Parent article: List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people;

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This is a partial list of confirmed famous people who were or are gay

Gay

Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....

, lesbian

Lesbian

Lesbian is a term most widely used in the English language to describe sexual and romantic desire between females. The word may be used as a noun, to refer to women who identify themselves or who are characterized by others as having the primary attribute of female homosexuality, or as an...

 or bisexual

Bisexuality

Bisexuality is sexual behavior or an orientation involving physical or romantic attraction to both males and females, especially with regard to men and women. It is one of the three main classifications of sexual orientation, along with a heterosexual and a homosexual orientation, all a part of the...

. Famous people who are simply rumored to be gay, lesbian or bisexual, are not listed.

The historical concept, definition

Definition

A definition is a passage that explains the meaning of a term , or a type of thing. The term to be defined is the definiendum. A term may have many different senses or meanings...

 and terminology

Terminology

Terminology is the study of terms and their use. Terms are words and compound words that in specific contexts are given specific meanings, meanings that may deviate from the meaning the same words have in other contexts and in everyday language. The discipline Terminology studies among other...

 of sexual orientation

Sexual orientation

Sexual orientation describes a pattern of emotional, romantic, or sexual attractions to the opposite sex, the same sex, both, or neither, and the genders that accompany them. By the convention of organized researchers, these attractions are subsumed under heterosexuality, homosexuality,...

 varies and has changed greatly over time; for example the word "gay" wasn't used to describe sexual orientation until the mid 20th century. A number of different classification schemes have been used to describe sexual orientation since the mid-19th century, and scholars have often defined the term "sexual orientation" in divergent ways. Indeed, several studies have found that much of the research about sexual orientation has failed to define the term at all, making it difficult to reconcile the results of different studies. However, most definitions include a psychological component (such as the direction of an individual's erotic desire) and/or a behavioural component (which focuses on the sex of the individual's sexual partner/s). Some prefer to simply follow an individual's self-definition or identity

Identity (social science)

Identity is a term used to describe a person's conception and expression of their individuality or group affiliations . The term is used more specifically in psychology and sociology, and is given a great deal of attention in social psychology...

. See homosexuality

Homosexuality

Homosexuality is romantic or sexual attraction or behavior between members of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality refers to "an enduring pattern of or disposition to experience sexual, affectional, or romantic attractions" primarily or exclusively to people of the same...

 and bisexuality

Bisexuality

Bisexuality is sexual behavior or an orientation involving physical or romantic attraction to both males and females, especially with regard to men and women. It is one of the three main classifications of sexual orientation, along with a heterosexual and a homosexual orientation, all a part of the...

 for criteria that have traditionally denoted lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB

LGBT

LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...

) people.

The high prevalence of people from the West on this list may be due to societal attitudes towards homosexuality

Societal attitudes towards homosexuality

Societal attitudes toward homosexuality vary greatly in different cultures and different historical periods, as do attitudes toward sexual desire, activity and relationships in general. All cultures have their own values regarding appropriate and inappropriate sexuality; some sanction same-sex love...

. The Pew Research Center

Pew Research Center

The Pew Research Center is an American think tank organization based in Washington, D.C. that provides information on issues, attitudes and trends shaping the United States and the world. The Center and its projects receive funding from The Pew Charitable Trusts. In 1990, Donald S...

's 2003 Global Attitudes Survey found that "[p]eople in Africa and the Middle East strongly object to societal acceptance of homosexuality. But there is far greater tolerance for homosexuality in major Latin American countries such as Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia and Brazil. Opinion in Europe is split between West and East. Majorities in every Western European nation surveyed say homosexuality should be accepted by society, while most Russians, Poles and Ukrainians disagree. Americans are divided – a thin majority (51 percent) believes homosexuality should be accepted, while 42 percent disagree."

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Name	Lifetime	Nationality	Notable as	Notes
Christopher Cabaldon Christopher Cabaldon Christopher L. Cabaldon is an American politician from California who serves as mayor of West Sacramento. He also represents the State of California on the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education as an appointee of California Governor Jerry Brown.Cabaldon was elected to the City Council...	b.1965	American	Politician	G
Jean-Daniel Cadinot Jean-Daniel Cadinot Jean-Daniel Cadinot was a French director and producer of gay pornographic films.-Biography:Cadinot was born during WWII, in German-occupied Paris, in the Montmartre hill area of the Batignoles Quarter. His parents were tailors who custom fit clothes...	b. 1944	French	Pornographic movie director	G
Paul Cadmus Paul Cadmus Paul Cadmus was an American artist. He is best known for his paintings and drawings of nude male figures. His works combined elements of eroticism and social critique to produce a style often called magic realism...	1904–1999	American	Artist	G
John Cage John Cage John Milton Cage Jr. was an American composer, music theorist, writer, philosopher and artist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde...	1912–1992	American	20th century classical composer	G
Claude Cahun Claude Cahun Claude Cahun was a French artist, photographer and writer. Her work was both political and personal, and often played with the concepts of gender and sexuality.-Early life:...	1894–1954	French	Photographer, writer	G
J. P. Calderon J. P. Calderon John Paul "J. P." Calderon is an American professional volleyball player, model and reality television participant. He first appeared on television as a contestant on Survivor: Cook Islands, the 13th season of the CBS reality show. Later, he returned to television by appearing in several seasons...	b. 1975	American	Volleyball player, TV personality	G
Caligula Caligula Caligula , also known as Gaius, was Roman Emperor from 37 AD to 41 AD. Caligula was a member of the house of rulers conventionally known as the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Caligula's father Germanicus, the nephew and adopted son of Emperor Tiberius, was a very successful general and one of Rome's most...	12–41 CE	Roman	Emperor	B
Anthony Callea Anthony Callea Anthony Cosmo Callea is an Australian singer-songwriter who rose to prominence in the 2004 season of Australian Idol when he became runner up. He was signed to Sony Music Australia until 2009 and is now an independent artist...	b.1982	Australian	Pop music Pop music Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop... ian	G
Michael Callen Michael Callen Michael Callen was a singer, songwriter, composer, author, and AIDS activist. He was a significant architect of the response to the AIDS crisis in the United States....	1955–1993	American	AIDS activist	G
Simon Callow Simon Callow Simon Phillip Hugh Callow, CBE is an English actor, writer and theatre director. He is also currently a judge on Popstar to Operastar.-Early years:...	b. 1949	English	Actor	G
Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès, 1st Duke of Parma was a French lawyer and statesman during the French Revolution and the First Empire, best remembered as the author of the Napoleonic code, which still forms the basis of French civil law.-Early career:Cambacérès was born in Montpellier, into a...	1753–1824	French	Lawyer	G
Anne Cameron Anne Cameron Anne Cameron , August 20, 1938 in Nanaimo, British Columbia) is a Canadian novelist, poet, screenwriter and short story writer. Much of her work is inspired by Northwest Coast First Nations mythology and culture....	b. 1938	Canadian	Novelist, poet	L
Edwin Cameron Edwin Cameron Edwin Cameron is a South African Rhodes scholar and current Constitutional Court justice. Cameron served as a Supreme Court of Appeal judge from 2000 to 2008. He was the first senior South African official to state publicly that he was living with HIV/AIDS...	b. 1953	South African	Judge	G
Rhona Cameron Rhona Cameron Rhona Cameron is a Scottish comedian. She rose to prominence via the stand-up comedy circuit, and became a regular on British TV in the 1990s.-Television career:...	b. 1965	Scottish	Comedian	L
Margarethe Cammermeyer Margarethe Cammermeyer Margarethe "Grethe" Cammermeyer is a former colonel in the Washington National Guard and a gay rights activist. Born in Oslo, Norway, she became a United States citizen in 1960. In 1961 she joined the Army Student Nurse Program. She received a B.S. in Nursing in 1963 from the University of...	b. 1942	American	LGBT rights activist, soldier	L
Colin Campbell Colin Campbell (artist) Colin Campbell was a pioneer Canadian video artist.-Life:Colin Campbell was born in Reston, Manitoba, 1942. Based in Toronto since 1973, Campbell produced over 45 tapes. He received his BFA from the University of Manitoba and his MFA from Claremont Graduate School, California...	1942–2001	Canadian	Video artist	G
Dani Campbell Dani Campbell Dani Campbell is an American reality television participant who became notable in the lesbian community as a symbol of self-assurance, causing Curve to call her "the first lesbian girl next door," and the Miami Herald to declare her South Florida's "most eligible lesbian." She was the runner-up in...	b. 1982	American	runner up on reality TV show A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila is an American reality television dating game show similar to the TV show The Bachelor. It premiered on October 9, 2007 on MTV starring Tila Tequila. The series is a bisexual-themed reality dating show where 16 straight males and 16 lesbian-identified female...	L
Tim Campbell	b. 1975	Australian	Actor	G
David Campos David Campos David Campos , is a Guatemalan-American attorney and member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors representing District 9. The district consists of Bernal Heights, part of Portola and the Inner Mission and it elected him on November 4, 2008 in the 2008 San Francisco elections.-Early life and...	b. 1970	Guatemalan-American	Politician	G
Justin R. Cannon Justin R. Cannon Justin Russell Cannon is an American clergyman and the founding director of Inclusive Orthodoxy, an affirming outreach ministry to lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans Christians centered around his booklet The Bible, Christianity, and Homosexuality , which is described by the Los Angeles Times as...	b. 1984	American	Founder of TruthSetsFree.net, an affirming outreach ministry to gay and lesbian Christians	G
Mario Cantone Mario Cantone Mario Cantone is an American stand-up comedian, writer and actor, with numerous appearances on Comedy Central including Chappelle's Show. He also played Anthony Marentino on Sex and the City...	b. 1959	American	Comedian, actor	G
Daniele Capezzone Daniele Capezzone Daniele Capezzone is a centre-right Italian politician.He currently is the spokesman for the People of Freedom.From July 14, 2001 to November 4, 2006, he was secretary of the Italian Radicals, a liberal, pro-market economy, libertarian movement associated with the Transnational Radical Party...	b. 1972	Italian	Politician	B
Truman Capote Truman Capote Truman Streckfus Persons , known as Truman Capote , was an American author, many of whose short stories, novels, plays, and nonfiction are recognized literary classics, including the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's and the true crime novel In Cold Blood , which he labeled a "nonfiction novel." At...	1924–1984	American	Author, playwright	G
Scott Capurro Scott Capurro -Television appearances:-Stage appearances:-Personal life:In October 2006 Capurro purchased a flat in Bethnal Green and considers himself a London resident.-External links:* * *...	b. 1962	American	Comedian	G
Gia Carangi Gia Carangi Gia Marie Carangi was an American fashion model during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Carangi is considered by some to be the first supermodel, although that title has been given to others, including Janice Dickinson, Dorian Leigh, and Jean Shrimpton...	1960–1986	American	Model	B
Andreas Carlgren Andreas Carlgren Hemming Andreas Carlgren is a Swedish Centre Party politician, and a former Minister for the Environment in the Swedish government.- Education and career :...	b. 1958	Swedish	Politician	G
Brandi Carlile Brandi Carlile Brandi Carlile is an American singer and songwriter.-Early life:At age eight, Carlile performed a rendition of the country music song "Tennessee Flat Top Box" with her mother. She began to play the guitar and write songs at fifteen. At sixteen, she began to perform as a backup singer for an Elvis...	b. 1981	American	Rock musician	L
Benedetta Carlini Benedetta Carlini Benedetta Carlini was a Catholic mystic and lesbian nun, who lived in Counter-Reformation Italy during the 16th and seventeenth century. Judith C. Brown chronicled her life in Immodest Acts , which discussed the events that led to her archival significance for historians of women's spirituality...	1591–1661	Italian	Nun, mystic	L
Marcel Carné Marcel Carné -Biography:Born in Paris, France, the son of a cabinet maker whose wife died when their son was five, Carné began his career as a film critic, becoming editor of the weekly publication, Hebdo-Films, and working for Cinémagazine and Cinémonde between 1929 and 1933. In the same period he worked in...	1906–1996	French	Filmmaker	G
Vanessa Carlton Vanessa Carlton Vanessa Lee Carlton is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Upon completion of her education at the School of American Ballet, Carlton chose to pursue singing instead, performing in New York bars and clubs while attending university. Three months after recording a demo with producer Peter...	b. 1980	American	Singer, songwriter	B
Rachel Carns Rachel Carns Rachel Carns is a queer musician, composer, artist and performer currently living in Olympia, Washington, U.S.. Raised in small-town Wisconsin, she went on to study painting and drawing at Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City, where she completed her B.F.A. in 1991...	b. 1969	American	Musician, artist, performer	L
Ana Carolina Ana Carolina Ana Carolina Sousa is a Brazilian singer, composer, and musician.-Career:Carolina has a contralto vocal range. Her musical influence comes from the crib, her grandmother used to sing on the radio, and her great aunt and uncle played percussion, piano, cello, and violin...	b. 1974	Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people... ian	Musician	B
Edward Carpenter Edward Carpenter Edward Carpenter was an English socialist poet, socialist philosopher, anthologist, and early gay activist....	1844–1929	English	Writer, LGB rights theoretician and activist	G
Tim Carpenter Tim Carpenter Timothy W. "Tim" Carpenter is a Democratic member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing the 3rd District since 2003. He earlier served in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the 20th District from 1985 through 2003.-Early life, education and career:...	b. ?	American	Politician	G
Kelli Carpenter O'Donnell	b. 1967	American	Business executive, life-partner of entertainer Rosie O'Donnell Rosie O'Donnell Roseann "Rosie" O'Donnell is an American stand-up comedian, actress, author and television personality. She has also been a magazine editor and continues to be a celebrity blogger, LGBT rights activist, television producer and collaborative partner in the LGBT family vacation company R Family...	L
Alan Carr Alan Carr Alan Carr is an English comedian and television personality. Born in Weymouth, he was raised in Northampton before moving to Manchester during his early 20's....	b. 1976	English	Comedian	G
Dora Carrington Dora Carrington Dora de Houghton Carrington , known generally as Carrington, was a British painter and decorative artist, remembered in part for her association with members of the Bloomsbury Group, especially the writer Lytton Strachey....	1893–1932	English	Artist	B
Jim Carroll Jim Carroll James Dennis "Jim" Carroll was an author, poet, autobiographer, and punk musician. Carroll was best known for his 1978 autobiographical work The Basketball Diaries, which was made into the 1995 film of the same name, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Carroll.-Biography:Carroll was born to a...	1949–2009	American	Poet, writer, rock musician	B
Chris Carter Chris Carter (politician) Christopher Joseph Carter was an independent Member of Parliament in New Zealand, and a former member of the New Zealand Labour Party until his expulsion. Carter was a senior Cabinet Minister in the Fifth Labour Government of New Zealand, serving lastly as Minister of Education, Minister...	b. 1952	New Zealand	Politician	G
Logan Carter Logan Carter Robert "Bobby" Logan Carter was an American entertainer and photo model....	1954–1997	American	Actor, female impersonator	G
Ted Casablanca Ted Casablanca Ted Casablanca is an American entertainment journalist for E! Online and has a column called The Awful Truth.-Career:...	b. ?	American	Journalist	G
Giacomo Casanova Giacomo Casanova Giacomo Girolamo Casanova de Seingalt was an Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice. His autobiography, Histoire de ma vie , is regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European social life during the 18th century...	1725–1798	Venetian	Traveller, writer	B
Warren Casey Warren Casey Warren Casey was an American theatre composer, lyricist, writer, and actor. He is best known for being the writer and composer, with Jim Jacobs of the stage and film musical Grease.-Career:...	b. 1935	American	Composer and lyricist	G
Michael Cashman Michael Cashman Michael Maurice Cashman is a British former actor, now a Labour politician. He has been a Member of the European Parliament for the West Midlands constituency since 1999.- Acting :...	b. 1950	English	Actor, politician	G
Neal Cassady Neal Cassady Neal Leon Cassady was a major figure of the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the psychedelic movement of the 1960s. He served as the model for the character Dean Moriarty in Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road....	b. 1926	American	Major figure of Beat Generation	B
Maggie Cassella Maggie Cassella Maggie Cassella is a former lawyer, stand-up comedian, writer and American-Canadian actress who hosted the Canadian talk show television series Because I Said So.-Biography:...	b. ?	American	Comedian	L
Jack Cassidy Jack Cassidy John Joseph Edward “Jack” Cassidy was an American actor of stage, film and screen.His frequent professional persona was that of an urbane, super-confident egotist with a dramatic flair, much in the manner of Broadway actor Frank Fay...	1927–1976	American	Actor	B
Kelly Cassidy Kelly Cassidy Kelly Cassidy is an American politician from Chicago. She is a Democrat and a member of the Illinois House of Representatives. She was selected to represent the 14th district, on Chicago's North Side, in April 2011 following incumbent Harry Osterman's election to the Chicago City Council...	b. ?	American	Politician	L
Clint Catalyst Clint Catalyst Clint Catalyst is an American author, actor, spoken word performer, and stylist.Catalyst has covered music, fashion, LGBT issues, and popular culture for magazines including LA Weekly, Frontiers, Out, Surface and Swindle.-Early life:Born in Jonesboro, Arkansas, Catalyst was raised an only child...	b. 1971	American	Writer, performer	G
David Catania David Catania David A. Catania is an American politician and lawyer from Washington, D.C. He is currently a member of the Council of the District of Columbia, where he serves as an independent, elected at-large .-Biography:Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Catania is a graduate of Georgetown University's School...	b. 1968	American	Politician	G
Willa Cather Willa Cather Willa Seibert Cather was an American author who achieved recognition for her novels of frontier life on the Great Plains, in works such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The Song of the Lark. In 1923 she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours , a novel set during World War I...	1873–1947	American	Writer	L
Constantine P. Cavafy Constantine P. Cavafy Constantine P. Cavafy, also known as Konstantin or Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis, or Kavaphes was a renowned Greek poet who lived in Alexandria and worked as a journalist and civil servant...	1863–1933	Greek	Poet	B
Megan Cavanagh Megan Cavanagh Megan Cavanagh is an American actress who portrayed the roles of Marla Hooch in A League of Their Own , Broomhilde in Robin Hood: Men in Tights , Essie in Dracula: Dead and Loving It and was the voice of Judy Neutron in Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Hilary Higgenbottom in The Mighty B!...	b. 1960	American	Actor	L
Cazuza Cazuza Agenor Miranda Araújo Neto, better known as Cazuza was a Brazilian composer and singer, born in Rio de Janeiro. Along with Raul Seixas, Renato Russo and Os Mutantes, Cazuza is considered one of the best exponents of Brazilian rock music....	1958–1990	Brazilian	Singer	G
Cazwell Cazwell Luke Caswell , known as Cazwell, is an American rapper and songwriter. He is best known for his explicit lyrics and collaborations with Amanda Lepore...	1972	American	Rapper	G
Luis Cernuda Luis Cernuda Luis Cernuda , was a Spanish poet and literary critic.-Life and career:...	1902–1963	Spanish	Poet	G
Ilene Chaiken Ilene Chaiken Ilene Chaiken is an American television producer, director and writer. Chaiken is best known as being the co-creator, writer and executive producer of the television series The L Word...	b. ?	American	Writer and television producer	L
John Challis John Challis (activist) John Challis is an Australian gay and lesbian rights activist,known for his campaigns for equality in superannuation law. Challis makes media appearances as spokesman for the lobby group ComSuper Action Committee....	b. 1928	Australian	LGBT rights activist	G
Joan Chalmers Joan Chalmers Margaret Joan Chalmers, is a Canadian philanthropist and supporter of the arts.In 1972, she and her parents, Floyd and Jean Chalmers, founded the annual Chalmers Awards, which donates $25,000 CAD to artists in dance, theatre, crafts, film, the visual arts and music.She was involved with the...	b. 1928	Canadian	Philanthropist	G
Richard Chamberlain Richard Chamberlain George Richard Chamberlain is an American actor of stage and screen who became a teen idol in the title role of the television show Dr. Kildare .-Early life:...	b. 1934	American	Actor	G
Kevin Chamberlin Kevin Chamberlin - Life :Chamberlin was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and raised in Moorestown Township, New Jersey, moving there as a nine-year old. Chamberlin graduated from Rutgers University's Mason Gross School of the Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting.- Career :...	b. 1963	American	Actor	G
Sam Champion Sam Champion Samuel James Champion is the weather anchor of ABC's Good Morning America and weather editor of ABC News.-Early life and education:...	b. 1961	American	TV weather presenter	G
Graham Chapman Graham Chapman Graham Arthur Chapman was a British comedian, physician, writer, actor, and one of the six members of the Monty Python comedy troupe.-Early life and education:...	1941–1989	English	Comedian (Monty Python Monty Python Monty Python was a British surreal comedy group who created their influential Monty Python's Flying Circus, a British television comedy sketch show that first aired on the BBC on 5 October 1969. Forty-five episodes were made over four series... )	G
Spencer Chandra Herbert	b. 1981	Canadian	Politician	G
Otis Charles Otis Charles Bishop E. Otis Charles is a retired American bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Utah.- Career :...	b. 1926	American	Episcopal bishop Bishop A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...	G
Ian Charleson Ian Charleson Ian Charleson was a Scottish stage and film actor. He is best known internationally for his starring role as Olympic athlete and missionary Eric Liddell, in the Oscar-winning 1981 film Chariots of Fire. He is also well known for his portrayal of Rev...	1949–1990	Scottish	Actor	G
Bruce Chatwin Bruce Chatwin Charles Bruce Chatwin was an English novelist and travel writer. He won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel On the Black Hill...	1940–1989	English	Novelist, travel writer	B
Charles Chauvel Charles Chauvel (politician) Charles Pierre Chauvel is a New Zealand lawyer and politician. Since 2006 he has been a Member of Parliament in the New Zealand House of Representatives. He is the first New Zealand MP of Tahitian ancestry...	b. 1969	New Zealand	Politician	G
Christian Chávez Christian Chávez For the Argentine footballer, see Cristian Manuel Chávez.Christian Chávez is a singer and actor best known for his role as Giovanni Méndez López in the telenovela Rebelde and its spin off teen band RBD...	b. 1983	Mexican	Latin pop Latin pop Latin pop generally refers to pop music that has what may be perceived a Latin American influence...  musician, actor	G
Alexander Chee Alexander Chee Alexander Chee is an American fiction writer, poet, journalist and reviewer.Born in Rhode Island, he spent his childhood in South Korea, Kauai, Truk, Guam and Maine...	b. ?	American	Writer	G
John Cheever John Cheever John William Cheever was an American novelist and short story writer. He is sometimes called "the Chekhov of the suburbs." His fiction is mostly set in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, the Westchester suburbs, old New England villages based on various South Shore towns around Quincy,...	1912–1982	American	Writer	B
Mary Cheney Mary Cheney Mary Claire Cheney is the second daughter of Dick Cheney, the former Vice President of the United States, and his wife, Lynne Cheney. She is openly lesbian, has voiced support for same-sex marriage, and has been credited with encouraging her father to support same-sex marriage as well...	b. 1969	American	Daughter of U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney Dick Cheney Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney served as the 46th Vice President of the United States , under George W. Bush....	L
Marc Cherry Marc Cherry Marc Cherry is an American writer and producer, best known for creating the show Desperate Housewives.-Early life and career:...	b. 1962	American	TV writer, producer	G
Neneh Cherry Neneh Cherry Neneh Mariann Cherry is a Swedish singer-songwriter, rapper, and occasional DJ and broadcaster...	b. 1964	Swedish	Pop musician	B
Alfred Chester Alfred Chester Alfred Chester was an American writer known for his provocative, experimental work, including the novels Jamie Is My Heart's Desire and The Exquisite Corpse and the short story collection Behold Goliath....	1928–1971	American	Writer	G
Craig Chester Craig Chester Craig Chester is an American actor and screenwriter.He is best known for his performances in independent films in the 1990s, starting with his debut in Swoon , which earned him an Independent Spirit Award nomination...	b. 1965	American	Actor, screenwriter	G
Leslie Cheung Leslie Cheung Leslie Cheung Kwok-Wing , nicknamed elder brother , was a film actor and musician from Hong Kong. Cheung was considered as "one of the founding fathers of Cantopop", and "combining a hugely successful film and music career".In 2000, Cheung was named Asian Biggest Superstar by China Central...	1956–2003	Hong Kong	Actor, pop musician	B
Ken Cheuvront Ken Cheuvront Kenneth D. "Ken" Cheuvront is a Democratic politician. Since 2002 he has served as Arizona State Senator for District 15, which centers on Phoenix....	b. 1961	American	Politician	G
Paddy Chew Paddy Chew Paddy Chew was the first Singaporean AIDS victim to come out to the general public.-Early life:He attended St. Stephen's School and St...	1960–1999	Singaporean	First Singaporean AIDS victim to come out to the general public	G
Georgy Chicherin Georgy Chicherin Georgy Vasilyevich Chicherin was a Marxist revolutionary and a Soviet politician. He served as People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs in the Soviet government from March 1918 to 1930.-Childhood and early career:...	1872–1936	Russian	Politician	G
Staceyann Chin Staceyann Chin Staceyann Chin is a spoken word poet, performing artist and LGBT rights political activist. Her work has been published in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Pittsburgh Daily, and has been featured on 60 Minutes...	b. ?	Jamaican	Poet	G
Margaret Cho Margaret Cho Margaret Cho is an American comedian, fashion designer, actress, author, and recording artist. Cho is best known for her stand-up routines, through which she critiques social and political problems, especially those pertaining to race and sexuality. She has also directed and appeared in music...	b. 1968	American	Comedian	B
Dan Choi Dan Choi Daniel "Dan" Choi is a former American infantry officer in the United States Army who served in combat in the Iraq war during 2006-2007...	b. 1981	American	LGBT activist, former military officer	G
Lisa Cholodenko Lisa Cholodenko Lisa Cholodenko is an American film and television writer/director. She is best known for her highly acclaimed 2010 comedy-drama The Kids Are All Right which was nominated for a number of awards including four Academy Awards, Best Picture among them.- Career :Having grown up in a Jewish family ,...	b. 1964	American	Film director and screenwriter	L
Zero Chou Zero Chou -Life:Chou was born in Keelung, Taiwan in 1969. She earned a B.A. in Philosophy from National Chengchi University in 1992. She worked as a journalist before becoming an indie film director....	b. 1969	Taiwanese	Film director	G
Ken Choy Ken Choy Ken Choy is an American writer of Chinese-Hawaiian descent. He also is a performance artist and actor and owns and operates a shopping business in Southern California.Choy received a Jerome Fellowship from the Playwright's Center in Minnesota in 1992...	b. ?	American	Writer, performance artist	G
Wayson Choy Wayson Choy Wayson Choy, CM is a Canadian writer.-Early life:Choy was born in Vancouver in 1939. A Chinese Canadian, he spent his childhood in the city's Chinatown...	b. 1939	Canadian	Writer	G
Meg Christian Meg Christian Meg Christian is an American folk singer associated with the Women's music movement.-Biography:She graduated from the University of North Carolina and moved to Washington, D.C. in 1969, where she performed in nightclubs and began writing material from an explicitly political and feminist perspective...	b. 1946	American	Musician	L
Jennifer Chrisler Jennifer Chrisler Jennifer Chrisler is the Executive Director of Family Equality Council , the national LGBT families.Formerly Chrisler was an assistant to her current wife, former MA state Senator Cheryl Jacques, and she was at the center of a controversy after receiving very large pay raises by Jacques.Jennifer...	b.	American	Gay rights activist	L
Nathan Christoffersen Nathan Christoffersen Nathan Christoffersen was an American gay rights activist and journalist. Christoffersen was a frequent contributor to the Fresno, California publication GayFresno. He came to national attention after a letter he wrote was posted on the blog of gay rights activist and comedian Margaret Cho...	1977–2005	American	LGBT rights activist, journalist	G
Terry Christopher Terry Christopher Terry Christopher is an openly gay American singer/songwriter.He started performing at a very young age and won the Reserved Champions Title for the dance division of his age group at the Nevada State Youth Fair held at the Las Vegas Convention Center in 1979 with his dance partner, Beth Newlin...	b. ?	American	Singer/songwriter	G
Peter Christopherson Peter Christopherson Peter Martin Christopherson, a.k.a. Sleazy was a musician, video director and designer, and former member of the influential British design agency Hipgnosis....	1955–2010	English	Rock and experimental musician	G
Chrystos Chrystos Chrystos is a Menominee rights activist and poet. Prior to being published, she worked as a home caretaker, and an activist for Turtle Mountain Band of Chipewa, Norma Jean Croy , and Leonard Peltier....	b. 1946	American	Poet	G
Ralph Chubb Ralph Chubb Ralph Nicholas Chubb was an English poet, printer, and artist. Heavily influenced by Whitman, Blake, and the Romantics, his work was the creation of a highly intricate personal mythology, one that was anti-materialist and sexually revolutionary.-Life:Ralph Chubb was born in Harpenden, Hertfordshire...	1892–1960	English	Writer	G
Annabelle Chvostek Annabelle Chvostek Annabelle Chvostek is a Canadian singer-songwriter based in Montreal. She is known for her rich singing voice, compelling lyrics and genre-spanning musicality, as well as her Juno-nominated work with harmony trio The Wailin' Jennys....	b. 1973	Canadian	Singer/songwriter	L
David Cicilline David Cicilline David Nicola Cicilline is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Democratic Party. He is formerly the Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, and was the first openly gay mayor of a U.S. state capital.-Early life, education, and career:...	b. 1961	American	Politician, first openly gay mayor of an American state capital	G
Adriano Cintra Adriano Cintra Adriano Ferreira Cintra is a Brazilian multi-instrumentist and producer, also known as an underground and club celebrity in his hometown. He was guitarist and singer for the garage rock power trio Thee Butchers' Orchestra, and among his many projects and bands are Ultrasom and Caxabaxa. He was...	b. 1972	Brazilian	Musician	G
Hélène Cixous Hélène Cixous Hélène Cixous is a professor, French feminist writer, poet, playwright, philosopher, literary critic and rhetorician. She holds honorary degrees from Queen's University and the University of Alberta in Canada; University College Dublin in Ireland; the University of York and University College...	b. 1937	French	Writer, philosopher	B
James Clark James Clark (British diplomat) James Clark is a British diplomat. He is currently Consul General at Chicago, and was previously British Ambassador to Luxembourg...	b. 1963	English	Diplomat	G
Karen Clark Karen Clark Karen J. Clark is a Minnesota politician, and a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A Democrat, Clark represents District 61A, which includes portions of the city of Minneapolis in the Twin Cities metropolitan area including portions of the Phillips, Ventura Village, Seward, and...	b. 1945	American	Politician	L
Michael Clark Michael Clark (dancer) Michael Clark is a Scottish dancer and choreographer.-Early life:Michael Clark was born in Aberdeen and began traditional Scottish dancing at the age of four. In 1975 he left home to study at the Royal Ballet School in London, and on his final day at the school he was presented with the Ursula...	b. 1962	British	Dancer, choreographer	G
Cam Clarke Cam Clarke Cameron Arthur "Cam" Clarke is a prolific American voice actor and singer, well known for his work in animation and video games. Clarke is well known for providing the voices of Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Shotaro Kaneda in the 1989 original English-dub of Akira. He often voices...	b. 1957	American	Voice actor	G
Cheryl Clarke Cheryl Clarke Cheryl L. Clarke is a writer, educator and lesbian Black feminist activist, born in Washington DC in 1947.-Writing:Raised in Washington DC, some of her earliest work reflected the troubled times of the 1960s and the rebellions that ripped through the District of Columbia following the...	b. 1947	American	Writer	G
Michele Clarke Michele Clarke Michele Pearson Clarke is a Trinidadian filmmaker based in Toronto, Canada. She was born in Port of Spain and was educated at Queens University and the University of Toronto....	b. 1961	Trinidadian	Writer, filmmaker	L
Julian Clary Julian Clary Julian Peter McDonald Clary is an English comedian and novelist, known for his deliberately stereotypical camp style, with a heavy reliance on innuendo and double entendre.-Early life and education:...	b. 1959	English	Comedian	G
Beth Clayton Beth Clayton Laura Beth Clayton is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer, and a native of Malvern, Arkansas.-Education and early career:Clayton's father was a Methodist minister. She sang in church and then in musical productions in church camp and in high school...	b. ?	American	Opera singer	L
Charles Clegg Charles Clegg Charles Myron Clegg, Jr. , was an American author, photographer, and railroad historian. Clegg is primarily remembered as the lifelong companion of famed railroad author Lucius Beebe, and was a co-author of many of Beebe's best-known books.Born into an old New England family, Clegg grew up in Rhode...	1916–1979	American	Author, photographer, railroad historian	G
Douglas Clegg Douglas Clegg Douglas Clegg is a horror and dark fantasy author, and a pioneer in the field of e-publishing. He maintains a strong Internet presence through his website and LiveJournal.-Biography:...	b. 1958	American	Author	G
Miss Cleo Miss Cleo Youree Dell Harris better known as Miss Cleo, is an American psychic and shaman who achieved fame as a spokeswoman for a psychic pay-per-call service from 1997 - 2003....	b. 1962	American	Psychic	L
Van Cliburn Van Cliburn Harvey Lavan "Van" Cliburn Jr. is an American pianist who achieved worldwide recognition in 1958 at age 23, when he won the first quadrennial International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow, at the height of the Cold War....	b. 1935	American	Pianist	G
Montgomery Clift Montgomery Clift Edward Montgomery Clift was an American film and stage actor. The New York Times’ obituary noted his portrayal of "moody, sensitive young men"....	1920–1966	American	Actor	B
Kate Clinton Kate Clinton Kate Clinton is a American comedian specializing in political commentary from a gay/lesbian point of view.-Early life:...	b. ?	American	Comedian	L
Luke Clippinger Luke Clippinger Luke Clippinger is an American politician and lawyer from Maryland. A Democrat, he was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 2010, representing the state's 46th district in Baltimore...	b. 1972	American	Politician	G
Gary Cloutier Gary Cloutier Gary Cloutier is a politician elected mayor of Vallejo, California on November 21, 2007, sworn in on December 4, 2007, but replaced by Osby Davis on December 8, 2007. His opponent, real estate attorney Osby Davis, requested a recount that showed Davis had won the election by fewer than five votes...	b. ?	American	Politician	G
Tom Coates Tom Coates (technologist) Tom Coates is a technologist and early weblogger based in San Francisco, California who has been writing plasticbag.org since 1999...	b. 1972	English	Blogger	G
James Coco James Coco James Coco was an American character actor.- Early life and career :Born James Emil Coco in New York City, son of Feliche Coco, a shoemaker and Ida Detestes Coco, James began acting straight out of high school. As an overweight and prematurely balding adult, he found himself relegated to character...	1930–1987	American	Actor	G
Jean Cocteau Jean Cocteau Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker. His circle of associates, friends and lovers included Kenneth Anger, Pablo Picasso, Jean Hugo, Jean Marais, Henri Bernstein, Marlene Dietrich, Coco Chanel, Erik Satie, María...	1889–1963	French	Writer, artist, filmmaker	B
Scott Coffey Scott Coffey Scott Coffey is an American actor, director, producer, screenwriter. His acting credits include films such as Shag, Some Kind of Wonderful, Dream Lover, and Mulholland Drive...	b. 1967	American	Writer, actor, director	G
Tabatha Coffey Tabatha Coffey Tabatha Coffey is an Australian hairstylist, salon owner, and American television personality. Her participation as a contestant on the television show, Shear Genius, led to her own television show, Tabatha's Salon Takeover, which airs on the U.S...	b. 1969	Australian	TV personality, Hair stylist	L
Andy Cohen Andy Cohen (television personality) Andy Cohen is an American television executive and host. He is currently the Executive Vice-President Original Programming and Development at the Bravo cable television network, a subsidiary of NBC Universal...	b. 1968	American	Television executive	G
Benjamin Cohen	b. 1982	English	Entrepreur, journalist	G
Roy Cohn Roy Cohn Roy Marcus Cohn was an American attorney who became famous during Senator Joseph McCarthy's investigations into Communist activity in the United States during the Second Red Scare. Cohn gained special prominence during the Army–McCarthy hearings. He was also an important member of the U.S...	1927–1986	American	Lawyer, conservative activist	G
Steven Cojocaru Steven Cojocaru Steven Cojocaru , known by the nickname "Cojo", is a Canadian fashion critic. He was born in Montreal, Quebec to a family of immigrants from Romania...	b. 1965	Canadian	Fashion critic	G
Kyla Cole Kyla Cole Kyla Cole is a Slovak glamour model, Penthouse Pet and former television presenter.- Early life :Kyla Cole was born in Prešov, Czechoslovakia , and was her parents' first-born child....	b. 1978	Slovak	Model	B
Brian Coleman Brian Coleman Brian Coleman FRSA is a Conservative Party politician and member of the London Assembly for Barnet and Camden, England. He is a Councillor in the London Borough of Barnet, and was Mayor for 2009-2010....	b. 1961	English	Politician	G
Lisa Coleman Lisa Coleman (musician) Lisa Coleman is an American Emmy® Award winning musician and composer. Coleman plays piano and keyboards. She was a member of Prince's backing band The Revolution from 1980-1986. She is currently one half of the musical duo Wendy & Lisa, formed with Wendy Melvoin in 1986.-Early life:Coleman's...	b. 1960	American	Musician and film/tv composer	L
Colette Colette Colette was the surname of the French novelist and performer Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette . She is best known for her novel Gigi, upon which Lerner and Loewe based the stage and film musical comedies of the same title.-Early life and marriage:Colette was born to retired military officer Jules-Joseph...	1873–1954	French	Author	L
Chris Colfer Chris Colfer Christopher Paul "Chris" Colfer is an American actor and singer known for his portrayal of Kurt Hummel on the television series Glee, for which he won a 2011 Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor and was also nominated twice for an Emmy...	b. 1990	American	Actor, singer	G
Cyril Collard Cyril Collard Cyril Collard was a French author, filmmaker, composer, musician and actor. He is known for his unapologetic portrayals of bisexuality and HIV in art, particularly his autobiographical novel and film Les Nuits Fauves...	1957–1993	French	Author	G
James Collins James Collins -Sports:*James Collins , Welsh footballer, currently playing for Aston Villa*James Collins , Irish footballer, currently playing for Shrewsbury Town*James Collins , NBA basketball player...		Canadian	actor, singer & songwriter	G
Simon Collins Simon Collins Simon Philip N. Collins is a British-Canadian musician. He is the son of English pop singer Phil Collins.-Early years:...	b. 1976	Canadian	Musician	B
Maureen Colquhoun Maureen Colquhoun Maureen Morfydd Colquhoun is a British economist and Labour Party politician.-Education:She attended the London School of Economics and later worked as a literary research assistant.-Political career:...	b. 1928	English	Politician	L
Robert Colquhoun Robert Colquhoun Robert Colquhoun was a Scottish painter, printmaker and theatre set designer.Colquhoun was born in Kilmarnock and was educated at Kilmarnock Academy...	1914–1962	Scottish	Set designer	G
Zebedy Colt Zebedy Colt Edward Earle Marsh was an American actor, musician, adult film director and star. He is principally known by his stage name Zebedy Colt.-Early years:...	1929–2004	American	Actor, director	G
Paola Concia Paola Concia Anna Paola Concia is an Italian politician and gay rights activist. She was the first openly lesbian member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies.-Biography:...	b. 1963	Italian	Politician	L
Bill Condon Bill Condon William "Bill" Condon is an American screenwriter and director. Condon is best known for directing and writing the critically acclaimed films Gods and Monsters, Chicago, Kinsey, and Dreamgirls. In 1998, Condon debuted as a screenwriter in Gods and Monsters, which won him his first Academy Award....	b. 1955	American	Screenwriter, director	G
Charlie Condou Charlie Condou Charlie Lomax David Condou is an English actor and Guardian columnist who is best known for his role as Marcus Dent in the British soap opera, Coronation Street....	b. 1974	English	Actor	G
Timothy Conigrave Timothy Conigrave Tim Conigrave was an Australian actor, writer, and activist. He was born in Melbourne, and after attending the Jesuit Xavier College and Monash University he moved to Sydney to study at the National Institute of Dramatic Art , from which he graduated in 1984...	1959–1994	Australian	Actor, playwright	G
Cathy Connolly Cathy Connolly Cathy Connolly is an American professor and politician from Wyoming. A Democrat, she is a member of the Wyoming House of Representatives representing the state's 13th district in Albany County...	b. 1956	American	Politician	L
Jasper Conran Jasper Conran Jasper Alexander Thirlby Conran OBE is an English fashion designer. He is the son of the designer Sir Terence Conran and the author Shirley Conran.-Education:He was educated at Port Regis School and Bryanston School in the 1970s...	b. 1959	English	Fashion designer	G
Massimo Consoli Massimo Consoli Massimo Consoli was known as "the father of the Italian gay movement". Besides being an activist, he was also an anarchist and an historian...	1945–2007	Italian	Activist, writer, historian	G
Nancy Cook Nancy Cook Nancy Cook was an American suffragette, teacher, part owner of the Todhunter School and an intimate of Eleanor Roosevelt.-Birth and early life:...	1884–1962	American	Suffragette, teacher	L
Natalie Cook Natalie Cook Natalie Louise Cook OAM is an Australian professional beach volleyball player and Olympic gold medallist.-Early life:...	b. 1975	Australian	Olympic volleyball player	L
Dennis Cooper Dennis Cooper Dennis Cooper is an American novelist, poet, critic, editor and performance artist.-Career:Cooper grew up the son of a wealthy businessman in Arcadia, California. His first forays into literature came early, focusing on imitations of Rimbaud, Verlaine, de Sade, and Baudelaire...	b. 1953	American	Artist	G
Colleen Coover Colleen Coover Colleen Coover is a comic book artist, based in Portland, Oregon. She is probably best known as creator of the lesbian-themed erotic comic book Small Favors from Eros Comix, illustrator of the comic book limited series Banana Sunday from Oni Press, and for illustrating several short stories in...	b. 1969	American	Comic artist	B
Bleu Copas Bleu Copas Bleu Copas is an American Arabic translator. In 2006, he was discharged from the United States Army under the Don't ask, don't tell policy for being gay...	b. 1976	American	Army translator discharged for being gay	G
Aaron Copland Aaron Copland Aaron Copland was an American composer, composition teacher, writer, and later in his career a conductor of his own and other American music. He was instrumental in forging a distinctly American style of composition, and is often referred to as "the Dean of American Composers"...	1900–1990	American	Classical composer	G
Tee Corinne Tee Corinne Tee Corine was a lesbian visual artist notable for the portrayal of sexuality in her artwork.-Early life and education:Corinne was born and grew up in Florida. Her mother introduced her to principles and techniques for making visual art...	1943–2006	American	Writer	L
Cat Cora Cat Cora Catherine "Cat" Cora is a Greek-American professional chef best known for her featured role as an "Iron Chef" on the Food Network television show Iron Chef America.-Early life:...	b. 1968	American	Chef	L
John Corigliano John Corigliano John Corigliano is an American composer of classical music and a teacher of music. He is a distinguished professor of music at Lehman College in the City University of New York.-Biography:...	b. 1938	American	Classical composer	G
William Corlett William Corlett William Corlett , was an English author, best known for his quartet of children's novels, The Magician's House, published between 1990 and 1992.-Biography:...	1938–2005	English	Novelist, playwright	G
Dean Corll Dean Corll Dean Arnold Corll was an American serial killer, also known as the "Candy Man", who, together with two youthful accomplices named David Brooks and Elmer Wayne Henley, abducted, raped, tortured and murdered a minimum of 28 boys in a series of killings spanning from 1970 to 1973 in Houston, Texas...	1939–1973	American	Serial killer	G
Michael G. Cornelius Michael G. Cornelius Professor Michael G. Cornelius is an American scholar, specialising in early British Literature, and an award-winning author.-Background:Michael Cornelius was raised in Summerhill, New York. After receiving a bachelor's degree at St. John Fisher College and a master's at Marshall University, he...	b. ?	American	Writer	G
Jessica Cornish	b. March 27, 1988	English	Singer-songwriter	B
Patricia Cornwell Patricia Cornwell Patricia Cornwell is a contemporary American crime writer. She is widely known for writing a popular series of novels featuring the heroine Dr. Kay Scarpetta, a medical examiner.-Early life:...	b. 1956	American	Author	B
Peter and Murray Corren Peter and Murray Corren Peter Corren and Murray Corren — Corren is a combination of their former names — are LGBT-rights activists from Vancouver, British Columbia whose complaint before British Columbia's Human Rights Tribunal led to an agreement whereby the provincial Ministry of Education would consult them on how...	b. ?	Canadian	LGBT rights activists	G
Antony Cotton Antony Cotton Antony Cotton is an English actor and singer best known for his roles in Coronation Street and the original UK version of Queer as Folk.-Early and personal life:...	b. 1975	English	Actor	G
Douglas Coupland Douglas Coupland Douglas Coupland is a Canadian novelist. His fiction is complemented by recognized works in design and visual art arising from his early formal training. His first novel, the 1991 international bestseller Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, popularized terms such as McJob and...	b. 1961	Canadian	Author	G
Brendan Courtney Brendan Courtney Brendan Courtney is an Irish comedian and television presenter, the first openly gay presenter in Ireland. He has hosted Wanderlust on RTÉ Two, The Brendan Courtney Show on TV3, Playdate on ITV2 and Off the Rails on RTÉ One.-Career:Brendan began his career on RTÉ Two's Wanderlust and ITV1's Love...	b. ?	Irish	Television presenter	G
Noel Coward Noël Coward Sir Noël Peirce Coward was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".Born in Teddington, a suburb of London, Coward attended a dance academy...	1899–1973	English	Actor, playwright	G
Henry Cowell Henry Cowell Henry Cowell was an American composer, music theorist, pianist, teacher, publisher, and impresario. His contribution to the world of music was summed up by Virgil Thomson, writing in the early 1950s:...	1897–1965	American	20th century classical composer, musician	B
Colin Cowie Colin Cowie Colin Andrew Wilkie Cowie is a South African lifestyle guru and party planner to the stars, television personality and writer.Cowie was born in Kitwe, Zambia, but educated in South Africa. He moved to the United States in 1985...	b. 1962	South African	Wedding planner	G
Daniel Allen Cox Daniel Allen Cox Daniel Allen Cox is a Canadian author and columnist. Shuck, his semi-autobiographical debut novel about a New York City hustler, was a Lambda Literary Award and a ReLit Award finalist...	b. 1976	Canadian	Writer	G
Cheryl Crane	b. 1943	American	Lana Turner Lana Turner Lana Turner was an American actress.Discovered and signed to a film contract by MGM at the age of sixteen, Turner first attracted attention in They Won't Forget . She played featured roles, often as the ingenue, in such films as Love Finds Andy Hardy... 's daughter, killer of Turner's abusive boyfriend	L
Hart Crane Hart Crane -Career:Throughout the early 1920s, small but well-respected literary magazines published some of Crane’s lyrics, gaining him, among the avant-garde, a respect that White Buildings , his first volume, ratified and strengthened...	1899–1932	American	Poet	G
Nicky Crane Nicky Crane Nicola Vincenzio "Nicky" Crane was a British neo-Nazi skinhead activist. He came out as gay before dying from an AIDS-related illness in 1993....	1958–1993	English	Neo-Nazi activist	G
Anthony Crank Anthony Crank Anthony Crank is a British television presenter, journalist and actor, probably best known for his work on Channel 4's T4, MTV and Bingo Night Live on ITV1.-Career:...	b. ?	English	Television presenter	G
Toller Cranston Toller Cranston Toller Shalitoe Montague Cranston, CM is a Canadian figure skater and painter. He is the 1971-1976 Canadian national champion, the 1974 World bronze medalist, and the 1976 Olympic bronze medalist....	b. 1949	Canadian	Figure skater, artist	G
Joan Crawford Joan Crawford Joan Crawford , born Lucille Fay LeSueur, was an American actress in film, television and theatre....	1905–1977	American	Actor	B
Darby Crash Darby Crash Darby Crash was an American punk musician who, along with long time friend Pat Smear , co-founded The Germs...	1958–1980	American	Punk rock Punk rock Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...  musician (The Germs The Germs The Germs are an American punk rock band from Los Angeles, California, originally active from 1977 to 1980. The band's early lineup consisted of singer Darby Crash, guitarist Pat Smear, bassist Lorna Doom, and their most consistent drummer Don Bolles. Germs have since reformed in 2005 with Shane... )	G
Quentin Crisp Quentin Crisp Quentin Crisp , was an English writer and raconteur. He became a gay icon in the 1970s after publication of his memoir, The Naked Civil Servant.- Early life :...	1908–1999	English	Writer	G
Chris Crocker Chris Crocker (Internet celebrity) Chris Crocker is an American Internet celebrity, songwriter, blogger, and recording artist...	b. 1987	American	Internet celebrity	G
Richard Cromwell Richard Cromwell (actor) Richard Cromwell, born LeRoy Melvin Radabaugh , was an American actor. His family and friends called him Roy, though he was also professionally known and signed autographs as Dick Cromwell. Cromwell's career was at its pinnacle with his work in Jezebel with Bette Davis and Henry Fonda and again...	1910–1960	American	Actor	G
Rodney Croome Rodney Croome Rodney Croome AM is the spokesperson for the Tasmanian Gay and Lesbian Rights Group, campaign coordinator of Australian Marriage Equality, and one of the founders of the Australian Coalition for Equality ....	b. ?	Australian	LGBT rights activist	G
Aleister Crowley Aleister Crowley Aleister Crowley , born Edward Alexander Crowley, and also known as both Frater Perdurabo and The Great Beast, was an influential English occultist, astrologer, mystic and ceremonial magician, responsible for founding the religious philosophy of Thelema. He was also successful in various other...	1875–1947	English	Occultist, hedonist	B
Howard Cruse Howard Cruse Howard Cruse is an American alternative cartoonist known for the exploration of gay themes in his comics.Cruse was raised in Springville, Alabama, the son of a preacher and a homemaker. His earliest published cartoons were in The Baptist Student when he was in high school. His work later appeared...	b. 1944	American	Cartoonist	G
Bobby Crush Bobby Crush Bobby Crush is an English pianist, songwriter and television presenter.-Career:Crush first came to public attention after making six winning appearances on Hughie Green's British ITV talent show, Opportunity Knocks, in the early 1970s...	b. 1954	English	Pianist, TV presenter	G
Benjamin Cruz Benjamin Cruz Benjamin "BJ" Cruz is an American judge and politician from Guam.-Early life and education:Born on March 3, 1951 in Guam, he is the second child and only son of Juan Quenga Cruz and Antonia Cruz Franquez...	b. 1953	American	Judge, Politician	G
Wilson Cruz Wilson Cruz Wilson Cruz is an American actor, known for playing Rickie Vasquez on My So-Called Life and a recurring character on Noah's Arc...	b. 1973	American	Actor	G
Steve Cruz Steve Cruz (porn star) Steve Cruz is an American gay pornographic actor and director who appears in gay pornographic films and magazines. Cruz is currently signed as a Raging Stallion exclusive...	b. 1972	American	Pornographic actor	G
Hugues Cuénod Hugues Cuénod Hugues-Adhémar Cuénod was a Swiss tenor known for his performances in opera, operetta, both traditional and musical theatre, and on the concert stage, where he was particularly known for his light, romantic and expressive interpretation of mélodie...	b. 1902	Swiss	Tenor	G
George Cukor George Cukor George Dewey Cukor was an American film director. He mainly concentrated on comedies and literary adaptations. His career flourished at RKO and later MGM, where he directed What Price Hollywood? , A Bill of Divorcement , Dinner at Eight , Little Women , David Copperfield , Romeo and Juliet and...	1899–1983	American	Director	G
Countee Cullen Countee Cullen Countee Cullen was an American poet who was popular during the Harlem Renaissance.- Biography :Cullen was an American poet and a leading figure with Langston Hughes in the Harlem Renaissance. This 1920s artistic movement produced the first large body of work in the United States written by African...	1903–1946	American	Romantic Poet	B
Mitch Cullin Mitch Cullin Mitch Cullin is an American writer of Scotch-Irish and Cherokee descent. He is the author of seven novels, and one short story collection. He currently resides in Arcadia, California and Tokyo, Japan with his partner and frequent collaborator Peter I. Chang...	b. 1968	American	Writer	G
Bonnie Cullison Bonnie Cullison Bonnie Cullison is an American teacher, labor official and politician from Montgomery County, Maryland. A Democrat, she was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 2010, representing the state's 19th district. She took office on January 12, 2011.-Early life and career:Raised in St...	b. 1954	American	Politician	L
Alan Cumming Alan Cumming Alan Cumming, OBE is a Scottish stage, television and film actor, singer, writer, director, producer and author. His roles have included the Emcee in Cabaret, Boris Grishenko in GoldenEye, Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler in X2: X-Men United, Mr. Elton in Emma, and Fegan Floop in the Spy Kids trilogy...	b. 1965	Scottish	Actor	B
Conrad Cummings Conrad Cummings Conrad Cummings is an American composer of contemporary classical music. His compositions include works for orchestra, as well as operatic and chamber works. Many of his works are composed in a minimalist style reminiscent of that of Philip Glass.Cummings was born in San Francisco, California,...	b. 1948	American	Contemporary classical composer	G
Andrew Cunanan Andrew Cunanan Andrew Phillip Cunanan was an American serial killer who murdered at least five people, including fashion designer Gianni Versace, during a three-month period in 1997, ending with Cunanan's suicide, at age 27...	1969–1997	American	Serial killer	G
Merce Cunningham Merce Cunningham Mercier "Merce" Philip Cunningham was an American dancer and choreographer who was at the forefront of the American avant-garde for more than 50 years. Throughout much of his life, Cunningham was considered one of the greatest creative forces in American dance...	1919–2009	American	Dancer, choreographer	?
Michael Cunningham Michael Cunningham Michael Cunningham is an American writer, best known for his 1998 novel The Hours, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1999.-Early life and education:...	b. 1952	American	Writer	G
Adrianne Curry	b. 1982	American	Model	B
John Curry John Curry John Anthony Curry, OBE was a British figure skater. He was the 1976 Olympic and World Champion. He was famous for combining ballet and modern dance influences into his skating.-Early life:...	1949–1994	English	Figure skater	G
Bonnie Curtis Bonnie Curtis Bonnie Kathleen Curtis is an American film producer whose credits include Saving Private Ryan, A.I., Minority Report, and The Lost World: Jurassic Park, directed by Steven Spielberg. Her first solo project was the 2005 release The Chumscrubber...	b. 1966	American	Film producer	L
Catie Curtis Catie Curtis Catie Curtis is an American singer-songwriter. Her music has been categorized in several genres, including pop, rock, alternative country, indie and folk. She has recorded 11 CDs. The most recent, Stretch Limousine On Fire, will be released in August 2011 on Compass Records.-Early life:Catie...	b. 1965	American	Folk rock Folk rock Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and the UK around the mid-1960s...  musician	L
Daniel Curzon Daniel Curzon Daniel Curzon is the pen name of Daniel R. Brown. He is the author of Something You Do in the Dark, first published by G. P. Putnam in 1971 and which may be considered as one of the first gay protest novels...	b. 1938	American	Writer	G
Ami Cusack Ami Cusack Ami Cusack was a contestant on Survivor: Vanuatu and Survivor: Micronesia. She is the former Charitable Director of Experimental and Applied Sciences . Cusack is a model/barista who posed for Playboy magazine in 1996....	b. 1973	American	Model	L
Charlotte Saunders Cushman Charlotte Saunders Cushman Charlotte Saunders Cushman was an American stage actress.-Early life:She was a descendant in the eighth generation from Pilgrim Robert Cushman.Robert Cushman brought the family name to the United States on the Mayflower as a leader and great advocate for emigration to America...	1816–1876	American	Actor	L
Julie Cypher Julie Cypher Julie Cypher, born August 24, 1964 in Wichita, Kansas, is best known as the former partner of Melissa Etheridge.Cypher attended the University of Texas at Austin. She married actor Lou Diamond Phillips in 1986. In 1988, Cypher met Etheridge while assisting on the music video for the song, "Bring Me...	b. 1964	American	LGBT rights activist, director	B