Nathan Barr

Known as: American composer and musician.

Known for:
- His scores for film (the Hostel series, The Last Exorcism) and TV (True Blood).

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

Related posts on The QuOD:
- Spotlight On: The 2008 GLAAD Media Awards
- Spotlight On: The 2009 GLAAD Media Awards
- Spotlight On: The Out 100 2010
- Spotlight On: The 2010 GLAAD Media Awards

Penn Bullock & Brandon K. Thorp

Known as: American journalists.

Known for:
- Broke the story of the George Alan Rekers sex scandal in the Miami New Times.

Know more:
- Out 100 profile
- Official Facebook page: Thorp
- Official Twitter page: Thorp

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

Adolf Brand

Known as: German journalist and activist.

Known for:
- His long-running journal Der Eigene (The Self-Owner), the first homosexual literary and artistic journal.

Know more:
- Wikipedia page
- GLBTQ Encyclopedia entry

Rostam Batmanglij

Known as: American musician, songwriter and music producer.

Known for:
- Member of the New York based indie rock band Vampire Weekend and co-founder of electro-soul group Discovery.

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

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

Stephen K. Amos

Known as: English comedian.

Known for:
- A regular on the London comedy circuit.

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

Chris Armstrong

Known as: American student.

Known for:
- President of the University of Michigan’s student body who was "cyberbullied" by the state's Assistant Attorney General.

Know more:
- Wikipedia page on the scandal

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

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Tracy Young

Known as: American DJ and music producer.

Known for:
- The single “Tardy for the Party”, performed by Kim Zolciak, her rumored girlfriend and star of The Real Housewives of Atlanta.

Know more:
- Official site
- 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

Brian Yorkey

Known as: American writer and songwriter.

Known for:
- Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner for the score to the Broadway musical Next to Normal.

Know more:
- Wikipedia page
- Internet Broadway Database page

Related posts on The QuOD:
- Spotlight On: The Tony Awards 2009
- Spotlight On: The Out 100 2010

Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Known as: Thai director, writer and producer.

Known for:
- His award winning films Blissfully Yours, Tropical Malady and Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives.

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

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

Peter Wyngarde

Known as: English actor.

Known for:
- Playing the character Jason King in the British TV series' Department S and Jason King.

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

Marc Wolf

Known as: American actor and writer.

Known for:
- His Obie Award-winning play Another American: Asking and Telling.

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

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

Pedro Segarra

Known as: American politician.

Known for:
- Mayor of Hartford, Connecticut; the second openly gay mayor of a US state capital.

Know more:
- Wikipedia page
- Official Twitter page

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

Stephen Spender

Known as: English writer.

Known for:
- Poet, novelist, dramatist and essayist who concentrated on themes of social injustice and class struggle in his work.

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

Steven Slater

Known as: American flight attendant.

Known for:
- Former JetBlue Airways employee who infamously quit his job on August 9, 2010 by using the plane's evacuation slide.

Know more:
- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page

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

Rodiney Santiago

Known as: Brazilian model and reality TV personality.

Known for:
- His appearances on Logo's The A-List: New York.

Know more:
- Official site
- Wikipedia page for The A-List: New York
- Internet Movie Database page
- Official Facebook page
- Official MySpace page
- Official Twitter page
- Official YouTube channel

Charles Ricketts

Known as: English artist, publisher and designer.

Known for:
- Book designer and typographer with his Vale Press; his work in the theatre as a set and costume designer.

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

Robert Rave

Known as: American writer.

Known for:
- Author of Spin: A Novel and Waxed.

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

Bryan Rafanelli

Known as: American event planner.

Known for:
- Planned Chelsea Clinton’s wedding and inauguration events for President Barack Obama.

Know more:
- Official site
- Official Facebook page
- Official Twitter page
- Official YouTube channel

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

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Known as: Italian director and writer.

Known for:
- His films, including The Gospel According to Matthew, Teorema and Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom.

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

Johan Paulik

Known as: Slovak pornographic actor and director.

Known for:
- His performances in movies for the adult studio Bel Ami.

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

Shop for Johan Paulik movies and more at TLA.

Kele Okereke

Known as: English singer, songwriter and musician.

Known for:
- Lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the alternative rock band Bloc Party.

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

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

Richard Bruce Nugent

Known as: American writer and artist.

Known for:
- Smoke, Lilies and Jade, regarded as the first publication by an African American to depict homosexuality openly.

Know more:
- Wikipedia page
- Internet Movie Database page

Jasika Nicole

Known as: American actress.

Known for:
- Portrays Astrid Farnsworth on the TV series Fringe.

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

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

Andrew McIntosh

Known as: American lacrosse player.

Known for:
- Senior lacrosse captain at State University of New York College at Oneonta.

Know more:
- OutSports profile
- Official Facebook page

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

Michael Mayer

Known as: American director and writer.

Known for:
- The musicals Thoroughly Modern Millie, Spring Awakening and American Idiot; the film A Home at the End of the World.

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

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

Chad Manning

Known as: American pornographic actor.

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

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

Shop for Chad Manning movies and more at TLA.

Gerald McCullouch

Known as: American actor.

Known for:
- Playing Bobby Dawson on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation; films include The Mikado Project and BearCity.

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

Nico Muhly

Known as: American composer and musician.

Known for:
- Contemporary Western classical music composer who has recorded with both classical and pop/rock musicians.

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

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

Amos Mac

Known as: American photographer and magazine editor.

Known for:
- Editor in chief of Original Plumbing, a quarterly magazine for transmen.

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

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