Famous/Highly Visible Queers - Page 4

Medusa · 04-09-2010, 04:12 PM

One of my personal heros: Lt. Dan Choi

Medusa · 04-09-2010, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Nat

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 · 04-09-2010, 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Medusa

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 · 04-09-2010, 04:19 PM

Which reminds me...

Radclyffe Hall

Oscar Wilde

Rufus Wainwright

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

Nat · 04-09-2010, 04:26 PM

Andrew, Jr. · 04-09-2010, 04:27 PM

Rita Mae Brown
Tracy Chapman

Hack · 04-09-2010, 04:28 PM

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.

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb2w2m1JmCY"]YouTube- Duke Ellington, "Take the A Train"[/nomedia]

Hack · 04-09-2010, 04:33 PM

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 · 04-09-2010, 04:35 PM

Buck Angel.

Hack · 04-09-2010, 04:41 PM

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 · 04-09-2010, 04:43 PM

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 · 04-09-2010, 04:46 PM

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

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

moxie · 04-09-2010, 04:48 PM

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

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 · 04-09-2010, 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Medusa

One of my personal heros: Lt. Dan Choi

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

Martina · 04-09-2010, 07:06 PM

James Baldwin

Nat · 04-09-2010, 07:36 PM

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.

Soon · 04-09-2010, 07:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EzeeTiger

Buck Angel.

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

Nat · 04-09-2010, 07:52 PM

Ferron - folksinger, poet

Soon · 04-09-2010, 08:10 PM

catie curtis--musician

Soon · 04-09-2010, 08:18 PM

Langston Hughes--poet/writer

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?

04-09-2010, 04:12 PM	#61
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04-09-2010, 04:26 PM	#65
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Queerasfck Senior Member How Do You Identify?: still ballin' Relationship Status: Triple X Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: west side Posts: 2,544 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 5,716 Thanked 6,497 Times in 1,639 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	Buck Angel. __________________ http://www.advertisingarchives.co.uk...28750fb328.jpg

04-09-2010, 04:41 PM	#70
Hack Just a guy. How Do You Identify?: Just a guy Preferred Pronoun?: male Relationship Status: Sparkle's consort Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: MA Posts: 1,458 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 807 Thanked 3,784 Times in 960 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	A personal hero of mine... 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.

04-09-2010, 04:43 PM	#71
Hack Just a guy. How Do You Identify?: Just a guy Preferred Pronoun?: male Relationship Status: Sparkle's consort Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: MA Posts: 1,458 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 807 Thanked 3,784 Times in 960 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	Last one for now... 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.

04-09-2010, 04:19 PM	#64
Soon Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: femme Relationship Status: attached Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: . Posts: 6,896 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 29,046 Thanked 13,118 Times in 3,391 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	Which reminds me... Radclyffe Hall Oscar Wilde Rufus Wainwright (sorry, if i have repeated any...!)

04-09-2010, 04:27 PM	#66
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04-09-2010, 04:28 PM	#67
Hack Just a guy. How Do You Identify?: Just a guy Preferred Pronoun?: male Relationship Status: Sparkle's consort Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: MA Posts: 1,458 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 807 Thanked 3,784 Times in 960 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	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. [nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb2w2m1JmCY"]YouTube- Duke Ellington, "Take the A Train"[/nomedia]

04-09-2010, 04:33 PM	#68
Hack Just a guy. How Do You Identify?: Just a guy Preferred Pronoun?: male Relationship Status: Sparkle's consort Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: MA Posts: 1,458 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 807 Thanked 3,784 Times in 960 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	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/

04-09-2010, 04:46 PM	#72
morningstar55 Senior Member How Do You Identify?: femme,she Preferred Pronoun?: she,her, Relationship Status: very single Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: western NY Posts: 3,809 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 5,280 Thanked 4,241 Times in 1,845 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	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 ok ya'll know im jest teazzzzin right???? hehe __________________ -------------------------------------------- life is to short to wake up in the morning with regrets so love the people who treat you right, forget about the ones who dont, and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance take it... if it changes your life let it.

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moxie Senior Member How Do You Identify?: a cynical princess wannabe Preferred Pronoun?: lipgloss junkie Relationship Status: yep Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: the ville Posts: 3,027 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,544 Thanked 6,770 Times in 1,847 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	Jane Addams, the founder of modern-day social work. 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.

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04-09-2010, 07:36 PM	#76
Nat Senior Member How Do You Identify?: bigender Preferred Pronoun?: whatevs Relationship Status: in a relationship Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Tx Posts: 3,535 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 11,042 Thanked 13,992 Times in 2,595 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	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. __________________ I'm a fountain of blood. In the shape of a girl. - Bjork What is to give light must endure burning. -Viktor Frankl

04-09-2010, 07:52 PM	#78
Nat Senior Member How Do You Identify?: bigender Preferred Pronoun?: whatevs Relationship Status: in a relationship Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Tx Posts: 3,535 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 11,042 Thanked 13,992 Times in 2,595 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	Ferron - folksinger, poet __________________ I'm a fountain of blood. In the shape of a girl. - Bjork What is to give light must endure burning. -Viktor Frankl

04-09-2010, 08:10 PM	#79
Soon Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: femme Relationship Status: attached Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: . Posts: 6,896 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 29,046 Thanked 13,118 Times in 3,391 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	catie curtis--musician

04-09-2010, 08:18 PM	#80
Soon Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: femme Relationship Status: attached Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: . Posts: 6,896 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 29,046 Thanked 13,118 Times in 3,391 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	Langston Hughes--poet/writer 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?