Mikey Verdugo

Known as: American interior designer and reality TV personality.

Known for:
- Police officer whose appearance on HGTV Design Star was marred by revelations of his past involvement in pornography.

Know more:
- Official site
- Official blog
- Wikipedia page for HGTV Design Star
- Internet Movie Database page
- Official Facebook page
- Official MySpace page

Paul Gerhard Vogel

Known as: German Holocaust survivor.

Known for:
- Imprisoned by the Nazis under Paragraph 175, he was sentenced to seven years of hard labor in Emsland penal camp.

Know more:
- Wikipedia page

Wilhelm Uhde

Known as: German art collector and critic.

Known for:
- Early collector of modernist painting; significant figure in the careers of painters Henri Rousseau and Séraphine Louis.

Know more:
- Wikipedia page

Dave Upthegrove

Known as: American politician.

Known for:
- Democratic member of the Washington House of Representatives, representing the 33rd legislative district.

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

Luz María Umpierre

Known as: Puerto Rican writer and activist.

Known for:
- Her book The Margarita Poems; her poetic exchange with leading Nuyorican poet Sandra María Esteves.

Know more:
- Official site
- Wikipedia page

Georg Uecker

Known as: German actor.

Known for:
- His portrayal of Dr. Carsten Flöter on the popular German TV series Lindenstraße.

Know more:
- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page

Amy Tee

Known as: American comedian.

Known for:
- Her up and coming comedy career, as seen in the documentary Laughing Matters .. Next Gen.

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

Related posts on The QuOD:
- Spotlight On: Laughing Matters

Scott Tanner

Known as: American pornographic actor and producer.

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

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

Shop for Scott Tanner movies and more at TLA.

Virgil Thomson

Known as: American composer and critic.

Known for:
- Instrumental in the development of the "American Sound" in classical music.

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

Related posts on The QuOD:
- Spotlight On: Kennedy Center Honorees

Bob Smith

Known as: American comedian and writer.

Known for:
- The first openly gay comedian to appear on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and to have his own HBO special.

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

Related posts on The QuOD:
- Spotlight On: Laughing Matters

Red Summer

Known as: American writer and performance artist.

Known for:
- Poetry slam champion and published poet.

Know more:
- Official blog
- Official Facebook page
- Official MySpace page
- Official Twitter page

Thomas Schippers

Known as: American conductor.

Known for:
- Highly-regarded for his work in opera; made his New York City Opera debut at age 21.

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

Jonathan Slavin

Known as: American actor.

Known for:
- His portrayal of Byron Togler on Andy Richter Controls the Universe and Phil on Better Off Ted.

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

Shi Pei Pu

Known as: Chinese opera singer and spy.

Known for:
- Notorious sex scandal figure as dramatized in the play and film M. Butterfly.

Know more:
- Wikipedia page

Dispatch from The QuOD: Twitterpated

Well, we resisted long enough: we are now on Twitter and Facebook.

You can follow The QuOD - The Queer Online Database on Twitter here, as well as our sister blog, Movie Dearest, here. All of the regular blog posts will be "tweeted", as well as any breaking news and/or random ramblings.

You can also visit my personal Facebook page here and be a friend or a fan if you so choose. You can find all of the links to the social networking sites we're on listed in the upper left hand sidebar as well.

Eddie Sarfaty

Known as: American comedian.

Known for:
- His appearances on Comedy Central's Premium Blend, Logo’s Wisecrack and the documentary Laughing Matters … The Men.

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

Related posts on The QuOD:
- Spotlight On: Laughing Matters

Doug Spearman

Known as: American actor.

Known for:
- His portrayal of Chance Counter on Noah's Arc.

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

Related posts on The QuOD:
- Spotlight On: The 2008 GLAAD Media Awards

Kurt von Ruffin

Known as: German actor and Holocaust survivor.

Known for:
- Imprisoned at Lichtenburg in 1933 by the Nazis for the crime of homosexuality.

Know more:
- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page

Toshi Reagon

Known as: American singer, songwriter and musician.

Known for:
- Leader of the folk/blues band BIGLovely.

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

Related posts on The QuOD:
- Spotlight On: The L Word

Adamo Ruggiero

Known as: Canadian actor.

Known for:
- His performance of Marco Del Rossi on Degrassi: The Next Generation.

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

Related posts on The QuOD:
- Spotlight On: The Out 100 2009

Patrick Quinn

Known as: American actor.

Known for:
- Broadway roles in Fiddler on the Roof and A Class Act; former president of Actors' Equity Association.

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

Carol Queen

Known as: American writer, sociologist and sexologist.

Known for:
- Active in the post-modern, sex-positive feminism movement.

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

Sam Pancake

Known as: American actor.

Known for:
- Various film and TV roles, including Kitchen Confidential and Lovespring International.

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

Related posts on The QuOD:
- Spotlight On: Will & Grace

Kim Petras

Known as: German singer.

Known for:
- Aspiring pop star known as the "world's youngest transsexual".

Know more:
- Official blog
- Wikipedia page
- Official MySpace page
- Official Twitter page
- Official YouTube channel

Manuel Puig

Known as: Argentine writer.

Known for:
- His novels Betrayed by Rita Hayworth, Heartbreak Tango and Kiss of the Spider Woman.

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

Robert Odeman

Known as: German Holocaust survivor.

Known for:
- Imprisoned twice under Paragraph 175, escaped in 1945; later adopted his lover as they could not legally marry.

Know more:
- Wikipedia page

Joe Orton

Known as: English writer.

Known for:
- The plays Entertaining Mr. Sloane and Loot; murdered by his lover Kenneth Halliwell, as dramatized in the biopic Prick Up Your Ears.

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

Steve MacIsaac

Known as: Canadian artist.

Known for:
- His art for the gay comic books Sticky and Shirtlifter.

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

Mika

Known as: Lebanese singer and songwriter.

Known for:
- His award winning recording career, including the pop hits "Grace Kelly" and "Love Today".

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

Dan McMillen & Sam McMillen

Known as: American reality TV personalities.

Known for:
- Brothers who appeared on the 15th season of The Amazing Race.

Know more:
- Wikipedia page for The Amazing Race
- Internet Movie Database pages: Dan / Sam
- Official Facebook pages: Dan / Sam
- Official Twitter page: Sam

Related posts on The QuOD:
- Spotlight On: The Amazing Race
- Spotlight On: The 2009 GLAAD Media Awards

Daniel Leary

Known as: American comedian and Internet host.

Known for:
- Host of the Logo vlog series Mores for Gays.

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

Related posts on The QuOD:
- Spotlight On: Laughing Matters

Tom Lenk

Known as: American actor.

Known for:
- Portrayed Andrew Wells on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

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

Fritz Klein

Known as: American psychiatrist, activist and writer.

Known for:
- Creator of the Klein Sexual Orientation Grid; founder of the American Institute of Bisexuality.

Know more:
- Wikipedia page

John Kander & Fred Ebb

Known as: American songwriters.

Known for:
- Their award-winning music for such Broadway classics as Cabaret and Chicago; "The Theme from New York, New York".

Know more:
- Wikipedia pages: Kander / Ebb / Kander & Ebb
- Internet Movie Database pages: Kander / Ebb
- Internet Broadway Database pages: Kander / Ebb
- GLBTQ Encyclopedia entry

Related posts on The QuOD:
- Spotlight On: Kennedy Center Honorees
- Spotlight On: The Tony Awards 2011

Andre Kelley

Known as: American comedian.

Known for:
- TV appearances on Comedy Central's Premium Blend, VH1's Best Week Ever and Logo's Outlaugh!

Know more:
- Internet Movie Database page

Related posts on The QuOD:
- Spotlight On: Laughing Matters

Richard Isay

Known as: American psychiatrist and writer.

Known for:
- His writings on psychoanalysis and homosexuality, including the book Becoming Gay: The Journey to Self-Acceptance.

Know more:
- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page

Steve Hunt

Known as: Hungarian pornographic actor; a.k.a. Matt Stefan, Mad Stefano or Enrico Tarantino.

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

Know more:
- Internet Movie Database page
- Gay Porn Stars profile (NSFW)

Shop for Steve Hunt movies and more at TLA.

Fritz Haarmann

Known as: German serial killer, a.k.a. "The Butcher of Hannover".

Known for:
- Believed to be responsible for the murder of 27 boys and young men between 1918 and 1924.

Know more:
- Wikipedia page

Kate Hutton

Known as: American scientist; a.k.a. "the Earthquake Lady".

Known for:
- Staff seismologist at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California.

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

Ryan Hill

Known as: American comedian and actor.

Known for:
- His up-and-coming comedy career, as seen in Laughing Matters ... Next Gen.

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

Related posts on The QuOD:
- Spotlight On: Laughing Matters

Christopher Hampton

Known as: English writer, director and lyricist.

Known for:
- His play and film based on Les Liaisons Dangereuses; the musical Sunset Boulevard and film Atonement.

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

Friedrich-Paul von Groszheim

Known as: German Holocaust survivor.

Known for:
- Imprisoned three separate times by the Nazis for the crime of homosexuality.

Know more:
- Wikipedia page

Eileen Gray

Known as: Irish furniture designer and architect.

Known for:
- Pioneer of the Modern Movement in architecture; her innovative Bibendum Chair.

Know more:
- Wikipedia page
- GLBTQ Encyclopedia entry

Rudy Galindo

Known as: American figure skater.

Known for:
- The first Mexican-American and the first openly gay skater to win US titles.

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

Related posts on The QuOD:
- Spotlight On: Will & Grace

Gekko

Known as: Finnish reality TV personality.

Known for:
- Grooming expert on Sillä Silmällä, Finland's version of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.

Know more:
- Internet Movie Database page

Related posts on The QuOD:
- Spotlight On: Queer Eye

Megan Fox

Known as: American actress.

Known for:
- Star of the Transformers movies; other films include Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen and Jennifer's Body.

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

Stephen Flaherty

Known as: American composer and songwriter.

Known for:
- His music for the musicals Once on This Island, Ragtime and Seussical and the film Anastasia.

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

Related posts on The QuOD:
- Spotlight On: The Tony Awards 2010

Annette Eick

Known as: German Holocaust survivor.

Known for:
- Only woman profiled in the award-winning documentary Paragraph 175.

Know more:
- Biography
- Internet Movie Database page

Arthur Erickson

Known as: Canadian architect.

Known for:
- Canada’s preeminent Modernist architect; his controversial design of the Canadian Embassy in Washington, DC.

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

Jeffrey Dahmer

Known as: American serial killer.

Known for:
- Gruesomely murdered 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991.

Know more:
- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page