Gay icon
This article is about entertainers; for graphic symbols, see: gay iconography
A gay icon is a popular culture entertainer, usually a woman, who has a significant following among the gay community, particularly among gay men. Although icon entertainers usually embrace their homosexual fans, most of them are heterosexual in sexual orientation. Along with being entertainers, many gay icons have been subject to high-profile personal tragedy, come-from-behind success or an untimely, tragic death.
List of gay icons
- Julie Andrews, UK singer and actress
- Talullah Bankhead, American actress and pundit
- Shirley Bassey, Welsh singer
- Cher, American singer and actress
- Margaret Cho, American comedian
- Patsy Cline, American singer (lesbian icon)
- Joan Crawford, American actress and dancer
- Bette Davis, American actress
- James Dean, American actor
- Marlene Dietrich, German actress and singer
- Mylène Farmer, Canadian/French singer
- Judy Garland, American actress and singer
- Audrey Hepburn, US actress and singer
- Madonna, American singer
- Ethel Merman, American actress and singer
- Bette Midler, American actress and singer
- Liza Minnelli, American actress and singer, daughter of Judy Garland
- Kylie Minogue, Australian singer
- Marilyn Monroe, American actress
- Julie Newmar, American model and actress
- Edith Piaf, French singer
- Diana Rigg, UK actress
- Diana Ross, American singer
- Barbara Streisand, American singer, actress and director
- Tammy Faye Bakker, American singer, talk show host and television evangelist
- Mae West, American actress and singer
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