Elliot Tiber

Known as: American writer.

Known for:
- His autobiography Taking Woodstock, about his involvement in the legendary Woodstock Festival.

Know more:
- Official site
- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page
- Official Facebook page
- Official Twitter page

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Ariel Schrag

Known as: American writer and artist.

Known for:
- Her autobiographical comic series about her years as a high school student in Berkeley, California.

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- Official site
- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page
- Official Facebook page
- Official MySpace page
- Official Twitter page

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Krystal Steal

Known as: American pornographic actress.

Known for:
- Her performances in movies for various adult studios.

Know more:
- Official site (NSFW)
- Official blog (NSFW)
- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page
- Official Facebook page
- Official MySpace page
- Official Twitter page

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Shante "Paradigm" Smalls

Known as: American singer and songwriter.

Known for:
- Member of the hip hop-soul duo B.Q.E. and homo-hop solo artist.

Know more:
- Official site
- Official blog
- Internet Movie Database page
- Official MySpace page

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- Spotlight On: Pick Up the Mic

Josie Smith-Malave

Known as: American chef and reality TV personality.

Known for:
- Her appearances on the second season of Top Chef.

Know more:
- Official site
- Wikipedia page for Top Chef
- Internet Movie Database page
- The LGBT Hate Crimes Project page
- Official Facebook page
- Official MySpace page
- Official Twitter page

Sister Roma

Known as: American activist and internet show host.

Known for:
- Member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence; co-host of the online porn talk show The Tim and Roma Show (NSFW).

Know more:
- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page
- Official Facebook page
- Official MySpace page
- Official Twitter page
- Official YouTube channel

Little Richard

Known as: American singer, songwriter and musician.

Known for:
- His many hit songs, including "Tutti Frutti", "Long Tall Sally" and "Good Golly, Miss Molly".

Know more:
- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page
- Internet Broadway Database page
- GLBTQ Encyclopedia entry

Cristy Road

Known as: American artist.

Known for:
- Her illustrations, widely recognized among the DIY punk subculture.

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- Official site
- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page
- Official Facebook page
- Official MySpace page

Spotlight On: Queer as Folk

Queer as Folk(2000-2005)

Known as: North American drama series.

Known for:
- Groundbreaking GLAAD Media Award winning series (based on the British series, see below) about a group of gay and lesbian friends' lives and loves in Pittsburgh.

Know more:
- Official site
- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page

Cast:
Robert Gant as Ben Bruckner
Thea Gill as Lindsay Peterson
Randy Harrison as Justin Taylor
Peter Paige as Emmett Honeycutt
Jack Wetherall as Vic Grassi

Guest stars:
Gary Beach
Tim Campbell
Rosie O'Donnell
Deb Pearce


Creators/Crew:
Ron Cowen (producer and writer)
Brad Fraser (producer and writer)
Daniel Lipman (producer and writer)
Michael MacLennan (producer and writer)
John Greyson (director)
Laurie Lynd (director)
Ron Oliver (director)
Jeremy Podeswa (director)
Del Shores (producer and writer)
Jonathan Tolins (writer)

Soundtracks:
Brett Anderson
Babbydaddy
Giola Bruno
Divine
Gentleman Reg
Simon Gilbert
Andreas Lundstedt
Barry Harris
Del Marquis
Ana Matronic
Carole Pope
Jake Shears
Junior Vasquez


Queer as Folk(1999-2000)

Known as: British drama series.

Known for:
- The original series about the lives of three gay men living in Manchester's gay village around Canal Street.

Know more:
- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page

Cast:
Antony Cotton as Alexander Perry

Creators/Crew:
Russell T. Davis (creator, writer and producer)

Spotlight On: is an occasional feature here on The QuOD that highlights various pop culture touchstones involving a number of GLBT people of note.

Ellen Ratner

Known as: American radio host and journalist.

Known for:
- Founder of Talk Radio News Service; the only out lesbian in the White House press corps.

Know more:
- Official site
- Internet Movie Database page
- Official Facebook page
- Official Twitter page

Kate Moira Ryan

Known as: American writer.

Known for:
- Her plays 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother and The Beebo Brinker Chronicles.

Know more:
- Official blog
- Official Facebook page

Gretchen Phillips

Known as: American singer, songwriter and musician.

Known for:
- Her humorous and polemical songs, often inspired by her own lesbianism.

Know more:
- Official site
- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page
- Official Facebook page
- Official MySpace page

Georgia O'Keeffe

Known as: American artist.

Known for:
- Her influential abstract and landscape paintings.

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- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page

Christian Owen

Known as: American pornographic actor.

Known for:
- His performances in movies for various adult studios.

Know more:
- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page
- Gay Porn Stars profile (NSFW)
- Official MySpace page
- Official Twitter page

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Klaus Nomi

Known as: German singer.

Known for:
- New Wave countertenor noted for his wide vocal range and unusual stage persona.

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- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page

Meshell Ndegeocello

Known as: American singer, songwriter and musician.

Known for:
- Her Grammy Award nominated "neo-soul" albums.

Know more:
- Official site
- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page
- GLBTQ Encyclopedia entry
- Official Facebook page
- Official MySpace page

Micah McCain

Known as: American actor.

Known for:
- Featured in The AMC Project: Gay Hollywood.

Know more:
- Official site
- Internet Movie Database page
- Official Facebook page
- Official MySpace page

Rod McKuen

Known as: American writer, singer, songwriter and musician.

Known for:
- Influential poet; Academy Award nominated composer ("Jean" from The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie).

Know more:
- Official site
- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page
- GLBTQ Encyclopedia entry

Jeff Marx

Known as: American composer and lyricist.

Known for:
- His Tony Award-winning score for Avenue Q.

Know more:
- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page
- Internet Broadway Database page
- Official Facebook page
- Official Twitter page

Miss Money

Known as: American singer, songwriter and music producer.

Known for:
- Her chart-topping career as both gospel singer and rapper.

Know more:
- Official site
- Official MySpace page
- Official Twitter page

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- Spotlight On: Pick Up the Mic

Lipstick Conspiracy

Known as: American music group.

Known for:
- San Francisco-based transgender rock band.

Know more:
- Official site
- Wikipedia page
- GLBTQ Encyclopedia entry
- Official Facebook page
- Official MySpace page

Federico García Lorca

Known as: Spanish writer and director.

Known for:
- Spain's most prominent lyric poet and dramatist of the twentieth century.

Know more:
- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page
- GLBTQ Encyclopedia entry
- Movie Dearest review of the biopic Little Ashes

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- Spotlight On: The 2009 GLAAD Media Awards

Bai Ling

Known as: American actress.

Known for:
- Her appearances in the films The Crow, Red Corner, Anna and the King and Crank: High Voltage.

Know more:
- Official site
- Official blog
- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page
- Official Facebook page
- Official MySpace page
- Official Twitter page

Limahl

Known as: English singer and songwriter.

Known for:
- His hit singles "Too Shy" (as lead singer of the group Kajagoogoo) and "The NeverEnding Story".

Know more:
- Official site
- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page
- Official MySpace page
- Official YouTube channel

Juba Kalamka

Known as: American singer and songwriter.

Known for:
- Founding member of the homo-hop group Deep Dickollective.

Know more:
- Official site
- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page
- Official Facebook page
- Official MySpace page
- Official Twitter page

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Aden Jaric & Jordan Jaric

Known as: American pornographic actors.

Known for:
- Falcon Studios exclusives who only appear in scenes with each other.

Know more:
- Internet Movie Database pages: Aden / Jordan
- Gay Porn Stars profiles: Aden / Jordan
- Official Facebook pages: Aden / Jordan
- Official MySpace pages: Aden / Jordan
- Official Twitter pages: Aden / Jordan

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Janis Joplin

Known as: American singer and songwriter.

Known for:
- Pioneering female rock star of the 1960's counterculture.

Know more:
- Official site
- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page
- GLBTQ Encyclopedia entry
- Official MySpace page

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Jasper James

Known as: American singer and songwriter.

Known for:
- Her song "This House", as heard in the film Shortbus.

Know more:
- Internet Movie Database page
- Official Facebook page
- Official MySpace page
- Official Twitter page

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- Spotlight On: Shortbus

JenRO

Known as: American singer and songwriter.

Known for:
- Her hit hip-hop song "Try It".

Know more:
- Official site
- Internet Movie Database page
- Official MySpace page
- Official Twitter page

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- Spotlight On: Pick Up the Mic

Tristan Jaxx

Known as: American pornographic actor.

Known for:
- His performances in movies as an exclusive for Raging Stallion Studios.

Know more:
- Official blog (NSFW)
- Internet Movie Database page
- Gay Porn Stars profile (NSFW)
- Official Facebook page
- Official MySpace page
- Official Twitter page

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Cheryl Jacques

Known as: American politician and activist.

Known for:
- Massachusetts' first openly lesbian state senator; former President of the Human Rights Campaign.

Know more:
- Official site
- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page

Yair Hochner

Known as: Israeli director, writer and producer.

Known for:
- His films Good Boys and Antarctica.

Know more:
- Official site
- Internet Movie Database page
- Official Facebook page

Andrew Hyde

Known as: American reality TV personality.

Known for:
- His appearance on the third season of The Amazing Race.

Know more:
- Wikipedia page for The Amazing Race
- Internet Movie Database page
- Official Facebook page
- Official MySpace page

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Dispatch from The QuOD: Easter Greetings!

The QuOD wishes you and yours a fabulous Easter holiday!

Spotlight On: The Out Power 50 2009

Out magazine published their 3rd annual "Power 50" list this week, which ranks "the most influential gay men and women in America".

For completeness sake, The QuOD reprints the list here in full, even though Out's editorial staff chose to include four individuals whose sexuality would best be described as a "matter of dispute" at this point (noted below with "MOD").

Why Out chose to place people on this list who have not publicly acknowledged that they are gay or lesbian alongside so many who have is a question they themselves must answer ... or try to answer, as it were.

Out's 3rd Annual Power 50:

1. Barney Frank
2. Ellen DeGeneres
3. Anderson Cooper (MOD)
4. Rachel Maddow
5. Tim Gill
6. Matt Drudge (MOD)
7. V. Gene Robinson
8. Barry Diller (MOD)
9. Joe Solmonese
10. David Geffen
11. Tammy Baldwin
12. Fred Hochberg
13. The New York Times "Gay Mafia": Richard Berke, Ben Brantley, Frank Bruni, Stuart Elliot, Patrick Healy, Adam Nagourney, Horacio Silva, Stefano Tonchi, Guy Trebay and Eric Wilson
14. Gus Van Sant
15. Marc Jacobs
16. Jared Polis
17. Jann Wenner
18. Scott Rudin
19. Rich Ross
20. Peter Thiel
21. Anthony Romero
22. Suze Orman
23. Andrew Sullivan
24. Andrew Tobias
25. Dustin Lance Black
26. Bryan Lourd and Kevin Huvane
27. Christine C. Quinn
28. Neil Patrick Harris
29. Michael Patrick King
30. Brian Graden
31. Jeremy Bernard & Rufus Gifford
32. Chris Hughes
33. Martha Nelson
34. Nick Denton
35. Wanda Sykes
36. Jodie Foster (MOD)
37. Adam Moss
38. Tom Ford
39. Ron Huberman
40. Nancy Sutley
41. Nate Berkus
42. Rosie O'Donnell
43. Perez Hilton
44. Jason Wu
45. Tim Gunn
46. Hilary Rosen
47. Greg Berlanti
48. Jim Nelson
49. Simon Halls and Stephen Huvane
50. Urvashi Vaid

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- Spotlight On: The Out Power 50 2010

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God-des & She

Known as: American singers and songwriters.

Known for:
- New York-based lesbian hip hop duo.

Know more:
- Official site
- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database pages: God-des / She (a.k.a. Tina G.)
- Official Facebook page
- Official MySpace page
- Official Twitter page

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- Spotlight On: Pick Up the Mic

Jean-Paul Gaultier

Known as: French fashion designer.

Known for:
- His haute couture creations, including costume designs for films and concert tours (Madonna's cone bra).

Know more:
- Official site
- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page
- GLBTQ Encyclopedia entry
- Official Facebook page

Alec Guinness

Known as: English actor.

Known for:
- His film performances, including Kind Hearts and Coronets, The Bridge on the River Kwai and Star Wars.

Know more:
- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page
- Internet Broadway Database page

Bülent Ersoy

Known as: Turkish singer and actress.

Known for:
- Popular singer of Ottoman classical music.

Know more:
- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page
- Official Facebook page
- Official MySpace page

Johnny Dangerous

Known as: American singer and songwriter.

Known for:
- His hit rap singles and videos "Take Your Man" and "Dirty is the New Black".

Know more:
- Official site
- Internet Movie Database page
- Official Facebook page
- Official MySpace page
- Official Twitter page
- Official YouTube channel

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- Spotlight On: Pick Up the Mic

David Del Tredici

Known as: American composer and musician.

Known for:
- His Pulitzer Prize-winning musical adaptations of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Know more:
- Official site
- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page
- GLBTQ Encyclopedia entry
- Official MySpace page

Andy Dick

Known as: American comedian and actor.

Known for:
- His performances in the sitcoms NewsRadio and Less Than Perfect and such films as Old School.

Know more:
- Official site
- Official blog
- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page
- Official Facebook page
- Official MySpace page
- Official Twitter page

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- Spotlight On: Disney Animated Movies

Alessandro Del Toro

Known as: American pornographic actor.

Known for:
- His performances in movies for various adult studios.

Know more:
- Official MySpace page
- Official Twitter page

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Joyce Draganosky

Known as: American director, writer and producer.

Known for:
- Her short film Happenstance.

Know more:
- Internet Movie Database page

Staceyann Chin

Known as: Jamaican writer.

Known for:
- Her spoken word poetry, as seen in Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam.

Know more:
- Official site
- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page
- Internet Broadway Database page
- Official Facebook page
- Official MySpace page
- Official Twitter page