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There sometimes appears to be confusion among the general public about the '''difference between sub-orbital and [[orbit]]al spaceflights'''. This article is an attempt to clarify this issue. It also elaborates on the technical implications of the differences between orbital and sub-orbital spaceflights.

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A [[spaceflight]] is a [[flight]] ''into'' or ''through'' [[outer space|space]]. The craft which undertakes a spaceflight is called a [[spacecraft]].

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This is a partial list of confirmed and debated '''famous people who were or are [[gay]], [[lesbian]] or [[bisexuality|bisexual]]'''. The historical concept and definition of [[sexual orientation]] has changed greatly over time— the word "gay" wasn't used to describe sexual orientation until the mid [[20th century]]. See [[homosexuality]] and [[bisexuality]] for more about the primary (and by far the most controversial) distinguishing criterion of lesbian, gay and bisexual ([[LGBT|LGB]]) people.

The general public often thinks of [[orbital spaceflight]]s as spaceflights and of [[sub-orbital spaceflight]]s as "something less than actual spaceflights". This is not accurate; both orbital and sub-orbital spaceflights are true spaceflights.

Some historical figures on this list wouldn't be considered lesbian, gay or bisexual by today's standards, but they are included here because they were known to have had same-sex relationships. But even by today's standards, a relationship or two doesn't necessarily mean one is bisexual. Many people who identify as gay or lesbian have had different-gender relationships in their youth, and many who identify as [[heterosexual]] have experimented with same-sex relationships. Due to social norms that have remained consistent throughout [[history]], little information about such matters when discussing historical figures is available; therefore, only educated guesses can be made, based on limited evidence.

Strictly speaking, the term ''orbit'' means any [[trajectory]] in general. In common usage the term ''orbit'' refers to a closed trajectory around the Earth (or another central body). The term ''sub-orbital'' refers to a trajectory which intersects the central body before a complete orbit is achieved. An ''orbital spaceflight'' is one which completes an orbit fully around the central body.

==Controversy==

For a flight from Earth to be a spaceflight, the spacecraft has to ascend from Earth and at the very least go past the [[edge of space]]. The edge of space is, for the purpose of space flight, often accepted to lie at a height of 100 km (62 miles) above mean [[sea level]].

The sexual orientation of famous individuals is often the subject of rumor and reports in the [[tabloid]] press. For example, the actor [[Tom Cruise]] has been such a case and has pursued libel suits on three occasions. In [[1998]], he successfully sued a [[United Kingdom|British]] tabloid that alleged that his [[marriage]] to [[Nicole Kidman]] was a sham designed to cover up his homosexuality. In another suit, he obtained a default judgment against a gay [[erotic actor|porn actor]] ([[Chad Slater]], aka "Kyle Bradford") who had given an [[interview]] to a tabloid newspaper in which he claimed he had a sexual relationship with Tom Cruise, and he sued [[Michael Davis (magazine publisher)|Michael Davis]], a [[magazine]] [[publisher]], who alleged that he had [[photograph]]s that would prove Tom Cruise was homosexual: this suit was dropped in exchange for a public statement by Davis that Tom Cruise was heterosexual.

Any flight that goes higher than that is by definition a spaceflight. Where the [[Earth's atmosphere]] ends space begins but the atmosphere fades out gradually so the precise boundary is difficult to ascertain - hence the need for an arbitrary altitude for the [[edge of space]].

==Angular velocity==

Some homosexual groups (e.g., ''Outrage!''), have followed a policy of ''[[outing]]'' public figures regularly for [[politics|political]] purposes, usually only if that person is publicly anti-gay. However, such a policy is controversial even among LGB people because of privacy concerns, potential harm to [[family]] relationships, their right to cope with their own sexuality on their own terms, or the risk of [[discrimination]].

An orbital spaceflight is achieved when the spacecraft travels around the Earth in space at sufficient lateral velocity (or equivalently, enough [[angular velocity]]) to "miss" the Earth, even though [[gravity]] is still effecting it, and "free-fall" forever. Lateral velocity is the speed of something around an object and it is this which is the critical factor. Although the angular velocity required is a function of the height of the orbit, orbital spaceflight is possible at any altitude beyond the edge of space.

For the above reasons inclusion in this list must be supported by the evidence discussed in the person's [[biography]] article.

A body which does not have sufficient angular velocity cannot orbit the Earth. The actual speed of a sub-orbital spacecraft could exceed that of an orbital one and the height that a sub-orbital spacecraft attains may even exceed that of an orbital one, but the critical difference between the two - the achieving of an orbit - depends crucially on the angular velocity. Travelling straight up will never result in an orbit, doing so faster than [[escape velocity]] will have the obvious effect and orbit is still not attained.

Note that several of the people on this list were prosecuted for their behaviour under existing "[[Sodomy law|sodomy laws]]".

==Difference in the real world==

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That said, typical sub-orbital craft need go only just past the accepted edge of space at 100 km (62.5 miles) for the flight to be a spaceflight. At this arbitrary boundary there is still too much atmosphere present for a long term stable [[low earth orbit]] (LEO). In order to be stable for more than just a few weeks or months the satellite or spacecraft is placed in orbit at an altitude where drag from the atmosphere truly is negligible. A stable LEO is usually at least 350 km up.

== Confirmed Homosexuals and Bisexuals ==

The following list includes people who have confirmed their homosexuality or bisexuality, or whose homosexuality or bisexuality is not debated.

But again, the difference in height should not be overemphasized: Whether the altitude is 100 km or 350 km the distance from the centre of the Earth is only different by less than four percent.

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The difference between the lowest speeds required for orbital and sub-orbital space flights is substantial: a spacecraft must reach about 29,000 km/h (18,000 mph) to attain orbit. This compares to the relatively modest 4,000-4,800 km/h (2,500-3,000 mph) typically attained for sub-orbital crafts.

The important difference in energy requirements between a sub-orbital spaceflight such as that required for the [[Ansari X Prize|X Prize]] and for an orbital spaceflight is that no lateral or angular velocity is required for the sub-orbital flight. The energy required to get to 100 km or even 350 km altitude is dwarfed by the energy required for the necessary lateral velocity of orbital space flight.

===A===

*[[Louise Abbéma]], French painter, relationship with [[Sarah Bernhardt]]

*[[Berenice Abbott]], U.S. photographer

*[[Roberta Achtenberg]], US Politician

*[[Jean Acker]], American actress

*[[Valentine Ackland]], [[United Kingdom|British]] writer

*[[Harold Acton|Sir Harold Acton]], British art writer, aesthete

*[[Jane Addams]], American social reformer

*[[Aelred of Hexham]], Christian saint

*[[Christina Aguilera]], American singer, bisexual

*[[Alvin Ailey]], American dancer and choreographer

*[[Edward Albee]], American Playwright (''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]'')

*[[Alexander the Great]], [[Macedon]]ian King and conqueror of Eurasia, bisexual, had a relationship with [[Hephaestion]], his childhood friend, as well as several wives and male lovers.

*[[Pavel Sergeevich Aleksandrov]], [[Russia]]n mathematician.

*[[Francesco Algarotti]], academic

*[[Michael Alig]], American club icon and murderer.

*[[Chad Allen]], American actor

*[[Peter Allen]], Australian entertainer, Aldrich, Robert and Wotherspoon, Gary (Eds.) (2001).

*[[Ted Allen]], food and wine guru on ''[[Queer Eye]]''

*[[Waheed Alli, Baron Alli]], UK TV industry executive and life member of the [[House of Lords]]

*[[Néstor Almendros]], Spanish [[Academy Award]]-winning [[cinematographer]]

*[[Pedro Almodóvar]] Spanish director, Oscar winner

*[[Marc Almond]], British singer

*[[Dennis Altman]], Australian writer, educator, gay activist

*[[Nicholas Amacher]], Gay activist

*[[Scott Amedure]], victim in the "[[Jenny Jones (presenter)|Jenny Jones]] Murder"

*[[Alejandro Amenábar]], Spanish filmmaker

*[[Nena Cherry|Dawn Marie Anderson]], bi-sexual American porn actress known as Nina Cherry

*[[Enza Anderson]], Canadian drag queen and political gadfly

*Dame [[Judith Anderson]], actress

*[[Ruth Anderson]], composer

*[[Jerzy Andrzejewski]], Polish writer

*[[Kenneth Anger]], American filmaker

*[[Steve Antin]], American actor

*[[Antinous]], Lover of powerful Roman military commander and emperor [[Hadrian]]

*[[Gloria E. Anzaldúa]], Famous Chicana lesbian writer

*[[Louis Aragon]], French poet, bisexual - documented in Ruth Brandon's "Surreal Lives"

*[[Gregg Araki]], director of ''Doom Generation'' and ''The Living End''

*[[Reinaldo Arenas]], Cuban poet, author of "Before Night Falls" (''Antes que anochezca'')

*[[Aristomenes]], Ancient Greek military commander

*[[Joan Armatrading]], singer-songwriter

*[[Neil Armfield]], Australian theatre director

*[[Billie Joe Armstrong]], singer of the rock group [[Green Day]], bisexual

*[[Alexis Arquette]], American actor

*[[Claudio Arrau]], Chilean pianist

*[[Dorothy Arzner]], American film director in classic Hollywood (''The Bride Wore Red'', ''Christopher Strong'')

*[[John Ashbery]], American poet

*[[Brooke Ashley]], bi-sexual American porn actress

*[[Kaitlyn Ashley]], bi-sexual American porn actress

*[[Frederick Ashton|Sir Frederick Ashton]], British choreographer

*[[Othniel Askew]], American assassin

*[[Asophicus]], Lover of [[Epaminondas]]

*[[Kutlug Ataman]], Turkish artist

*[[W. H. Auden]], British poet

*[[Kevin Aviance]], dance music singer

In terms of energy: accelerating a spacecraft to [[orbital speed]] requires about 31 times as much net energy as just lifting it to a height of 100 km (together 32 times), see [[Specific orbital energy#Examples|computation]].

===B===

*[[Dirk Bach]], German comedian

*[[Francis_Bacon_(painter)|Francis Bacon]], [[United Kingdom|British]] painter

*[[Bunyamin Bayram_(comedian)|Bunyamin Bayram]], [[Germany|German]] comedian

*[[Joan Baez]], American singer, bisexual

*[[Paul Bailey]], British author

*[[Josephine Baker]], Singer, actress, French resistance member during WWII, bisexual

*[[Long John Baldry]], British singer, musician, bisexual

*[[James Baldwin (writer)|James Baldwin]], American author

*[[Tammy Baldwin]] - member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] ([[United States Democratic Party|D]] - [[Wisconsin]])

*[[Alan Ball (screenwriter)|Alan Ball]], writer (''[[American Beauty (1999 movie)|American Beauty]]'', "[[Six Feet Under]]")

*[[Brent Bambury]], Canadian journalist for [[CBC]]

*[[Anura Bandaranaike]], Sri Lankan politician

*[[Tallulah Bankhead]], Actress

*[[Samuel Barber]], U.S. composer

*[[Jillian Barberie]], tv hostess, actress, bisexual

*[[Clive Barker]], Author, director, artist, known primarily for his work in the [[Horror fiction|horror]] genre

*[[Djuna Barnes]], Novelist, bisexual

*[[Fred Barnes]] (Frederick Jester Barnes), Musical Hall singer.

*[[Tim Barnett]], New Zealand member of parliament

*[[Nathalie Barney]], poet

*[[Jean Barraqué]], French composer

*[[John Barrowman]], American actor

*[[José Luis Barry]], Cuban pianist and singer famous on Puerto Rican [[television]] and newspapers; came out as gay on one of his [[El Vocero]] columns

*[[Michael Barrymore]], British comedian

*[[Drew Barrymore]], America actress, bisexual

*[[Roland Barthes]], French literary theorist

*[[Paul Bartel]], American filmaker

*[[Jean-Michel Basquiat]], NYC graffiti artist, died of overdose in 1988

*[[Katharine Lee Bates]], writer of "[[America the Beautiful]]" [http://www.lesgo.com/articles/america.html]

*[[Terry Baum]], American playwright and congressional candidate

*[[Billy Bean]], former major league baseball player

*[[Amanda Bearse]], American actress ("[[Married... with Children]]"), director

*[[Cecil Beaton]], British photographer, [[Tony Award]]-winning set designer and [[Academy Award]]-winning costume designer

*[[Maria Beatty]], American filmmaker

*[[Simone de Beauvoir]], French philosopher and novelist, bisexual

*[[Alison Bechdel]], American cartoonist (''Dykes to Watch Out For'')

*[[Brendan Behan]], Irish writer

*[[Andy Bell (singer)|Andy Bell]], British singer

*[[Chester Bennington]], songwriter, singer in the American band [[Linkin Park]], bisexual

*[[A C Benson]], UK writer of the words 'Land of Hope and Glory'; 2 of his brothers (sons of the Archbishop of Canterbury) were also gay

*[[Gladys Bentley]], American [[blues]] singer

*[[Nate Berkus]], American [[interior design]]er and regular guest on ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]''

*[[Christopher Bernau]], stage actor known for his [[William Shakespeare|Shakespearean]] roles, as well as roles on soap operas (Alan Spaulding on ''[[The Guiding Light]]'')

*[[Ruth Bernhard]], photographer

*[[Sandra Bernhard]], American comedian, singer, author and actor, bisexual

*[[Sarah Bernhardt]], French actress

*[[Leonard Bernstein]], U.S. composer and conductor, bisexual, Aldrich, Robert and Wotherspoon, Gary (Eds.) (2001).

*[[Sarah Bettens]], leading vocal of [[K's Choice]]

*[[Ole von Beust]], mayor of [[Hamburg]]

*[[James Bidgood]], US photographer and filmmaker (''[[Pink Narcissus]]'')

*[[Thom Bierdz]], [[soap opera]] actor most famous for his role on ''[[The Young and the Restless]]''

*[[Elizabeth Birch]], former head of [[Human Rights Campaign]], longtime partner of Hillary Rosen (see below)

*[[Jón Þor (Jónsi) Birgisson]], singer and guitarist of [[Iceland]]ic band [[Sigur Rós]]

*[[Marie-Claire Blais]], [[Quebec]] novelist

*[[Ross Bleckner]], American artist

*[[Neil Blewett]], Australian Labor politician 1977-94; Minister for Health 1983-91; High Commissioner to the United Kingdom 1995-98

*[[Marc Blitzstein]], American theater composer

*[[Anthony Blunt]], British art-historian and traitor

*[[Dirk Bogarde|Sir Dirk Bogarde]], British actor

*[[André Boisclair]], [[Canada|Canadian]] politician

*[[Chastity Bono]], American activist, daughter of [[Cher (entertainer)|Cher]] and [[Sonny Bono]]

*[[Sandro Botticelli]], Italian painter

*[[Michel Marc Bouchard]], [[Canada|Canadian]] playwright (''[[Les feluettes]]'')

*[[Leigh Bowery]], Australian performance artist, fashion designer, and nightclub promoter.

*[[Jane Bowles]], American author, married to [[Paul Bowles]]

*[[Paul Bowles]], American expatriate author and once composer, married to Jane Bowles, Aldrich, Robert and Wotherspoon, Gary (Eds.) (2001).

*[[Karin Boye]], Swedish poet and novelist

*[[Edwin Emmanuel Bradford|E. E. Bradford]], [[Uranian poetry|Uranian]] poet

*[[Ben Bradshaw]], British politician

*[[Wilfrid Brambell]], British actor (''[[Steptoe & Son]]'')

*[[Dionne Brand]], famous lesbian writer and filmmaker

*[[Marlon Brando]], American Actor, bisexual (In his 1976 biography "The Only Contender" by Gary Carey, Brando was quoted as saying, "Like a large number of men, I, too, have had homosexual experiences, and I am not ashamed.")

*[[Johnny Brandon]], British singer popular in the 1950s

*[[Scott Brison]], Canadian member of Parliament and Minister of Public Works and Government Services

*[[Benjamin Britten]], British composer, Aldrich, Robert and Wotherspoon, Gary (Eds.) (2001).

*[[Jim Brochu]], American playwright and actor.

*[[David Brock]], American journalist and author.

*[[Romaine Brooks]], painter, bisexual

*[[Nicole Brossard]], [[Quebec]] poet and novelist

*[[Bob Brown]], Australian senator

*[http://www.geocities.com/edwardtjbrown/ Edward TJ Brown], first openly gay candidate for Moorhead, MN city mayor. Activist for human rights, voter's rights and campaign law reform.

*[[Rita Mae Brown]], American author

*[[Erik Bruhn]], Danish ballet dancer

*[[Jm J. Bullock]], American TV personality, HIV positive

*[[Lady Bunny]], drag performer

*[[Guy Burgess]], British traitor, Spy

*[[Glenn Burke]], American baseball player

*[[Chandler Burr]], author and journalist

*[[Raymond Burr]], American actor (Perry Mason & Ironside)

*[[William S. Burroughs]], American [[Beat]] author (''[[Naked Lunch]], [[Junky]]'')

*[[Dan Butler]], American actor

*[[Judith Butler]], writer and intellectual

*[[Spring Byington]], American actress

But this is the energy which must be imparted to the orbiting mass: For a rocket the fuel and oxygen (and their tanks) must be accelerated as well and so the energy requirement is actually much more than the factor of 32 identified. (See the [[rocket equation]] article for a more detailed treatment).

===C===

*[[Julius Caesar]], Roman general and statesman. Mark Antony, Bibulus, Licinius Calvus, Cicero, Curio, Dollabella, Gaius Memmius and Suetonius attributed same-sex relationships to him.

*[[John Cage]], highly influential American composer of [[aleatoric music]] and partner of [[Merce Cunningham]]

*[[Caligula]], [[Roman emperor]], bisexual

*[[Andrew Calimach]], American author of Romanian extraction

*[[Simon Callow]], British actor

*[[Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès]], French lawyer and statesman, author of the Code Napoléon

*[[Rhona Cameron]], [[United Kingdom|British]] Comedienne, TV Presenter

*[[Tevin Campbell]], [[United States|American]] [[R&B]] musician

*[[Caphisodorus]], Lover of [[Epaminondas]] who died with him in battle

*[[Truman Capote]], American author

*[[Capucine]], French actress (''The Pink Panther'', ''Walk on the Wild Side'')

*[[Scott Capurro]], American comedian and writer

*[[Caravaggio|Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da]], Italian Renaissance artist

*[[Claudia Card]], academic

*[[Edward Carpenter]], poet

*[[Chris Carter (politician)|Chris Carter]], New Zealand Minister of Conservation, Minister of Local Government and Minister for Ethnic Affairs

*[[Nell Carter]], actress/singer (star of ''[[Gimme a Break]]'')

*[[Giacomo Casanova]], seducer - bon vivant, bisexual

*[[Michael Cashman]], British actor and politician

*[[Maggie Cassella]], Canadian comedian

*[[Cazuza]], Brazilian singer and poet

*[[Luis Cernuda]], Spanish playwright

*[[Graham Chapman]], British comedian

*[[Tracy Chapman]], singer/songwriter

*[[Richard Chamberlain]], American actor

*[[Mary Cheney]], daughter of U.S. vice-president [[Dick Cheney]]

*[[Marc Cherry]], creator of ''[[Desperate Housewives]]''

*[[Leslie Cheung]], Hong Kong singer/actor

*[[Margaret Cho]], American comedian, bisexual

*[[Wayson Choy]], [[Canada|Canadian]] novelist

*[[Ralph Chubb]], British poet, artist, printer, and prophet

*[[Louise Veronica Ciccone]], ([[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]) American singer, bisexual

*[[David Cicilline]], American politician; Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island

*[[Cimon]], Ancient Greek military commander, aristocrat, and philanthropist

*[[Golan Cipel]], associate of former [[New Jersey]] governor [[James McGreevey]], with whom he had an affair

*[[James Clark(Britain)|James Clark]], British ambassador to [[Luxembourg]]

*[[Julian Clary]], British comedian

*[[Montgomery Clift]], American actor

*[[Kate Clinton]], American comedian

*[[James Coco]], American actor

*[[Jean Cocteau]], French director and artist, lover of [[Jean Marais]]

*[[Roy Cohn]], associate of U.S. Senator [[Joseph McCarthy]]

*[[Colette]] French novelist, music hall performer, bisexual

*[[Cyril Collard]], French writer, director (''Les Nuits Fauves''), bisexual

*[[Russ Conway]], British pianist popular in late 1950s and early 1960s

*[[Dennis Cooper]], US novelist, poet, and critic

*[[Aaron Copland]], American composer, documented in [[Howard Pollack]]'s biography, ''[[Aaron Copland: The Life and Work of an Uncommon Man]]''

*[[John Corigliano]], American composer

*[[Douglas Coupland]], Canadian Writer, author of ''[[Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture]]''

*[[Noel Coward]], British writer

*[[Henry Cowell]], highly influential American composer

*[[Wally Cox]], American actor and voice of [[Underdog]]

*[[Marton Csokas]], New Zealand Actor

*[[William Craig (broadcaster)|William Craig]], owner of [[PrideVision]] and [[OUTtv]]

*[[Darby Crash]], lead singer of American punk band [[The Germs]]

*[[Gavin Crawford]], [[Canada|Canadian]] television comic

*[[Rene Crevel]], French surrealist author

*[[Quentin Crisp]], British actor, author, and wit

*[[Richard Cromwell (actor)|Richard Cromwell]], American actor, was [[Angela Lansbury]]'s first husband, and best known for his work on ''[[Jezebel (1938 film)|Jezebel]]'' and ''[[Lives of a Bengal Lancer]]'', bisexual

*[[Rodney Croome]], Australian gay activist

*[[Aleister Crowley]], occultist

*[[Howard Cruse]], American underground cartoonist

*[[Wilson Cruz]], American actor and activist

*[[George Cukor]], American film director

*[[Nancy Culp]], American actress (Miss Jane on [[Beverly Hillbillies]])

*[[Alan Cumming]], British actor, bisexual

*[[Andrew Cunanan]], American [[spree killer]], murdered [[Gianni Versace]]

*[[Merce Cunningham]], choreographer and partner of [[John Cage]]

*[[Michael Cunningham]], American writer

*[[Pam Currie]], [[Scottish Socialist Party]] activist

*[[John Curry]], British figure skater, [[1976 Winter Olympics]] gold medalist

*[[Catie Curtis]], American singer-songwriter

In terms of the [[semi-major axis|semi-major axes]] <math>a</math> of the [[elliptic orbit]]s: the total [[specific orbital energy]] is {{il|<math>\epsilon=-{\mu\over{2a}}</math>|70}} where <math>\mu\,</math> is the [[standard gravitational parameter]]. Being at rest at the surface of the Earth corresponds to <math>a=R/2</math> (with <math>R</math> the radius of the Earth). Reaching a height of 100 km means an increase of <math>a</math> of 50 km, while a LEO requires an increase of <math>a</math> of more than 3000 km. See also [[orbit equation#Low-energy trajectories|low-energy trajectories]].

===D===

*[[Jacques d'Adelsward-Fersen]], French novelist and poet

*[[Eva Dahlgren]], Swedish singer

*[[Jeffrey Dahmer]], American serial killer and cannibal

*[[Dan Dailey]], American actor and dancer

*[[Stephen Daldry]], openly gay film director, married his female friend to have children

*[[Joe Dallesandro]], American actor and [[Andy Warhol]] protegé

*[[Dana International]] Israeli Singer

*[[Anthony Daniels]], British actor, and Science Fiction Icon (C-3PO)

*[[Dave Davies]], [[United Kingdom|British]] rock musician

*[[Libby Davies]], Canadian member of parliament

*[[Michael Llewelyn-Davies]], inspiration for the literary character [[Peter Pan]].

*[[Peter Maxwell Davies]], British composer

*[[Mercedes de Acosta]], author and socialite

*[[The Singing Nun|Jeanine Deckers]], Belgian nun and singer-songwriter

*[[Ellen DeGeneres]], writer, comedian and actress

*[[Bertrand Delanoë]], mayor of Paris

*[[Samuel Delany]], [[science fiction]] author

*[[Lea DeLaria]], American comedian, jazz singer, author

*[[Tim DeWitt]], American business entrepreneur, philanthropist

*[[Drea de Matteo]], American actress, bisexual

*[[Portia de Rossi]], actress

*[[Guillermo Diaz]], American actor

*[[Andy Dick]], American actor and comedian, bisexual

*[[Janice Dickinson]], American model (claims to be 1st supermodel), bisexual [http://www.nndb.com/people/491/000047350/]

*[[Dave Dictor]], frontman of American hardcore punk band [[MDC]]

*[[Marlene Dietrich]], actress, bisexual

*[[Ani DiFranco]], American folk singer, bisexual

*[[Diane DiMassa]], cartoonist and author, ''HotHead Paisan, Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist''

*[[Elio Di Rupo]], Belgian politician

*[[Glen Milstead|Divine]], actor (in many of [[John Waters (filmmaker)|John Waters]]'s films)

*[[Dreuxilla Divine]], transvestite

*[[Pete Doherty]], British musician, bisexual

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*[[Tom Dooley (humanitarian)|Tom Dooley]] American Catholic who became a national hero for his humanitarian work in Vietnam during the 1950s and early 1960s.

*[[Candas Dorsey]], Canadian science fiction author

*[[Joseph Doucé]], [[psychologist]] and [[Baptist]] minister, founder of the [[International Lesbian and Gay Association]]

*[[Lord Alfred Douglas]], British poet and author, [[Oscar Wilde]]'s lover.

*[[Kyan Douglas]], grooming guru on ''[[Queer Eye for the Straight Guy]]''

*[[Brian Dowling]], 2001 British ''[[Big Brother (UK)|Big Brother]]'' winner

*[[James Dreyfus]], British film and television actor

*[[Carol Ann Duffy]], Scottish Poet and Feminist Bisexual/Homosexual

*[[Diane Duane]], author, bisexual

*[[Don Dunstan]], Australian Labor politician, Premier of South Australia; married twice; bisexual

*[[Clea DuVall]], American actress

*[[Andrea Dworkin]], American radical feminist

A vertical sub-orbital flight with the same energy as a LEO would reach a height of ca. 7000 km above the surface.

===E===

*[[Angela Eagle]], British [[Member of Parliament]]

*[[Edward II]], king of England, bisexual

*[[Hilton Edwards]], actor, co-founder of Dublin's Gate Theatre, partner of [[Micheál MacLiammoir]]

*[[Denholm Elliott]], actor, bisexual

*[[Ruth Ellis (American)|Ruth Ellis]], lesbian matriarch and only known African-American centenarian lesbian

*[[Bret Easton Ellis]], American writer, gay

*[[Epaminondas]], Thebian military commander and statesmen

*[[Brian Epstein]], [[United Kingdom|British]], manager of [[The Beatles]]

*[[Melissa Etheridge]], American musician

*[[Uzi Even]], first openly gay member of the Israeli [[Knesset]]

*[[Kenny Everett]], British DJ and comic

*[[Rupert Everett]], British actor

===Atmospheric reentry a much bigger challenge with orbital flights===

===F===

Because of that speed difference, '''atmospheric reentry is much more difficult for orbital flights than it is for sub-orbital flights'''. Note however, that such considerations only apply to orbital flights where the vehicle needs to return to Earth intact. If the vehicle is, say, a satellite that is ultimately expendable, then there naturally is no need to worry about reentry.

*[[Lillian Faderman]], American author, co-founder of the academic field of Gay & Lesbian History, Pulitzer Prize nominee for "Surpassing the Love of Men"

*[[Richard Fairbrass]], [[United Kingdom|British]] singer, [[Right Said Fred]], bisexual

*[[György Faludy|George Faludy]], Hungarian poet and writer (''My Happy Days in Hell''), bisexual

*[[Justin Fashanu]], British Footballer

*[[Rainer Werner Fassbinder]], German movie director

*[[Mark Feehily]], Irish singer, [[Westlife]]

*[[Ferdinand I of Bulgaria]], former Tsar of Bulgaria

*[[Stacy Ferguson]], singer of The Black Eyed Peas, bisexual

*[[Harvey Fierstein]], American actor, playwright (''[[Torch Song Trilogy]]'')

*[[Thom Filicia]], home design guru on ''[[Queer Eye for the Straight Guy]]''

*[[Timothy Findley]], [[Canada|Canadian]] novelist and playwright

*[[Fannie Flagg]], American author, ''[[Fried Green Tomatoes]]''

*[[Laura Flanders]], host on ''[[Air America Radio]]''

*[[David Flint]], Australian legal academic, head of the [[Australian Broadcasting Authority]]

*[[The Dicks|Gary Floyd]], frontman of American hardcore punk band [[The Dicks]]

*[[Mark Foley]], member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] (R-FL)

*[[Tom Ford]], American fashion designer

*[[E. M. Forster]], British author

*[[Jackie Forster]], TV news presenter/journalist and [[Minorities Research Group]] member

*[[Pim Fortuyn]], assassinated Dutch politician

*[[Per-Kristian Foss]], Finance Minister of [[Norway]]

*[[Jen Foster]], American singer/songwriter

*[[Michel Foucault]], French scholar, partnered with [[Daniel Defert]] from 1963 till his death, Aldrich, Robert and Wotherspoon, Gary (Eds.) (2001). Also dated [[Jean Barraque]].

*[[Jorja Fox]], actress (CSI)

*[[Samantha Fox]], British model and one time pop singer

*[[Virgil Fox]], American organist

* [[Simon Fowler]], British vocalist for rock band [[Ocean Colour Scene]]

*[[Barney Frank]] (D, MA), US Representative

*[[Sidney Franklin]], U.S. matador

*[[Aaron Fricke]], American gay rights activist who successfully sued his high school for the right to bring his boyfriend to the senior prom.

*[[Donald Friend]], Australian artist

Returning craft though (including all potentially manned craft), have to find a way of slowing down as much as possible while still in higher atmospheric layers and avoid plunging downwards too quickly. To date (as of 2004), the problem of deceleration from orbital speeds has mainly been solved through [[aerobraking]], ie. using the atmospheric drag itself to slow down. On an orbital space flight initial deceleration is provided by the retrofiring of the craft's rocket engines. Aerobraking in turn has so far mainly been achieved through orienting the returning space craft to fly at a high drag attitude coupled with ultra strong heat shields on the space craft, to protect against the high temperatures generated by atmospheric compression and friction caused by passing through the atmosphere at supersonic speeds. The thermal energy is dissipated mainly as infrared radiation. Sub-orbital space flights, being at a much lower speed, do not generate anywhere near as much heat upon re-entry.

*[[Stephen Fry]], British actor, comedian, and novelist

This has allowed maverick aircraft designer [[Burt Rutan]] recently (July 2004) to demonstrate an alternative or complementary approach to heat shield dependant [[reentry]] with the suborbital [[SpaceShipOne]]. It may be possible that the concepts utilized in SpaceShipOne's design can be applied to orbital space craft design and result in a markedly reduced need for a massive heat shield. Currently however, the need for an ultra high-performance and ultra reliable heat shield is a major difference between crafts designed for orbital flights (as opposed to sub-orbital ones), demonstrated in the [[Mercury program]] wherein the orbital flights used a typical ablative [[heat shield]] while the sub-orbital flights relied simply on a large metal heat-sink.

===G===

*[[John Wayne Gacy]], American serial killer, convicted of the rape and murder of thirty-three men

*[[Rudy Galindo]], figure skater

*[[Rene Gallimard]], French Diplomat, had 20 year sexual affair with a male Chinese transvestite spy, and claimed he thought the transvestite was a woman

*[[Jeff Gannon]] (James Dale Guckert), American [[propagandist]]

*[[Robert Gant]], American actor (Queer As Folk)

*[[Greta Garbo]], Swedish actress, bisexual

*[[Federico García Lorca]], Spanish poet and playwright, martyred in the [[Spanish Civil War]]

*[[Jonas Gardell]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] artist and "riksbög".

*[[Stephen Gately]], Irish singer and ex member of the boyband [[Boyzone]]

*[[Jean-Paul Gaultier]], French fashion designer

*[[Will Geer]], American actor (Grandpa Walton)

*[[David Geffen]], music producer and record executive

*[[Jean Genet]], French writer

*[[Kitty Genovese]], crime victim [http://www.mountainpridemedia.org/oitm/issues/2004/04apr2004/editorial.htm]

*[[Chrissy Gephardt]], daughter of [[United States|US]] [[Congress of the United States|Congressman]] and 2004 presidential candidate [[Dick Gephardt|Richard A. "Dick" Gephardt]]

*[[Boy George]], [[Irish community in Britain|London-Irish]] musician

*[[Ashlyn Gere]], bisexual American porn actress

*[[David Gerrold]], science fiction writer, inventor of [[Tribble]]s

*[[André Gide]], French novelist and [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Laureate]]

*[[John Gielgud|Sir John Gielgud OM CH]], Theatre and film actor

*[[Sara Gilbert]], American television actress, series ''[[Roseanne]]''

*[[Candace Gingrich]], activist, half-sister of former U.S. Speaker of the House [[Newt Gingrich]]

*[[Allen Ginsberg]], Beat poet ("Howl")

*[[Chyna Girl]], drag performer and model (BACARDI's Tom, Dick and Harry ad campaign)

*[[Neil Giuliano]], [[Tempe, Arizona]] mayor, declared himself homosexual in public

*[[Judy Gold]], American comedienne

*[[Claudia Gonson]], musician, collaborator with [[Stephin Merritt]] and [[the Magnetic Fields]]

*[[Luis Gonzalo]], Argentine illustrator and designer

*[[Brad Gooch]], American author, biographer, writer, and former model.

*[[Julie Goodyear]], UK television actress (''[[Coronation Street]]'')

*[[Lesley Gore]], American singer

*[[Gorgidas]], [[Thebes (Greece)|Theban]] military leader of the [[Sacred Band of Thebes|Sacred band]] of elite troops of paired gay lovers.

*[[Juan Goytisolo]], Spanish writer

*[[Judy Grahn]], American poet

*[[Barbara Graham]], American burglar, had a well-publicized relationship with fellow inmate Donna Prow

*[[Brian Greig]], [[Australia|Australian]] [[Australian Senate|senator]]

*[[Athen Grey]], American [[photographer]]

*[[Merv Griffin]], American entertainment mogul, former talk show host

*[[Gustaf Gründgens]], German actor and stage director

*[[Michael Guest]], [[Ambassadors_from_the_United_States| former US ambassador]] to [[Romania]]. Appointed by President [[George W. Bush|Bush]] in 2001. He resided at the ambassador's residence in Bucharest with his partner Alex Nevarez, who was publicly acknowledged by former Secretary of State [[Colin Powell]] at his swearing in.

*Sir [[Alec Guinness]], bisexual actor who was arrested while [[cottaging]] in [[1948]], in the 50's he converted to [[Catholicism]]

If we can transport fuel tanks into orbit, which returning spaceships can use to brake from their orbiting speed to zero or a low speed, re-entry can be made much safer and easier. The big problem now is that spaceships have practically no fuel left when they reach orbit, and have to get home again without being able to slow down before hitting the atmosphere.

===H===

*[[Fritz Haarmann]], German serial killer

*[[Hadrian]], Powerful Roman military commander and emperor

*[[Leisha Hailey]], American musician and actress

*[[William Haines]], American actor

*[[Rob Halford]], [[United Kingdom|British]] singer ([[Judas Priest]])

*[[Radclyffe Hall]], British lesbian, author of "The Well of Loneliness"

*[[Marc Hall]], Canadian student and activist

*[[Dag Hammarskjöld]] Former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Peace Prize winner

*[[George Frideric Handel]], German-British composer

*[[Vincent Hanley]], Irish radio DJ who died of an [[AIDS]]-related illness

*[[Kathleen Hanna]], American musician, bisexual

*[[Lorraine Hansberry]], American playwright (''[[A Raisin in the Sun]]'')

*[[G. H. Hardy]], British mathematician

*[[Keith Haring]], American artist

*[[Lou Harrison]], American composer

*[[Randy Harrison]], American actor ([[Queer as Folk (US)|Queer As Folk]])

*[[Deborah Harry]], singer in the group [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]], bisexual American singer

*[[Lorenz Hart]], Broadway lyricist, who penned his work with [[Richard Rodgers]]

*[[Brent Hartinger]], American [[young adult literature]] writer

*[[Marsden Hartley]], American painter

*[[Nina Hartley]], bi-sexual American porn actress

*[[Patrick Harvie]], [[Scottish Green Party]] [[Member of the Scottish Parliament]], bisexual

*[[Richard Hatch (reality TV)|Richard Hatch]], ''[[Survivor (television series)|Survivor]]'' winner

*[[Sophie B. Hawkins]], musician, bisexual

*[[Nigel Hawthorne]], [[United Kingdom|British]] actor

* George Hartree, British actor, who took the name of [[Charles Hawtrey]], (not to be confused with Sir Charles Hawtrey, the victorian actor)

*[[Harry Hay]], American [[gay rights]] activist, founder of the [[Mattachine Society]]

*[[Bruce Hayes]], American gold medalist uring the [[1984 Summer Olympics]] in swimming

*[[Todd Haynes]], director

*[[Edith Head]], American costume designer, winner of 8 [[Academy Award|Academy Awards]]

*[[Anne Heche]], American actress, bisexual

*[[Heliogabalus]], Roman emperor

*[[Essex Hemphill]], poet and essayist

*[[Michael Hendricks]], Canadian gay rights activist, half of first couple to [[same-sex marriage in Canada|legally marry]] in Quebec

*[[Hephaestion]], Alexander The Great's lover and best friend. Military officer.

*[[Ty Herndon]], American Country & Western singer, bisexual

*[[Sighsten Herrgård]], designer, trendsetter. Became the face of [[AIDS]] in Sweden.

*[[Gilbert Herdt]], American Anthropologist

*[[Frank Hershey]] (aka [[Franklin Q. Hershey]]) American automotive designer (1949 Cadillac, 1955 [[Ford Thunderbird]])

*[[Hibiscus (entertainer)|Hibiscus]], founder of the all-drag [[The Cockettes]]

*[[Paris Hilton]], American [[socialite]], [[model (person)|model]] and [[actress]], bisexual

*[[Magnus Hirschfeld]] German sociologist, formed the possible first gay rights organization, the Scientific Humanitarian Committee in 1897.

*[[Alan Hollinghurst]], British author (''The Swimming Pool Library'')

*[[John Holmes (actor)|John Holmes]], American porn actor, bisexual

*[[James Hormel]], former [[Ambassadors from the United States|US ambassador]] to [[Luxembourg]]. Appointed by President [[Bill Clinton]] in 1999.

*[[A. E. Housman]], British poet

*[[Frankie Howerd]], British actor

*[[Rock Hudson]], American actor

*[[Tanya Huff]], Canadian author

*[[Michael Huffington]], American politician, bisexual

*[[Holly Hughes]], Acclaimed Performance Artist, Playwright, One of the [["NEA 4"]]

*[[Langston Hughes]], American author, poet

*[[Jerry Hunt]], American composer from Texas

*[[Chris Hyndman]], Canadian TV personality

===I=Summary==

*[[Janis Ian]], American Singer/songwriter

*[[Witi Ihimaera]], New Zealand author, wrote ''Whale Rider''

*[[Power Infiniti]], International circuit party performance artist

*[[William Inge]], American dramatist

*[[John Inman]], British Comedian / Actor

*[[Christopher Isherwood]], [[United Kingdom|British]] novelist

*[[Küçük &#304;skender]], Turkish poet

*[[James Ivory]], American directer, producer, and screenwriter. Long-term relationship with business partner [[Ismael Merchant]].

* Sub-orbital spaceflights flights are spaceflights just as orbital flights are.

===J===

* Both go beyond the atmosphere and past the edge of space.

*[[Tony Jackson]], American pianist and composer

* A sub-orbital flight may reach a higher height than an orbital one.

*[[Max Jacob]], poet

* The most important requirement for an orbital flight over a sub-orbital one is speed.

*[[Cheryl Jacques]], politician

* The [[shock wave]] produced by high speed atmospheric reentry generates lots of heat from which the spacecraft must be protected.

*[[Mick Jagger]], British singer, bisexual [http://www.nndb.com/people/478/000024406/]

*[[James I of England]], first King of Great Britian

*[[Jenna Jameson]], American adult-film actress, bisexual

*[[Tove Jansson]], author of the [[Moomin]] books

*[[Michel Jasmin]], French-Canadian daytime television talk show host, homosexual

*[[Lane Janger]], producer-director-actor

*[[Trevor James]], American author

*[[Michael Jeter]], American actor, "[[Mr. Noodle's Brother|Mr. Noodle's brother Mr. Noodle]]" of ''[[Sesame Street]]''

*[[Joan Jett]], musician

*[[Sarah Orne Jewett]], American author

*[[Phil Jimenez]], American comic artist

*[[Jobriath]], American rock singer

*[[Edmund John]], [[Uranian poetry|Uranian]] poet

*Sir [[Elton John]], [[United Kingdom|British]] singer, musician, composer

*Canon [[Jeffrey John]], [[Church of England]] dean

*[[Jasper Johns]], pop artist in the 1960s

*[[Holly Johnson]], British lead singer for [[Frankie Goes to Hollywood]]

*[[Philip Johnson]], American architect, 1930s fascist, bisexual

*[[Angelina Jolie]], American actress, bisexual

*[[Cherry Jones]], American actress

*[[Grace Jones]], American actress & singer, bisexual [http://www.nndb.com/people/127/000023058/]

*[[Janis Joplin]], American singer, bisexual

*[[Leslie Jordan]], diminuitive American character actor; ''[[Will & Grace]]'', ''[[Sordid Lives]]''

*[[Jeremy Joseph]], British music promoter and organiser of [[G-A-Y]]

*[[Mychal F. Judge]], Franciscan priest, [[WTC]] terrorism victim

===K= See also ==

* [[Boundary to space]]

*[[Frida Kahlo]], Mexican artist, wife of Diego Rivera, bisexual

* [[Low Earth orbit]]

*[[Gorden Kaye]], [[United Kingdom|British]] actor

* [[Atmospheric reentry]]

*[[Johan Kenkhuis]], Dutch Olympic swimmer

* [[Aerobraking]]

*[[Hape Kerkeling]], German comedian

*[[Jack Kerouac]], American author, bisexual

*[[Maya Keyes]], daughter of U.S. politician [[Alan Keyes]]

*[[John Maynard Keynes]], British economist

*[[Udo Kier]], German actor

*[[Bernard King]], Australian TV personality, celebrity chef

*[[Billie Jean King]], tennis player, bisexual

*[[Andrew Kinlochan]], member of [[boy band]] [[Phixx]]

*[[Alfred Kinsey]], scientist, sexologist, founder of the [[Institute for Sex Research]]; bisexual

*[[The Hon. Justice Michael Kirby]], Justice of the High Court of Australia

*[[Tommy Kirk]], former child actor

*[[James Kirkwood]], American playwright (''[[A Chorus Line]]'')

*[[Steve Kmetko]], U.S. entertainment journalist

*[[Ralf König]], German cartoonist

*[[Jim Kolbe]], member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] ([[United States Republican Party|R]]-[[Arizona]])

*[[Andrey Kolmogorov]], [[Russia]]n mathematician

*[[Jeffrey Kofman]], Canadian journalist at [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]

*[[David Kopay]], American football player, outed self in autobiography

*[[Ronnie Kray]], One half of the [[Kray twins]]

*[[Carson Kressley]], style guru on ''[[Queer Eye for the Straight Guy]]''

*[[Sheila Kuehl]], [[California State Senator]] and former [[teenage]] actress [http://tcla.gseis.ucla.edu/equalterms/dialogue/2/kuehl.html], [http://democrats.sen.ca.gov/templates/SDCTemplate.asp?pg=senbiography&cp=MemberPage&sln=Kuehl&sdn=23&zrn=Zone]

*[[Michael Kühnen]], German Neo-Nazi leader

*[[Nancy Kulp]], Actress

*[[Elvira Kurt]], Canadian comedian

*[[Tony Kushner]], playwright (''[[Angels in America]]'')

*[[Karan Johar]], Indian director

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===L===

*[[David LaChapelle]], photographer

*[[Elaine Lancaster]], American drag performer

*[[Wanda Landowska]], who revived the harpsichord's popularity, in conjuction with her companion [[Denise Restout]].

*[[Nathan Lane]], American actor and singer

*[[k.d. lang]], Canadian country and blues singer

*[[Laurier L. LaPierre]], Canadian broadcaster and [[Senate of Canada|Senator]]

*[[Danny La Rue]], [[drag queen]]

*[[Derek Laud]], [[United Kingdom|British]] political activist and ''[[Big Brother (TV series)|Big Brother]]'' contestant

*[[Charles Laughton]], [[United Kingdom|British]] actor, bisexual

*[[Chris Lea]], former leader of the [[Green Party of Canada]], first openly gay party leader in Canada

*[[René Leboeuf]], Canadian gay rights activist, half of first same-sex couple to [[same-sex marriage in Canada|legally marry]] in Quebec

*[[Mark Leduc]], Canadian Olympic medalist/boxing, 1992

*[[Violette Leduc]], French author

*[[Sook-Yin Lee]], Canadian TV personality, former ''[[MuchMusic]]'' VJ, bisexual

*[[Annie Leibowitz]], American photographer

*[[Robert Lepage]], Canadian playwright, actor and film director

*[[J.T. Leroy]], American writer

*[[Hedda Lettuce]], drag performer

*[[Mark Levengood]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] TV host

*[[José Lezama Lima]], Cuban poet

*[[Jesse Liberty]], American writer, bisexual

*Lee [[Liberace]], American musician

*[[Ivri Lider]], Israeli Singer

*[[Janine Lindemuller]], U.S. Porn Actress, bisexual

*[[Brian Linehan]], Canadian TV personality

*[[Alain Locke]], first African-American [[Rhodes scholar]]

*[[Kristanna Loken]], actress, model, bisexual

*[[Rebecca Loos]], former personal assistant to [[David Beckham]], bisexual

*[[Audre Lorde]], poet, author

*[[Lance Loud]], son on [[reality television]] show ''[[An American Family]]'', rock singer

*[[Louis XIII]], Bourbon King of France 1610-1643

*[[Greg Louganis]], U.S Olympic high-diver

*[[Bryan Lourd]], [[Carrie Fisher]]'s ex-husband, [[CAA]] principal

*[[Christopher Lowell]], interior decorator [http://www.lgcsc.org/couchpotato.html]

*[[Matt Lucas]], British comedian

*[[Ludwig II]], King of Bavaria (The Mad King)

*[[Ernst Ludwig]], Grand Duke of Hesse and The Rhine

*[[Paul Lynde]], American actor and comedian

===M===

*[[Ann-Marie MacDonald]], Canadian author and playwright

*[[Ashley MacIsaac]], Canadian [[fiddle]]r from [[Cape Breton]]

*[[Mary MacLane]], Edwardian-era writer

*[[Micheál MacLiammoir]], actor and co-founder of Dublin's Gate Theatre

*[[Kevin McDaid]], Singer in [[V (band)|V]]

*[[Gregory Maguire]], American author ([[Wicked (novel)|Wicked]]), married to painter Andy Newman

*[[Peter Mandelson]], Britain's EU commissioner

*[[Marjorie Main]], American actress best known for portraying [[Ma Kettle]]

*[[Irshad Manji]], Canadian journalist, author, and "Muslim Refusenik".

*[[Erika Mann]], cabaret producer, actress

*[[Klaus Mann]], German author

*[[Thomas Mann]], German author

*[[Charles Manson]], convicted murderer, criminal cult leader, bisexual [http://www.nndb.com/people/449/000022383/]

*[[Marilyn Manson]], American singer, bisexual. He is considered bisexual because he had performed oral sex on men for fun according to his autobiography ''[[The Long Hard Road out of Hell]]''.

*[[Robert Mapplethorpe]], American artist, photographer

*[[Jean Marais]], French actor, lover of [[Jean Cocteau]]

*[[Josie Maran]], US model, bisexual

*[[Marilyn (musician)|Marilyn]], [[United Kingdom|British]] pop star and [[musician]]

*[[Christopher Marlowe]], [[Elizabethan]] playwright

*[[David Marr (journalist)|David Marr]], Australian author, broadcaster and media commentator

*[[David Marsden]], Canadian radio broadcaster and music promoter

*[[Jake Maskall]], [[United Kingdom|British]] actor from [[EastEnders]]

*[[Heather Matarazzo]], American actress

*[[Holly Matcalf]], gold medal winner in [[rowing]] during the [[1984 Summer Olympics]]

*[[Johnny Mathis]], Singer

*[[Ney Matogrosso]], Brazilian singer

*[[William Somerset Maugham]], British writer and dramatist

*[[Armistead Maupin]], American writer (''[[Tales of the City]]'')

*[[Amélie Mauresmo]], French tennis player

*[[Steve May]], Arizona state legislator and Army reservist

*[[Roddy McDowall]], British actor and photographer

*[[Johnny McGovern]], AKA "The Gay Pimp" - Comedian and singer

*[[Jim McGreevey|James McGreevey]], U.S. politician and former governor of [[New Jersey]]

*Sir [[Ian McKellen]], British actor (''[[X-Men]]'', ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''), gay rights campaigner

*[[Margaret Mead]], anthropologist

*[[Joe Meek]], British record producer

*[[Meleager (general)]], Greek military commander

*[[Real Menard|Réal Ménard]], Canadian member of parliament

*[[Gian Carlo Menotti]], U.S. composer

*[[Kitty Meow]], International circuit party Icon

*[[Rick Mercer]], [[Canada|Canadian]] television comedian

*[[Freddie Mercury]], British musician ([[Queen (band)|Queen]])

*[[Stephin Merritt]], New York singer/songwriter for [[the Magnetic Fields]], [[the Sixths]], and [[the Gothic Archies]]

*[[Metrobius]]

*[[George Michael]], British singer ([[Wham]])

*[[Tammy Lynn Michaels]], U.S. actress, partner of Melissa Etheridge

*[[Harvey Milk]], former memeber of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, assassinated in 1978

*[[Merle Miller]], Presidential biographer

*[[Kate Millet]], American author

*[[Andy Milligan]], American exploitation film director

*[[Scott Mills]], British Radio DJ

*[[Vincente Minnelli]], onetime husband of Judy Garland, father of Liza Minnelli, bisexual

*[[Sal Mineo]], American actor

*[[Frank McGuinness]], [[Ireland|Irish]] playwright

*[[Yukio Mishima]], Japanese author

*[[Jerry Mitchell]], [[Tony Award]]-winning choreographer

*[[John Cameron Mitchell]], American writer and director. Creator of ''[[Hedwig and the Angry Inch]]''

*[[Isaac Mizrahi]], [[Fashion designer]], [[television]] show host

*[[Albert Mol]], Dutch actor

*[[Brian Molko]], Frontman of British rock band Placebo, bisexual

*Comte [[Robert de Montesquiou]] poet, writer, set designer, patron of the arts

*[[Tyria Moore]], love partner of serial killer [[Aileen Wuornos]]

*[[Agnes Moorhead]], American actress

*[[Cherrie Moraga]], author on lesbian Hispanic themes

*[[Richard Morel]], singer, music producer

*[[Morrissey]], singer and former member of [[The Smiths]] ("I refuse to recognize the terms hetero-, bi-, and homo-sexual. Everybody has exactly the same sexual needs. People are just sexual, the prefix is immaterial.")

*[[Paul Morrissey]], American film-maker

*[[Rudolph Moshammer]]

*[[Jon Moss]], British drummer, former member of [[Culture Club]]

*[[Bob Mould]], American rock musician, former member of [[Hüsker Dü]]

*[[Alison Moyet]], British singer, former member of [[Yazoo]]

*[[Lee Mrozak]], (Crazy Cabbie) New York radio personality, bisexual

*[[Megan Mullally]], US actress, bisexual

*[[Murathan Mungan]], Turkish author, playwright and poet

*[[Saki]], real name [[H.H. Munro]], Edwardian writer

*[[Glen Murray]], former mayor of [[Winnipeg, Manitoba]]

*[[Michael Musto]], columnist, TV personality

*[[Boris Moiseev]], Russian singer

===N===

*[[Martina_Navratilova|Martina Navratilova]], Tennis player

*[[Alla Nazimova]], Ukrainian born American silent film actress

*[[Ted Nebbeling]], politician ([[British Columbia]]) First Cabinet Minister anywhere to marry his same sex partner.

*[[Vaslav Nijinsky]], ballet dancer, choreographer

*[[Dennis Nilsen]], British serial killer

*[[Anaïs Nin]], French author and diarist

*[[Klaus Nomi]], German singer

*[[Peter North]], Canadian born adult-film actor who predominantly appears in heterosexual porn.

*[[Graham Norton]], Irish comedian and television personality

*[[Ramon Novarro]], Mexican-American silent screen actor

*[[Richard Bruce Nugent]], author, wrote first description of homosexuality in African-American literature.

*[[Terri Nunn]], American singer, [[new wave]] band [[Berlin (band)|Berlin]]

*[[Rudolf Nureyev]], Russian ballet dancer

*[[Laura Nyro]], American singer

===O===

*[[Sinéad O'Connor]], Irish singer, bisexual (Ryan Confidential, broadcast on [[RTÉ]] 1 on [[May 29]], [[2003]])

*[[Ron Odon]] African-American and mayor of Palm Springs, California

*[[Daniel O'Donnell]], American politician, brother of Rosie O'Donnell

*[[Rosie O'Donnell]], American comedian

*[[Eoin O'Duffy]], Irish police commissioner, leader of the 'Blueshirts' and aide to [[Michael Collins (Irish leader)]]

*[[Paul O'Grady]], [[United Kingdom|British]] television performer

*[[Andrew Olexander]], [[Australia]]n politician, current member of the [[Victorian Legislative Council]]

*[[Pauline Oliveros]], composer

*[[Laurence Olivier]], British actor, bisexual

*[[Stefan Olsdal]], Bassist of rock band [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]]

*[[Brian Orser]], Canadian silver medalist at both the [[1984 Winter Olympics]] and the [[1988 Winter Olympics]]

*[[Joe Orton]], British playwright

*[[Cathal Ó Searcaigh]], Irish poet

*[[Kanako Otsuji]], current member of the [[Osaka Prefectural Assembly]] and [[Japan]]'s 1st openly lesbian politician

*[[François Ozon]], French writer and film director

===P===

*[[Brian Paddick]], UK Police Commander and nephew of [[Hugh Paddick]]

*[[Hugh Paddick]], [[United Kingdom|British]] actor

*[[Juliusz Paetz]], [[Archbishop]] of [[Poznan]]

*[[Camille Paglia]], American author and social critic, bisexual

*[[Peter Paige]], American actor ("[[Queer as Folk]]")

*[[David Paisley]], British actor

*[[Pai Hsien-yung]], Taiwanese writer

*[[Chuck Palahniuk]], American writer, notably of ''[[Fight Club]]''

*[[Antonia Pantojas]], Puerto Rican educator

*[[Antonio Pantojas]], Puerto Rican actor

*[[Pat Parker]], black lesbian poetess

*[[Alex Parks]], winner of [[Fame Academy]], British singer/songwriter

*[[Annise Parker]], Controller, City of Houston

*[[Matthew Parris]], British journalist and former politician

*[[Harry Partch]], American composer and [[just intonation]] instrument inventor

*[[Pier Paolo Pasolini]], Italian director and writer

*[[Robert Patrick (playwright) | Robert Patrick]], American Off-Off Broadway playwright

*[[Patroclus]], figure of the [[Trojan War]], lover to [[Achilles]]

*[[Pat Patterson]], professional wrestler

*[[John Paulk]], One time drag queen and hustler, one time leader of the ex-gay movement and ex-President of [[Exodus International]]

*[[Sarah Paulson]], American actress

*[[Douglas Pearce]], lead singer of the [[goth]] band [[Death in June]].

*[[Peter Pears]], English singer

*[[Queen Pen]], bisexual rapper

*[[Anthony Perkins]], American actor, bisexual

*[[Linda Perry]], singer

*[[Roger Peyrefitte]], French diplomat and writer

*[[Philip II of France]], French monarch

*[[Philippe]], duke of Orléans under [[Louis XIV]]

*[[Phranc]], Singer/songwriter, musician and artist

*[[Pink_(musician)|Pink]] pop singer, bisexual

*[[Doug Pinnick]] American singer and musician ("[[King's X]]")

*[[Danny Pintauro]], American actor ("[[Who's the Boss?]]")

*[[Miguel Piñero]], Puerto Rican playwright, bisexual

*[[Plato]], Greek Philosopher

*[[Prince Edmond de Polignac]], gay composer, husband of lesbian [[Winnaretta Singer]]; together they became patrons of the arts

*[[Marcel Proust]] Author of In Search of Lost Time

*[[Carole Pope]], [[Canada|Canadian]] rock singer

*[[Cole Porter]], American Composer and lyricist

*[[Michael Portillo]], bisexual British politician and journalist, in his youth he had relationships with other men and as an adult he married a woman

*[[Francis Poulenc]], French composer, openly gay from his first serious relationship, that with painter [[Richard Chanelaire]] to whom he wrote, "You have changed my life, you are the sunshine of my thirty years, a reason for living and working." He also said, "You know that I am as sincere in my faith, without any messianic screamings, as I am in my Parisian sexuality." (Who's Who, 2001)

*[[Manuel Puig]], Argentine writer

===Q===

*[[Colin Quinn]], American comedian and actor, admitted to having several same-sex encounters in his late teens and early twenties.

===R===

*[[Justin Raimondo]], American writer

*[[Gilles de Rais]], [[France|French]] nobleman and [[serial killer]]

*[[Richard Ramirez]], American serial killer, bisexual

*[[Anthony Rapp]], American actor and singer

*[[Robert Rauschenberg]], American artist

*[[Øyvind Rauset]], (Who's Who, 2001)

*[[Amy Ray]], American singer, The [[Indigo Girls]]

*[[Charlie Ray]], American entrepenuer, writer

*[[Johnnie Ray]], American singer, popular in the 1950s, known as the "Cry Guy"

*[[Nicholas Ray]], American film director, bisexual

*[[John Rechy]], American author

*[[Robert Reed]], actor

*[[Charles Nelson Reilly]], American actor and former game-show regular

*[[George Reinholt]], [[soap opera]] actor (Steve Frame on ''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]'')

*[[Rio Reiser]], German musician ("[[Ton Steine Scherben]]"), bisexual

*[[Mary Renault]], South African novelist

*[[Denise Restout]], companion of [[Wanda Landowska]]

*[[James Harry Reyos]], confessed murderer, stated he was gay on the [[A&E]] [[television]] channel

*[[Cecil Rhodes]], British financier and colonizer of Africa

*[[Christopher Rice]], American author (son of [[Anne Rice]])

*[[Adrienne Rich]], American poet and critic

*[[Bill Richardson (radio host)|Bill Richardson]], Canadian writer and radio broadcaster

*[[Marlon Riggs]], producer of ''[[Tongues Untied]]''

*[[Arthur Rimbaud]], French poet

*[[Herb Ritts]], American fashion photographer

*[[Ian Roberts]], Australian [[Rugby League]] player

*[[Angela Robinson]], film director

*[[Anwar Robinson]], [[American Idol]] contestant

*[[Gene Robinson]], American [[Episcopal Church|Episcopal]] [[bishop]] of [[New Hampshire]]

*[[Svend Robinson]], former Canadian member of parliament

*[[Tom Robinson]], [[United Kingdom|British]] rock musician

*[[Prince de la Roche-sur-Yon|Roche-sur-Yon]], French prince and King of Poland

*[[Jai Rodriguez]], "culture guru" on ''[[Queer Eye]]''

*[[Ernst Röhm]], leader of the [[Nazi]] SA (Brownshirts)

*[[Cesar Romero]], actor

*[[Ned Rorem]], composer, <!-- Aldrich, Robert and Wotherspoon, Gary (Eds.) (2001) -->

*[[Seraphim Rose]], informal [[saint]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]]; had longterm same-sex relationship in his youth later converted to Orthodox Christianity and became celibate in order to live according to the rules of the faith.

*[[Hilary Rosen]], former CEO of the [[RIAA]], longtime partner of Elizabeth Birch (see above)

*[[Michael Rowe]], Editor "Queer Fear II"

*[[Jane Rule]], Canadian author

*[[RuPaul]], AKA RuPaul Andre Charles, American [[drag queen]]

*[[Bayard Rustin]], [[civil rights]] activist, organizer of the 1963 [[March on Washington]], introduced [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] to the writings of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and [[non-violence]], fired for being gay

===S===

*[[Steven Sabados]], Canadian TV personality

*[[Vita Sackville-West]], UK author and poet

*[[Marquis de Sade]], 18th century author and philosopher, bisexual

*[[Leontine Sagan]], Austrian film-maker

*[[Emily Saliers]], singer, The Indigo Girls

*[[Victor Salva]], American writer/director ([[Jeepers Creepers]])

*[[Ben Sander]], a.k.a. [[Brini Maxwell]], drag performer and television host

*[[Emmanuel Sandhu]], Canadian figure skater

*[[Jeremy Sapienza]], World-renowned anarchist

*[[Dick Sargent]], American actor, (second "Darrin" on ''[[Bewitched]]'')

*[[Dan Savage]], American columnist

*[[Francesco Scavullo]], fashion photographer

*[[Fred Schneider]], lead singer of the B-52s

*[[Joel Schumacher]], American film-maker ([[The Phantom of the Opera (2004 movie)]])

*[[David Sedaris]], American essayist and radio personality

*[[Shyam Selvadurai]], Canadian novelist (''Funny Boy'')

*[[Jake Shears]], singer for the band the [[Scissor Sisters]]

*[[Pete Shelley]], lead singer of [[United Kingdom|British]] punk band [[The Buzzcocks]]

*[[Matthew Shepard]], hate crime victim, violently murdered in [[Wyoming]], subject of [[Emmy]] winning films ''[[The Laramie Project]]'' and ''[[The Matthew Shepard Story]]''

*[[Ned Sherrin]], UK broadcaster

*[[Randy Shilts]], US author, journalist and [[AIDS]] activist

*[[Henry Sidgwick]], utilitarian philosopher

*[[Michelangelo Signorile]], columnist, advocate, and pundit

*[[Bill Siksay]], Canadian member of parliament

*[[Mario Silva]], Canadian member of parliament

*[[Bryan Singer]], movie director ([[Superman Returns]], [[X-Men]])

*[[Winnaretta Singer]], patron of the arts, heir to the Singer sewing machine fortune who married a gay husband

*[[Siouxsie Sioux]], [[rock and roll|rock]] and [[punk rock]] singer and songwriter, bisexual

*[[Nirushan Siva]], Sri Lankan uthor of [[Magicland]], bisexual

*[[Jeffrey Smart]], Australian painter

*[[Bessie Smith]], American blues singer

*[[Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury|Chris Smith]], first openly gay British MP

*[[Liz Smith (journalist)]], gossip columnist, bisexual

*[[George Smitherman]], Canadian politician ([[Ontario]] cabinet minister) [http://www.365gay.com/newscontent/102303smithermanCabinet.htm]

*[[Socrates]], Greek philosopher

*[[Valerie Solanas]], cult writer, feminist, attempted to assassinate [[Andy Warhol]].

*[[Simeon Solomon]], ([[1840]]-[[1905]]), British Jewish artist associated with the Pre-Raphaelites and the Aesthetic art movement

*[[Solon]], Greek statesman

*[[Jimmy Somerville]], singer ([[Bronski Beat]], [[The Communards]]) (Who's Who, 2001)

*[[Stephen Sondheim]], American [[musical theater]] [[composer]] and [[lyricist]]

*[[Susan Sontag]], American [[essay|essayist]] and [[novelist]], usually lesbian but occasionally bisexual

*[[Dusty Springfield]], British pop singer

*[[Pam St. Clement]], UK television actress ([[Eastenders]])

*[[James St. James]], American author and former [[New York City|New York]] party icon.

*[[Mia St. John]], US boxer, bisexual

*[[Robert Stadlober]], German actor and singer, bisexual

*[[Barbara Stanwyck]], American actress

*[[S&#322;awek Starosta]], Polish gay activist

*[[Gertrude Stein]], American [[expatriate]] author, partner of [[Alice B. Toklas]]

*[[Michael Stipe]], American singer ([[R.E.M. (band)|R.E.M.]]), film producer

*[[Jim Stork]], US politician

*[[Billy Strayhorn]], jazz composer, lyricist, arranger, and pianist ([[Duke Ellington]] Orchestra)

*[[Jeff Stryker]], American adult-film actor

*[[Sylvester James|Sylvester]], American singer (Who's Who, 2001)

*[[Gerry Studds]], US politician

*[[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]], [[Roman dictator]]

*[[Andrew Sullivan]], conservative journalist

*[[Terry Sweeney]], US writer and actor who was a ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' cast member in the mid-1980s

*[[Algernon Swinburne]], British poet

===T===

*[[Channing Tatum]], bisexual. Male model/actor

*[[Rip Taylor]], American comic

*[[Hordur Torfason]], (Who's Who, 2001)

*[[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]], Russian composer

*[[Tegan and Sara]], Canadian singer/songwriters and sisters

*[[Neil Tennant]], [[United Kingdom|British]] musician ([[Pet Shop Boys]])

*[[Stephen Tennant]], [[United Kingdom|British]] aristocrat

*[[Mark Tewksbury]], Canadian gold medal winner in the [[1992 Summer Olympics]]

*[[Scott Thompson]], Canadian comedian and actor ([[Kids in the Hall]])

*[[Virgil Thomson]], American theater composer and music critic

*[[Jeremy Thorpe]], leader of British [[Liberal Party]]

*[[Bill Tilden|William Tatem (Bill) Tilden II]], American tennis champion.

*[[Billy Tipton]], jazz musician, male impersonator

*[[Colm Tóibín]], Irish novelist

*[[Alice B. Toklas]], partner of [[Gertrude Stein]], known for her cookbook that contains [[Brion Gysin]]'s hashish brownies ([[marijuana]])

*[[Sandi Toksvig]], British comedian

*[[Lily Tomlin]], American comedian, actress

*[[Pussy Tourette]], drag performer and singer

*[[Pete Townshend]], guitarist of [[The Who]], self-proclaimed bisexual

*[[Trajan]], Roman emperor

*[[Violet Trefusis]], lesbian daughter of King Edward VII's mistress [[Alice Keppel]]; lover of [[Vita Sackville-West]]

*[[Michel Tremblay]], Canadian writer

*[[Mark Trevorrow]], Australian comedian

*[[Esera Tuaolo]], former [[National Football League|NFL]] player

*[[Alan Turing]], British mathematician, computer scientist and theorist

*[[Colin Turnbull]], British anthropologist, later American citizen, Buddhist

*[[Big Boys (band)|Randy "Biscuit" Turner]], frontman of American punk band the [[Big Boys]]

*[[Stephen Twigg]], UK Politician, MP, defeated [[Michael Portillo]] in [[1997]] election

*[[Oras Tynkkynen]], [[Finland|Finnish]] politician

=== U ===

*[[Karl Heinrich Ulrichs]], German activist, author

*[[Umberto II di Savoia]], Italian King

===V===

*[[Urvashi Vaid]], former head of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force

*[[Penny Valentine]], rock critic, music journalist

*[[Pierre Vallières]], writer, member of the terrorist [[FLQ]]

*[[Ville Valo]], Finnish musician, Bisexual; singer of [[HIM (band)]]

*[[Lupe Valdez]], Sheriff - Dallas County, TX

*[[Michele van Gorp]], [[WNBA]] player for the [[Minnesota Lynx]]

*[[Gus Van Sant]], American director

*[[Chavela Vargas]], Mexican singer, who came out as lesbian during an interview with [[Colombia]]n [[television]]

*[[Gianni Vattimo]], Italian philosopher

*[[Paul Verlaine]], French poet

*[[Jim Verraros]], singer, actor, ''[[American Idol]]'' contestant

*[[Reginald VelJohnson]], actor (the dad on Urkel-based ''Family Matters'')

*[[Maréchal de Vendôme]], General under [[Louis XIV]]

*[[Louis de Bourbon, comte de Vermandois]], [[Admiral of France]]

*[[Gianni Versace]], Italian [[fashion designer]]

*[[Gore Vidal]], American writer

*[[Bruce Vilanch]], comedy writer

*[[Luchino Visconti]], Italian director

*[[Rosa von Praunheim]], German director

*[[Hella von Sinnen]], German comedienne

===W===

*[[Tom Waddell]], American sports

*[[Rufus Wainwright]], Canadian/American singer

*[[Alice Walker]], author of "The Color Purple," bisexual

*[[Rebecca Walker]], author, bisexual

*[[Horace Walpole]], 4th Earl of Orford

*[[Wanda (drag performer)|Wanda]], American drag performer

*[[Andy Warhol]], American artist and [[pop art]] icon

*[[Patricia Nell Warren]], American writer, ''Front Runner''

*[[Tony Warren]], [[United Kingdom|British]] scriptwriter (creator of ''[[Coronation Street]]'')

*[[John Waters (filmmaker)|John Waters]], American film director (''[[Pink Flamingos]]'')

*[[Sarah Waters|Sarah Waters]], British author (''[[Tipping the Velvet]]'')

*[[Sumner Welles]], U.S. Under Secretary of State 1937-1943

*[[James E. West (politician)|James E. West]], American politician

*[[Mae West]], American actress, bisexual

*[[Suzanne Westenhoefer]], American comedian

*[[Guido Westerwelle]], Leader of the German liberal party [[Free Democratic Party of Germany|FDP]]

*[[James Whale]], American film director

*[[Diane Whipple]], victim in the Presa Canario dog mauling trial

*[[Edmund White]], American novelist (''[[A Boy's Own Story]]'')

*[[Patrick White]], Australian novelist and Nobel Prize winner(''[[The Twyborn Affair]]'')

*[[Walt Whitman]], American poet (''[[Leaves of Grass]]'')

*[[Jane Wiedlin]], guitarist/singer for [[The Go-Go's]], bisexual

*[[Tracey Wigginton]], [[Brisbane]]'s "lesbian vampire murderer"

*[[Oscar Wilde]], Irish playwright and bon vivant, imprisoned after conviction for "gross indecency" for homosexual behavior

*[[Thornton Wilder]], playwright ''([[Our Town]])'' and novelist <!--http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/gaybears/wilder/ which quotes his journals--->

*[[Kenneth Williams]], British actor and diarist

*[[Robbie Williams]], British pop singer, bisexual

*[[Tennessee Williams]], American playwright

*[[Wendy O. Williams]], American rocker, bisexual

*[[Ricky Wilson]], guitarist, [[new wave]] band the [[B-52's]]. Died of [[AIDS]] in 1985.

*[[Johann Joachim Winckelmann]], German classical archaeologist and art historian

*[[Lord Frederick Windsor]], member of British Royal Family

*[[Paul Winfield]], American actor

*[[Jeanette Winterson]], UK author

*[[Dale Winton]], British television presenter

*[[Michal Witkowski]], polish writer

*[[Ludwig Wittgenstein]], Philosopher

*[[Monique Wittig]], academic

*[[Alexander Wood (merchant)|Alexander Wood]], merchant and magistrate in [[Upper Canada]]; "Founder of Gay Toronto"

*[[Virginia Woolf]], British author

*[[Klaus Wowereit]], mayor of [[Berlin]]

*[[Aileen Wuornos]], serial killer, prostitute, bisexual

===Y===

*[[Will Young]], [[United Kingdom|British]] pop singer, winner of [[ITV]]'s [[2001]] [[Pop Idol]], and singer of the million-selling [[2002]] single "Anything Is Possible / Evergreen"

*[[Felix Yusupov]], Russian prince

===Z===

*[[Pedro Zamora]], Cuban-American [[AIDS]] activist, ''[[The Real World]]'' participant

== Persons of debated lesbian, gay or bisexual orientation ==

The following list includes those who some people ''legitimately'' believe there is meaningful evidence the person is or was gay, lesbian or bisexual. This speculation should be supported by documentation or historical record. More information about what is known about each individual's sexuality '''should be available''' in the individual's '''[[Biographical Listing|biography]].'''

===A===

*[[Akhenaton]], Egyptian [[pharaoh]]

*[[Hans Christian Andersen]], Danish author

*[[Marie Antoinette]], wife of [[Louis XVI]], bisexual

*[[Aristotle]], Greek philosopher

*[[Susan B. Anthony]], American [[feminist]] and women's [[suffrage]] activist

===B===

*[[Carl Barat]], British singer and guitarist for [[The Libertines]]

*[[Elizabeth Báthory]], Hungarian countess, serial killer (vampirism)

*[[Lucecita Benitez|Lucecita Benítez]], Puerto Rican singer

*[[Miguel Bosé]], [[Spain|Spanish]] singer

*[[James Buchanan]], 15th President of the United States

*[[Samuel Butler (1835-1902)|Samuel Butler]], UK novelist '[[Erewhon]]'

*[[Lord Byron]], poet, bisexual

===C===

*[[Julius Caesar]], Roman general and statesman, suggested to have had a relationship with King Nicomedes III of Bithynia

*[[Roger Casement]], Irish patriot

*[[Nellie Cashman]], gold prospector

*[[Cristian Castro]], Mexican singer

*[[Willa Cather]], U.S. novelist

*[[Queen Christina]], 17th century queen of Sweden

*[[Kurt Cobain]], [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] frontman

*[[Anderson Cooper]], journalist

*[[Marcia Cross]], actress, subject of frequent tabloid speculation

*[[Tom Cruise]], American actor. Despite successful lawsuits against libelous claims that the actor is gay, speculation is still widespread.

===D===

*[[Salvador Dalí]], Spanish painter

*[[F. Holland Day]], American photographer and publisher

*[[James Dean]], American actor, bisexual

*[[Pete Doherty]], British singer and guitarist for [[The Libertines]]

*[[David Dreier]], U.S. congressman

*[[Francis Archibald Douglas]], Lord Drumlanrig (1867-1894), Private Secretary to [[Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery]]. Drumlanrig was the eldest son of [[John Sholto Douglas, 8th Marquess of Queensberry]] and elder brother of Lord [[Alfred Douglas]]; according to a biography of [[Oscar Wilde]], ''The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde'' by [[Neil McKenna]], Drumlanrig had a secret affair with Rosebery and committed suicide because this became known to his family.

*[[Guillaume Dufay]], composer

===F===

*[[Alejandro Fernández]], [[Mexico|Mexican]] singer; according to tabloid, had relationship with [[Miguel Bosé]]

*[[Siegfried Fischbacher]], magician

*[[Edward FitzGerald]], poet (informed speculation by at least one authority)

*[[Errol Flynn]], Australian actor, reputed Nazi spy, bisexual

*[[Susan Flannery]], soap opera actress (''[[Days of Our Lives]]'', ''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]'')

*[[Brandon Flowers]], singer for [[The Killers (band)|The Killers]]

*[[Jodie Foster]], American actress

*[[James Franco]], actor

*[[Frederick the Great]], [[eighteenth-century]] [[Monarch|King]] of [[Prussia]]

===G===

*[[Juan Gabriel]], Mexican singer

*[[Prince George, Duke of Kent]], British royal (uncle of Queen Elizabeth II)

*[[Richard Gere]], American actor and Tibetan freedom activist

*[[David Gest]], ex-husband of [[Liza Minelli]]

*[[Emma Goldman]], famous anarchist activist, bisexuality disputed

*[[Gustav V of Sweden]]

*[[Cary Grant]], (Archie Leach) British actor, bisexual [http://comingout.free.fr/gpanac09.htm]); also ''Hollywood Gays: Conversations With: Cary Grant, Liberace, Tony Perkins, Paul Lynde, Cesar Romero, Brad Davis, Randolph Scott, James Coco, William Haines, David Lewis'' by Boze Hadleigh; ''Behind the Screen: How Gays and Lesbians Shaped Hollywood 1910-1969'' by William J. Mann.

*[[Thomas Gray]], English poet

===H===

*[[George Frideric Handel]], composer

*[[Mildred Harris]], silent film actress, first wife of actor [[Charlie Chaplin]]. Chaplin made public charges during their 1920 divorce that Harris often spent nights with noted lesbian film actress [[Alla Nazimova]].

*[[Richard Bennett Hatfield]], Canadian politician (premier of [[New Brunswick]], 1970-1987)

*[[Hugh Hefner]], publicly acknowledged to having gay relationships during the [[1970s]]

*[[Henry III of France]]

*[[J. Edgar Hoover]], director of FBI

*[[Howard Hughes]], American tycoon, film producer, aviator

*[[Langston Hughes]], American poet and dramatist

*[[Alexander von Humboldt]], German naturalist and explorer

*[[Adolf Hitler]], German Chancellor, Fuhrer. Generally seen as asexual, despite his late marriage to Eva. Lothar Machtan's book "The Hidden Hitler" points to texts alleging Hitler was gay: however, its central evidence - the 'Mend protocol', a testimony given by a onetime fellow soldier to the Munich police in the 1920s - is hotly disputed by other biographers (e.g. Anton Joachimsthaler and Brigitte Hamann), given Mend's criminal record as a fraudster and the tendency of the Munich police to fabricate evidence against political enemies. Recorded interviews with Hitler's staff confirm he had no sexual relations with men or women, at least during his time in power. (Source: BBC Timewatch programme, 2004).

===I===

*[[Iggy Pop]], musician

*[[Molly Ivins]], columnist

===J===

*[[James I]], King of England (also James VI of Scotland), noted for bisexual behavior, notably with the Duke of Buckingham

*[[Brian Jones]], British guitarist of [[The Rolling Stones]], according to Dave Davies interview in "Uncut"

*[[Rafael Jose]], Puerto Rican singer and show host, "outed" in a Puerto Rican television show

===K===

*[[Immanuel Kant]], German philosopher

*[[William R. King]], United States Senator and Vice President under [[Franklin Pierce]] (unconfirmed)

===L===

*[[Selma Lagerlöf]], Swedish author

*[[Orlando Lasso]], composer

*[[T. E. Lawrence]] (of Arabia), British soldier

*[[Adam Lazzara]], front man of [[Taking Back Sunday]]

*[[John Lennon]] (according to separate biographies by [[Geoffrey Giuliano]] and [[Albert Goldman]])

*[[Lennox Lewis]], retired British boxer

*[[Matthew Gregory Lewis]], British author, diplomat, and parliamentarian

*[[Abraham Lincoln]] (1809-1869), Sixteenth [[President of the United States]], as argued in the book ''The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln'' (ISBN 0743266390) and suggested by other biographers.

*[[Jean-Baptiste Lully]] (1632-1687), French musician and composer

*[[Leonardo da Vinci]] (1452-1519), Renaissance architect, musician, inventor, engineer, sculptor and artist

===M===

*[[Shane MacGowan]], Irish punk rocker

*[[Katherine Mansfield]], New Zealand author

*[[Walter Mercado]], Puerto Rican "Psychic" & TV personality

*[[Joseph McCarthy]], U.S. politician, see Rotten page[http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/usa/joseph-mccarthy]

*[[Michelangelo]], Renaissance painter and sculptor

*[[Mohammed VI of Morocco]], [[King of Morocco]]

*[[Jim Morrison]], American rock singer, according to [[Stephen Davis]]' biography ''Jim Morrison: Life, Death, Legend''

*[[Modeste Mussorgsky]], composer

*[[Frank Murphy]], Mayor of Detroit, Governor of Michigan, and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

===N===

*[[Dave Navarro]], musician, bisexual

*[[Isaac Newton]] British physicist.

*[[Friedrich Nietzsche]] German philosopher.

*[[Cynthia Nixon]], American actress

===O===

*[[Titus Oates]], inventor of the "[[Popish Plot]]"

===P===

*[[Patrick Pearse]], Irish patriot and leader of the 1916 Easter Rising, whose poetry is littered with [[homoeroticism|homoerotic]] imagery

*[[River Phoenix]], rumored to be bisexual

*[[David Hyde Pierce]], actor

*[[Natalie Portman]], actress (hinted at same-sex attraction in a magazine interview)

*[[Paula Poundstone]], comedian

===Q===

===R===

*[[Sun Ra]], musician

*[[Richard I]], the Lion Hearted, English King

*[[Richard III]], the clubfooted hunchback, English King

*[[Thomas Robertson]], British artist

*[[Dennis Rodman]], athlete, bisexual

*[[Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery]] (1847-1929), British [[Prime Minister]]. Had an affair with [[Francis Archibald Douglas|Lord Drumlanrig]], according to a biography of [[Oscar Wilde]], ''The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde'', by [[Neil McKenna]].

===S===

*[[Camille Saint-Saëns]], French composer.

*[[Sandro]], Argentine singer

*[[Víctor Santiago]], mayor in [[Puerto Rico]], accused of sexual harassment by two men

*[[Sappho]], Greek poet: her love poetry to men and women may or may not have autobiographical import

*[[Erik Satie]] French composer, generally presumed to be asexual

*[[G. David Schine]], aide to Sen. [[Joseph McCarthy]]

*[[Ed Schrock]], former U.S. congressman (R-VA)

*[[Franz Schubert]], Austrian composer (Solomon, Maynard: "Franz Schubert and the Peacocks of Benvenuto Cellini")

*[[Camilo Sesto]], Spanish singer

*[[William Shakespeare]], [[Elizabethan]] playwright and poet (had a wife and children; his love [[Shakespeare%27s_Sonnets|sonnets]] to a man may or may not have autobiographical import.)

*[[Richard Simmons]], America fitness guru

*[[Oliver Sipple]], who saved president [[Gerald Ford]]'s family, he sued a newspaper for running a story about his sexuality

*[[Anna Nicole Smith]], American model

*[[Shepard Smith]], U.S. cable news anchor

*[[Kisha Snow]], U.S. boxer

*[[Britney Spears]], Gay performances, famous Madonna kissing, was not allowed to make a lesbian movie

*[[Barbara Stanwyck]], U.S. actress (Hadleigh, Boze: "The Celluloid Closet")

*[[Baron Friedrich von Steuben]], German military adviser to [[American revolution]]

*[[Oliver Stone]], hinted at past same-sex relationships in a [[2004]] interview with [[Rolling Stone]] magazine.

*[[Sharon Stone]], American actress, bisexual

*[[Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley]], Consort/husband of [[Mary I of Scotland|Mary, Queen of Scots]], reputedly bisexual

===T===

*[[Tarkan]], [[Turkey|Turkish]] [[pop singer]], was outed with highly speculative photographs by TV station SHOW TV. He has not yet publicly declared his homosexuality nor denied it.

*[[César Torres]], mayor of [[Gurabo, Puerto Rico]], fined 250 [[US dollar|dollars]] for allegedly asking an [[undercover]] [[Man|male]] [[police]] officer for [[Intercourse|sex]]

===U===

===V===

*[[Rudolph Valentino]], silent actor

*[[Rudy Vallee]], American singer, actor

*[[Luther Vandross]], American R&B singer

*[[Caetano Veloso]], Brazilian singer-songwriter. See http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/6232/

===W===

*[[Evelyn Waugh]], British writer

*[[Patrick White]], Australian writer

*[[William III of England|King William III/II]], King of England, Scotland and Ireland, Prince of Orange

*[[Elijah Wood]], American actor. Known to have lived with a male co-star, known to frequent gay bars in West Hollywood.

===X===

*[[Malcolm X]], American black nationalist leader, see [http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,1486997,00.html]

===Z===

==Persons no longer identifying as gay, lesbian or bisexual==

The following list includes people who at one point identified as gay, lesbian or bisexual but no longer do.

*[[David Bowie]], English musician artist and stage/film performer, said he was bisexual but in 2001 said he was a "closeted heterosexual," Aldrich, Robert and Wotherspoon, Gary (Eds.) (2001).

*[[Little Richard]], American singer and musician, "former bisexual", denounced homosexuality and bisexuality after becoming a Christian minister

*[[Lou Reed]], American musician, came out as bisexual, later denied - see [[Victor Bockris]]' "Transformer"

*[[t.A.T.u.]], Russian pop duo [http://www.planetout.com/news/article.html?2004/09/21/4]

==See also==

*[[homophobia]]

*[[homophobic hate speech]]

*[[the closet]]

*[[list of transgendered people]]

*[[list of bisexuals]]

*[[list of people who have denied being gay]]

*[[list of famous gay, lesbian or bisexual composers]]

*[[list of famous gay, lesbian, or bisexual academics]]

*[[list of LGBT Jews|list of famous gay, lesbian or bisexual Jews]]

*[[List of gay, lesbian, or bisexual figures in fiction and myth]]

*[[Gay rights timeline]]

==External links==

*[http://gayinfo.tripod.com/ Rob's A-Z of famous gay, lesbian and bisexual people]

*[http://www.youthfirsttexas.org/famous_gay_people.html Youth First Texas - Famous Gay, Lesbian, and Transgendered People]

*[http://www.fembio.org/default.shtml FemBio - Notable Women International includes biographies of lesbians and a search function]

==Sources==

*Aldrich, Robert and Wotherspoon, Gary (Eds.) (2001). Who's Who in Contemporary Gay & Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day. New York: Routledge. ISBN 041522974X.

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