Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Katie Miller


Known as: American activist.

Known for:
- Resigned her status as West Point cadet in protest of the US Military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.

Know more:
- Out 100 profile
- Official Facebook page

Related posts on The QuOD:
- Spotlight On: The Out 100 2010
- Spotlight On: The 2010 GLAAD Media Awards

Monday, November 29, 2010

Michael Musto


Known as: American columnist.

Known for:
- La Dolce Musto, his celebrity and gossip column for The Village Voice.

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

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

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Ana Matronic


Known as: American singer.

Known for:
- The female lead singer for the pop group Scissor Sisters.

Know more:
- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page

Related posts on The QuOD:
- Spotlight On: Queer as Folk
- Spotlight On: Scissor Sisters
- Spotlight On: The Out 100 2010
- Spotlight On: The 2010 GLAAD Media Awards

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Kyle Dean Massey


Known as: American actor.

Known for:
- His performances in such Broadway productions as Wicked, Xanadu and Next to Normal.

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

Related posts on The QuOD:
- Spotlight On: Sex and the City 2
- Spotlight On: The Out 100 2010

Monday, November 22, 2010

Jincey Lumpkin


Known as: American pornographic producer.

Known for:
- Founder of the adult production company Juicy Pink Box, which specializes in lesbian erotica.

Know more:
- Official site (NSFW)
- Official blog
- Official Facebook page
- Official Twitter page

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

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Jill Kelly


Known as: American pornographic actress, director and producer.

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

Know more:
- Official site (NSFW)
- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page

Shop for Jill Kelly movies and more at TLA.

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Jennifer Knapp


Known as: American singer, songwriter and musician.

Known for:
- Her Grammy Award-nominated albums Lay It Down and The Way I Am.

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

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

Friday, November 19, 2010

Danyl Johnson


Known as: English singer and reality TV personality.

Known for:
- His appearances in the sixth series of The X Factor.

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

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Derek Hartley


Known as: American radio host.

Known for:
- Co-host of The Derek and Romaine Show on the OutQ Channel on Sirius XM Radio.

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

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

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

John Benjamin Hickey


Known as: American actor.

Known for:
- His portrayals of Arthur in Love! Valour! Compassion! (on stage and screen) and Sean on The Big C.

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

Related posts on The QuOD:
- Spotlight On: The Out 100 2010
- Spotlight On: The Tony Awards 2011

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Joe Wilson & Dean Hamer


Known as: American directors and producers.

Known for:
- Their documentary film Out in the Silence.

Know more:
- Official site
- Internet Movie Database pages: Wilson / Hamer
- Official Facebook pages: Wilson / Hamer
- Official Twitter page

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

Monday, November 15, 2010

Mary Glasspool


Known as: American clergy.

Known for:
- The first open lesbian to be consecrated a bishop in the Anglican Communion.

Know more:
- Wikipedia page
- GLBTQ Encyclopedia entry

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

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Spotlight On: The Out 100 2010

Out Magazine has compiled their 16th annual Out 100, a list of the GLBT men and women who made 2010 a year to remember. Below is the complete list of recipients (minus "honorary lesbian" and Artist of the Year Julianne Moore) with links to their entries here on The QuOD:

- Michael Adams
- Vince Aletti
- Chris Armstrong
- Nathan Barr
- Rostam Batmanglij
- Meredith Baxter
- Nate Berkus, Stylemaker of the Year
- Klaus Biesenbach
- David Bromstad
- Penn Bullock & Brandon K. Thorp
- Ebs Burnough
- Kevin Carrigan
- Heather Cassils
- Lisa Cholodenko
- David Cicilline
- Chris Colfer
- Laverne Cox
- Andy Cramer & Al Farmer
- John Crocco
- Alan Cumming
- Marisa Demeo
- Nick Denton
- Emma Donoghue
- Scott Elliott
- Sia Furler
- Gary Gates
- Mary Glasspool
- Michael Greif
- Prabal Gurung
- Mariah Hanson
- Derek Hartley
- John Benjamin Hickey
- Cheyenne Jackson
- Leslie Jordan
- Katastrophe
- Jonathan David Katz
- Jennifer Knapp
- T.R. Knight
- Levi Kreis
- Nathan Lane
- Kalup Linzy
- Jincey Lumpkin
- Amos Mac
- Joe Machota
- Rachel Maddow, Newsmaker of the Year
- Ricky Martin, Entertainer of the Year
- Kyle Dean Massey
- Armistead Maupin
- Michael Mayer
- Gerald McCullouch
- Andrew McIntosh
- Patrick McMullan
- David Medina
- Katie Miller
- John Cameron Mitchell
- Nico Muhly
- Michael Musto
- Geoffrey Nauffts
- Jim Nelson
- Jasika Nicole
- Kele Okereke
- Owen Pallett
- Romaine Patterson
- Dale Peck
- Jordan Pious
- Chris Pureka
- Christine Quinn
- Bryan Rafanelli
- PJ Raval
- Kimberly Reed
- Yoruba Richen
- Fatima Robinson
- Ned Rorem
- Rich Ross
- Mike Ruiz
- Tyra Sanchez
- Ellie Schafer
- Lee Schrager
- Scissor Sisters (Babydaddy, Del Marquis, Ana Matronic and Jake Shears)
- Pedro Segarra
- Bruce Seidel
- Bill Silva
- Nate Silver
- Steven Slater
- Casey Spooner
- Michael Stipe
- Bruno Tonioli
- Rufus Wainwright
- Aaron Walton
- Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- Johnny Weir, Diva of the Year
- Joe Wilson & Dean Hamer
- Marc Wolf
- Chuck Wolfe
- Chely Wright
- Brian Yorkey
- Tracy Young

Related posts on The QuOD:
- Spotlight On: The Out 100 2008
- Spotlight On: The Out 100 2009

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

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Edmund Goulding


Known as: English director, writer and producer.

Known for:
- His films Grand Hotel, The Dawn Patrol, Dark Victory, The Razor's Edge and Nightmare Alley.

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

Friday, November 12, 2010

Justin Fashanu


Known as: English football player.

Known for:
- The first professional footballer to come out as gay.

Know more:
- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Scott Elliott


Known as: American director, producer and actor.

Known for:
- Founding artistic director of New York's non-profit theatre group, The New Group.

Know more:
- Official bio
- Internet Broadway Database page

Related posts on The QuOD:
- Spotlight On: The Out 100 2010
- Spotlight On: The 2010 GLAAD Media Awards

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Dominick Dunne


Known as: American writer, journalist and producer.

Known for:
- His investigative journalism, which frequently hinged on the ways in which high society interacts with the judicial system.

Know more:
- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page

Related posts on The QuOD:
- Spotlight On: The Boys in the Band

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

John Cheever


Known as: American writer.

Known for:
- His short stories (The Enormous Radio, The Five-Forty-Eight, The Swimmer) and novels (The Wapshot Chronicle, Falconer).

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

Monday, November 8, 2010

Kate Cook


Known as: Australian singer, songwriter and reality TV personality.

Known for:
- Her appearances on the seventh season of Australian Idol.

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

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Marilyn Chambers


Known as: American pornographic actress, model and actress.

Known for:
- Iconic adult film star of the 1970s (Behind the Green Door); the "Ivory soap girl".

Know more:
- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page

Shop for Marilyn Chambers movies and more at TLA.

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Catie Curtis


Known as: American singer, songwriter and musician.

Known for:
- Her award-winning acoustic/folk career, including the album A Crash Course in Roses.

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

Friday, November 5, 2010

Lord Byron


Known as: English writer; a.k.a. George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron and George Gordon Noel, 6th Baron Byron.

Known for:
- His poems She Walks in Beauty, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and Don Juan; a leading figure in Romanticism.

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

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Rebecca Brown


Known as: American writer.

Known for:
- Her award-winning novel The Gifts of the Body.

Know more:
- Wikipedia page

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Judith Butler


Known as: American philosopher and educator.

Known for:
- Post-structuralist philosopher who has contributed to the fields of feminism, queer theory, political philosophy and ethics.

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

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Paul Bowles


Known as: American writer and composer.

Known for:
- His novel The Sheltering Sky.

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

Monday, November 1, 2010

Anthony Asquith


Known as: English director and writer.

Known for:
- His films Pygmalion, The Winslow Boy, The Browning Version, The Importance of Being Earnest and The V.I.P.s.

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