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Andrew Dolkart – co-founder, NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project; professor, historic preservation, Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP)
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Kevin Nadal – professor of psychology and researcher at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and The Graduate Center of the City University of New York
(Academia and research) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Wasim Ahmad – chief cryptocurrency officer, Valut12
(Entrepreneurship and technology) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Eva Kotchever – founder of Eve's Hangout in Greenwich Village, deported to Europe and assassinated at Auschwitz
(Entrepreneurship and technology) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Bradford Shellhammer – entrepreneur and designer, founding editor of Queerty
(Entrepreneurship and technology) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Joel Spolsky – software engineer
(Entrepreneurship and technology) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Thom Browne – fashion designer
(Fashion) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Drew Elliott – creative director and consultant
(Fashion) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Prabal Gurung – fashion designer
(Fashion) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Marc Jacobs – fashion designer
(Fashion) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Calvin Klein – fashion designer
(Fashion) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Michael Kors – fashion designer
(Fashion) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Derek Lam – fashion designer
(Fashion) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Humberto Leon – fashion designer
(Fashion) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Phillip Lim – fashion designer
(Fashion) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Isaac Mizrahi – fashion designer
(Fashion) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Zac Posen – fashion designer
(Fashion) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Christian Siriano – fashion designer
(Fashion) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Jason Wu – fashion designer
(Fashion) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
J. Alexander – model and fashion designer
(Fashion) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Leyna Bloom – fashion model and transgender activist
(Fashion) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Cara Delevingne – supermodel and actress
(Fashion) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Peche Di – transgender model, who started the first transgender modeling agency in the U.S., in New York City
(Fashion) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Dilone – model
(Fashion) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Rain Dove – model and activist
(Fashion) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Shay Neary – transgender model, the first transgender plus-size model featured in a major fashion campaign
(Fashion) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Yasmine Petty – transgender model
(Fashion) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Aaron Philip – transgender model
(Fashion) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Teddy Quinlivan – transgender model
(Fashion) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Miriam Rivera – late transgender model and the first openly trans reality television star
(Fashion) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Geena Rocero – supermodel and transgender activist
(Fashion) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Abby Stein – transgender model and rabbi
(Fashion) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Desiree Akhavan – film director, producer, and screenwriter
(Film and television) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Casper Andreas – director, writer, and actor
(Film and television) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Brian Balthazar – co-executive producer, The View
(Film and television) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Sandra Bernhard – actress, singer, and author
(Film and television) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Matt Bomer – actor and director
(Film and television) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Candis Cayne – transgender actress
(Film and television) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Bill Condon – director, screenwriter, and producer
(Film and television) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Laverne Cox – transgender actress
(Film and television) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Lee Daniels – director, screenwriter, and producer
(Film and television) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Billy Eichner – actor, comedian, and writer
(Film and television) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Fredrik Eklund – real estate broker, co-star of Million Dollar Listing New York
(Film and television) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Rodney Evans – director and screenwriter
(Film and television) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Frankie Grande – television personality, co-host of Style Code Live
(Film and television) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Tim Gunn – fashion consultant, television personality and actor
(Film and television) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Dominique Jackson – transgender actress and model
(Film and television) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Jari Jones – transgender filmmaker and producer
(Film and television) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Michael Patrick King – director, writer, and producer
(Film and television) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Carson Kressley – television personality, former host of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
(Film and television) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
John Krokidas – director, writer, and producer
(Film and television) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Jennie Livingston – documentary filmmaker
(Film and television) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Michael Lucas – director, columnist, and activist
(Film and television) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Chella Man – artist, actor, and transgender model
(Film and television) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Rob Marshall – director, choreographer and producer
(Film and television) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Kate McKinnon – comedian, Saturday Night Live
(Film and television) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
John Cameron Mitchell – director, writer, and actor
(Film and television) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Janet Mock – TV host, writer, and transgender rights activist
(Film and television) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Indya Moore – transgender actress and model
(Film and television) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Lauren Morelli – screenwriter
(Film and television) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Cynthia Nixon – actress
(Film and television) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Stacie Passon – director, screenwriter, and producer
(Film and television) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Patrik-Ian Polk – director, screenwriter, and producer
(Film and television) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Zachary Quinto – actor and producer
(Film and television) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Dee Rees – director, screenwriter, and producer
(Film and television) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Yoruba Richen – documentary filmmaker
(Film and television) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Mj Rodriguez – transgender actress
(Film and television) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Harmony Santana – transgender actress
(Film and television) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Greta Schiller – documentary filmmaker
(Film and television) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
John Waters – director, actor, and writer
(Film and television) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Rutina Wesley – actress
(Film and television) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Samira Wiley – actress and model
(Film and television) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Bowen Yang – writer and actor, Saturday Night Live
(Film and television) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Paul Feinman – the first openly gay judge confirmed to the New York State Court of Appeals, in June 2017
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Nahshon Dion Anderson – author and filmmaker
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Ellis Avery – late author
(Literature) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
James Beard – late culinary author and chef
(Literature) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Bruce Benderson – author
(Literature) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Jennifer Finney Boylan – trans author and journalist
(Literature) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Augusten Burroughs – author, memoirist
(Literature) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Regie Cabico – poet and spoken-word artist
(Literature) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Michael Cunningham – author
(Literature) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Nicole Dennis-Benn – author
(Literature) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Mark Doty – poet and memoirist
(Literature) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Martin Duberman – biographer and historian
(Literature) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Grace Dunham – author
(Literature) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
David Ebershoff – author and editor
(Literature) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Allen Ginsberg – late poet, philosopher, and writer
(Literature) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Paul Lisicky – author and memoirist
(Literature) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Jaime Manrique – poet, essayist, and translator
(Literature) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Eric Marcus – author
(Literature) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Darnell L. Moore – author
(Literature) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Lesléa Newman – author and editor
(Literature) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Rakesh Satyal – author
(Literature) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Ariel Schrag – cartoonist and television writer
(Literature) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Sarah Schulman – author
(Literature) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Susan Sontag – late writer, filmmaker, philosopher, teacher, and political activist
(Literature) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Frank O'Hara - New York School (art) poet
(Literature) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Charles Silverstein – author, therapist, and gay activist
(Literature) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Colm Tóibín – author, journalist, critic
(Literature) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Edmund White – author, critic, and memoirist
(Literature) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Yashar Ali – journalist, New York magazine
(Media) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Jack Anderson – dance critic and author
(Media) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Rose Arce – journalist and producer
(Media) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Josh Barro – journalist and senior editor, Business Insider
(Media) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Charles Blow – visual op-ed columnist, The New York Times
(Media) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Keith Boykin – syndicated columnist
(Media) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Ben Brantley – journalist and chief theater critic,The New York Times
(Media) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Frank Bruni – journalist and op-ed columnist, The New York Times
(Media) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Sam Champion – meteorologist and television weather anchor
(Media) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Andy Cohen – television personality
(Media) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Anderson Cooper – journalist and television anchor, CNN
(Media) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Angela Dimayuga – food critic for The New York Times, chef
(Media) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
George Dorris – editor and writer
(Media) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
David W. Dunlap – journalist, The New York Times
(Media) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Ronan Farrow – journalist and lawyer
(Media) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Stephanie Gosk – journalist, NBC News
(Media) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Perez Hilton – blogger
(Media) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Sally Kohn – journalist, political commentator
(Media) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Steve Kornacki – writer and political correspondent with NBC News
(Media) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Don Lemon – journalist and television anchor, CNN
(Media) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Bryan Llenas – journalist, Fox News
(Media) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Rachel Maddow – journalist and television anchor, MSNBC
(Media) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Adam Moss – writer and editor, New York magazine
(Media) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Michael Musto – journalist
(Media) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Jim Nelson – editor, GQ magazine
(Media) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Rosie O'Donnell – television personality
(Media) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Richard Quest – journalist, CNN International
(Media) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Robin Roberts – journalist and television anchor, Good Morning America
(Media) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Thomas Roberts – TV journalist and news anchor
(Media) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Nate Silver – writer, statistician, and founder/editor of FiveThirtyEight
(Media) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Shepard Smith – journalist and founding anchor, Fox News
(Media) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Andy Towle – blogger, political commentator, and founder of Towleroad
(Media) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Jann Wenner – co-founder and publisher, Rolling Stone
(Media) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Jenna Wolfe – journalist and TV news host
(Media) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Michael Alig – musician, club promoter
(Music) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Mykki Blanco – transgender rapper, performance artist, poet, and activist
(Music) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Mal Blum – singer and songwriter
(Music) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Dai Burger – rapper
(Music) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Cazwell – rapper
(Music) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Lady Gaga – singer and songwriter
(Music) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Angel Haze – rapper and songwriter
(Music) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
DJ Keoki – electronic musician
(Music) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Cakes da Killa – rapper
(Music) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
House of Ladosha – rap duo (Antonio Blair and Adam Radakovich) and artistic collective
(Music) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Le1f – rapper and producer
(Music) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Jonte' Moaning – singer, songwriter, dancer, and choreographer
(Music) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Adult Mom – singer and songwriter
(Music) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Princess Nokia – rapper and musician
(Music) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Jake Shears – singer and songwriter
(Music) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Will Sheridan – singer and musician
(Music) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
St. Vincent – singer-songwriter, musician
(Music) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Brad Walsh – singer and music producer
(Music) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Erickatoure Aviance – ballroom performer (House of Aviance)
(Nightlife) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Kevin Aviance – drag queen, musician, and performance artist (House of Aviance)
(Nightlife) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Mother Juan Aviance – ballroom performer (founder of the House of Aviance)
(Nightlife) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Crystal LaBeija – late drag queen (founder of the House of LaBeija)
(Nightlife) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Pepper LaBeija – late drag queen and fashion designer (House of LaBeija)
(Nightlife) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Leiomy Maldonado – transgender ballroom performer (House of Amazon)
(Nightlife) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Willi Ninja – late ballroom performer known as "the godfather of voguing" (founder of the House of Ninja)
(Nightlife) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Hector Xtravaganza – late dancer, choreographer, and voguer (House of Xtravaganza)
(Nightlife) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Venus Xtravaganza – late transgender performer and voguer (House of Xtravaganza)
(Nightlife) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Acid Betty – drag queen (contestant on the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race)
(Nightlife) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Aja – drag queen and rapper
(Nightlife) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Aquaria – drag queen and performance artist (winner of the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race)
(Nightlife) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Joey Arias – drag queen and performance artist
(Nightlife) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Bob the Drag Queen – drag queen and performance artist (winner of the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race)
(Nightlife) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Lady Bunny – drag queen and founder Wigstock event
(Nightlife) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Shuga Cain – drag queen (contestant on the eleventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race)
(Nightlife) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Jiggly Caliente – transgender singer, actress, activist, and drag queen (contestant on the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race)
(Nightlife) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Miz Cracker – drag queen (contestant on the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race)
(Nightlife) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Honey Davenport – activist, singer, and drag queen (contestant on the eleventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race)
(Nightlife) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Sahara Davenport – late singer and drag queen (contestant on the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race)
(Nightlife) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Bianca Del Rio – drag queen (winner of the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race)
(Nightlife) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Dallas DuBois (Daniel Logan) – former drag queen
(Nightlife) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
John Epperson – drag queen, writer, musician, and performance artist known as Lypsinka
(Nightlife) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Miss Fame – drag queen (contestant on the seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race)
(Nightlife) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Brita Filter – drag queen, actor, star of Shade: Queens of NYC
(Nightlife) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Yuhua Hamasaki – drag queen (contestant on the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race)
(Nightlife) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Murray Hill – drag king and performance artist
(Nightlife) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Hedda Lettuce – drag queen and singer
(Nightlife) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Manila Luzon – drag queen (contestant on the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race and the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars)
(Nightlife) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Alexis Michelle – singer and drag queen (contestant on the ninth season of RuPaul's Drag Race)
(Nightlife) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Milk – drag performer and fashion model
(Nightlife) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Pearl – drag queen (contestant on the seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race)
(Nightlife) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Peppermint – drag queen and star of Head Over Heels
(Nightlife) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
RuPaul – drag queen and star of the RuPaul's Drag Race series
(Nightlife) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Shequida – drag artist, writer, and opera singer
(Nightlife) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Paige Turner – drag performer
(Nightlife) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Sasha Velour – drag performer (winner of the ninth season of RuPaul's Drag Race)
(Nightlife) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Sherry Vine – drag queen and musician
(Nightlife) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Monét X Change – drag queen (winner of the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars)
(Nightlife) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Juliana Huxtable – transgender performer, artist, and writer
(Nightlife) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Amanda Lepore – transgender performance artist
(Nightlife) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Klaus Nomi – late countertenor and nightlife performance artist
(Nightlife) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Bill T. Jones – dancer and choreographer
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Shen Wei – choreographer, artist, and director
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Michael Arden – director, actor, and singer
(Performance arts) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Jon Robin Baitz – playwright, screenwriter, and producer
(Performance arts) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Anne Bogart – director
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David Burtka – Broadway and television actor, chef
(Performance arts) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Jenn Colella – actress
(Performance arts) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Roberta Colindrez – actress and writer
(Performance arts) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Quentin Crisp – late stage actor, raconteur, and writer
(Performance arts) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Robin de Jesús – actor
(Performance arts) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Richard Greenberg – playwright and screenwriter
(Performance arts) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Jonathan Groff – Broadway and television actor, co-star, "Glee"
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Jeremy O. Harris – actor and playwright
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Neil Patrick Harris – Broadway and television actor, producer, singer, comedian, magician, and television host
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Brian Hutchison – actor
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Cheyenne Jackson – actor and singer
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Larry Kramer – late playwright, author, producer, and LGBT rights advocate
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Tony Kushner – playwright and screenwriter
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Matteo Lane – comedian
(Performance arts) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Nathan Lane – actor and comedian
(Performance arts) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Joe Mantello – director and actor
(Performance arts) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Keith McDermott – actor, director and memoirist
(Performance arts) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Danny McWilliams – actor and comedian
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Andy Mientus – actor, Broadway musicals
(Performance arts) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Javier Muñoz – actor, singer, and HIV/AIDS activist
(Performance arts) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Rory O'Malley – actor and singer
(Performance arts) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Lee Pace – actor
(Performance arts) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Jim Parsons – Broadway and television actor, co-star, The Big Bang Theory
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Billy Porter – actor and singer
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Andrew Rannells – actor and singer
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Jordan Roth – majority owner, Jujamcyn Theaters on Broadway
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Wesley Taylor – actor and writer
(Performance arts) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Taylor Trensch – actor
(Performance arts) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Jeff Whitty – playwright and actor
(Performance arts) (List of notable self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers) -
Jimmy Van Bramer – Majority Leader of the New York City Council
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Thomas Duane – the first openly gay member of the New York State Senate, in which he served from 1999 to 2012
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Daniel Dromm – member of the New York City Council
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Sarah Kate Ellis – CEO, GLAAD
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Deborah J. Glick – member of the New York State Assembly, the 66th Assembly District in Manhattan
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Brad Hoylman – Democratic Senator for the New York State Senate in Manhattan's 27th district
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Corey Johnson – member of the New York City Council
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Carlos Menchaca – member of the New York City Council
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Rosie Mendez – former member of the New York City Council
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Daniel J. O'Donnell – member of the New York State Assembly, the 69th district in Manhattan
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Christine Quinn – former Speaker of the New York City Council
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Matthew Titone – member of the New York State Assembly from the 61st District, on Staten Island
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Ritchie Torres – member of the New York City Council
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James Vacca – member of the New York City Council
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Randi Weingarten – president, American Federation of Teachers
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Brian Ellner – LGBT rights activist and executive vice president for public affairs at Edelman
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Brian Anderson – skateboarder
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Cass Bird – photographer and artist
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Andrew Bolton – head curator, the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute
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Eduardo Ayala Fuentes – director of development, Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art
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Anthony Goicolea – artist chosen in June 2017 to design the official New York State LGBT monument
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Keith Haring – late artist
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Annie Leibovitz – photographer
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Robert Mapplethorpe – late photographer
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Todd Oldham – designer
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Carter Smith – fashion photographer
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Andy Warhol – late artist
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