate Housewives notwithstanding they make a really really cute BF couple...
( Why don't I have a house damn it !!!!!!! )

Its a bunch of photos, so I am providing the whole link ; )
click here (http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2TJaHu/michaeledwardsphotography.com/rachelmaddow/index.htm)

Merrick, thanks for posting the photos. I also think their how they met story, very true to life kind of thing. I did notice that in none of the photos they were touching. RM, almost looked restrained a bit. Like she wanted to make some sort of physical touch, contact with her girlfriend but held back a bit.

I know, this is all my editorial. It is my interpretation of photographs. Who knows what RM was thinking?

[Dante]

Robert Reed.....
Who can forget Mike Brady of the Brady bunch! He died of colon cancer and was suffering from AIDS when he died in 1992 at the age of 59. :movieguy:

[Medusa]

This thread gives me chillbumps. So many Queers impacting the world with brilliant contributions.

Did anyone add Tim Gunn yet? :balloon:

[Venus007]

Annise Parker
http://hiphopandpolitics.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/annise-parker.jpg

Annise Danette Parker (born May 17, 1956) is an American politician and the mayor of Houston since January 2, 2010. She served as an at-large member of the Houston City Council from 1997 to 2003 and city controller from 2004 to 2009.

Parker is Houston's second female mayor, and the first openly gay mayor of a U.S. city with over a million residents.[3][4][5] Houston has 2.2 million residents within its city limits.[6]

From wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annise_Parker#cite_note-2

[Cyclopea]

http://blog.nj.com/njv_paul_mulshine/2009/05/large_mcgreevey-gay-american

Every time I see McGreevy I think of this song:

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"I am a Gay American,
Fight for the rights of every Gay.
I am a Gay American,
Fight for what's right-fight for your life!

When it comes crashin' down and it hurts inside,
You've gotta take a stand- it don't help to hide.
If you hurt my friends then you hurt my pride.
I gotta be a Gay - I can't let it slide."

[Cyclopea]

http://riverdaughter.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/iceland.jpg

[Cyclopea]

http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2007/02/14/amaechi_narrowweb__300x454,2.jpg

[Cyclopea]

http://unholymatrimony.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/louganis.jpg

[Nat]

http://notaids.com/images/rock1.gif

[Nat]

http://static.blogstorage.hi-pi.com/photos/lesbos.loveblog.com.br/images/gd/1266114789/O-Caso-de-Amor-de-Eleonor-Roosevelt-e-Lorena-Hickok.jpg

Eleonor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok

Hick darling,
All day I've thought of you & another birthday I will be with you, & yet tonite you sounded so far away & formal. Oh! I want to put my arms around you. I ache to hold you close. Your ring is a great comfort to me. I look at it and think she does love me, or I wouldn't be wearing it.

[Nat]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Neil_Patrick_Harris_2008.jpg/220px-Neil_Patrick_Harris_2008.jpg

Neil Patrick Harris

[Nat]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/George_Takei.jpg/220px-George_Takei.jpg

George Takei

[Venus007]

http://www.heathermacallister.net/homepic.jpg

Heather MacAllister was a delicious wicked fat activist and sex positive activist and living a full free life activist who was born in MI and later moved to CA.

Her gorgeous ripe lush self was photographed by no less than Leonard Nimoy for his book of photography "The Full Body Project"

Heather was an activist for many projects, see below for much more info. . .

http://www.heathermacallister.net/

[The_Lady_Snow]

Leslie Feinberg (b. September 1, 1949, in Buffalo, NY) is a transgender activist, speaker, and author. Feinberg's novel Stone Butch Blues is widely considered a groundbreaking work about gender.[1][2][3] Feinberg also authored two non-fiction books, "Transliberation: Beyond Pink or Blue," and "Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman," as well as the fictional novel, "Drag King Dreams." Feinberg is also a high-ranking member of the Workers World Party and a managing editor of Workers World newspaper.[4][5][6]

Feinberg's partner is the prominent lesbian poet-activist Minnie Bruce Pratt.

http://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=1661109&t=w

[The_Lady_Snow]

Minnie Bruce Pratt (b. September 12, 1946 in Selma, Alabama) is an U.S. educator, activist, and award-winning poet, essayist, and theorist. Pratt was born in Selma, Alabama, grew up in Centreville, Alabama and graduated with an honors B.A. from the University of Alabama (1968) and a Ph.D. in English literature from the University of North Carolina (1979). She is a Professor of Writing and Women’s Studies at Syracuse University where she was invited to help develop the university’s first Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender Study Program. She emerged out of the women’s liberation movement in the 1970s and 1980s and has written extensively about race, class, gender and sexual theory. Pratt, along with lesbian writers Chrystos and Audre Lorde, received a Lillian Hellman-Dashiell Hammett award from the Fund for Free Expression to writers "who have been victimized by political persecution." Pratt, Chrystos and Lorde were chosen because their experience as "a target of right-wing and fundamentalist forces during the recent attacks on the National Endowment for the Arts."[1] Her political affiliations include the International Action Center, the National Women's Fightback Network, and the National Writers Union. She is a contributing editor to Workers World newspaper. Pratt's partner is author and activist Leslie Feinberg.


http://www.mbpratt.org/Gallery/MBPLFEsliteBookstoreTaipei03.jpg

[Soon]

http://propagandica.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/walker.jpg

"No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow."

"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any."

"I have learned not to worry about love; but to honor its coming with all my heart."

"When life descends into the pit
I must become my own candle
Willingly burning my self
To light up the darkness around me."


"What did it mean for a black woman to be an artist in our grandmothers' time? In our great-grandmothers' day? It is an answer cruel enough to stop the blood."

[Nat]

http://marksrichardson.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/langston_hughes_by_nickolas_muray.jpg

Langston Hughes

Cafe: 3 a.m.

Detectives from the vice squad
with weary sadistic eyes
spotting fairies.
Degenerates,
some folks say.

But God, Nature,
or somebody
made them that way.

Police lady or Lesbian
over there?
Where?
----------------------------------

I Dream a World

I dream a world where man
No other man will scorn,
Where love will bless the earth
And peace its paths adorn
I dream a world where all
Will know sweet freedom's way,
Where greed no longer saps the soul
Nor avarice blights our day.
A world I dream where black or white,
Whatever race you be,
Will share the bounties of the earth
And every man is free,
Where wretchedness will hang its head
And joy, like a pearl,
Attends the needs of all mankind-
Of such I dream, my world!

---------------------------

Minstrel Man

Because my mouth
Is wide with laughter
And my throat
Is deep with song,
You do not think
I suffer after
I have held my pain
So long?

Because my mouth
Is wide with laughter,
You do not hear
My inner cry?
Because my feet
Are gay with dancing,
You do not know
I die?

------------------------------------

Joy

I went to look for Joy,
Slim, dancing Joy,
Gay, laughing Joy,
Bright-eyed Joy-
And I found her
Driving the butcher's cart
In the arms of the butcher boy!
Such company, such company,
As keeps this young nymph, Joy!

-----------------------------------

Port Town

Hello, sailor boy,
In from the sea!
Hello, sailor,
Come with me!

Come on drink cognac.
Rather have wine?
Come here, I love you.
Come and be mine.

Lights, sailor boy,
Warm, white lights.
Solid land, kid.
Wild, white nights.

Come on, sailor,
Out o' the sea.
Let's go, sweetie!
Come with me.

[Nina]

suzie orman...the one who does all the money stuff...

(I dunno how to do all the picture posting stuff...this is the best I got!)

[Jess]

I'm not sure if anyone has posted this..

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=6A90B6A637BB6B53

[Nat]

http://www.knowledgerush.com/wiki_image/f/f3/Buchanan-thumbnail.jpg

President James Buchanan

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/King_the_Vice_President.jpg/245px-King_the_Vice_President.jpg

William Rufus DeVane King

from wikipedia:

King was close friends with James Buchanan, and the two shared a home in Washington, D.C. for fifteen years prior to Buchanan's presidency. Buchanan and King's close relationship prompted Andrew Jackson to refer to King as "Miss Nancy" and "Aunt Fancy", while Aaron V. Brown spoke of the two as "Buchanan and his wife". Further, some of the contemporary press also speculated about Buchanan and King's relationship. Buchanan and King's nieces destroyed their uncles' correspondence, leaving some questions as to what relationship the two men had, but surviving letters illustrate the affection of a special friendship, and Buchanan wrote of his communion with his housemate. Buchanan wrote in 1844, after King left for France, "I am now solitary and alone, having no companion in the house with me. I have gone a wooing to several gentlemen, but have not succeeded with any one of them. I feel that it is not good for man to be alone; and should not be astonished to find myself married to some old maid who can nurse me when I am sick, provide good dinners for me when I am well, and not expect from me any very ardent or romantic affection."

[Nat]

http://sensitivitytothings.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/walt-whitman-photograph.jpg

Walt Whitman

And when I thought how my friend, my lover, was on
his way coming, then O I was happy,
Each breath tasted sweeter – and all that day my food
nourished me more – and the beautiful day passed well,
And the next came with equal joy – and with the next,
at evening, came my friend,
And that night while all was still I heard the waters roll
slowly continually up the shores,
I heard the hissing rustle of the liquid and sands, as directed
to me, whispering to congratulate me,
For the friend I love lay sleeping by my side,
In the stillness his face was inclined toward me, while the
moon's clear beams shone
And his arm lay lightly over my breast – and that night I was happy.

[Nat]

http://bluehydrangeas.files.wordpress.com/2006/10/millay.jpg

Edna St. Vincent Millay

From Sappho.com: In Great Companions, Max Eastman relates an interesting story about Millay that, if true, reveals something of her attitude about own sexuality. According to Eastman, while at a cocktail party Millay discussed her recurrent headaches with a psychologist. He asked her, "I wonder if it has ever occurred to you that you might perhaps, although you are hardly conscious of it, have an occasional impulse toward a person of your own sex?" She responded, "Oh, you mean I'm homosexual! Of course I am, and heterosexual, too, but what's that got to do with my headache?"

[Cyclopea]

http://www.queercents.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/heather-matarazzo.jpg

[cinderella]

Mercedes de Acosta b. 1893, & d. 1968 in NYC. Wealthy socialite, Playwrite, screenwriter, poet, novelist. Little remembered for any literary work, but notoriously famous for being lover to the most beautiful and glamourous stars of classic cinema.

Truman Copote's naughty game of International Daisy Chain, whose object is to link people sexually using as few beds as possible, quipped: "Mercedes is the best card to hold - you can get to anyone from the Duchess of Windsor to Cardinal Spellman."

Mercedes' most famous lovers were Marlene Dietrich & Greta Garbo. But add to that list the likes of Tallulah Bankhead, Alla Nazimova, Ona Munson (played Belle Watling in Gone With The Wind), Isadora Duncan, Elenor Roosevelt (so rumored), Catherine Cornell, Eva Le Gallienne, etc., etc., etc. Names relatively unknown today, but giants of the theater and cinema in their time. Mercedes was a very busy 'lady' indeed!! She is at once a fascinating and riviting individual. Her story reads like a who's who (or who's sleeping with who) of Hollywood & Broadway!

[Nat]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/EddieIzzard17Oct2003.jpg/220px-EddieIzzard17Oct2003.jpg

Eddie Izzard

describes himself as "a complete boy plus half a girl"

[Jess]

http://www.queercents.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/heather-matarazzo.jpg


ahem.. yumm.. carry on..

[Cyclopea]

ahem.. yumm.. carry on..

she's mine! mine! all mine! (as soon as she gets rid of that silly love-of-her-life wife thingy) :P

[cinderella]

And, you can have her. Sorry, but I don't think I've ever seen a more ugly girl...guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

[Cyclopea]

:censor:
%%#%$@ **%($

[Gemme]

And, you can have her. Sorry, but I don't think I've ever seen a more ugly girl...guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Wow. :blink:

Harsh, much?

While she may not be my cuppa, I don't think she's ugly. If she is, then what the FUCK am I, because I assure you, she is more attractive than I am.

*shakes head*

[Nina]

What can I tell you...I think she's ugly. We all have different tastes and aesthetics. Last time I checked, we could voice our oppinions on here without grief. This is not a personal attack, just my oppinion, that's all.

WOW...what a slippery slope..."ugly"...about a physical presentation?...kinda makes my eyes bleed to read that...it's just...really...like Really?

ugly?...what's the point?...

voicing an opinion is just that...and, when said opinion causes a reader to shudder or have *their* own opinion...and makes a comment it's not really 'grief' then is it?---seems it's just one more personal opinion...

(yes...I am ultra sensitive today and should keep my fingers shut, but just can't at the moment)

[cinderella]

"...voicing an opinion is just that...and, when said opinion causes a reader to shudder or have *their* own opinion...and makes a comment it's not really 'grief' then is it?---seems it's just one more personal opinion..."

Yes, just one more *personal* opinion. I used the word 'grief' because the previous poster appeared to take this as a personal insult, and implied by comparison that I was calling *her* ugly. I don't know what she looks like, so how can I possibly comment on her looks, which comment would again be my own personal opinion. Opinions are just that, oppinions, not necessarily fact.

From some of the postings I've read on this site, and the language used to express oppions, I am really surprised that the word 'ugly' is creating such controversy. It seems to me that there are some 'thick-skinned' folks on here, who have voiced or heard words that are much worse then 'ugly'.

Ok, silly me for perpetuating this line of convo. This will be my last post on the matter...let's move on to other discussions instead of going back and forth about what we find attractive, and what we don't.


WOW...what a slippery slope..."ugly"...about a physical presentation?...kinda makes my eyes bleed to read that...it's just...really...like Really?

ugly?...what's the point?...

voicing an opinion is just that...and, when said opinion causes a reader to shudder or have *their* own opinion...and makes a comment it's not really 'grief' then is it?---seems it's just one more personal opinion...

(yes...I am ultra sensitive today and should keep my fingers shut, but just can't at the moment)

[The_Lady_Snow]

Addams grew up in Nashville, Tennessee.[2] She served as a Hospital Corpsman with the Navy and United States Marine Corps. During her last year in the military she came out as a transgender woman.[3] Addams chose the name "Calpernia" from the William Shakespeare play Julius Caesar (a variant spelling of Caesar's wife Calpurnia) and its appearance on a tombstone in the film The Addams Family.[3]

In 1999, while working as a performer, Addams began dating PFC Barry Winchell. Word of the relationship spread at Winchell's Army base where he was harassed, and ultimately murdered, by fellow soldiers.[4] Addams' and Winchell's romance and the crimes of their abusers are depicted in the film Soldier's Girl, released in 2003. Addams was portrayed by Lee Pace. A subsequent New York Times article, "An Inconvenient Woman", documented the marginalization and misrepresentation of transgender sexuality even by gay rights activists.[5]



http://www.deepstealthmedia.com/images/press/HS04_greendress_thumb.jpg

[Medusa]

http://www.knowledgerush.com/wiki_image/f/f3/Buchanan-thumbnail.jpg

President James Buchanan

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/King_the_Vice_President.jpg/245px-King_the_Vice_President.jpg

William Rufus DeVane King

from wikipedia:

King was close friends with James Buchanan, and the two shared a home in Washington, D.C. for fifteen years prior to Buchanan's presidency. Buchanan and King's close relationship prompted Andrew Jackson to refer to King as "Miss Nancy" and "Aunt Fancy", while Aaron V. Brown spoke of the two as "Buchanan and his wife". Further, some of the contemporary press also speculated about Buchanan and King's relationship. Buchanan and King's nieces destroyed their uncles' correspondence, leaving some questions as to what relationship the two men had, but surviving letters illustrate the affection of a special friendship, and Buchanan wrote of his communion with his housemate. Buchanan wrote in 1844, after King left for France, "I am now solitary and alone, having no companion in the house with me. I have gone a wooing to several gentlemen, but have not succeeded with any one of them. I feel that it is not good for man to be alone; and should not be astonished to find myself married to some old maid who can nurse me when I am sick, provide good dinners for me when I am well, and not expect from me any very ardent or romantic affection."


This is totally fascinating!

[Andrew, Jr.]

Calperna Addams does it for me. Yowza! :drool::tease::thud: Lynn Conway is also another looker for me, but she is married, and living stealth with her husband. Her eyes are gorgeous.

[Dante]

Anthony Perkins ....... actor
Best known for playing the deranged Norman Bates, in Psycho......
Born in 1932, died of AIDS in 1992.

[Nat]

Former Olympic swimmer Daniel Kowalski

http://www.mcv.gaynewsnetwork.com.au/multisites/sxnews/images/stories/484/350-kowlaski.jpg

Announced two days ago

"Things pop in my head that make me realise that I clearly suppressed these thoughts of being gay … because it was 'wrong', as a male it's 'wrong' but even more as an elite athlete," he said.

"I always knew that I lacked confidence when I stood up on the blocks and I do wonder sometimes if that lack of confidence was fear – fear of not really knowing who I am.

"On the sporting side, I lost to some amazing champions, so I'm not for a second saying that this is the reason I didn't win. I often wonder if the lack of self-confidence and lack of identity in many ways held me back from reaching my potential."

He added that he hoped to find love soon, saying: "I look for all the things straight people do. I want to fall in love and be happy and be proud of who I am."

[Nat]

Welsh Rugby Player Gareth Thomas

http://www4.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Gloucester+v+Cardiff+Blues+Heineken+Cup+TwFL39vYpz Ll.jpg

and a youtube where he talks about coming out

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[Nat]

Michael Stipe

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3059/3080491024_39e57de758.jpg

[Nat]

Annie Leibovitz

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Annie_Leibovitz-SF-1-Crop.jpg/200px-Annie_Leibovitz-SF-1-Crop.jpg

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Susan Sontag

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/02/10/images/susanSontag.jpg

from pbs.org (http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/annie-leibovitz/life-through-a-lens/16/)

Leibovitz met Susan Sontag in 1989 while photographing the writer for her book AIDS and its Metaphors. “I remember going out to dinner with her and just sweating through my clothes because I thought I couldn’t talk to her,” Leibovitz said in an interview with The New York Times late last year. Sontag told her, “You’re good, but you could be better.” Though the two kept separate apartments, their relationship lasted until Sontag’s death in late 2004.

Sontag’s influence on Leibovitz was profound. In 1993 Leibovitz traveled to Sarajevo during the war in the Balkans, a trip that she admits she would not have taken without Sontag’s input. Among her work from that trip is Sarajevo, Fallen Bicycle of Teenage Boy Just Killed by a Sniper, a black-and-white photo of a bicycle collapsed on blood-smeared pavement. Sontag, who wrote the accompanying essay, also first conceived of Leibovitz’s book Women (1999). The book includes images of famous people along with those not well known. Celebrities like Susan Sarandon and Diane Sawyer share space with miners, soldiers in basic training, and Las Vegas showgirls in and out of costume.

[Medusa]

Greg Louganis!

http://unholymatrimony.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/louganis.jpg

[Nat]

http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/7700000/Albus-Dumbledore-albus-dumbledore-7749729-500-657.jpg

Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore

2007 - In front of a full house of hardcore Potter fans at Carnegie Hall in New York, Rowling, sitting on the stage on a red velvet and carved wood throne, read from her seventh and final book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," then took questions. One fan asked whether Albus Dumbledore, the head of the famed Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft, had ever loved anyone. Rowling smiled. "Dumbledore is gay, actually," replied Rowling as the audience erupted in surprise. She added that, in her mind, Dumbledore had an unrequited love affair with Gellert Grindelwald, Voldemort's predecessor who appears in the seventh book. After several minutes of prolonged shouting and clapping from astonished fans, Rowling added. "I would have told you earlier if I knew it would make you so happy."

[Cyclopea]

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[Cyclopea]

http://publicity.vanguardrecords.com.php5-6.dfw1-2.websitetestlink.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/79865-2_ChelyWright.LiftedOffTheGround.jpg

[Luv]

I wasnt surprised about Chely comeing out. Her best friend in the early 90's went on a trip and bought her and Chely matching pearl rings which they both wore on their left hands for a very long time..makes ya go hmmm...

I say congrats to her for finally coming out and being happy ! She lives in NY now,its the perfect place for her at this time of her life :)

[Nat]

According to Greek mythology and the Roman poet Ovid, who wrote about transformations in his Metamorphoses, Iphis (or Iphys) was the daughter of Telethusa and Ligdus in Crete. Ligdus had already threatened to kill his pregnant wife's child if it wasn't a boy. Telethusa despairs, but is visited in the middle of the night by the Egyptian goddess Isis, attended by Anubis and Apis, who assures her that all will be well.

When Telethusa gives birth to Iphis, she conceals her daughter's sex from her husband and raises her daughter as a boy. Iphis falls in love with another girl, Ianthe. Iphis is deeply in love and prays to Juno to allow her to marry her beloved.

When nothing happens, her mother Telethusa brings her to the temple of Isis and prays to the goddess to help her daughter. Isis responds by transforming Iphis into a man. The male Iphis marries Ianthe and the two live happily ever after. Their marriage is presided over by Juno, Venus, and Hymenaios, the god of marriage

[Nat]

Margaret Cho

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[Cyclopea]

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[Cyclopea]

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[Nat]

George Washington Carver

http://wpcontent.answcdn.com/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/George_Washington_Carver_c1910.jpg/220px-George_Washington_Carver_c1910.jpg

:)

[Nat]

Former Republican National Committee chair and Bush campaign manager Ken Mehlman says he's gay after years of denial. (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2010/08/25/2010-08-25_former_president_bush_campaign_manager_ken_mehl man_says_hes_gay_after_years_of_d.html)

http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2010/08/26/alg_mehlman.jpg

While he was a top GOP operative, the Republican Party was actively pushing anti-gay marriage initiatives. Mehlman acknowledged that if not for his secret, he might have been a voice for a more conciliatory approach to gays, according to the interview on the Atlantic's website.

"It's a legitimate question and one I understand," Mehlman said. Now, he said, he will openly back gay marriage as consistent with such GOP principles as "individual freedom."

[Nat]

Was going to put this in the breaking news section, but it just cannot compete with the creation of anti-matter in a lab(!), but since our friend Eleanor was family, I thought I'd post this here:

'Franklin And Eleanor': A Marriage Ahead Of Its Time (http://www.npr.org/2010/11/11/131253000/-franklin-and-eleanor-a-marriage-ahead-of-its-time?sc=fb&cc=fp) from NPR

Both Franklin and Eleanor also "gave each other space" to cultivate romantic friendships outside of the marriage. Whether or not these relationships were physical is still up for debate, but the language of existing letters shows there's no question they were passionate. In Eleanor's case, those romantic friendships were with men, like her beloved bodyguard Earl Miller, as well as with women, like the journalist Lorena Hickok. It was no secret to her colleagues in the press corps that "Hick," as she was called, was a lesbian; nor was it a secret that she and Eleanor seemed to be deeply in love. A few months after FDR's first inauguration, Eleanor wrote to "Hick" about their open secret: "And so you think they gossip about us ... I am always so much more optimistic than you are. I suppose because I care so little about what 'they' say." By the way, Rowley can quote those fearless words because Lorena Hickok preserved almost all of the 3,500 letters she and Eleanor wrote to each other from 1932 until Eleanor's death.

The Roosevelt's nonconformist love lives, as well as their expansive impulses to turn the White House into a World War II-era hippie crash pad, have been recounted by other superb biographers, notably Blanche Wiesen Cook and Doris Kearns Goodwin. What distinguishes Rowley's chronicle is her focus on the evolution of the Roosevelt marriage from a standard-issue high-society alliance of its day to a ... what? We don't even have a term for such an unconventional relationship — certainly "open marriage" sounds too naughty, although "open" is what the Roosevelts clearly became.

Of course, they didn't transform their marriage out of mere happy whim. There was the harrowing tragedy of FDR's polio and his rehabilitation, which naturally forced the couple apart. During the late 1920s, Rowley points out, Franklin was away from home for 116 weeks: Eleanor was with him for four of those weeks; his secretary, Missy LeHand, was with him for 110.

And then there were the failures that loosened both the marital and family ties: FDR's affair with Lucy Mercer; Eleanor's rather strained style of parenting the couple's six children. Eleanor, an eternal daddy's girl, sadly confessed later in life that: "I do not think that I am a natural born mother. ... If I ever wanted to mother anyone, it was my father." Rowley doesn't excuse these flaws but traces how the hard times helped the couple achieve what she dubs "one of the most interesting and radical marriages in history."

[Nat]

Though it sounds like this was an episode rather than a life-long issue -

http://www.britannica.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/ted-kaczunski.jpg

This morning for some reason I began reading about Ted Kaczynski's psychological profile and I ran across this (http://home.online.no/~s-de-la/UNABOMBER.htm):

While at the University of Michigan he sought psychiatric contact on one occasion at the start of his fifth year of study. As referenced above, he had been experiencing several weeks of intense and persistent sexual excitement involving fantasies of being a female. During that time period he became convinced that he should undergo sex change surgery. He recounts that he was aware that this would require a psychiatric referral, and he set up an appointment at the Health Center at the University to discuss this issue. He describes that while waiting in the waiting room, he became anxious and humiliated over the prospect of talking about this to the doctor. When he was actually seen, he did not discuss these concerns, but rather claimed he was feeling some depression and anxiety over the possibility that the deferment status would be dropped for students and teachers, and that he would face the possibility of being drafted into the military. He indicates that the psychiatrist viewed his anxiety and depression as not atypical. Mr. Kaczynski describes leaving the office and feeling rage, shame, and humiliation over this attempt to seek evaluation. He references this as significant turning point in his life.

[Nat]

Though it sounds like this was an episode rather than a life-long issue -

http://www.britannica.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/ted-kaczunski.jpg

This morning for some reason I began reading about Ted Kaczynski's psychological profile and I ran across this (http://home.online.no/~s-de-la/UNABOMBER.htm):

While at the University of Michigan he sought psychiatric contact on one occasion at the start of his fifth year of study. As referenced above, he had been experiencing several weeks of intense and persistent sexual excitement involving fantasies of being a female. During that time period he became convinced that he should undergo sex change surgery. He recounts that he was aware that this would require a psychiatric referral, and he set up an appointment at the Health Center at the University to discuss this issue. He describes that while waiting in the waiting room, he became anxious and humiliated over the prospect of talking about this to the doctor. When he was actually seen, he did not discuss these concerns, but rather claimed he was feeling some depression and anxiety over the possibility that the deferment status would be dropped for students and teachers, and that he would face the possibility of being drafted into the military. He indicates that the psychiatrist viewed his anxiety and depression as not atypical. Mr. Kaczynski describes leaving the office and feeling rage, shame, and humiliation over this attempt to seek evaluation. He references this as significant turning point in his life.

or not.

"He claimed that by putting on an act he could con the psychiatrist into thinking him suitable for a feminine role even though his motive was exclusively erotic. "

"As I walked away from the building afterwards, I felt disgusted about what my uncontrolled sexual cravings had almost led me to do and I felt - humiliated, and I violently hated the psychiatrist. Just then there came a major turning point in my life. "

[Nat]

http://www.ourpenpalclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/gandhi.jpg

Gandhi (http://abcnews.go.com/m/story?id=13255847&sid=26)

In letters, Gandhi wrote to Kallenbach, "How completely you have taken possession of my body. This is slavery with a vengeance. "

"Your portrait (the only one) stands on my mantelpiece in the bedroom," he writes. "The mantelpiece is opposite the bed."

This article also talks about his racism. :/

[Nat]

Paul Marcarelli - Verizon's "Can you hear me now" guy (http://tv.yahoo.com/blog/verizon-phases-out-can-you-hear-me-now-guy--2754)

http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/tv/blog6/blog_thr_paul_marcarelli.jpg

Marcarelli, who is gay, also says that kids used to drive past his home in Guilford, Connecticut, at night, yelling, "Can you hear me now?" and spewing gay slurs. He says he never filed a police report because he was afraid of the publicity.

"I didn’t want to be put in a position to have to answer any uncomfortable question that would affect my income stream," says the actor.

[Nat]

Don Lemon - CNN anchor

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[Nat]

W. H. Auden

(poet)

[Soon]

Don Lemon - CNN anchor

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What a great interview--love Don Lemon!

Thanks for sharing, Nat.

:)

[Nat]

Espn's Jared Max (http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/1050-espn’s-jared-max-opens-up-on-being-gay_b36326)

Thursday, May 19 was a typical day for most people. However, for sportscaster Jared Max, his world would be changed forever—by his own doing.

That morning, Max announced on his ESPN 1050/WEPN early morning show that he was gay.

“I had to do this for myself,” Max admits. “I’m 37 now [at] what point do I say, ‘This is the one life we know we’re going to have, what the hell am I keeping quiet for? Why am I doing this to myself?”

Max, who came out to his mother when he was 21, was ready to make peace on a larger scale thanks to his cats.

“I remember telling my cat Mush the night before, ‘I think something might happen tomorrow.’”

By the next morning, Max still uncertain told his other cat, “Things might be a little different when I come home.”

As he arrived at the station, the potential decision obviously weighed heavily on his mind. Max began to work on scripts for his show, starting with a piece on his being gay. He had it saved for the program’s end.

“It wasn’t until 10, 15, 20, 30 seconds before that I knew, ‘Ok, I’m doing it,’” Max admits.

Max, well known to commuters for his morning drive sports reports on WCBS 880 for more than a decade, joined 1050 on March 30.

“It’s just that great fear that I wouldn’t be able to be myself,” Max says. “And for the first nine days on the air, I really wasn’t myself.”

Once he told his audience, Max admits that his confidence was back.

“Then on Friday, I went in and for the first time I had felt I had the exact same swagger back that I had while I was at CBS.”

Part of the reason Max jumped ship to ESPN was to host his own 5 a.m. show, before handling local updates on The Mike and Mike Show. That helped to suppress the veteran sports anchor from coming out at 880.

“I did two-minute sportscasts and where was I going to squeeze it in,” Max says.

But Max also had timing on his side. In recent weeks, a couple of high-profile sports figures said they were gay. Rick Welts, the Phoenix Suns president and CEO, became the first team sports exec to come out. Former Villanova basketball standout Will Sheridan also told the world about his sexuality. In addition, CNN anchor Don Lemon joined the growing list of notable personalities finding comfort in their own skin.

Max, who has been single since November 2010, says being in a relationship isn’t easy—straight or gay—when you’re getting up for work at 1 a.m.

Now, as Max makes his way publicly through the second phase of his career, he is overwhelmed by the positive feedback, especially by his new employer.

“They’ve just been absolutely phenomenal,” Max says. “I got a phone call on Friday afternoon from George Bodenheimer, the president of ESPN, calling to offer his support, congratulations, and good luck.”

With so many text messages and emails from other well-wishers, Max knew almost instantly he made the right decision.

“This has taken off in a way that I never knew could be this way,” Max says. “I felt things later that day after coming out [that] I never knew I would feel. Life is good… I have such an incredible wealth of friends and love and support and knowledge. I feel like one of the richest men in the world.”

[Nat]

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Zachary Quinto (newer Spock)

Dan Kleoffler (ABC news anchor)

[tapu]

I need to post this before Super Femme goes thru the entire gay encylopedia.

http://blogs.menmedia.co.uk/old/bourne/Ian%20McKellen.jpg

I don't know if he's gay but his jacket sure is. ;)

[tapu]

Sara Gilbert! - Little sister of Melissa Gilbert, and start of tv's "Roseanne"


http://static.tvfanatic.com/images/gallery/sara-gilbert-picture.jpg



I was in Santa Cruz on the way to the SF Pride Parade with three friends and we pulled into an In/Out -- and Melissa Gilbert was right there in front of our windshield. Of course, my non-Californian friends had to yell out "Darlene!!" and she scowled and hurried away. I was mortified.

[tapu]

Leonard Cohen, composer

Susie Bright, Lesbian pornographer

Betty Ford, ha ha just kidding

[Starbuck]

Amy Ray and Emily Saliers.

http://www.entertainmentrg.com/ArtistImages/indigogirls.jpg

[Toughy]

I don't know why, but Leonard came to my mind today at the SF VA Medical Center. I had the honor and privilege of knowing him.


"The epitaph he chose to mark his grave is still as fresh as today's headlines: 'When I was in the military they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one'." -- The Associated Press.

It has been an unfathomable thirty-five years since TSGT Leonard Matlovich, the first service member to out himself to fight the military's ban, walked out of the Langley Air Force Base hearing where his discharge had just been announced and held a Kennedy Bicentennial half dollar up to waiting mesmerized reporters. Ironically, it was engraved with an image of Philadelphia's Independence Hall where his mentor gay rights pioneer Frank Kameny had first led a gay rights demonstration a decade before. Leonard told them:

"It says '200 Years of Freedom'. Maybe not in my lifetime but we are going to win in the end."

www.leonardmatlovich.com

He was right.

[tapu]

Super Nanny! (Jojo Something) I love Super Nanny. Not so much as a nanny, though.

[Nat]

http://www.glaad.org/files/styles/414x/public/Anna%20Paquin.jpg

Anna Paquin Counters Biphobia in New Statements (http://www.glaad.org/blog/anna-paquin-counters-biphobia-new-statements)

"I’m sure for some people saying they’re bisexual feels less scary than making a statement that they’re gay.” Paquin told the interviewer. "For me, it’s not really an issue because I’m someone who believes being bisexual is actually a thing. It’s not made up. It’s not a lack of decision. It’s not being greedy or numerous other ignorant things I’ve heard at this point….. For a bisexual, it’s not about gender. That’s not the deciding factor for who they’re attracted to."

[deb_U_taunt]

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[deb_U_taunt]

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[Dante]

Finally.....Queen Latifah, officially came out and announced on the news ....:thumbsup:

[Arwen]

Finally.....Queen Latifah, officially came out and announced on the news ....:thumbsup:

Can you confirm this? What I see is that she is going to be the grand marshal for the Pride but I can't find where she says she is gay. I really admire her so it would be cool if she is. But, I know that there have been gay-supportive grand marshals so maybe that's her position?

Keeping my fingers crossed.

[Dante]

Can you confirmor this? What I see is that she is going to be the grand marshal for the Pride but I can't find where she says she is gay. I really admire her so it would be cool if she is. But, I know that there have been gay-supportive grand marshals so maybe that's her position?

Keeping my fingers cros
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I read it today on the internet. I will get back to you and let you know, beautiful!

[mariamma]

http://sandrarose.com/2012/05/queen-latifah-comes-out-of-the-closet-finally/

[Arwen]

http://sandrarose.com/2012/05/queen-latifah-comes-out-of-the-closet-finally/

Thanks, but that didn't say she was coming out. It just said she was in the parade. I want her to say it.

[deb_U_taunt]

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[deb_U_taunt]

http://www.9ku.com/pic/zhuanji/ch_100506_140709.jpg

[Kobi]

In a new profile in the New York Times, The Big Bang Theory star is matter-of-factly described "gay and in a 10-year relationship."

Jim Parsons never directly addresses his sexuality or elaborates on the remark in the profile, and his rep had no additional comment when reached.

The Times profile couches its revelation in the context of the actor's most recent Broadway role as Tommy Boatwright in Larry Kramer's powerful play, The Normal Heart, about gay men dying of AIDS in New York in the '80s.

According to the profile, "The Normal Heart resonated with him on a few levels: Mr. Parsons is gay and in a 10-year relationship, and working with an ensemble again onstage was like nourishment, he said."

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20597927,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+people%2Fheadlines+%28PEOPLE. com%3A+Top+Headlines%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo

[Arwen]

HEY! Queer fam (+ others) did you know @katebornstein is a Queer & Pleasant Danger? http://kck.st/JKu2Ru Let's get this thing started!

[QueenofSmirks]

Vanessa Selbst, poker player-- almost $5 million in tournament earnings so far. "Highly visible" if you care about poker :)

[Kobi]

When Obama made his groundbreaking public announcement advocating gay marriage, he probably didn’t expect his earth-shattering liberal legacy to extend first and foremost to fictional characters. But love moves in mysterious ways, and in this case dons a cape and some lycra. Marvel Comics’ only openly gay X-Man, Northstar, is proposing to his boyfriend.

This all happens in the “Astonishing X-Men” issue out this week. The couple are to have a wedding ceremony in New York City’s Central Park, only after Northstar – who came out in a pioneering issue of the comic in 1992 – plucks up the courage to propose to his long-term boyfriend Kyle, which plays out with some rather adorable self-awareness in the speech bubbles:

Northstar, ears pointing in tense anticipation: “We need to talk…I’m not going to vomit. I’m just…nervous.”

Kyle, nonplussed: “Are we being invaded by aliens again?”

Marvel decided that this momentous occasion should take place when the state of New York legalized gay marriage in June last year. Tom Brevoort, Marvel executive editor, explained to New York Daily News:

“A lot of our Marvel super heroes live in and around New York City so it just immediately became an issue we started thinking about.”

This storyline is the latest example of the comic book world’s concerted effort to raise LGBT awareness using its popular and well-known characters.

Dan Didio (not a comic character himself, despite how it sounds), editor in chief of D.C. Comics – which publishes the Superman and Batman titles, among others – dropped a tantalizing hint a few days ago that one of D.C.’s characters would soon be flying out of the closet, although our next gay superhero’s identity is under wraps until next month. (And no, the longstanding Batman-Robin bromance doesn’t count).

Actually, D.C. already has one crime-fighting gay heroine: Batwoman, described as “a lesbian socialite by night and a crime-fighter by later in the night,” who made her first appearance with the D.C. imprint Detective Comics in 2009.

Herndon Graddick, President of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, praised Northstar and Kyle’s coming nuptials: “When a major comic publisher like Marvel not only includes, but publicly celebrates, the legal wedding of two of its gay characters, it reflects how supporting same-sex couples has become the new normal … Readers expect to see their realities portrayed in these fictional worlds and today that includes married gay and lesbian couples.”



Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/05/23/x-man-northstar-to-get-marvel-ous-gay-wedding/?iid=nf-article-mostpop1#ixzz1vpIWjTrW

[deb_U_taunt]

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[deb_U_taunt]

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[deb_U_taunt]

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[deb_U_taunt]

Paula Poundstone

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[deb_U_taunt]

fortune feimster

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[Corkey]

Anne Burrell
who knew?

[Little Fish]

Let us not forget the American-born, Canadian-citizen, author, educator and activist Jane Rule. She wrote the book "Desert of the Heart" which was later made into the movie "Desert Hearts" by producer and director, Donna Deitch (herself a noted lesbian contributor to the arts).

Jane and her long-time partner Helen (also an author), lived for over 25 years on Galiano Island in Vancouver, BC. Noted by the small and intimate island community to be both kind and generous, they effectively offered the use of their private swimming pool to be used by the island community at large. In fact, three generations of islanders would tell you they learned to swim in their pool, Jane standing Life Guard for countless summmers.

I had the pleasure of knowing "Aunt J" personally, as her niece and I were lovers, living together for three years or so. Jane and Helen were such profoundly decent people, grounded and eschewing all the entrapments that come with celebrity status. I miss them both but am so grateful to live in the world they helped make for me, solely by speaking and living their truths.

[Kobi]

Swedish alpine skiing star Anja Paerson ended years of rumours Saturday when she revealed she had a long-term girlfriend, Filippa, and that she is expecting a baby.

"I am tired of being someone else and of playing a game. I owe it to myself and especially to Filippa to tell the truth," Paerson said on a programme on Swedish public radio that each week during the summer has a new celebrity host.

The 31-year-old Olympic champion, who retired following the World Cup earlier this year in Schladming, Austria, has for years faced rumours about her personal life.

[Mr.Nobody]

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[Mr.Nobody]

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[Mr.Nobody]

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[Kobi]

The fact is, I'm gay," Cooper wrote in an email to Daily Beast blogger Andrew Sullivan. "Always have been, always will be, and I couldn't be any more happy, comfortable with myself, and proud."

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/anderson-cooper-gay-comes-154527163--finance.html

[Soon]

The fact is, I'm gay," Cooper wrote in an email to Daily Beast blogger Andrew Sullivan. "Always have been, always will be, and I couldn't be any more happy, comfortable with myself, and proud."

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/anderson-cooper-gay-comes-154527163--finance.html

"It’s become clear to me that by remaining silent on certain aspects of my personal life for so long, I have given some the mistaken impression that I am trying to hide something - something that makes me uncomfortable, ashamed or even afraid. This is distressing because it is simply not true. I’ve also been reminded recently that while as a society we are moving toward greater inclusion and equality for all people, the tide of history only advances when people make themselves fully visible." -Anderson Cooper

[UofMfan]

"It’s become clear to me that by remaining silent on certain aspects of my personal life for so long, I have given some the mistaken impression that I am trying to hide something - something that makes me uncomfortable, ashamed or even afraid. This is distressing because it is simply not true. I’ve also been reminded recently that while as a society we are moving toward greater inclusion and equality for all people, the tide of history only advances when people make themselves fully visible." -Anderson Cooper


Emi and I used to call him Anderson Gay Cooper. :)

So not a surprise to many of us.

[thedivahrrrself]

<----- thought anderson was already Out.... ?

[Soon]

<----- thought anderson was already Out.... ?


not to the general public--until now, no public statements about his orientation.

[Soon]

Stop the press: A mainstream, black, male artist in hip-hop revealed his first love was with a man. Only weeks before the release of Frank Ocean's (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/clay-cane/frank-ocean-gay_b_1651099.html) debut solo album on Def Jam, Channel Orange, he opened up about his sexuality via Tumblr. A huge risk for the member of the edgy hip-hop group Odd Future -- admitting you are anything but heterosexual and ultra-masculine in hip-hop normally equates career suicide, which is what makes the 24-year-old's admission so powerful -- his honesty is more important than the album sales.

Only an hour into Independence Day, Ocean posted: "Four summers ago, I met somebody. I was 19 years old. He was too. We spent that summer, and the summer after, together. Every day almost, and on the day we were together, time would glide. Most of the day I'd see him, and his smile. By the time I realized I was in love, it was malignant. It was hopeless." He described a deep love that forever changed him, staying with the singer-songwriter for years. Ocean added, "I don't have secrets I need kept anymore... I feel like a free man."

[Soon]

Hip hop mogul Russell Simmons reacted on his personal blog: (http://globalgrind.com/entertainment/russell-simmons-letter-to-frank-ocean-gay-bi-sexual-comes-out-photos/)

Today is a big day for hip-hop. It is a day that will define who we really are. How compassionate will we be? How loving can we be? How inclusive are we? I am profoundly moved by the courage and honesty of Frank Ocean. Your decision to go public about your sexual orientation gives hope and light to so many young people still living in fear. These types of secrets should not matter anymore, but we know they do, and because of that I decided to write this short statement of support for one of the greatest new artists we have. His gifts are undeniable. His talent, enormous. His bravery, incredible. His actions this morning will uplift our consciousness and allow us to become better people. Every single one of us is born with peace and tranquility in our heart. Frank just found his.

[Nat]

<----- thought anderson was already Out.... ?

It was an "open secret" - he didn't hide it but he hadn't officially come out. He had been spotted in public spots with his partner I think holding hands a few years back.

[Nat]

Diana King

Diana King, the Jamaican "reggae-fusion (http://www.glaad.org/blog/jamaican-reggae-fusion-singer-diana-king-comes-out-lesbian)" singer-songwriter, revealed that she was a lesbian in a lengthy Facebook posting late last month (https://www.facebook.com/notes/dianaking/yes-i-am-a-lesbian/10151076275753885).
Declared King on her blog: "I AM A LESBIAN ... the answer to my most asked INDIRECT question. I welcome the "WHO CARES" right now LOL."

http://i.huffpost.com/gen/674876/thumbs/s-DIANA-KING-large.jpg

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In the above video, which was released long before her announcement, she says (I think), "Can't you see my rainbow from my head to my little toe?" Kinda surprised that didn't count. :)

[Kobi]

Barney Frank weds (http://ca.news.yahoo.com/congressman-barney-frank-weds-same-sex-marriage-001844252.html)

[Soon]

The 14 Openly Gay Athletes Of The 2012 Olympics (http://www.buzzfeed.com/jpmoore/the-14-openly-gay-athletes-of-the-2012-olympics)

[Gráinne]

http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww272/guihong/zemfira.jpg

ETA: Zemfira, the Russian singer.