Renato Bellagio

Known as: Hungarian pornographic actor; a.k.a. Isidore Nadas, Zoltan Sapka and other aliases.

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 Renato Bellagio movies and more at TLA.

Patrick Angus

Known as: American artist.

Known for:
- His paintings depicting urban gay culture in the 1980s.

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

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

Billie Joe Armstrong

Known as: American singer, songwriter and musician.

Known for:
- Lead vocalist, chief songwriter and guitarist for the Grammy Award winning rock band Green Day.

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

Penny Arcade

Known as: American actress, writer and performance artist; née Susana Ventura.

Known for:
- Prominent figure of the New York avant-garde performance scene, including collaborations with Quentin Crisp and Andy Warhol.

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

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

Stephen Wallem

Known as: American actor.

Known for:
- His performance as Thor on Nurse Jackie.

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

Related posts on The QuOD:
- Spotlight On: The 2010 GLAAD Media Awards

Craig Wilson

Known as: American journalist.

Known for:
- Author of The Final Word column for USA Today.

Know more:
- Wikipedia page
- Official Facebook page

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

Brian Christopher Williams

Known as: American writer.

Known for:
- His play Anita Bryant Died for Your Sins.

Know more:
- Official bio

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

Jose Antonio Vargas

Known as: American journalist.

Known for:
- His Pulitzer Prize winning work for The Washington Post.

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

Related posts on The QuOD:
- Spotlight On: Outrage

Rich Tafel

Known as: American activist.

Known for:
- Founder of Log Cabin Republicans and the Liberty Education Forum.

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

Related posts on The QuOD:
- Spotlight On: Outrage

Brandy Snow

Known as: American reality TV personality.

Known for:
- Her appearances on the 16th season of The Amazing Race.

Know more:
- Wikipedia page for The Amazing Race 16
- Internet Movie Database page
- Official Facebook page

Related posts on The QuOD:
- Spotlight On: The Amazing Race

Chris Salvatore

Known as: American actor, singer and songwriter.

Known for:
- His album After All is Said and Done; co-star of Eating Out: All You Can Eat and Eating Out: Drama Camp.

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

Dave Singleton

Known as: American writer and journalist.

Known for:
- Columnist for MSN.com and Match.com; author of The Mandates: 25 Real Rules for Successful Gay Dating.

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

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

Gabriel Romero

Known as: Mexican actor.

Known for:
- His ground-breaking role as Fernandito on Telemundo's Los Beltrán, the first openly gay character on Spanish-language TV.

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

Carol Rosenfeld

Known as: American reality TV personality.

Known for:
- Her appearances on the 16th season of The Amazing Race.

Know more:
- Wikipedia page for The Amazing Race 16
- Internet Movie Database page

Related posts on The QuOD:
- Spotlight On: The Amazing Race

Gerome Ragni

Known as: American actor, singer and songwriter.

Known for:
- Co-author (with James Rado) of the groundbreaking stage musical Hair.

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

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

Alexander Robinson

Known as: American activist.

Known for:
- Chief Executive Officer of the National Black Justice Coalition.

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

Related posts on The QuOD:
- Spotlight On: Outrage

Jordan Pious

Known as: American reality TV personality.

Known for:
- Winner of the 16th season of The Amazing Race.

Know more:
- Wikipedia page for The Amazing Race 16
- Internet Movie Database page
- Official Facebook page
- Official Twitter page

Related posts on The QuOD:
- Spotlight On: The Amazing Race
- Spotlight On: The Out 100 2010

Jorge Steven López Mercado

Known as: Puerto Rican hate crime victim.

Known for:
- His dismembered body was discovered November 14, 2009, in the Puerto Rican town of Cayey.

Know more:
- Wikipedia page

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

Tim Kornblum

Known as: American actor.

Known for:
- His portrayal of Brian in the national tour of Avenue Q.

Know more:
- Internet Movie Database page
- Movie Dearest interview
- Official Facebook page

Isaac Julien

Known as: English artist, director, writer and producer.

Known for:
- His films, including Looking for Langston, Young Soul Rebels, BaadAsssss Cinema and Derek.

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

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

Linda Hunt

Known as: American actress.

Known for:
- The first person to win an Academy Award for playing a character of the opposite sex (The Year of Living Dangerously).

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

Related posts on The QuOD:
- Spotlight On: Disney Animated Movies

Brent Hartinger

Known as: American writer and journalist.

Known for:
- His gay teen novels (The Geography Club); GLAAD Media Award winning contributor to AfterElton.com.

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

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

Sean Hayes

Known as: American actor and producer.

Known for:
- His Emmy award-winning role as Jack McFarland on Will & Grace.

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

Related posts on The QuOD:
- Spotlight On: Disney Animated Movies
- Spotlight On: Will & Grace
- Spotlight On: The Tony Awards 2010
- Spotlight On: Emmy Awards 2011

Jonathan Harvey

Known as: English writer.

Known for:
- His play and movie Beautiful Thing; the TV series Beautiful People and Coronation Street.

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

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

LZ Granderson

Known as: American journalist.

Known for:
- Columnist for ESPN.com's Page 2; host of the web-based ESPN360 talk show Game Night.

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

Related posts on The QuOD:
- Spotlight On: The 2009 GLAAD Media Awards
- Spotlight On: The 2010 GLAAD Media Awards

Larry Gross

Known as: American educator.

Known for:
- Director of the School of Communication at USC Annenberg; helped found the field of gay and lesbian studies.

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

Related posts on The QuOD:
- Spotlight On: Outrage

Bobby Griffith

Known as: American youth.

Known for:
- Subject of the book and TV movie Prayers for Bobby.

Know more:
- Wikipedia page for the book Prayers for Bobby: A Mother's Coming to Terms with the Suicide of Her Gay Son
- Wikipedia page for the TV movie Prayers for Bobby

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

Kirk Fordham

Known as: American political consultant.

Known for:
- His involvement in the Mark Foley congressional page scandal.

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

Related posts on The QuOD:
- Spotlight On: Outrage

Bella Evangelista

Known as: American hate crime victim.

Known for:
- Transgender Latina who lived in Washington, DC; was shot to death on August 16, 2003.

Know more:
- The LGBT Hate Crimes Project page

Bertrand Delanoë

Known as: French politician.

Known for:
- Current mayor of Paris, France.

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

David Catania

Known as: American politician.

Known for:
- The first openly gay member of the Council of the District of Columbia.

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

Related posts on The QuOD:
- Spotlight On: Outrage

Sir Francis Bacon

Known as: English philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer and writer.

Known for:
- Served as both Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England; philosophical advocate and practitioner of the scientific revolution.

Know more:
- Wikipedia page
- GLBTQ Encyclopedia entry

Tag Adams

Known as: American pornographic actor; a.k.a. Chet Roberts.

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

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

Shop for Tag Adams movies and more at TLA.

Rafael Verga

Known as: Brazilian model.

Known for:
- His work in campaigns for Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Sean John, Fruit of the Loom, Calvin Klein and 2(x)ist.

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

Ago Viara

Known as: Italian pornographic actor.

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

Know more:
- Internet Movie Database page

Shop for Ago Viara movies and more at TLA.

Michael Tilson Thomas

Known as: American conductor, musician and composer.

Known for:
- Current music director of the San Francisco Symphony.

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

Bessie Smith

Known as: American singer.

Known for:
- "The Empress of the Blues", she was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s.

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

Arthur Russell

Known as: American composer, musician and singer.

Known for:
- Cellist and dance music artist; his album World of Echo.

Know more:
- Wikipedia page

Kay Ryan

Known as: American writer.

Known for:
- Her award winning collections of poetry, including Elephant Rocks and Say Uncle; current Poet Laureate of the United States.

Know more:
- Wikipedia page

Michael Rogers

Known as: American activist and blogger.

Known for:
- His outing of closeted gay politicians who actively oppose gay rights.

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

Related posts on The QuOD:
- Spotlight On: Outrage

Pat Parker

Known as: American writer.

Known for:
- Credited as the "lead voice" in the world of lesbian poetry.

Know more:
- Wikipedia page

Dispatch from The QuOD: It's an Honor Just To Be Nominated

The QuOD - The Queer Online Database has been nominated for Best LGBT Blog in the 1st Annual TLA Gaybie Awards!

Click here to vote for the "most outstanding (or perhaps outrageous) work in gay-themed entertainment throughout the past year", including categories covering film, television, books, comics and, yes, blogs!

To say that I was surprised is an understatement, and I am thrilled that The QuOD was named alongside so many other well-known websites. Voting continues through the month of March, so vote as often as you like! Award winners will be announced April 15th.

UPDATE: Click here for the winners of the 1st Annual Gaybie Awards!

Dennis Price

Known as: English actor.

Known for:
- His roles in film (Kind Hearts and Coronets, Victim), TV (Jeeves in The World of Wooster) and radio (Troutbridge).

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

J.D. Ordoñez

Known as: American reality TV personality.

Known for:
- His appearances in the 21st season of The Real World.

Know more:
- Wikipedia page for The Real World: Brooklyn
- Internet Movie Database page
- Official Facebook page
- Official MySpace page
- Official Twitter page

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