This post is dedicated to forward thinking and 'live and let live' people of all persuasions.
Out Writers, Directors and Producers
[Links take you to to official sites or IMDB pages]
Pedro Almodovar (Volver, Talk To Her) Pedro Postings
Jane Anderson (The Prize Winner of Defiance Ohio, Normal)
Gregg Araki (Mysterious Skin, The Doom Generation, The Living End)
Alan Ball (Six Feet Under, American Beauty)
Greg Berlanti (Brothers & Sisters, Dawsons Creek, Broken Hearts Club)
Bill Condon (Dreamgirls, Kinsey)
Stephen Daldry (The Hours, Billy Elliott)
John Greyson (Proteus, Lilies)
Todd Haynes (Far From Heaven, Safe)
Miranda July (Me and You and Everyone We Know)
Tom Kalin (Swoon, Savage Grace)
Joe Mantello (Love! Valour! Compassion! and lots of Broadway)
John Maybury (The Jacket, Love is the Devil)
John Cameron Mitchell (Shortbus, Hedwig and the Angry Inch)
François Ozon (8 Women, Swimming Pool, Under the Sand)
Angela Robinson (Debs, Herbie: Fully Loaded)
Don Roos (Happy Endings, The Opposite of Sex, Bounce)
Paul Rudnick (Addams Family Values, The Stepford Wives and theater)
Adam Shankman (Hairspray, Bringing Down the House)
Joel Schumacher (Phone Booth, Batman and Robin )
Bryan Singer (Superman Returns, X2, The Usual Suspects)
Rose Troche(Go Fish, Hung, The L Word)
Guinever Turner (American Psycho, The L Word)
Christine Vachon (Far From Heaven, Boys Don't Cry and A Killer Life)
Gus Van Sant (Last Days, Good Will Hunting, My Own Private Idaho)
Kevin Williamson (The Scream films)
John Waters (A Dirty Shame, Hairspray, Pink Flamingos)
Out Actors and Performers
Chad Allen (End of the Spear, Dr Quinn Medicine Woman)
Alexis Arquette (The Trip, Wigstock, The Surreal Life)
John Barrowman (De-Lovely and a ton o' theater)
Jackie Beat (Adam & Steve, Grief)related post
Sandra Bernhard (The King of Comedy, Roseann) related post
Simon Callow (Phantom of the Opera, A Room with a View)
Craig Chester (Adam & Steve, Swoon. related post)
Allan Corduner (Topsy Turvy, Vera Drake)
Alan Cumming (X2 and Broadway) top 100
Wilson Cruz (My So Called Life)
Ellen Degeneres (talk show and comedic superstardom)
Rupert Everett (My Best Friends Wedding) other Rupert posts
Harvey Fierstein (Mrs Doubtfire, Torch Song Trilogy and Broadway superstardom)
Peter Frechette (Inside Man, Grease 2, TV's thirtysomething)
Stephen Fry (Hitchhikers Guide, Wilde, novelist, frequent host of BAFTAs)
Malcolm Gets (Adam & Steve, TVs Caroline in the City)
Sara Gilbert (Riding in Cars with Boys, TVs Roseanne, 24, Twins)
Jason Gould(Boys Life 3, son of Barbra Streisand)
Nathan Lane (The Producers, The Birdcage & Broadway superstardom)
Jane Lynch (For Your Consideration, The 40 Year Old Virgin)top 100
Cheyenne Jackson (United 93 and Broadway) hump day hottie
Derek Jacobi (Love is the Devil and a ton of theater)
Cherry Jones (The Village, Cradle Will Rock, & Broadway superstardom)
Miriam Margoyles (Age of Innocence, Magnolia, Being Julia)
Heather Matarazzo (The Princess Diaries, Welcome to the Dollhouse)
Eric Millegan (TV's Bones and lots of theater)
Cynthia Nixon (Sex & the City and Broadway)
Sir Ian McKellen (X-Men, Lord of the Rings) related post and top 100
Rosie O'Donnell (talk show and comedic superstardom)
Denis O'Hare (Heights, Garden State, and frequent Broadway)
Sarah Paulson (Down With Love, Broadway, TV, Cherry Jones' girl)
Anthony Rapp (Rent, Adventures in Babysitting, plus Broadway work)
Portia de Rossi (Ally McBeal, Arrested Development, Ellen's girlfriend)
Fiona Shaw (The Black Dahlia, Harry Potter, and a lot of theater)
Christopher Sieber (TV's It's all Relative, Two of a Kind, and Broadway)
George Takei (Sulu of Star Trek TV and movies)
Lily Tomlin (I Heart Huckabees, Nashville, Nine to Five)
Gedde Watanabe (Sixteen Candles and lots of TV)
BD Wong (lots of Broadway, voice work, and TV's Oz)
- If you're straight and wondering why gay people care about this: consider your own life. Your sexuality is not private. Weddings, children, rings, name changes, dates in public places, etc... it's all right out there for everyone to see. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
- If you're still struggling with living a true life: take a deep breath and go for it. It's not always easy but it's paradise compared to the alternative. You only get one life.
- If you're Jodie Foster or Anderson Co0-- oh, never mind.
- If you're wondering about music people. I can't go there. That'd take weeks.
- If you want to see more complete lists, here's a good extensive one... and there's also the Wikipedia pages for gay and lesbian actors.
