As part of the last week of LGBT History Month, this week in our GSA meeting, we discussed famous people past and present who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. We compiled a massive list--we found we could come up with nearly fifty names just off the tops of our heads without trying very hard. Some of the names we could come up with include:
- Ellen DeGeneres, comedian and actor
- King James I, king of England
- Harvey Milk, politician and activist
- Truman Capote, writer
- Zachary Quinto, actor (and recently out--within the past two weeks!)
- Rosie O’Donnell, comedian
- Langston Hughes, poet
- RuPaul, TV personality
- Rachel Maddow, news anchor/political commentator
- Kate Bornstein, trans* activist
As you can see, our group was incredibly diverse, with people from all walks of life--actors, politicians, writers, activists. And this list is just a small sampling of the list we came up with of famous people. LGBTQ-identified people exist in all walks of life; they aren’t just all artists or writers or activists. Literally anyone in any walk of life can be gay or lesbian or bisexual or transgender or pansexual or any other non-heterosexual, non-cisgender identity.
You can surely make a list of your own! The list we presented here is only the tip of the iceberg that we could come up with in a thirty minute period. How many people can you think of in that time?
Next week in GSA, in light of the recent blood drive here at WRA, we’re going to talk about blood donation and the Red Cross’s policies relating to gay men. As we’ve discussed before, gay men are not allowed to donate blood if they have had sexual relations with another man since 1977. We’ll talk about why and moves that are being made to change those policies. Happy Halloween and we hope to see you on Thursday!
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