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  List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a partial list of confirmed and debated famous people who were or are gay, lesbian or bisexual.
Some historical figures on this list wouldn't be considered lesbian, gay or bisexual by today's standards, but they are included here because they were known to have had same-sex relationships.
Many people who identify as gay or lesbian have had different-gender relationships in their youth, and many who identify as heterosexual have experimented with same-sex relationships.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Famous_gay_lesbian_or_bisexual_people   (3889 words)

  
 Lesbian and Gay Issues Translations 2000
Challenging the assumption that lesbianism is a political phenomenon exclusive to the white decadent West, the contributors explore the history, myths and oppression of lesbians in their respective countries, and place lesbian concerns in the context of the pressing political issues of their regions.
Themes include lesbian involvement in the abolition of apartheid in South Africa and the implication of race and class for lesbian politics; the relationship between lesbians and development in India; the influence of fundamentalist Catholicism on the lives of lesbians in the Philippines; and the history of the Latin American and Caribbean lesbian movement.
Presenting political, historical, legal, and literary documents that trace the evolution of the lesbian and gay movement, this edited volume uses key primary sources to construct a record of the issues, struggles, and challenges surrounding the politics of homosexuality, from the beginning of the movement in the late 19th century, through to the AIDS epidemic.
www.osi.hu /cpd/lg2000titles.html   (5559 words)

  
 Read about Category:Gay, lesbian or bisexual people at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Category:Gay, lesbian or ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
List of famous gay, lesbian or bisexual people and the individual articles for the justification for their inclusion in this category.
List of famous gay, lesbian or bisexual composers
List of famous gay, lesbian, or bisexual academics
encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Category:Gay,_lesbian_or_bisexual_people   (216 words)

  
 List of gay, lesbian, or bisexual figures in fiction and myth
Dante Hicks and Randal Graves - Clerks - (gay) In one of the television episodes, they reminisce about how they almost became priests only to remember that they got married.
(gay) He leaves his wife for a man with whom he'd served in the Armed Forces.
Waylon Smithers from The Simpsons - (gay) Has never mentioned being gay, but it has been alluded to so often that regular viewers "just know" that he is.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/list_of_gay__lesbian__or_bisexual_figures_in_fiction_and   (278 words)

  
 GLBT (Queer) History: Internet Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Gay and Lesbian History in the USA Snapshot of the 20th Century.
The tour is led by the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives, who weave their way through the streets of Melbourne, recounting tales of our gay and lesbian forebears.
This independent project of the Gay and Lesbian Archives of South Africa (GALA) is funded by the Humanist Institution for Development Co-operation (HIVOS), the Heinrich Boehl Foundation and the Netherlands Institute on Southern Africa.- South Africa's Gay and Lesbian Archives.
fsw.ucalgary.ca /ramsay/gay-lesbian-bisexual/7a-history-gay-lesbian.htm   (4815 words)

  
 List of famous gay, lesbian or bisexual people biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Some historical figures on this list wouldn't be considered "lesbigay" by today's standards, but they are included here because they were known to have had same-sex relationships.
However, such a policy is generally condemned within the lesbian and gay community as an infringement on a person's right to privacy, because of concerns about their family, their right to cope with their own sexuality on their own terms, or the risk of discrimination or loss of reputation.
The effeminacy of his stage persona, and the openly gay characters he played, led many to assume the actor was himself gay; Randall dismissed such speculation and fathered two children after he remarried at the age of 75.
www.biography.ms /Famous_gay_lesbian_or_bisexual_people.html   (3158 words)

  
 List of gay-related topics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
List of famous gay, lesbian, or bisexual philosophers
List of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community centers
List of people who have denied being gay
www.factsite.co.uk /en/wikipedia/l/li/list_of_gay_related_topics.html   (132 words)

  
 List of gay-related topics - TheBestLinks.com - Achilles, Apollo, Bisexuality, Christian views of homosexuality, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
List of gay-related topics, Achilles, Apollo, Bisexuality, Christian views of...
This list is so that those interested in the subject can monitor changes to the pages by clicking on Related changes in the sidebar.
List of countries which permit or outlaw homosexual behavior
www.thebestlinks.com /List_of_gay__MM__related_topics.html   (194 words)

  
 Read about List of gay-related topics at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research List of gay-related topics and learn about ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
This list enables those interested in the subject to monitor changes to the pages by clicking on Related changes in the sidebar.
Violence against gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and the transgendered
About Gay Movies (http://www.aboutgaymovies.info) Everything you always wanted to know about gay themed movies and tv-series.
encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/List_of_gay-related_topics   (217 words)

  
 Archive of fictional things
This is a (theoretically) all-encompassing list of fictional things created in the media.
List of Characters in The Chronicles of Narnia
Washington, DC List of television shows set in Washington, D.C. See also: Lists of television shows by city setting; and List of movies for a list of movies set in specific locations.
www.datamass.net /ar/archive-of-fictional-things.html   (422 words)

  
 Narratology & Hegemony   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
List of mythical and religious beings appearing in fictional context
Shakespeare, for example, is epitomized for popularizing many archetypal characters, not because he was the first that we know of to write them, but because he defined those roles amongst the backdrop of a complex, social literary landscape.
Narrative, fiction written as if it were related to the reader by a single participant or observer.
dks.thing.net /Narratology_&_Hegemony.html   (1910 words)

  
 FIGURES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Search the FIGURES Family Message Boards at Ancestry.com (if available).
Search the FIGURES Family Resource Center at RootsWeb.com (if available).
Find graves of people named FIGURES at Find-a-Grave.com (or add one that you know).
www.worldhistory.com /surname/US/F/FIGURES.htm   (84 words)

  
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Fictional characters who suffered from *Fictional characters buried in space
List of deities (note: most deities are, or were at some time, not considered fictional)
* List of television shows set in Washington, D.C. See also: Lists of television shows by city setting; and List of movies for a list of movies set in specific locations.
www.everybase.com /Archive_of_fictional_things   (448 words)

  
 PEOPLE WITH A HISTORY: An Online Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans* History
For those who argue that "gays and lesbians" are a new creation, the only "gay and lesbian history" that can really deserve the name is the history of the modern political and social movement.
Social surveys of modern lesbians and gays in couples show this clearly: the relationships continue to be emotionally central to participants even if sexual activity after a number of years becomes minimal or non-existent.
It was this emergence of a social identity of "homosexual" which enabled lesbian and gay people to come together, recognize each other, and begin a social movement for legal, political and social equality.
www.fordham.edu /halsall/pwh/index-old.html   (11943 words)

  
 List of famous gay, lesbian or bisexual people   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
__NOTOC__ This is a partial list of confirmed and debated famous people who were or are lesbian, bisexual, or gay.
Cary Grant, (Archie Leach) British actor, bisexual http://comingout.free.fr/gpanac09.htm); also Hollywood Gays: Conversations With: Cary Grant, Liberace, Tony Perkins, Paul Lynde, Cesar Romero, Brad Davis, Randolph Scott, James Coco, William Haines, David Lewis by Boze Hadleigh; Behind the Screen: How Gays and Lesbians Shaped Hollywood 1910-1969 by William J. Mann.
Seraphim Rose, informal saint of the Russian Orthodox Church; openly confirmed his homosexuality but later rejected it in order to live in a monastery according to the orthodox faith.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/L/List-of-famous-gay,-lesbian-or-bisexual-people.htm   (4286 words)

  
 Library Research in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies at Princeton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Here is a list of subject headings for use in the Main Catalog (books and periodicals acquired, cataloged, or cataloged from 1980 on).
Here is a list of subject headings for use in the Supplementary Catalog (books and periodicals acquired and cataloged before 1980).
The Gay and Lesbian Literary Heritage: A Reader's Companion to the Writers and Their Works, from Antiquity to the Present.
infoshare1.princeton.edu /online/guide/glbts.html   (2380 words)

  
 DC Diversity, LLC
George Frideric Handel, composer (Thomas, Gary C. Was George Frideric Handel Gay?, Queering the Pitch: The New Gay and Lesbian Musicology.)
Eleanor Roosevelt First Lady and Activist (although she had at least one close, affectionate relationship with a lesbian, the nature of the relationship remains uncertain)
David Bowie, English musician artist and stage/film performer, came out as bisexual later admitted to being "closeted heterosexual", Aldrich, Robert and Wotherspoon, Gary (Eds.) (2001).
www.dcdiversity.com /v1/news.php?id=135   (1856 words)

  
 People with a History: History of Homosexuality Bibliography
There has been an outpouring of scholarship on lesbian and gay history in the past ten years, and much more is in the pipeline.
Gay medieval literature from the Roman Empire to 1300.
Many persons who might now be considered "gay" played prominent roles in the military, and some observers of the times argued that gay men would make ideal soldiers because they would wish to behave admirably while those they loved were present.
www.fordham.edu /halsall/pwh/gayhistbib.html   (13724 words)

  
 Narcissus (mythology) - All About All   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Thus for the Greeks Narcissus stood for callousness and insensitivity, as he was emotionally numb to the entreaties of those who fell in love with his beauty.
The Narcissus myth as told by story tellers
Article on a new version of the myth (http://www.papyrology.ox.ac.uk/news/narcissus.html) found in a papyrus from Oxyrhynchus
www.emypedia.com /article/Narcissus_(mythology)   (531 words)

  
 Art Fresh : Article 'List of famous gay, lesbian or bisexual people'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Alexander the Great, Macedonian King and conquerer of Eurasia, bisexual, had a relationship with a teenage boy as well as several wives.
Edward TJ Brown (http://www.geocities.com/edwardtjbrown/), first openly gay candidate for Moorhead, MN city mayor.
The following list includes those who some people legitimately believe there is evidence the person is or was gay, lesbian or bisexual.
www.art-fresh.net /DisplayArticleFull40210.html   (3933 words)

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