Date: Mon, 12 Oct 92 02:20:40 EDT
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Subject: GayNet Digest Volume 0 Issue 6
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          THE LIST OF LIVING, FAMOUS "OUT" PEOPLE: HERE IT IS!
                        OUT & ABOUT IN THE DORM
                           Erasure tour dates
                     GayNet Digest Volume 0 Issue 6

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From: Mark Hertzog <mwh8h@uva.pcmail.Virginia.EDU>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 92 00:10:27 EDT
Subject: THE LIST OF LIVING, FAMOUS "OUT" PEOPLE: HERE IT IS!

Howdy!
     Here, at last, is the list of names of living, famous or notable "out"
people, in alphabetical order.  Any additions or corrections are welcome.
Please give special thanks to Ellen Greenblatt in Buffalo, who sent the most
recent edition of "Famous or Distinguished Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals: A List
of Names," which she helped prepare for the Gay & Lesbian Task Force of the
American Library Association.  (Ellen, BTW, I've mislaid your e-mail address;
please post it to me so I can post you your individual copy!)  I also thank
the rest of y'all for the nearly 100 direct or indirect posts I received on
this subject.
     As you can imagine, we could not fit everyone on the list into the
display.  We featured four pictures--Barney Frank, Urvbashi Vaid, Tracy
Thorne and Audre Lorde--and a slew of names.  It got very good comments.
     ONE IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: I am relying on second-hand information.  I
use only that which I judge to be reliable and have made reasonable efforts
to verify those names included, but it is possible that I inadvertantly may
have identified someone as les/bi/gay who is not.  I apologize in advance if
this was done, and will retract any such name if it belongs to a
heterosexual.
     Have fun with this!

Mark in Virginia


                        THEY CAME OUT--YOU CAN, TOO!
      A list of some living, famous people who have publicly acknowledged
                  that they are lesbian, gay or bisexual
                            (as of October 1992)

Roberta Achtenberg, San Francisco city supervisor
Edward Albee, playwright (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)
Pedro Almodovar, filmmaker (Tie Me Up!, Tie Me Down!; Women on the Verge of a
  Nervous Breakdown)
Tom Ammiano, schoolteacher, comedian, San Francisco School Board member (and
  first-place vote-getter)
Emily Anderson, photographer
Virginia Apuzzo, adviser to Governor Mario Cuomo; former head of the National
  Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Greg Araki, filmmaker (The Living End)
John Ash, poet and literary critic
John Ashbery, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
Don Bachardy, artist; life partner of the late novelist Christopher Isherwood
Guido Bachmann, writer
Joan Baez, singer (basically straight, but has written and spoken about a
  onetime lesbian affair)
Ann Bancroft, explorer and teacher (*not* the actress Anne)
Paul Bartel, filmmaker
John Bartlett, fashion designer
Robert Bauman, conservative gay activist; former Republican Congressman from
  Maryland
Pia Beck, singer and pianist
Andy Bell, lead singer of Erasure
Miriam Ben-Shalom, sued military for reinstatement after expulsion for being
  lesbian
Eric Bentley, critic, theatre director and translator
Sandra Bernhard, comedian
George Birisima, actor and playwright
Mr. Blackwell, fashion designer; creator of annual "Ten Worst Dressed" list
Marie-Claire Blais, French-language novelist
Nayland Blake, artist
Robin Blaser, writer
Dirk Bogarde, actor
Chastity Bono, daughter of Sonny Bono and Cher
John Boswell, historian
Angela Bowie, poet and performance artist; ex-wife of David Bowie
David Bowie, rock star and actor (*but* now claims he was just experimenting
  with gay sex)
Paul Bowles, writer
Boy George, pop star (formerly of Culture Club)
Rev. Malcolm Boyd, Episcopal priest and writer
Joe Brainard, poet and artist
Marlon Brando, actor (predominately straight, but has written openly of his
  gay experiences)
Robert Bray, spokesman for National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Harry Britt, former President of the San Francisco City Board of Supervisors
Nicole Brossard, novelist
James Broughton, poet, filkmaker and playwright
Olga Broumas, poet
Rita Mae Brown, novelist and Charlottesville resident (Rubyfruit Jungle;
  Bingo; etc.)
John Brunner, writer
Glenn Burke, ex-Major League baseball player
William S. Burroughs, novelist
Scott Burson, artist
Charles Busch, writer, director and actor
Aldo Busi, Italian novelist
Dick Button, Olympic athlete
Paul Cadmus, artist
John Cage, classical composer
Jerome Caja, artist
Pat Califia, advice columnist
Michael Callen, singer, member of The Flirtations
Simon Callow, actor
Jack Campbell, millionaire Florida businessman and activist
Renaud Camus, French novelist
Craig Carver, artist
Richard Chamberlain, actor
Carl "Spitz" Channell, fundraiser for the Nicaraguan contras
Margaret Cho, comedian
Meg Christian, singer
Christopher Ciccone, artist and set designer; brother of Madonna
Craig Claiborne, food writer
Kate Clinton, comedian
Arch Connelly, artist
Janet Cooling, artist
John Corigliano, classical composer
Alfred Corn, poet
Tee A. Corrine, artist
Midge Costanza, White House aide to President Carter
Quentin Crisp, writer and humorist (The Naked Civil Servant)
Louie Crew, professor, founder of Integrity (lesbigay Episcopal group)
Mort Crowley, playwright (The Boys In The Band)
Joe Dallesandro, actor in Andy Warhol films
Mary Daly, feminist writer
Gasparino Damata, Brazilian writer
Betsy Damon, artist
Juan Davila, writer
Craig Dean and Patrick Gill, male couple suing D.C. government for a marriage
  license
Donna Deitch, filmmaker (Desert Hearts)
Samuel R. Delany, African-American science-fiction writer
John D'Emilio, historian
Patrick Dennis, novelist
The members of Depeche Mode
David Diamond, classical composer
Rev. Johannes Willem DiMaria-Kuiper, minister
Thomas M. Disch, poet and science-fiction writer
Alix Dobkin, folksinger
Jerry Dreva ("Jerri Bonbon"), writer
Tom Duane, New York City Council member
Martin Duberman, historian and writer (Cures)
Robert Edward Duncan, poet
Andrea Dworkin, feminist writer and anti-pornography activist
Sally Edwards, athlete and businesswoman
Kenward Elmslie, writer and librettist
Evelien Eshius, member of Dutch parliament
Rupert Everett, actor (Another Country; A Room with a View)
Perry Farrell, lead singer of Jane's Addiction
Justin Farshanau, British pro soccer star
David F. Feinberg, novelist (Eighty-Sixed; Spontaneous Combustion)
Dominique Fernandez, French novelist
Ferron, folksinger
Edward Field, poet
Harvey Fierstein, actor, playwright and female impersonator (Torch Song
  Trilogy)
William Finn, Tony-winning Broadway actor (Falsettos)
Gary Floyd, leader of Sister Double Happiness
Barney Frank, U.S. Congressman (Democrat from Massachusetts)
Jedd Garet, artist
Sally Gearhart, professor, writer and activist
David Geffen, billionaire record and film magnate
Dante Germino, professor and political theorist
Gordon Getty, classical composer
Sir John Gielgud, award-winning actor
Ronnie Gilbert, folksinger, member of The Weavers
Gilbert and George, visual artists
Allen Ginsberg, poet
Peggy Glanville-Hicks, classical composer
Deborah Glick, New York state legislator
John Glines, Broadway producer
Rev. John Gomes, chaplain of Harvard University
Jewelle Gomez, writer
Juan Goytisolo, Spanish novelist
Annemarie Grewel, Dutch politician and scholar
Barbara Grier, writer and publisher
Doris Grumbach, writer and critic
Daniel Guerin, French journalist
Thom Gunn, poet
Allan Gurganus, novelist (Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All)
Marilyn Hacker, poet
Andrew Halloran, novelist
Christopher Hampton, playwright
Michael Hardwicke, challenged Georgia's sodomy law; the U.S. Supreme Court,
  on a 5-4 vote, upheld the law in 1986
Joy Harjo, Native American poet (recently visited U.Va.)
Sherry Harris, Seattle City Council member; first African-American lesbian
  elected official in U.S.
Lou Harrison, classical composer
Bob Hattoy, adviser to Bill Clinton; spoke at Democratic convention
Harry Hay, founder of the modern gay-rights movement
Bruce Hayes, Olympic gold medallist in swimming
Essex Hemphill, African-American poet
Joseph Herzenberg, mayor pro-tem of Chapel Hill, N.C.
Jon Hinson, gay-rights activist; former Republican Congressman from
  Mississippi
David Hockney, painter
William S. Hoffman, playwright (As Is)
Jeff Horton, member of Los Angeles School Board
Richard Howard, poet, translator and editor
Tom Hulce, Oscar-nominated actor (Mozart in "Amadeus")
David Hutter, painter
Kate Hutton, seismologist
Janis Ian, singer
Robert Indiana, artist
Patricia Ireland, president of the National Organization for Women (NOW)
Bob and Rod Jackson-Paris, pro models/bodybuilders
Marc Jacobs, fashion designer
Derek Jarman, filmmaker (Edward II)
Elton John, pop star
Jasper Johns, artist
Holly Johnson, lead singer of Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Phillip Johnson, architect
Sonia Johnson, feminist, minor-party presidential candidate
Bill T. Jones, African-American dancer
Cleve Jones, initiator of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, now running for San
  Francisco city supervisor
Frank Kameny, longtime activist; first openly gay person to run for Congress
  (1971)
Arnie Kantrowitz, writer, teacher and activist
Jonathan Ned Katz, historian
Dennis Kelly, poet
Maurice Kenny, poet
Billie Jean King, pro tennis champion
David Kopay, retired NFL player (incl. the Washington Redskins)
Larry Kramer, playwright (The Normal Heart), activist, founder of ACT-UP and
  Gay Men's Health Crisis
Friedrich Krohnke, German writer
Hanif Kureishi, novelist and screenwriter (My Beautiful Laundrette; Sammy and
  Rosie Get Laid)
Lili Lakich, artist
k. d. lang, country singing star
Lynn Lavner, comedian
David Leavitt, writer (The Lost Language of Cranes)
Fran Lebowitz, writer and satirist
Ursula LeGuin, novelist
Sergei Lemeshev, Russian opera singer
Raymond Leppard, classical composer
Simon LeVay, medical researcher; found physiological differences between
  brains of gay and straight men
Denise Levertov, poet
Jeffrey Levi, former head, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Marvin Liebman, conservative activist, top aide to William F. Buckley
Little Richard, rock singer (*but* claims a Christian conversion expelled his
  homosexuality)
Jenny Livingston, filmmaker (Paris Is Burning)
Audre Lorde, African-American poet and activist
Lance Loud, columnist; came out to his family on TV during 1973 PBS
  documentary series "An American Family"
Greg Louganis, three-time Olympic gold medallist in diving
Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin, co-founders of the Daughters of Bilitis, first
  lesbian organization in the U.S.
Donald Maclean, British spy
Jean Marais, French actor
Miriam Margoyles, actress
Johnny Mathis, singer
Armistead Maupin, writer (Tales of the City)
Glen Maxey, Texas state legislator
Bernard Mayes, Episcopal priest, journalist, founding chairman of National
  Public Radio, now Asst. Dean of U.Va. College of Arts and Sciences
Rev. Renee McCoy, African-American minister and activist
David McDermott, artist
Tim McFeeley, head of the Human Rights Campaign Fund
Peter McGough, artist
Sir Ian McKellen, award-winning actor
Rod McKuen, poet and songwriter
Brian McNaught, writer
Rev. John J. McNeill, Jesuit priest, scholar and writer
Taylor Mead, poet and actor
Robert Medley, painter
Mary Meigs, painter
Gian Carlo Menotti, opera composer
Ismail Merchant and James Ivory, British film producers
William Meredith, poet
James Ingram Merrill, poet
Duane Michaels, photographer
Carole Migden, San Francisco city supervisor
Kate Millett, writer (Sexual Politics)
Donna Minkowitz, Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist
Paul Monette, novelist
Cherrie Moraga, writer
Mark Morris, dancer and choreographer
Morrissey, rock star (formerly of The Smiths)
Dee Mosbacher, activist; daughter of President Bush's campaign chairman and
  Secretary of Commerce
Yves Navarre, French novelist
Martina Navratilova, pro tennis champion
The "NEA Four" (Karen Finley, John Fleck, Holly Hunter and Tim Miller),
  performance artists whose federal grants were cut off because of
  "homoerotic" content in their work
Holly Near, folksinger
Joan Nestle, writer
Simon Nkoli, South African anti-apartheid activist
Elaine Noble, first openly lesbian or gay person elected to a state
  legislature (Massachusetts, 1974)
Harold Norse, poet
Richard Bruce Nugent, writer and artist
Rudolf Nureyev, ballet star
Mary Oliver, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
Donald Olson, writer
Camille Paglia, writer (Sexual Personae)
Dave Pallone, ex-Major League umpire (author, Behind the Mask)
Juan Palomo, newspaper columnist
Robert Patrick, playwright (Kennedy's Children)
Ross Paxton, artist
Darcy Penteado, Brazilian writer
Rev. Troy Perry, founder of the Metropolitan Community Churches
Robert Peters, poet, critic and teacher
Roger Peyrefitte, French writer
Phranc, folksinger
Charles Pierce, female impersonator
Jody Pinto, artist
Minnie Bruce Platt, poet and teacher
Iggy Pop, rock star
Jill Posner, photographer
Rosa von Praunheim, German filmmaker
Deb Price, Gannett newspapers columnist
Edward Reynolds Price, novelist
Dusty Pruitt, sued military for reinstatement after expulsion for being gay
Anne-Imelda Radice, acting head of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA),
  appointed by President Bush
John Rechy, writer
Lou Reed, rock star (*but*, like Bowie, now says he was just experimenting)
Reno, comedian
Adrienne Rich, novelist
Marlon Riggs, African-American filmmaker (Tongues Untied)
Sviatoslav Rickter, Russian pianist
Herb Ritts, photographer
Larry Rivers, painter and sculptor
Svend Robinson, member of the Canadian Parliament
Tom Robinson, singer/songwriter
Edouard Herbert Roditi, writer
Romanofsky and Phillips, folksingers
Ned Rorem, classical composer and writer
A. L. Rowse, historian
William Rubinstein, gay-rights lawyer
Jane Rule, writer
Joanna Russ, feminist and science-fiction writer
Paul Rutherford, singer, Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Yves Saint-Laurent, fashion designer
Dick Sargent, actor (second Darrin on Bewitched)
Jose Sarria, drag entertainer; first openly gay candidate for public office
  in U.S. history (San Francisco, 1961)
May Sarton, writer
Ben Schatz, gay-rights lawyer
John Schlafly, son of anti-gay conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly and
  lawyer for her Eagle Forum organization
John Schlesinger, filmmaker
Maria Schneider, actress (Last Tango in Paris)
James Schuyler, poet
David Scondras, Boston City Council member
Antony Sher, actor
Randy Shilts, journalist (The Mayor of Castro Street; And the Band Played On)
Siegfried and Roy, comedians
Michelangelo Signorile, journalist, activist, co-founder of Queer Nation
Aguinaldo Silva, Brazilian writer
Ingrid Sischy, editor of Interview magazine
Christopher Smith, member of the British Parliament
Jimmy Somerville, pop singer (formerly of Bronski Beat, The Communards)
James Spada, writer
Allan Spear, Minnesota state senator
Stephen Spender, poet and critic
Martin Sperr, German writer
Joe Steffan, top Naval Academy cadet expelled for being gay, now suing for
  reinstatement
Samuel Steward ("Phil Andros"), writer
Tom Stoddard, gay-rights lawyer
Jeff Stryker, star of gay, straight and bi porno films
Gerry Studds, U.S. Congressman (Democrat from Massachusetts)
Andrew Sullivan, editor of The New Republic magazine
Terry Sweeney, comedian (Saturday Night Live's Nancy Reagan)
Mutsuo Takahashi, Japanese poet
Carla Tardi, artist
Karen Thompson, obtained custody of her disabled lover Sharon Kowalski after
  six-year court battle
Scott Thompson, comedian (The Kids in the Hall)
Lt. j.g. Tracy Thorne, U.S. Navy officer who came out on Nightline, now
  fighting expulsion
Michel Tournier, French writer
Pete Townsend, lead guitarist of The Who, composer
Arthur Tress, photographer
C. A. Tripp, psychologist (author, The Homosexual Matrix)
Tommy Tune, Tony-winning Broadway singer/actor
Robin Tyler, comedian, producer and activist
Urvashi Vaid, head of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Gus Van Sant, filmmaker (My Own Private Idaho)
Gore Vidal, novelist
The members of Village People
John Waters, filmmaker (Pink Flamingos; Polyester; Hairspray)
Sgt. Perry Watkins (ret.), won Supreme Court case for reinstate-ment to Army
  after expulsion for being gay; African-American
George Weinberg, psychologist; coined the term "homophobia" in his book
  "Society and the Healthy Homosexual"
Eudora Welty, novelist
Edmund White, novelist (A Boy's Own Story)
John Wieners, poet
Gale Wilhelm, novelist
Jonathan Williams, poet and teacher
Cris Williamson, folksinger
Val Wilmer, photographer and writer
Millie Wilson, artist
Fran Winant, artist
Jeanette Winterson, novelist
Monique Wittig, writer
B. D. Wong, Tony-winning Broadway actor (M. Butterfly)
Holly Woodlawn, actor in Andy Warhol films


NOT OUT--not used in display
     (I include these names in that they were passed along by people who
believed, and in some cases insisted, that they were out of the closet--that
is, had publicly acknowledged being gay, lesbian or bisexual.  I have
verified that, to date, they have not.)

Laurie Anderson, performance artist
Matthew Broderick, actor
Tracy Chapman, African-American folksinger
Barry Diller, entertainment executive
Jodie Foster, actress and director
Merv Griffin, singer, talk-show host and entertainment executive
Christian Laettner, pro basketball star
Kristi McNichol, actress
The members of Pet Shop Boys
Larry Sabato, political analyst and professor
Sidney Scheinberg, entertainment executive
Tom Selleck, actor
Michael Stipe, lead singer of R.E.M.
Lily Tomlin, comedian/actress
John Travolta, actor
Jane Wagner, playwright, life partner of Lily Tomlin
Alice Walker, African-American novelist
Pete Williams, Pentagon spokesman

(Again, those in this last group are NOT OUT in that they have not *publicly*
acknowledged being gay, lesbian or bisexual)

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Date:     Sun, 11 Oct 92 23:43 CDT
From: <SZ09000%SWTEXAS.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.edu>
Subject:  OUT & ABOUT IN THE DORM

Dearest GAYNET land,
      My roommate and myself have been religiously reading the network
for some time now and it is safe to say that we are quite impressed.
Prompted by some VERY thought provoking articles we have begun posting
these articles on the door of our dorm room with the intent of educating
our straight neighbors ( 95% ) and exciting some of the fundies on our floor
( 5% ). We have been doing this for several weeks now and have recieved very
little criticism but no positive response. In order to continue this my roomie
and I would like to request any information that could be considered of
educational value to the straights about we lesbigay folks. In order not to
overload the network with our personal concerns please send any information
to us directly via e-mail or snail mail. Thanks a bunch. love and kisses.
Scott Zeplin
SZ09000@SWTEXAS.bitnet
or
611 N.LBJ
Retama Hall #338R
San Marcos, Tx. 78666-4534

Kennie Lightle
KL09298@SWTEXAS.bitnet
or
611 N.LBJ dr.
Retama Hall #338L
San Marcos, Tx. 78666-4534

"They're building landing strips for gay martians, I SWEAR TO GOD!!!"
                                         Dead Milkmen

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Date: Mon, 12 Oct 92 0:56:01 edt
From: "Iguana Man Hokan (Sandone, J. T.)" <SANDONE@DICKINSON.EDU>
Subject: Erasure tour dates

A friend was wondering if anyone out there knew when Erasure was going to hit
New York City.  Any information would be greatly appreciated.

....................
 .               .                    	    J. T. Sandone
  .             .           		    Dickinson College HUB 1984
   .           .                            P. O. Box 4888
    .         .               		    Carlisle, PA  17013-0928
     .       .                              (717)240-3273
      .     .          			    SANDONE@DICKINSN.BITNET
       .   .        			    SANDONE@DICKINSON.EDU
        . .
         .

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Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 02:22:44 -0400
From: Tim Pierce <twpierce@unix.amherst.edu>
Subject: Re: GayNet Digest Volume 0 Issue 6
Organization: Amherst College, Amherst MA

Ron Buckmire writes:

>Deee-Lite
>has never revealed their sexuality explicitly but are MOST definitely Queer
>in my book and would not be in the slightest mad at being included. Though
>DJ Dmitry and Lady Miss Kier are allegedly married to each other now.

They could well be bi.  The whole band throws off these bi vibes so
massive they practically put me into cardiac arrest.  Brrr.

-
____ Tim Pierce                / "You are just naive and repressed because
\  / twpierce@unix.amherst.edu /  penis envy is here and it's now and it's
 \/ (BITnet: TWPIERCE@AMHERST) /  all around you." -- Neal C. Wickham

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