Ned Sherrin

Known as: English TV and radio host, actor, director, writer and producer.

Known for:
- His many productions for TV (That Was the Week That Was), radio (Loose Ends) and the stage (Side By Side By Sondheim).

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- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page
- Internet Broadway Database page

Zak Spears

Known as: American pornographic actor; a.k.a. Khristofor Rossianov and Khris Scaramanga.

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

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- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page
- Gay Porn Stars profile (NSFW)

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Jock Soto

Known as: American dancer.

Known for:
- Principal dancer of the New York City Ballet; subject of the documentary Water Flowing Together.

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- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page

Algernon Charles Swinburne

Known as: English writer.

Known for:
- Controversial poet of his time; invented the roundel form of poetry.

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- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page
- GLBTQ Encyclopedia entry

Michael Sandy

Known as: American hate crime victim.

Known for:
- Died October 13, 2006 after being hit by a car while escaping four attackers who attempted to rob him because he was gay.

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- Wikipedia page

Stan Rosenberg

Known as: American politician.

Known for:
- President Pro Tempore of the Massachusetts Senate.

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- Official site
- Wikipedia page
- Official Facebook page

Rachel Robinson

Known as: American reality TV personality.

Known for:
- Her appearances on MTV's Road Rules and Real World/Road Rules Challenge.

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- Official site
- Wikipedia page for Road Rules
- Internet Movie Database page
- Official Facebook page
- Official MySpace page
- Official Twitter page

Mick Ronson

Known as: English musician and songwriter.

Known for:
- Guitarist with David Bowie as one of The Spiders from Mars.

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- Official site
- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page

Jack Plotnick

Known as: American actor.

Known for:
- His performances on film (Girls Will Be Girls) and TV (Ellen, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Drawn Together).

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

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- Spotlight On: Ugly Betty

Dale Peck

Known as: American writer.

Known for:
- His award winning young adult novel Sprout.

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

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- Spotlight On: The Out 100 2010

Lisa Marie Presley

Known as: American singer and songwriter.

Known for:
- Daughter of Elvis and Priscilla Presley; ex-wife of Michael Jackson.

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

Ron Oden

Known as: American politician.

Known for:
- The first African American and the first openly gay man to hold the office of Mayor of Palm Springs, California.

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- Wikipedia page
- Official Facebook page

Emile Norman

Known as: American artist.

Known for:
- California-based sculptor and mosaicist; the mosaic and relief sculpture adorning the Masonic Auditorium in San Francisco.

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- Official site
- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page

Chris Morgan

Known as: English powerlifter.

Known for:
- Global Ambassador to the Federation of Gay Games; three time World Open Champion.

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- Official site
- Wikipedia page
- Official Facebook page

Tharon Musser

Known as: American lighting designer.

Known for:
- Her Tony Award winning lighting designs for Follies, A Chorus Line and Dreamgirls.

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- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page
- Internet Broadway Database page

Les McKeown

Known as: Scottish singer.

Known for:
- Lead singer of the 1970s pop group the Bay City Rollers.

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

Constance McMillen

Known as: American student.

Known for:
- Made headlines in 2010 when she was refused permission to bring her girlfriend as a date to her high school prom.

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- Wikipedia page

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- Spotlight On: The 2010 GLAAD Media Awards
- Spotlight On: GLBT History Month 2011

Anne Lister

Known as: English writer.

Known for:
- Yorkshire landowner and diarist often called the "first modern lesbian".

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- Wikipedia page
- GLBTQ Encyclopedia entry

Beatrice Lillie

Known as: Canadian actress; a.k.a. Lady Peel.

Known for:
- Her performances on stage (High Spirits) and screen (Thoroughly Modern Millie).

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- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page
- Internet Broadway Database page

Josh Kilmer-Purcell & Brent Ridge

Known as: American reality TV personalities and writer (Kilmer-Purcell)

Known for:
- Stars of The Fabulous Beekman Boys; Kilmer-Purcell is the author of the memoirs I Am Not Myself These Days and The Bucolic Plague.

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- Official site
- Wikipedia pages: Kilmer-Purcell / The Fabulous Beekman Boys
- Internet Movie Database pages: Ridge / Kilmer-Purcell
- Official Facebook pages: Ridge / Kilmer-Purcell / Beekman Boys
- Official MySpace page: Kilmer-Purcell
- Official Twitter page: Ridge / Kilmer-Purcell / Beekman Boys
- Official YouTube channel

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

Calvin Klein

Known as: American fashion designer.

Known for:
- Founder of the fashion label baring his name.

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- Official site
- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page
- GLBTQ Encyclopedia entry
- Official Facebook page
- Official Twitter page
- Official YouTube channel

Chad Johnson

Known as: American pornographic actor.

Known for:
- His performances in movies for various adult studios, a career that stretched over three decades.

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

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Frances Benjamin Johnston

Known as: American photographer and journalist.

Known for:
- Pioneering photojournalist and documentary photographer of the Victorian era.

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- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page
- GLBTQ Encyclopedia entry

Jack E. Jett

Known as: American TV host.

Known for:
- The first openly gay American talk show host (The Jack E. Jett Show, On Q Live and The Queer Edge).

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

Cassidy Haley

Known as: American singer, songwriter, musician, model and fashion designer.

Known for:
- Co-founder of the fashion label Skin.Graft; his debut album, Little Boys and Dinosaurs.

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- Official site
- Wikipedia page
- Official Facebook page
- Official MySpace page
- Official Twitter page
- Official YouTube channel

Colin Higgins

Known as: American writer, director and producer.

Known for:
- His films Harold and Maude, Silver Streak, Foul Play, 9 to 5 and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.

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- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page
- Internet Broadway Database page

Alfons Haider

Known as: Austrian actor and TV host.

Known for:
- Host of Dancing Stars, the Austrian version of Dancing with the Stars.

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- Official site
- Wikipedia page for Dancing Stars
- Internet Movie Database page
- Official Twitter page

Lance Gear

Known as: American pornographic actor.

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

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

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Gustaf Gründgens

Known as: German actor and director.

Known for:
- One of Germany's most famous actors of the 20th century; his performance as Mephistopheles in Faust.

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- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page

Kate Fleming

Known as: American audio book narrator and producer.

Known for:
- Founder of Cedar House Audio, an audio production company specializing in spoken word.

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- Wikipedia page