LGBT+ Creators

An index of performers and content creators who fall into the LGBT,^noteLesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender gender-nonconforming, intersex, asexual, and/or aromantic spectrums. We please ask tropers to not speculate on anyone's sexuality or gender identity and to not include creators that have not come out during their lifetimes, unless confirmed with family/loved ones.

See LGBT Representation in Media for works that prominently feature LGBT+ characters, and its subcategory Queer Media for a list of works with a primary focus on LGBT+ themes and experiences.

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Actors

Actors (includes voice actors)

Artists

Animators

Dean DeBlois, openly gay animator, director and writer best known for Lilo & Stitch and the How to Train Your Dragon film series.
Andreas Deja, prominent gay Disney supervising animator that worked on many Disney Animated Canon films, most notably throughout their Renaissance period and the early 2000s.
Jordann William Edwards, animation producer, director, story artist, and activist known for The Dynamite Twins, came out when he became adult age. He prefers not to have a specific label, but "queer" and "fluid" are close.
Adam Elliot, gay Australian stop-motion animator known for Mary and Max and Harvie Krumpet.
Gooseworx, animator, musician and writer who is best known for surreal animated works such as Little Runmo, The Pink City and The Amazing Digital Circus, is a trans woman.
Byron Howard, animator at Disney who directed films such as Bolt, Tangled, and the Academy Award-winning Zootopia, is gay.
Norman McLaren, influential Academy Award-winning Scottish-Canadian animator responsible for "drawn on film" animation and pixilation, was gay.
Vivienne Medrano, AKA Vivziepop, Salvadoran-American animator, artist and director best known as creator of Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss is openly bisexual.
Adrian Molina, a gay animator and storyboard artist, known for co-directing and co-writing Coco.
Shadi Petosky, trans woman, animator, artist and writer, co-created the LGBT-friendly children's show Danger & Eggs for Prime Video and executive produced Twelve Forever for Netflix.
Jonni Phillips, trans woman animator best known for her short films Wasteland and Goodbye Forever Party, as well as the pilot Rachel And Her Grandfather Control The Island.
Monica Ray, writer, director, and voice actress, best known for writing and directing on Harvey Beaks and Big City Greens, creating the Nickelodeon short Magic Children Doing Things, and voicing Miko Kubota on Glitch Techs, is bisexual.
Rebecca Sugar, best known for her LGBTQ+ positive series Steven Universe, is bisexual and came out as non-binary in 2018.
Dana Terrace, bisexual animator who created the hit LGBTQ-inclusive Disney series The Owl House.

Artists/Illustrators

Kris Anka, bisexual artist best known for his Marvel work and for penciling Runaways.
Ayumi, a trans man and the author of BREAK THE BORDER, a manga series about a trans boy.
Alison Bechdel, the creator of the comic Dykes to Watch Out For (origin of The Bechdel Test) and Fun Home (which was later adapted to a Broadway musical), is a lesbian.
Sophie Campbell, a trans woman artist and writer known for such comics as Shadoweyes, Wet Moon, and the Jem and the Holograms (IDW) reboot comic.
CaptainGerBear, gay Canadian Furry/Manly Gay artist known for creating several video games and the webcomic Grant.
Emily Carroll, gay comics artist and writer best known for her horror comics.
Chii, a trans woman and the author of the autobiographical comic The Bride Was a Boy.
Colleen Coover, bisexual comics artist best known for Bandette and various Marvel titles.
Tomie dePaola, author/illustrator of Strega Nona, Bill and Peet, Oliver Button is a Sissy, etc., was gay; he came out toward the end of his life.
Emil Ferris, bisexual, creator of the graphic novel My Favorite Thing Is Monsters.
Keito Gaku, a trans man and the author of Boys Run the Riot, a manga series about a trans boy.
Keith Haring, gay American pop art artist.
Hipgnosis, English design group known for creating elaborately surreal album covers (most prominently for Pink Floyd). Member Peter Christopherson was openly gay.
Yuna Hirasawa, a transgender woman and a comic artist.
David Hockney, gay British painter.
Jiraiya, gay Japanese comic artist known for his Bara Genre illustrations and manga as well as being the cover illustrator for Japanese gay man's interest magazine "G-Men."
Phil Jimenez, openly-gay artist who's worked on Wonder Woman, Infinite Crisis, and New X-Men. Was previously in a relationship with Creative Director Neal Pozner before he died in 1994, and Jimenez publicly came out in the editorial section of the comic Tempest in tribute to him.
MA Joy came out as X-gender in a Guardian interview.
Kaito, a gay comic artist and the author of Blue Flag, which also explores gay and bisexual topics.
Frida Kahlo, famous Mexican painter who was bisexual and quite open about the fact.
Rei Kakyoin, an asexual X-gender transgender man and a comic artist.
Yuhki Kamatani, an asexual and X-gender mangaka known for queer-heavy works like Shonen Note: Boy Soprano, Nabari no Ou, and Our Dreams at Dusk.
Shing Yin Khor, installation artist and comic artist whose works include The Legend Of Auntie Po and The American Dream, is non-binary and bisexual.
Yuki Kihara, an artist and fa'afafine (the third gender in Samoa).
Mattie Lubchansky, one of the contributors to The Nib is non-binary.
Julie Maroh, French lesbian author of Blue Is the Warmest Color and You Brought Me The Ocean. They came out as trans and non-binary in 2020.
Meredith Mc Claren, asexual comic book artist & writer of the Clockwork Creature webcomic Hinges (later collected and reprinted by Image Comics)
Dan Taulapapa McMullin, an artist and fa'afafine (the third gender in Samoa).
Dina M Nealey, pansexual, Aromantic and "slightly genderfluid" Norwegian artist and author who primarily makes NSFW art.
Al Neun, the author of the webcomic Transformed!, is a transgender man.
Dunta Noda, a gay Japanese comic artist.
Nokki, a Japanese illustrator and singer. She came out as a transgender woman on YouTube in February 2018.
Gabriel Picolo, asexual Brazilian artist whose 'Casual Titans' drawings on social media caught the eye of DC comics and landed him a (at least) three-book deal on a trilogy of young adult graphic novels: Teen Titans: Raven (2019), Teen Titans: Beast Boy (2020) and the forthcoming Teen Titans: Beast Boy Loves Raven (scheduled 2021), all written by Kami Garcia.
Dana Simpson, trans woman creator of several webcomics like Ozy and Millie and nationally newspaper syndicated comic Phoebe and Her Unicorn.
Jenn St-Onge, bisexual artist and penciler on Jem and the Misfits, Bingo Love, and Nancy Drew (Dynamite Comics).
Evan Stanley, asexual artist, writer, and animator best known for her Sonic the Hedgehog fancomic Ghosts of the Future and her work on official Sonic comics such as Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics) and Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW).
Bryan and Simon Steel, a married gay couple and writer and artist respectively on AJ & Magnus, a comic strip about a boy and his dog being raised by his dads.
Alexis Sara, a transgender lesbian Latina artist.
Gengoroh Tagame, gay Japanese comic artist considered to be one of the pioneers of the Bara Genre; My Brother's Husband is his first all-ages work.
Tom of Finland (real name Touko Valio Laaksonen), gay Finnish erotic artist of Manly Gay men and leathermen, and one of the inspirations behind Freddie Mercury's stage persona.
Cota Tomimura, a Japanese comic artist, came out as bisexual in 2017 on Twitter.
Tony Smith (AKA Captain 86), openly bisexual illustrator and creator of Strange Tales of the DA Multiverse.
Andy Warhol, iconic American illustrator, painter, filmmaker, producer, director, and musician; lived openly as a gay man even before gay and lesbian rights movements kicked off in the 1960s.
Yuu Watase, creator of Fushigi Yuugi, Ceres, Celestial Legend and Sakura Gari, came out as X-gender in 2019.
Walkingnorth is a bisexual artist primarily known for her webcomics, such as Always Human.

Fashion Designers

Jean-Paul Gaultier, French fashion designer who designed Madonna's iconic cone bra for her "Blonde Ambition" tour, and TV show host, had a 15-year relationship with Francis Menuge, who died of AIDS in 1990. He hosted Eurotrash in The '90s, and designed wardrobe for The Fifth Element, among others.
Halston was a gay American designer who started out designing hats and expanded his business into other types of clothing, becoming one of the most prominent designers of the 60s and 70s. His life was dramatized in the Netflix miniseries Halston.

Yves Saint Laurent, French designer who had a 50-year relationship with businessman and LGBT rights supporter Pierre Bergé, from 1958 to his death in 2008. In 2014, his life was dramatized by dueling French biopics, the authorized-by-the-estate Yves Saint Laurent and the unauthorized Saint Laurent.
Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer, had a 15-year relationship with Antonio D'Amico, a model and later a fashion designer, that ended with Versace's murder by serial killer Andrew Cunanan in 1997 which was dramatized in American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace in 2018. He also was a wardrobe designer for films such as Judge Dredd, Showgirls, and To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar.
Alexander Mc Queen, a British fashion designer who founded his own line in 1992. He was openly gay and stated he knew his sexuality by the age of 6 but came out to his family when he was 18. Some of his pieces were showcased in several music videos, such as Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance".

Entertainers

Drag Queens

Courtney Act, an Australian drag queen, actress and singer who also identifies as genderqueer.
Aja, an American entertainer known primarily for her appearances on season 9 of RuPaul's Drag Race and the third season of the All-Stars spin-off. She identifes as a trans woman.
Jackie Beat, a gay American drag performer.
Willam Belli, a gay American drag queen, actor, and YouTube personality. Also appeared in A Star Is Born (2018) with fellow drag queen Shangela.
Juno Birch, a British transgender drag queen, sculptor and Let's Player.
Bob The Drag Queen, a gay American drag queen, comedian, actor and winner of the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.
Pandora Boxx, a gay American drag queen and RuPaul's Drag Race alumna who competed in season 2 as well as All-Stars seasons 1 and 6.
Jiggly Caliente, a Filipino-American drag queen who competed in RuPaul's Drag Race season four and All-Stars season 6, where she was one of two trans women contestants.
Heidi N Closet, a gay American drag queen who competed on RuPaul's Drag Race season 12, where she placed 5th.
Shea Couleé, a gay American drag queen and rapper best known for appearing on the ninth season of RuPaul's Drag Race and winning the fifth season of the All-Stars spin-off. They identify as non-binary and use singular they pronouns out of drag and she/her pronouns in drag.
Edward Cowley, a drag queen and fa'afafine (the third gender in Samoa).
Miz Cracker, a gay Jewish-American drag queen noted for her appearances on RuPaul's Drag Race season 10 and All-Stars 5.
Divina De Campo, a non-binary and openly gay English drag queen who appeared on the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race in the UK.
Bianca Del Rio, a gay American comedian and actor known for his drag persona, and also known for winning RuPaul's Drag Race in its sixth season.
Adore Delano, an American drag queen and reality TV personality best known for appearing on American Idol and RuPaul's Drag Race. She previously identified as non-binary and used he/she pronouns out of drag before coming out as a trans woman in 2023.
Laganja Estranja, an openly transgender American drag queen and alumna of RuPaul's Drag Race season 6.
Miss Fame, a genderfluid American drag queen, model, and recording artist who competed on season 7 of RuPaul's Drag Race.
Vice Ganda, a gay Filipino stand-up comic, TV host, and actor. He is one of the original hosts of It's Showtime. He also is openly non-binary and uses he/him and she/her pronouns.
Gia Gunn, a Japanese-American drag performer and transgender activist known for competing in the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race and the All Stars edition season four.
Yuhua Hamasaki, a non-binary Chinese-American drag queen and RuPaul's Drag Race contestant in the tenth season. Hamasaki uses he/him, she/her, and they/them pronouns.
Mo Heart, a gay American drag queen and RuPaul's Drag Race alumna, having appeared on season 10, All-Stars 4, and UK vs the World 1.
Mitz Mangrove, a Japanese gay drag queen and TV personality.
Kelly Mantle, an American genderfluid drag performer and actor who's known for their appearance in the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race. Also acted alongside Gary Busey and their performance was put forward for both supporting actor and actress awards for the first time in history.
Jaymes Mansfield, a gay American drag queen, producer and performer, first appearing on RuPaul's Drag Race in season 9.
Katya, a gay American drag queen and Web Video personality who competed on RuPaul's Drag Race season 7 and All-Stars 2.
Trixie Mattel, a gay American drag queen, Web Video personality and singer who won the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race All-Stars.
Ginger Minj, gay American drag queen and actor, appeared on RuPaul's Drag Race in season 7, as well as on RuPaul's Drag Race All-Stars.
Jinkx Monsoon, an American drag queen, singer, actress and comedian, winner of the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race and voice actor in Steven Universe. Identifies as non-binary and uses they/them pronouns when not in drag.
Miss Coco Peru, a gay American drag performer.
Sharon Needles, a gay American drag performer and recording artist best known for winning the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.
Paul O'Grady, while having "retired" his drag persona and pursuing a radio and TV career as himself, his greatest role and the one he is best remembered for is "The Blonde Bomb-Site" Lily Savage, who among many other things hosted a long-running game-show for the BBC.
Eureka O Hara, American drag queen who competed on RuPaul's Drag Race seasons nine and ten and All-Stars season 6, came out as a trans woman in December 2022.
Peppermint, an American transgender drag entertainer. She is the first contestant to have appeared on RuPaul's Drag Race that had come out as trans before the show had aired.
Milk Queen, a gay American drag queen, model, and RuPaul's Drag Race alumna, having competed on season 6 and All-Stars 3.
RuPaul (also credited as RuPaul Andre Charles), a prolific gay American drag queen, actor, model, musician, TV host and LGBT activist known for starring in and producing RuPaul's Drag Race.
Shangela, a gay American TV personality, actor and drag queen known for appearing on RuPaul's Drag Race, and in A Star Is Born (2018) alongside Willam Belli.
Plastique Tiara, a gay Vietnamese-American drag queen, TikTok personality, and RuPaul's Drag Race alumna.
Alaska Thunderfuck, a gay American drag performer best known for their appearances on the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race and for winning the second edition of the All-Stars spin-off.
Valentina, an American drag queen best known for appearing on RuPaul's Drag Race and the spin-off, All-Stars. Came out as non-binary but continues to use she/her pronouns.
Ariel Versace, a gay American drag queen and social media personality who competed on Season 11 of RuPaul's Drag Race.
Conchita Wurst, a gay Austrian drag queen and singer best known as the 2014 winner of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Performers and Personalities

Boy Abunda, a Filpino gay TV host, publicist, and talent manager.
Jessica Alves, a Brazilian-born TV personality who gained notoriety for undergoing extensive plastic surgery as 'The Human Ken Doll', came out as a trans woman in 2020.
AyaBambi, a lesbian Japanese couple consisting of dancers Aya Sato and Bambi Naka.
Josephine Baker, African-American singer, dancer, humanitarian, and French Resistance agent during the The Roaring '20s and The Great Depression. Was married to men and acknowledged to date women.
Clare Balding, lesbian sports commentator and presenter.
Stéphane Bern, French journalist and TV host who specializes in all things European monarchies and historical heritage. Made his coming out in 2009 after a magazine revealed his homosexuality.
Carmen Carrera, an American model and TV personality who is a transgender woman. Known for her appearance on RuPaul's Drag Race when she was just beginning her transition. She no longer does drag and models professionally on runways and spreads.
Gia Carangi, was an American model in the late 1970s to the early 80s. She was openly lesbian, though her sexuality has sometimes been labelled as bisexual. Her life was made into a movie, starring the aforementioned bisexual Angelina Jolie.
Rylan Clark-Neal, an English reality TV personality, singer and presenter. He's best known for appearing on The X Factor and now has a successful career as a TV presenter for This Morning and the now-defunct, Big Brother. He's openly gay and married.
Kevin Clash, director and puppeteer most known for performing as Elmo from Sesame Street, publicly came out in 2012 as gay in the face of two allegations of sexual impropriety against him.
Anderson Cooper, American journalist, author, and television host, is gay.
Tom Daley, an English sports personality best known for his Olympic standard diving. Also hosts TV shows in the UK and has an active popular YouTube channel. Came out in 2013 when he announced he had been in a relationship with a man for most of that year, though he doesn't label himself.
Jason Ellis, Australian skateboarder and radio host. Admits that he has had relationships with other men and identifies himself as bisexual.
Kenny Everett, English radio host and comedian best known for The Kenny Everett Show, was gay and died of HIV-related causes in 1995.
Hannah Gadsby, Australian stand-up comedian known for her shows Nanette and Douglas, is a lesbian.
Jason Gardiner, a gay Australian TV personality best known for being the controversial judge on Dancing On Ice
Genking, a transgender female Japanese TV personality.
Raymond Gutierrez, Filipino TV host, who is also the twin brother of actor Richard Gutierrez. He came out as gay in 2021.
Richard Hunt, puppeteer that portrayed Scooter in The Muppet Show, as well as a director of Fraggle Rock, was gay and died of HIV-related causes in 1992.
Ayaka Ichinose, a Japanese gravure model, came out as a lesbian on April 21, 2009. Married to Akane Sugimori.
Baku Idegami, a Japanese model, refers to themself as agender on their Twitter profile.
Shunsuke Ikeda, a bisexual Japanese model.
Justin Jedlica, American personality best known for undergoing multiple plastic surgeries to look like a Ken doll, is gay.
Jenna Jameson, former pornographic actor, author and occasional actor/voice actor, is bisexual, having married a woman in 2023 after being married to men previously.
Caitlyn Jenner, an American TV personality and retired Olympic gold medal-winning decathlete. She came out as transgender in 2015 having cross-dressed and even taking hormone therapy before her marriage to Kris Jenner happened when she then stopped. She has been in relationships with women before and after her transition, saying she had never felt any attraction to men sexually. She is most well-known for her appearances on Keeping Up with the Kardashians and being the parents/step-parents of the Kardashian and Jenner siblings.
Sari Kaede, a transgender Japanese fashion model and architectural designer.
Kazlaser, a bisexual Japanese comedian.
Don Lemon, CNN TV journalist, is openly gay.
Stacy London, reality TV personality best known for What Not to Wear, revealed on New Year's Eve 2019 that she was in a relationship with a woman, musician Cat Yezbak, after having previously dated men. She has not used any labels.
Jenna Lyons, reality TV personality best known for The Real Housewives Of New York, is a lesbian.
Sanjaya Malakar, American Idol contestant who competed during Season 6, came out as bisexual in August 2022.
Asako Makimura, a Japanese TV personality and writer, is a lesbian and was married to another woman.
Steph Mc Govern, an English TV presenter and journalist known for presenting BBC Breakfast. She is lesbian.
Jillian Michaels,^note lesbian personal trainer and television host of The Biggest Loser.
Mogami Moga, a bisexual Japanese TV personality, model, and actress.
Dylan Mulvaney, an openly transgender activist, actor, comedian, theatre worker and TikTok personality.
Satsuki Nishihara, a transgender Japanese model, actress, and TV personality.
Graham Norton, a gay Irish TV host well-known for his self-titled chat show, The Graham Norton Show as well as the Eurovision Song Contest commentating for the UK.
Richard Quest, openly gay British journalist.
Pierre Palmade, gay French comedian and actor.
Peey, a Japanese TV personality, came out as gay on April 17, 2016.
Robin Roberts, openly lesbian journalist and author.
Mo Rocca, openly gay journalist and writer.
Laurent Ruquier, openly gay French TV and radio host.
Jo Jo Siwa, former reality TV personality of Dance Moms and dancer and singer, stated in 2020 that she had a girlfriend and subsequently came out as queer.
Anna Nicole Smith, American model, actress, and TV personality. She wasn't out during her lifetime, but her friend Pol' Atteu described her sexuality as being "fluid." It was also revealed in the 2023 documentary Anna Nicole Smith You Dont Know Me that she had once been in a relationship with another woman, Missy Byrum (who confirmed as much).
Soko, French singer-songwriter/actress/fashion model, is bisexual.
Chrishell Strause, bisexual reality TV personality of Selling Sunset, revealed in 2022 that she was in a relationship with non-binary Australian musician G Flip after having previously been in relationships with men.
Akane Sugimori, a lesbian Japanese dancer and aerial performer. Married to Ayaka Ichinose.
Nanae Takizawa, a former Japanese volleyball player, came out as a lesbian on November 16, 2017.
John Tartaglia, a gay American puppeteer and actor known for playing Pinocchio in Shrek: The Musical as well as his association with The Jim Henson Company.
Sandi Toksvig, lesbian comedian and radio/TV presenter.
Gok Wan, a British TV presenter and author who's best known for presenting How To Look Good Naked. He's openly gay but has stated he's slept with women in the past.
Gabby Windey, reality TV personality of The Bachelorette, revealed in August 2023 that she was in a relationship with another woman after having previously dated men.

Professional Wrestlers

Abadon, independent and AEW wrestler, is pansexual and non-binary.
Trish Adora, independent queer wrestler known for appearing in AEW and Ring of Honor.
Jake Atlas, gay independent wrestler who has wrestled for WWE and AEW, was the WWE's first openly gay male signee.
Mike Bailey, queer Canadian wrestler and former X-Division champion who became the first openly queer and gender-diverse (he/they) person to win a singles title in Impact Wrestling.
Shayna Baszler, former MMA fighter who is signed to WWE, is bisexual.
Anthony Bowens, half of the AEW tag ream The Acclaimed, is gay and became the first gay male title holder in AEW in 2022.
Sonya Deville, WWE Tough Enough participant and later signed to the main WWE roster, is WWE's first openly lesbian wrestler.
Diamante, independent wrestler and AEW wrestler is a lesbian.
Billy Dixon, gay independent wrestler and creator of Paris is Bumping, a wrestling show combining wrestling and ballroom.
O Shay Edwards, bisexual wrestler for MLW, is bisexual.
Effy, real name Taylor Gibson, is a gay independent wrestler and host of Effy's Big Gay Brunch wrestling events that feature LGBTQ wrestlers.
Kiera Hogan, African-American wrestler that has wrestled for WSU and Impact Wrestling. She came out in 2019 and revealed she was dating fellow female wrestler Diamante.
Jawsolyn, retired American female wrestler, identifies as lesbian, is in a relationship with Canadian wrestler Kaitlin Diemond.
Orlando Jordan, Former WWE and TNA/Impact Wrestling star, is openly bisexual and had a gimmick centering on his bisexuality.
Alex Kane, bisexual wrestler who became MLW's first out champion in 2021 winning the MLW National Openweight title, and became the second out male world wrestling champion in 2021 when he won the MLW World Heavyweight champion in 2023.
Chris Kanyon, Former WCW and WWE star. After years of suppressing his sexuality, followed by a few more years of going back and forth on the topic, he officially came out as gay in 2006.
Keita, bisexual independent wrestler.
Sonny Kiss, queer transfeminine (she/her) wrestler who has wrestled for AEW and several other promotions,
AC Mack, gay wrester and former Independent Wrestling World Champion, and is thought to the the first openly gay male wrestler to hold a world wrestling title.
Mercedes Martinez, longtime Shimmer wrestler, WWE NXT star, and former Ring of Honor Women's Champion is a lesbian and married to a woman.
Max The Impaler, non-binary and transmasculine independent wrestler that has wrestled for Ring of Honor and AEW. In 2023, they won the NWA World Women's Television Championship, becoming the first non-binary champion in NWA's history.
Rosa Mendes, professional wrestler and valet who first got her start from the WWE Diva Search, is bisexual.
Charlie Morgan, UK wrestler and retired in 2019. Came out in 2017 as a lesbian.
Killian Mc Murphy, gay independent wrestler.
Piper Niven, Scottish professional wrestler who worked the British indy scene and in Stardom before signing up with WWE NXT, came out as bisexual in 2019.
Tegan Nox, Welsh professional wrestler who wrestled for various independent promotions before signing up with WWE NXT, came out as bisexual in 2020.
Paige, inaugural NXT Women's Champion and former Divas Champion as Paige; retired as an active wrestler in 2018 but returned in 2022 as Saraya in AEW. Came out as bisexual in 2015.
Pat Patterson, Inaugural WWE Intercontinental Champion, known for his Camp Gay gimmick. Came out as gay in 2012.
Nyla Rose, current AEW wrestler and first out transgender wrestler to be signed to a major wrestling promotion, and the first transgender wrestler to hold a championship title in a major promotion.
Jack Sexsmith, openly pansexual wrestler ("The Pansexual Phenomenon" being his in-ring Red Baron) and an LGBT+ activist that wrestles from independent promotions like Progress Wrestling and Defiant Wrestling, retired from injuries in 2019.
Veda Scott, American professional wrestler and commentator, identifies as queer and non-binary (she/they)
Gisele Shaw, Impact Wrestling star with runs in the independent circuit, came out as transgender in 2022.
Toni Storm, Australian wrestler and three-time AEW Women's World Champion, is bisexual.
Edith Surreal identifies as a trans woman. As the CHIKARA Young Lions Cup Champion, she was previously the first openly non-binary champion in wrestling history.
Gabbi Tuft, ex-WWE wrestler formerly known under the ring name Tyler Reks. Came out as trans in 2021. She's also stated in a podcast that she's attracted to men and women.
Darren Young, tag team wrestler that wrestled from WWE from 2005-2017, also came out as gay during that time, becoming the first male professional wrestler to publicly be out while signed to a major promotion.
Veny, Japanese professional wrestler who first came out as gay before later coming out as a trans woman. Also known by her other ring name, ASUKA (in all caps, not to be confused with the wrestler formerly known as Kana).
Jai Vidal, gay professional wrestler who became Impact Wrestling's first openly gay male signee.
Viper, a Scottish wrestler who originally wrestled in indy promotions in the UK and Europe, mainly wrestled to World Wonder Ring ST★RDOM before she signed to WWE as Piper Niven/Doudrop. She came out bisexual in 2019.
MV Young, pansexual independent wrestler.

Filmmakers

Directors

Andrew Ahn, gay Korean-American director who directed Spa Night
Pedro Almodóvar, gay Spanish director known for All About My Mother.
Kenneth Anger, gay American experimental filmmaker.
Kyle Edward Ball, gay Canadian director known for Skinamarink and Heck (2020).
Paris Barclay, gay American TV director and producer.
Lino Brocka, gay Filipino film director.
Robin Campillo, Moroccan-born French writer and director, known for BPM (Beats per Minute)
Bill Condon, gay director who made Gods and Monsters, Dreamgirls, and two entries of the Twilight movie franchise.
George Cukor, director known for such films as The Women, The Philadelphia Story, and My Fair Lady; his homosexuality was something of an Open Secret in Hollywood
Lee Daniels, gay African-American director and producer known for The Butler and Precious.
David De Coteau, American-Canadian actor known for his gay porn and Talking Animal movies, is gay.
Xavier Dolan, gay Canadian director.
Roland Emmerich, German-born film director best known for Independence Day, has been openly gay for most of his career and in 2006, he pledged $150,000 to the Legacy Project, a campaign dedicated to gay and lesbian film preservation.
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, bisexual German director.
Luca Guadagnino, gay Italian director and writer.
Curtis Harrington, gay American director and writer.
Ryosuke Hashiguchi, a gay Japanese film director and writer.
Todd Haynes, gay American director and part of the New Queer Cinema movement.
Oliver Hermanus, South African director and writer.
Kate Herron, bisexual English director, writer and producer.
Perci Intalan, gay Filipino director and screenwriter.
Sam Irvin, gay American director.
James Ivory, gay American director of Merchant Ivory fame. Was the domestic partner of the other half of the name, Ismail Merchant, from 1961 until the latter's death in 2005.
Derek Jarman, gay English director known for Jubilee (1978).
Jun Robles Lana, gay Filpino director and screenwriter.
Francis Lee, queer English director known for God's Own Country and Ammonite.
Rob Marshall, openly gay director known for films such as Chicago and The Little Mermaid (2023).
Vincente Minnelli, director known for musicals Meet Me in St. Louis, An American in Paris, and Gigi
F. W. Murnau, gay German Expressionist director best known for Nosferatu and Faust.
François Ozon, gay French director.
Pier Paolo Pasolini, gay Italian director known for Teorema and Salo.
Kimberly Peirce, a self-described "dyke" and genderqueer American director known for Boys Don't Cry, Stop-Loss, and Carrie (2013)
John Schlesinger, gay English director best known for the Oscar-winning and controversial Midnight Cowboy
Joel Schumacher, gay American director of films such as The Lost Boys, Flatliners, A Time to Kill, The Phantom of the Opera and two entries in the Batman film franchise.
Céline Sciamma, openly lesbian French director and writer of Water Lilies, Tomboy, Girlhood, and Portrait of a Lady on Fire. Also wrote My Life as a Zucchini.
Justin Simien, director of Dear White People and showrunner of the series of the same name is gay.
Bryan Singer, controversial (to say the least) American film director, came out as bisexual in 2014.
Gus Van Sant, gay American director and part of the New Queer Cinema, best known for Good Will Hunting.
Luchino Visconti, homosexual Italian director. Partners included Austrian actor Helmut Berger and fellow Italian director Franco Zeffirelli.
Lana and Lilly Wachowski, a sibling duo that directed The Matrix series of movies, are both trans women and also created and produced the queer-centric TV show Sense8.
John Waters, gay American director, writer and actor known for films such as Pink Flamingos, Hairspray and Serial Mom.
James Whale, gay British director famous for Frankenstein (1931), The Invisible Man (1933), and Bride of Frankenstein.
Alice Wu, lesbian American director and writer of Saving Face and The Half of It.
Franco Zeffirelli, gay Italian director best known for Romeo and Juliet (1968) and Jesus of Nazareth.

Producers

Darla K Anderson, lesbian animation film producer formerly at Pixar who produced many films, including Best Animated Feature-winning Coco and appeared in Pixar's "It Gets Better" video. Married to Kori Rae who was also at Pixar.
Alan Ball, gay producer/director/writer known for creating Six Feet Under and True Blood.
Greg Berlanti, gay producer/director/writer known for spearheading and driving the Arrowverse series of TV shows as well as producing Love, Simon, a high profile gay teen romance.
Andy Cohen, gay television personality and producer of Top Chef and The Real Housewives.
Russell T Davies, gay producer of Queer as Folk (UK) and the revived series of Doctor Who.
Tom Donaghy, gay producer and writer of Lee Daniels Star and The Whole Truth.
Liz Friedman, lesbian producer of House, Jessica Jones (2015), and The Good Doctor.
Bryan Fuller, gay producer and screenwriter known for creating Dead Like Me, Wonderfalls, Pushing Daisies and Hannibal.
David Marshall Grant, gay producer/writer/actor best known for The Devil Wears Prada and Smash.
Joanna Johnson, lesbian producer known for Hope & Faith and The Fosters.
John Logan, gay film and television writer, playwright and producer best known for Gladiator, Hugo and Penny Dreadful.
Ismail Merchant, gay India-born British producer of Merchant Ivory fame. As noted in the "Directors" folder, he spent the last 40-plus years of his life in a domestic partnership with his creative partner James Ivory.
Ryan Murphy, gay television producer known for LGBT-friendly series such as Glee, Pose, and American Horror Story, among others.
John Nathan-Turner, gay BBC producer best known for overseeing the last ten years of the original Doctor Who.
Peter Paige, gay producer best known for The Fosters.
Kori Rae, film producer for Pixar who produced Monsters University and Onward. Married to former fellow Pixar producer Darla K Anderson.

Music

Musicians and Singers A-C

Adeem The Artist, a non-binary and pansexual country singer.
Alexander James Adams, a transgender singer who previously went by "Heather Alexander". He's known for his folk, filk, and Celtic music.
Chino Amobi, a Nigerian Igbo-American electronic musician who identifies as queer.
Anne-Marie, English singer who revealed she was attracted to men and women in 2018 but doesn't like to identify herself as bisexual.
Omar Apollo, an openly gay R&B singer-songwriter.
Arca, an openly trans and non-binary producer and singer.
David Archuleta, an American singer-songwriter and former American Idol runner-up, identifies himself as queer.
Howard Ashman, a gay lyricist known for collaborating with Alan Menken on Little Shop of Horrors, The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin. Cited as the one man most responsible for the Disney Renaissance. Died of AIDS in 1991.
Tom Aspaul, gay singer-songwriter.
Aurora, Norwegian singer-songwriter who has described dating both men and women.
Austra, Latvian-Canadian synthpop project fronted by lesbian Katie Stelmanis.
Emilie Autumn, American singer-songwriter and violinist, is asexual.
Backxwash, Zambian-born Canadian rapper and producer, is a transgender female.
Long John Baldry, a British musician and actor, was gay.
Azealia Banks, openly bisexual rapper known for hits such as "212" and "Anna Wintour".
William Basinki, gay American avant-garde composer best known for his "The Disintegration Loops" series of albums.
Lance Bass is a member of boy band *NSYNC and is also a film and TV producer. He came out as gay in 2006 and has written a memoir titled Out of Sync.
Joshua Bassett, singer and actor with a starring role in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, came out as queer in 2021.
Be Steadwell is a queer musician who does a mix of soul, folk, and pop. Most of her songs are about romantic relationships between women.
Taylor Bennett, rapper and younger brother of Chance the Rapper, is bisexual.
Leonard Bernstein, bisexual American composer and conductor of the 20th century.
Sam Bettens, Belgian musician best known for his work as lead singer of K's Choice, came out as a transgender man in 2019.
Big Freedia, rapper best known for popularizing the bounce music genre. Self-describes as "gender nonconforming, fluid, non-binary" and doesn’t have any preferred pronouns.
Rebecca Black, American singer known for her hit "Friday" came out as queer in 2020.
Lydia Grace Blezard, pansexual trans woman known for her band Different Devils, among others.
David Bowie, singer and actor known for such hits as "Space Oddity", "Life on Mars" and "Ashes to Ashes". Infamously flip-flopped on his sexuality over the years, describing himself as gay, bisexual, and "a closet heterosexual" in that order, but was described by his first wife as bisexual.
Phoebe Bridgers, American singer-songwriter, is bisexual.
Cacola, American electronic musician known for her 2021 album A Gift to Us All, is transfeminine and uses she/it pronouns.
John Cage, bisexual American experimental composer of the 20th century.
Ethel Cain, American singer-songwriter, is a bisexual trans woman.
Cakes Da Killa, an openly gay East Coast rapper.
Tevin Campbell, R&B singer known for hits like "Can We Talk" and "Tell Me What You Want Me to Do", as well as voicing Powerline in A Goofy Movie, came out as gay in August 2022.
Cardi B, Grammy award-winning rapper, is openly bisexual.
Brandi Carlile, Grammy award-winning American singer-songwriter, is openly lesbian.
Wendy Carlos, legendary synth pioneer best known for helping develop the Moog synthesizer, is a trans woman and one of the first celebrities to disclose having undergone gender-reassignment surgery. She's perhaps best known for reworking famous Classical Music pieces into the soundtrack of A Clockwork Orange.
Vanessa Carlton, bisexual singer known for her hit "A Thousand Miles".
Aaron Carter, American singer, came out as bisexual in 2019.
Cavetown, English indie pop singer-songwriter, has identified as being on the asexual and aromantic spectrums and had at least one boyfriend. He also came out as transgender in 2020 (though he transitioned prior to becoming famous).
Cazwell, an openly gay rapper.
Elena Charbila, AKA Kid Moxie, a Greek-born synthpop musician and actress, is a lesbian.
Christine and the Queens, French singer, is pansexual and genderqueer.
Club 69, real name Peter Rauhofer, was an openly gay Austrian-American DJ known for his remixes for various musicians, including Madonna, Cher, and Whitney Houston.
Amy Cook, American singer-songwriter, is a lesbian.
Jayne County, former frontwoman of pro-punk band Wayne County and the Electric Chairs, and the first openly trans rock singer.

Simon Curtis^note, an openly gay singer-songwriter, record producer, actor and novelist, known for appearing in the Nickelodeon TV Movie, Spectacular!.

Miley Cyrus, former child actress and Child Popstar, who starred in Disney Channel TV show Hannah Montana. She describes herself as pansexual and genderfluid and is an outspoken LGBT activist.

Musicians and Singers D-K

Lucy Dacus, American singer-songwriter, says that the terms bisexual or pansexual come closest to describing her sexuality.
Daphnis (channel), a Canadian transgender woman and a YouTube singer and lyricist who is best known for her French covers of songs in the Evillious Chronicles.
Daya, best known for her 2016 smash "Sit Still, Look Pretty", came out as bisexual in October 2018.
Ani Difranco, American singer-songwriter, is bisexual and sings about LGBT issues in her songs.
Beth Ditto, American singer and member of Gossip. Openly lesbian but has also been in relationships with trans men.
dodie, English singer-songwriter and YouTuber, is bisexual.
Doja Cat, American rapper, has stated that she is attracted to both men and women.
Dorian Electra, genderqueer (goes by they/them/their pronouns) singer, songwriter and performance artist with many, many songs which deconstruct gender, sexuality and homophobia.
Dreamcrusher, real name Luwayne Glass, is a black non-binary noise musician.
Billie Eilish, American singer, came out in 2023 by stating her attraction to men and women.
ElyOtto, Canadian Hyperpop musician, is a transgender male.
Cynthia Erivo, English singer-songwriter and actress, came out as bisexual in 2022.
Laura Fares, professionally known as LAU, Argentina-born lesbian Synthwave singer-songwriter and producer.
Fletcher, American singer-songwriter, identifies as queer.
Fergie, American singer known for being part of The Black Eyed Peas and for her solo career, is bisexual.
Sawyer Fredericks, who competed in a 2015 season of The Voice and won, came out as bisexual in 2022.
G Flip, non-binary lesbian Australian musician. They are in a relationship with the above-mentioned Chrishell Strause.
Orla Gartland, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist, came out as bisexual in 2021.
Teddy Geiger, singer known for the hit "For You I Will (Confidence)", came out as a trans woman in October 2017.
Boy George, a British singer, songwriter and fashion designer. Was the lead singer of 80s band, Culture Club and is well-known for his androgynous style. He first came out as bisexual; however, in his autobiography, he stated he was gay and had been in a relationship with the drummer for Culture Club in secret.
girl in red, aka Marie Ulven, is a Norwegian indie singer-songwriter who identifies as queer.
Jess Glynne, English singer who is bisexual.
Lesley Gore, American singer-songwriter best known for her songs "It's My Party", "You Don't Own Me" and "Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows", was a lesbian.
Steve Grand, an openly gay indie country/pop artist who went viral with his song and video for "All American Boy".
John Grant, American musician and former member of The Czars, is gay.
Grimes, bisexual musician best known for "Flesh Without Blood" and "Oblivion".
Halsey, bisexual American alternative singer and LGBT activist known for her romantic songs about men and women. She also uses she/they pronouns.
Ai Haruna, a Japanese transgender singer and TV personality.
Sophie B. Hawkins, a singer-songwriter best known for her hit "I Wish I Was Your Lover", identified as omnisexual.
Darren Hayes, lead singer of Savage Garden, came out as gay shortly after the band parted ways.
Ty Herndon, American country music artist who came out as gay in a 2014 People interview.
Ally Hills, a lesbian indie-pop musician and YouTuber.
Hinchy, a member of SiIvaGunner known for the CG Rap, is a transgender woman.
Billie Holiday, a jazz singer who is best known for "Strange Fruit." Throughout her career, Holiday was openly bisexual and many of her female relationships were with stage and film actresses.
Holland, gay singer notable as one of very few openly LGBT K-pop stars.
Honey Dijon, a transgender female House Music DJ.
Whitney Houston, prolific African-American singer, actress, and producer. She was never out in her lifetime, but the 2018 documentary Whitney (approved by her family members and estate) described her as "sexually fluid" and she had a long-time romance with another woman, Robyn Crawford, who confirmed it in her 2019 memoir.
Dev Hynes is a Black British singer, songwriter and music producer. He has described himself as fluid and has also said he is "not gay, but not straight".
Ice Spice, American rapper known for her songs "Munch (Feeling U)" and "Bikini Bottom", is bisexual.
iLoveMakonnen, American rapper known for his hit "Tuesday", is gay.
Dana International, Israeli singer who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1998, is a trans woman.
IOTA, Australian musician. Probably best known as the Doof Warrior in Mad Max: Fury Road. Openly gay.
Joe Jackson, British singer-songwriter most successful in the New Wave era, best known for "Is She Really Going Out With Him?", "It's Different for Girls", "Always Breaking Us in Two", and "Steppin' Out", came out as bisexual in 2001.
Felix Jaehn, German DJ best known for his remix of OMI’s "Cheerleader", came out as bisexual in 2018.
Joan Jett, American guitarist of The Runaways and founder of Blackheart Records. Has had relationships with both women and men.
Elton John, prolific gay English singer/songwriter of pop and soul who is also an LGBT activist and humanitarian.
Jónsi, gay Icelandic musician best known as the frontman of Sigur Rós.
Janis Joplin, American rock, soul, and blues singer-songwriter, one of the most successful and widely known musicians of the '60s. She was also bisexual, with many male and female lovers.
Katastrophe, a transgender male rapper.
Kaytranada, Haitian-Canadian DJ and rapper, came out as gay in 2016.
Kehlani, American R&B singer, songwriter and dancer. Previously came out as queer and pansexual in 2018, before coming out as a lesbian in 2021. Kehlani is also nonbinary and uses she/they pronouns.
Kesha, pop singer, came out as bisexual in 2013.
King Princess, American pop musician, is genderqueer and gay. Much of her work is influenced by this.
Hayley Kiyoko, American singer, actress, and former Disney Channel personality, is openly lesbian.
Frankie Knuckles, American Chicagoan DJ known for developing and popularizing House Music, was gay.

Musicians and Singers L-R

Lady Gaga, bisexual pop artist, known for her outrageous stage persona and LGBT+ activism.
Ladyhawke, New Zealand indie pop singer-songwriter, is a lesbian.
Lady Sovereign, an English rapper. Came out as lesbian in 2010.
Duncan Laurence, Dutch singer-songwriter and winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Arcade", who identifies as bisexual
Adam Lambert, openly gay pop singer, musician and American Idol season 8 runner-up.
Mary Lambert, singer-songwriter best known for singing the chorus to Macklemore's "Same Love," is a lesbian.
k.d. lang, Canadian lesbian country and pop singer-songwriter.
Låpsley, English bisexual indie pop singer-songwriter.
Left at London, real name Nat Puff, is a non-binary trans lesbian singer-songwriter and online comedian.
Paul Lekakis, American singer and actor, is gay.
Liberace, singer and pianist known for his flamboyant personality. Never came out during his lifetime, but his life was later dramatized for the film Behind the Candelabra based on his male lover's memoirs.
Lights, Canadian singer-songwriter, came out as bisexual in 2017.
Maggie Lindemann, American singer-songwriter, came out as bisexual in 2019.
Lil Peep, rapper known for fusing Trap Music and Emo Music, was bisexual.
Bif Naked, bisexual Indo-Canadian singer-songwriter and actress.
Lil Nas X, rapper best known for his 2019 number one hit "Old Town Road", came out as gay in June 2019.
Little Richard, singer and muscian and known as one of the architects of rock and roll; Richard had a complicated (to say the least) relationship with his own sexuality, but it's generally accepted that he was into both women and men.
Livvy94 is a transgender woman who has contributed to the SiIvaGunner parody channel.
Demi Lovato, singer and actor, describes herself as sexually fluid and pansexual. They later came out as non-binary in 2021, using she/they pronouns. Later switched to using only "they"; re-added "she" in mid-2023.
Tove Lo, Swedish singer/songwriter. She stated in 2016 that she was openly bisexual and later on in 2017 claimed that she was lucky to live in a liberal country.
Mad Tsai, an indie pop singer/songwriter is openly bisexual.
Barry Manilow, singer/songwriter of disco and pop music. Came out as gay in 2017 after years of speculation.
Ricky Martin, Puerto Rican pop star known for being in Boy Band Menudo and his smash hit "Livin' la Vida Loca''. Came out as gay in 2010.
Melanie Martinez, a singer known for first appearing on the third season of The Voice, came out as bisexual in June 2018.
Johnny Mathis, American traditional pop singer who was outed as gay in 1982, eventually confirming it in 2017.
MC Chris, nerdcore rapper, voice actor, and comedian is bisexual.
Joe Mc Elderry, English singer who won the sixth season of The X Factor. Came out as gay in 2010.
Freddie Mercury, British Parsi lead singer of Queen, known for his flamboyant stage persona, was acknowledged as being bisexual.
George Michael, English Pop/R&B singer who broke out from his former group Wham!, was Forced Out of the Closet in 1998 and came out as gay.
Mika, a gay Lebanese-born British pop singer/songwriter.
MNEK, LGBT English singer/songwriter and producer.
Janelle Monáe, Black American singer, musician, acting performer and activist, came out as pansexual in 2018 and nonbinary in 2020.
Victoria Monét, Contemporary R&B singer is openly bisexual.
Morrissey, former frontman of The Smiths and now solo artist, considers himself as 'humasexual' (functionally pansexual).
Jason Mraz: Pop/alternative singer-songwriter who came out as bisexual in 2018.
MtH, transgender female member of SiIvaGunner who also has her own music.
Ava Max, known for her song "Sweet But Psycho" said that she was in relationships with both men and women and that the song was inspired by one of her girlfriends.
Ataru Nakamura, a Japanese singer-songwriter and actress. She came out as a transgender woman on her official website on 11 September 2006.
Klaus Nomi, German singer and artist, was gay.
Laura Nyro, a bisexual American singer-songwriter.
Frank Ocean, Black American R&B singer/songwriter and member of OFWGKTA who came out on his debut album, singing about his unrequited love to another man.
Sinéad O'Connor, Irish singer and songwriter. She stated that she was a lesbian who had been dating men as she was uncomfortable being 'out' in 2000. In 2003, she stated in an interview that most of her relationships had been with men but she'd had relationships with women too.
Octo Octa, a House Music DJ, came out as a transgender female in 2016.
Pauline Oliveros, American composer and central figure of the development of experimental and electronic music, was openly lesbian.
Rita Ora, singer and actress, came out as bisexual in 2018.
John Ottman, composer and editor is gay.
Owen Pallett, a gay Baroque Pop artist.
Amanda Palmer, a bisexual American singer.
Peaches, a bisexual Canadian electroclash musician.
Orville Peck, a gay country musician.
Perfume Genius, an American Baroque Pop artist, is gay.
Katy Perry, American singer, stated that her sexuality is fluid and she had been in relationships with women before.
Linda Perry, lesbian singer-songwriter, initially lead singer for all-lesbian One-Hit Wonder rock group 4 Non Blondes (their only hit single being "What's Up"), later a pop songwriter for performers including P!nk ("Get the Party Started"), Gwen Stefani ("What You Waiting For") and Christina Aguilera ("Beautiful").
Kim Petras, a German singer and transgender woman.
Planningtorock, a non-binary and genderqueer synthpop musician.
Cole Porter, an American composer and songwriter, was gay. Though he was married to socialite Linda Lee Thomas, it was mostly so that Porter could hide his homosexuality (though they did care about each other).
Billy Preston, Black American rock, R&B, soul, gospel musician and songwriter who most famously worked alongside The Beatles for their Let It Be album (frequently being dubbed "the Fifth Beatle"), publicly revealed he was gay shortly before his death in 2006.
Queen Latifah, rapper, singer, and actor has long been rumored to a lesbian (and she herself has alluded to this cheekily on occasion) and officially thanked her female partner onstage at the BET Awards in 2021.
Lena Raine, transgender video game composer best known for her work on Guild Wars 2, Minecraft, Celeste, Chicory: A Colorful Tale, and Moonglow Bay.
Ma Rainey, bisexual blues singer.
Malinda Kathleen Reese, an American Singer-Songwriter most famous for her comedy series, Twisted Translations. Came out as bisexual in late 2022.
Lou Reed, American singer-songwriter, known for his work as part of the pioneering rock band the The Velvet Underground and his solo career, was bisexual.
Jane Remover (formerly known as Dltzk), American digicore musician and pioneer of the "Dariacore" microgenre (a sample-based offshoot of hyperpop), is a trans woman.
Bebe Rexha, American-Albanian pop singer, has described her sexuality as fluid.
Rezz, Canadian DJ and EDM producer, has dated another woman.
Samantha Ronson, English DJ and singer, is lesbian.
La Roux, real name Elly Jackson, came out as gay in 2020.

Musicians and Singers S-Z

Emeli Sande, Scottish singer, revealed in 2022 that she was in a relationship with a woman after having previously been in a relationship with a man for over a decade. She has not used any labels.
Saucy Santana, openly gay rapper.
Rina Sawayama, Japanese-British Singer-Songwriter who identified as both bisexual and pansexual in 2018, though she later stated that she identifies as pansexual over bisexual.
Calum Scott, British singer and Britain's Got Talent finalist, is gay.
serpentwithfeet, moniker for African-American musician Josiah Wise, is gay.
Sia, Australian singer-songwriter, is queer. She describes herself as liking any gender.
Azuki Shibuya, Japanese DJ, Leader of D-Selections, former member of i★Ris and voice actress of Dorothy West and Pitsuji in PriPara ^note, revealed that she is pansexual in 2019.
Troye Sivan, gay South African-born Australian musician and actor.
Bessie Smith, bisexual jazz/blues singer.
Sam Smith, English R&B singer/songwriter who is gay and genderqueer.
Willow Smith, singer and actress who is the daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith and sister of Jaden Smith. Came out as bisexual in 2019.
Snow Tha Product, rapper and actress, is bisexual, and married to actress Julissa.
Soko, French singer-songwriter/actress/fashion model, is bisexual.
Stephen Sondheim, American composer and lyricist of numerous classic Broadway musicals, was gay.
SOPHIE, a Scottish trans female electronic music producer and musician.
Lucy Spraggan, an English singer who participated in The X Factor. Came out as lesbian when she was 14 years old.
Dusty Springfield, bisexual British soul singer who came out in a 1970 interview, although her sexuality was not widely publicly known until after her death.
Jessa Stebbins, Eurobeat artist known by the aliases Odyssey, Mortimer, Ken Blast, Eurobeat Brony, etc., came out as a trans woman in May 2021.
The Stupendium, London-based nerdcore musician, artist, and YouTuber, publicly came out as pansexual on May 24, 2021, and non-binary in 2022, they use they/them pronouns.
St. Vincent, American indie singer who has dated both men and women and is open to dating any gender but has refused to label herself.
Moses Sumney. A Ghanian-American experimental musician who is aromantic.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, gay Russian composer of the Romantic era, considered by many to be one of the greatest composers in history.
Tinashe (bisexual R&B artist)
Tanita Tikaram, British pop/folk singer-songwriter, is gay.
Yves Tumor, a non-binary gay musician known for experimental electronic music. Uses they/them and sometimes "it" as pronouns — live performances are sometimes credited as "Yves Tumor and its Band".
Hikaru Utada, Japanese-American singer-songwriter, came out as nonbinary in 2021.
Lil Uzi Vert, rapper and singer came out as non-binary in 2022.
Luther Vandross, influential soul singer throughout the '80s and '90s. Never came out as gay during his lifetime; his close friends Bruce Vilanch and Patti LaBelle confirmed that he was in the closet his entire life.
Vektroid, electronic musician and vaporwave pioneer, is a transgender woman.
Jack Vidgen, Australian singer and media personality, came out publicly as gay in 2019.
Pabllo Vittar, gay Brazilian drag queen and pop singer.
Rufus Wainwright, gay American-Canadian singer-songwriter.
Trevor Whatevr, real name Tre Lyerly, describes himself as "some permutation of ace" and uses he/they pronouns.
Domo Wilson, bisexual singer/songwriter and rapper and is known for the song "Bisexual Anthem" and other songs that discuss LGBT issues, mental health, and motherhood.
Patrick Wolf, British singer-songwriter who has stated himself to be bisexual.
Chely Wright, American country music singer notable for being one of the very few who is openly a lesbian.
Xerokina, an X-gender singer.
Vylet Pony, a transfem^note nonbinary electronic musician; uses the neopronouns "pony" and "sea" in addition to "she/her", "they/them", and "it/its". Also identifies as pansexual, acespec, and sapphic.
yuele, Singaporean singer-songwriter, is non-binary.
Kyounosuke Yoshitate, Japanese freelance singer and the voice provider of Nekomura Iroha, came out as a transgender man in 2020. He has since been very open about his struggles as a trans man living in Japan.
Will Young, an English singer and actor who won the first season of Pop Idol, the UK version of American Idol. He came out publicly as gay in 2002.
YUNGBLUD, English alt-rock and pop punk singer, identifies as pansexual.
Jake Zyrus, Filipino pop singer and actor known for his song "Pyramid" and playing Sunshine Corazon on Glee, came out as a lesbian in 2013, then as a transgender man in 2017.

Bands

100 gecs: Laura Les is a transgender woman.
AAA: Japanese co-ed dance vocal group. Shinjiro Atae came out as gay in 2023.
Against Me!: Punk rock band led by trans woman Laura Jane Grace. Of particular note is their album Transgender Dysphoria Blues, which encapsulates the feeling of being transgender (specifically, a trans girl) and the problems that come with it.
Alustrium: Bassist Kevin Penny is gay.
ANOHNI and the Johnsons: Lead singer Anohni is a trans woman.
The Ark: Swedish glam rock band whose lead singer, Ola Salo, is openly bisexual.
Atheist: Bassist Yoav Ruiz-Feingold is asexual, while guitarist Jerry Witunsky is bisexual.
The Axis of Awesome: Lead singer Jordan Raskopoulos is a trans lesbian.
Bay City Rollers: The late Les Mc Keown was bisexual.
The Beastie Boys: Founding drummer Kate Schellenbach is openly lesbian.
(English) Beat and General Public frontman Dave Wakeling is bisexual.
The B-52s: 80s new wave band consisting mostly of gay ^note and bisexual ^note Kate Pierson members.
Black Dresses: Canadian noise pop duo consisting of trans women Ada Rook and Devi Mc Callion.
Black Leather Jesus: American harsh noise wall group led by married gay couple Richard Ramirez and Sean E. Matzus.
Bloc Party: Lead singer and rhythm guitarist Kele Okereke is gay.
Blondie: Frontwoman Debbie Harry is bisexual.
Blue: Duncan James came out as bisexual in 2009 and as gay in 2014. Lee Ryan also said that he dated men and women.
boygenius: Indie rock supergroup consisting of the aforementioned Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus, and the lesbian Julien Baker.
Boyzone: The late Stephen Gately was gay.
The Breeders: Kim Deal is asexual, while bassist Josephine Wiggs is a lesbian.
BROCKHAMPTON: Founding member Kevin Abstract is gay, which he explores in his second solo album American Boyfriend: A Suburban Love Story.
Bronski Beat: 80’s English synth-pop group. All main members identified as gay.
Brothers Osborne: Lead singer T.J. Osborne came out as gay in 2021.
Buzzcocks: Frontman Pete Shelley was bisexual.
The Cars: Ric Ocasek quietly came out as bisexual during a 1986 radio interview.
Car Seat Headrest: While frontman Will Toledo has not publicly specified an exact label, he has been candid about having same-sex relationships and attraction in both interviews and his lyrics.
Christian Death: Late founding singer Rozz Williams was somewhere along the LGBTQ+ spectrum (he referred to himself as gay, but made it apparent that it was inaccurate but convenient), but would have likely identified as genderqueer had the term existed at the time.
Climbing Poe Tree: A sociopolitical rap duo who've performed songs about loving women.
Cognitive: Bassist Tyler Capone-Vitale is openly bisexual.
Coil: Both of the band's core members, John Balance and Peter Christopherson, were openly gay.
Creeping Death: Vocalist Reese Alavi is genderfluid.
Cretin: Lead singer and guitarist Marissa Martinez is a transgender woman.
Culture Club: The aforementioned lead singer, Boy George, is openly gay. At the time of the band's popularity, he was in a secret relationship with the drummer, Jon Moss. A lot of the band's songs were written about this relationship.
Cynic: Frontman and guitarist Paul Masvidal and former drummer Sean Reinert are both gay.
Dead or Alive: Frontman Pete Burns was married to a woman and in a civil partnership with a man during his lifetime. However, he never identified as a specific sexuality, saying, "[People] always want to know — am I gay, bi, trans or what? I say, forget all that. There's got to be a completely different terminology and I'm not aware if it's been invented yet. I'm just Pete." Regarding gender, he identified as a man.
Deerhunter: Lead singer and guitarist Bradford Cox is asexual and non-binary.
Erasure: Andy Bell is openly gay and is an icon for the LGBT+ community.
Escuela Grind: Guitarist Krissy Morash is a trans woman, while vocalist Katerinha Skatoula is nonbinary.
Faith No More: Keyboardist Roddy Bottum is gay, and started a music project called Man on Man with his boyfriend Joey Holman. Also founded indie-pop band Imperial Teen, which counts the gay Will Schwartz among its members.
The Feeling: Lead singer Dan Gillespie Sells is openly gay.
Fifth Harmony: Member Lauren Jauregui is bisexual.
Four Non Blondes: Vocalist Linda Perry is lesbian.
Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Frontman and lead vocalist Holly Johnson and backing vocalist, dancer and occasional keyboardist Paul Rutherford are both gay.
Goldfrapp: Frontwoman Alison Goldfrapp began dating a woman, Lisa Gunning, in 2010, having only been romantically involved with men beforehand. She has refused to label her sexuality.
The Go-Go's: Rhythm guitarist Jane Wiedlin is bisexual and was in a relationship with drummer Gina Schock
Green Day: Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong is openly bisexual.
GTM: A Japanese band consisting of three transgender men and one X-gender person.
Halestorm: Lzzy Hale is bisexual.
Himitsu no Otome: A Japanese idol group consisting of transgender women.
Hole: Patty Schemel, drummer during the Live Through This and Celebrity Skin eras, is a lesbian.
Hüsker Dü: Bob Mould is gay, and Grant Hart was bisexual.
IDLES: Frontman Joe Talbot is bisexual.
Indigo Girls: Both members, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, are lesbians, with the former also identifying as genderqueer, and have been active advocates for LGBT rights.
Issues: Former lead singer Tyler Carter is bisexual.
Jack Off Jill: Lead singer Jessicka Addams is bisexual.
Japanese Breakfast: Frontwoman Michelle Zauner is bisexual.
Jethro Tull: Former member Dee Palmer is an intersex trans woman who transitioned in 1998.
Judas Priest: Lead singer Rob Halford famously came out as gay in 1998. Drummer Dave Holland also came out as bisexual while being prosecuted for attempting to rape a mentally disabled teenage boy.
Judicator: Main founder, former member, and current associate Alicia Cordisco is a trans woman.
Junior Senior: Lead vocalist Jeppe Laursen is openly gay.
King's X: Bassist Doug Pinnick is openly gay.
The Kinks: Guitarist Dave Davies is bisexual.
Legião Urbana: Renato Russo identified himself as pansexual.
Life of Agony: Vocalist Mina Caputo is a trans woman.
Liturgy: Lead singer and guitarist Haela Hunt-Hendrix came out as a trans woman in 2020.
Lower Dens: Led by non-binary transmasculine Jana Hunter, the only constant member through the band's history. Hunter has also dated people of all genders, stating "I truly don’t give a fuck when it comes to the gender of the person I’m dating" but has not used a specific label for his sexuality.
The Magnetic Fields: Frontman Stephin Merritt is openly gay, and a number of his associates in the band are LGBT+ as well.
Måneskin: Bassist Victoria De Angelis is bisexual, and drummer Ethan Torchio is "sexually free".
Matmos: A married gay couple consisting of Drew Daniel and Martin "M.C." Schmidt.
Mindless Self Indulgence: Bassist Lyn-Z has admitted her first love was a woman. Lead singer Jimmy Urine has admitted that he finds some men attractive.
Muna: An indie pop trio where all three members identify as queer, with Naomi McPherson being non-binary.
My Bloody Valentine: Bassist Debbie Googe is lesbian.
*NSYNC: Lance Bass came out as gay, though after the group broke up.
Neon Trees: Lead singer Tyler Glenn is gay.
Neutral Milk Hotel: Member Julian Koster came out as "not straight" in a bonus episode of The Orbiting Human Circus (of the Air).
New Kids on the Block: Member Jonathan Knight is gay.
Nina Sky: Nicole Albino is married to a woman.
OFWGKTA/Odd Future: Includes the aforementioned queer Frank Ocean and the band The Internet, which has the bisexual Steve Lacy and lesbian Syd the Kid as members.
Outline In Color: Michael Skaggs is non-binary.
Panic! at the Disco: Frontman Brendon Urie is openly pansexual.
Pansy Division: Punk rock band and best-known example of the Queercore sub-genre.
Passion Pit: Lead singer Michael Angelakos is bisexual.
Pet Shop Boys: British pop duo featuring the openly gay Neil Tennant.
Pixies: Kim Deal is asexual.
Placebo: Stefan Olsdal is gay and Brian Molko is bisexual.
PVRIS: Lead singer Lynn Gunn is lesbian.
Queen: Frontman Freddie Mercury is acknowledged as bisexual.
Queen Bee: Lead vocalist and songwriter Avu-chan identifies as non-binary.
R.E.M.: Frontman Michael Stipe identifies as queer.
The Residents: Hardy Fox, a co-founding member of the band (and the only member to have publicly confirmed his identity), was gay.
Right Said Fred: Lead singer Richard Fairbrass is bisexual.
Rumpelstiltskin Grinder: Guitarist and founding member Melissa Moore is a trans woman.
The Runaways: Lead singer Cherie Currie and rhythm guitarist Joan Jett briefly dated each other and drummer Sandy West was a lesbian.
Sanguisugabogg: Founder and former guitarist and bandleader Cameron Boggs is openly nonbinary.
Scissor Sisters: An American pop/rock band full of LGBT individuals. Specifically, Jake Shears, Babydaddy and Del Marquis are gay, while Ana Matronic has been involved with both men and women but doesn't label herself. Only two members, Paddy Boom and Randy Real, do not publicly identify as LGBT.
Secret Guyz: A Japanese idol group consisting of transgender men.
See You Space Cowboy: Vocalist Connie Sgarbossa is a trans woman.
Semi Precious Weapons: Justin Tranter, former lead singer of the band and songwriter of numerous songs to various artists, is bisexual and nonbinary using "they/them" pronouns.
Sigur Rós: Frontman Jónsi is gay.
Simon & Garfunkel: Art Garfunkel came out as bisexual in his 2017 memoir What is it All But Luminous: Notes From An Underground Man, in which he described himself as a "lover of all beautiful asses, beautiful faces, beautiful bodies, boys and girls."
Siouxsie and the Banshees: Frontwoman Siouxsie Sioux is attracted to multiple genders but doesn't identify herself under a particular sexuality.
- The Creatures
Six Pack Band: Consists of transgender Indian musicians.
Skunk Anansie: Lead singer Skin is openly bisexual.
Sleater-Kinney: Members Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker are both bisexual. Prior to 2010, Brownstein had incorrectly been labeled as gay by the media.
The Smiths: Frontman Morrissey identifies as "humasexual" (functionally pansexual).
Sofi Tukker: Sophie Hawley-Weld is Ambiguously Bi, saying that she's still figuring out what label to apply to herself.
Soft Cell: Frontman Marc Almond is gay.
Spice Girls: Member Melanie Brown has been in relationships with men and women but doesn't label herself.
Steam Powered Giraffe: Musical comedy project. One of the members, Isabella "Bunny" Bennett, is transgender.
Steps: Ian 'H' Watkins is openly gay after coming out in 2007.
Strawberry Prince: Rinu came out as a transgender man on Twitter in 2017.
Styx: Bassist Chuck Panozzo is gay and HIV-positive.
Sub-Radio: vocalist Adam Bradley and former bassist Barry Siford are bisexual.
Suede: Lead singer Brett Anderson has in the past identified as bisexual (although how seriously is disputed), and drummer Simon Gilbert is gay.
t.A.T.u.: While the duo was promoted as a lesbian couple, member Yulia Volkova is bisexual in real life.
Tegan & Sara: Identical twin musicians who are both lesbians.
Throbbing Gristle: In addition to the gay Peter Christopherson, also a member of the aforementioned Hipgnosis and Coil, the band's vocalist Genesis Breyer P-Orridge was non-binary, identifying as "pandrogynous" and using not only "they/them" pronouns, but also the neopronouns "s/he", "h/er", and "h/erself".
Le Tigre: Sadie Benning and their successor JD Samson are both non-binary, with the latter also identifying as a lesbian.
Tokio Hotel: Lead singer Bill Kaulitz has not labeled his sexuality, writing in 2014 "Maybe I'm just about to meet someone who changes my life forever and, if that happens, does it really matter what gender they are?" He has also stated that he was once in a polyamorous relationship with his male best friend and the latter's girlfriend.
Village People: Victor Willis was the only member of the original lineup who wasn't gay.
The Velvet Underground: Frontman Lou Reed was bisexual.
Venus Flytrap: Consists of transgender Thai musicians.
The Veronicas: Jessica Origliasso is sexually fluid.
Visage: Steve Strange, the band's frontman, was bisexual.
Wendy & Lisa: Musical duo made up of members of Prince's backing band the Revolution who acknowledged in 2009 that they had been in a lesbian relationship.
Westlife: Member Markus Feehily is gay.
The Who: Guitarist Pete Townshend is bisexual.
Xiu Xiu: Lead member Jamie Stewart is openly bisexual, and in 2023 came out as non-binary.
The xx: While some listeners have assumed that vocalists Oliver Sim and Romy Madley Croft are a Creator Couple, both are involved with same-sex partners, and in her case married.
Years And Years: Lead member (and eventually sole member) Olly Alexander is openly gay.

Video Games

Video Game Creators

Nicky Case, bisexual and genderqueer indie web game developer and writer.
David Gaider, former writer and game designer at BioWare, is gay.
Rebecca 'Burger Becky' Heineman, video game designer and programmer who co-founded Interplay Entertainment, came out as a transgender lesbian in 2003.
Katie Nelson, nonbinary aroace who's a 3D character and environment artist, and the director and lead developer of Billie Bust-Up.
Kitty Horrorshow, indie horror developer, queer trans woman.
Max Krieger, aromantic game developer and creator of CROSSNIQ Plus, also runs the "Nonstandard McDonald's" Twitter account.
Christine Love, lesbian, indie visual novel creator.
Gareth Damien Martin, non-binary developer of Citizen Sleeper.
npckc, asexual aromantic nonbinary indie developer and translator.
Porpentine, queer trans woman, mainly creates hypertext games/Interactive Fiction.
Bobby Schroeder, bisexual trans woman who is an indie game developer, artist, and commentator who created Super Lesbian Animal RPG and Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics) commentary blog Thanks Ken Penders
Maddy Thorson, transgender game developer behind the critically acclaimed Celeste and TowerFall.
Tim Cain, the gay lead designer and programmer of Fallout and Fallout 2.

Web Original

Podcasts

Alanah Pearce, member of the podcast Play Watch Listen and previously a member of Creator/Funhaus, gaming journalist for various publications (later leaving to start writing for SIE Santa Monica Studio), came out as queer/pansexual in 2020's Coming Out Day. Alanah has said that she had never tried to hide it but that comments on women/female presenting people had been dismissed as jokes.
Sydnee McElroy, host of Sawbones along with her husband Justin McElroy, came out as bisexual in 2019.
Dev Ramsawakh, co-host of Sick Sad World, is nonbinary and uses they/them and he/him pronouns.
Alina Morgan, co-host of Song vs. Song, is trans and bisexual.

Web Animation

Emperor Tigerstar, known for making time lapses of historical maps, came out as bisexual in 2019.
Gooseworx, real name Cooper Smith Goodwin, asexual trans woman animator who created several original online works including Little Runmo, The Pink City and The Amazing Digital Circus.
illymation is a demi-girl and uses she/they pronouns. She has also stated that they are on the asexual spectrum and seems to have romantic interest in boys, girls, and possibly more.
Jaiden Animations, an American storytime animator, came out as aromantic asexual in 2022.
JAMIEvstheVOID, Welsh animator who is transmasc (using he/they pronouns) and pansexual, was a storytime animator from 2016-2022 before becoming a vlogger.
Katzun came out as bisexual in 2018, then lesbian the same year. In 2020 they came out as non-binary and pansexual, then as a non-binary lesbian in 2021, then as transmasc in 2022, using he/they pronouns.
Overly Sarcastic Productions: Red went on record as asexual and panromantic during a Q&A video in 2016, and Blue and Cyan both mentioned being romantic asexuals in the OS Podcast.
Piemations creator Mike Pitts has/had a boyfriend and came out as aromantic in 2021.
Phoenix Animations: Sean Phoenix is transgender.
shgurr is demisexual.
Squimpus McGrimpus, nonbinary and bisexual animator best known for their Five Nights at Freddy's VHS videos.
Xploshi, trans woman animator and composer known for her surreal videos.

Webcomics

Mira Alcott, AKA The Transformistress: Trans woman artist, creator of He was a Skater Girl, as well as one of the CG artists for Mice Tea.
Jamie Barker: Non-binary transgender artist known for their webcomics Fake Gamer Comics and Chillzoo, as well as the games Moon Pup 2069, Bunt Girl and Rebel Kitsune. They've also identified as asexual and bisexual at different times.
Ash Barnes: Lesbian writer who co-creates Sister Claire with her wife.
Robin Brooks, author of Experience Boost, came out as a trans woman in September 2021.
Taylor C, creator of Monsterkind, is a bi non-binary trans man.
Mary Cagle, asexual, creator of Kiwi Blitz, Let's Speak English, and Sleepless Domain.
Clover, queer non-binary creator of Go Get a Roomie! and Headless Bliss.
Joey Comeau, queer, writer of A Softer World.
Mari Costa, creator of Peritale and other comics, is a lesbian.
Azul Crescent, author and artist of very trans-positive webcomic I Want To Be A Cute Anime Girl. Uses she/her pronouns.
Maelyn Dean, creator of Real Life Comics, came out as a trans woman in 2020.
Jay Eaton, the creator of Runaway to the Stars, is non-binary.
Victoria Grace Elliott, creator of Balderdash!, is bisexual.
Riri Franklin, creator of Alienby Comics, is transfeminine and non-binary, using they/them pronouns.
Chelsey Furedi: The queer creator of the LGBT webcomics Rock and Riot and Project Nought
Michelle Czajkowski Fus, nonbinary creator of Ava's Demon.
Gigi D.G., author of Hiimdaisy and Cucumber Quest, came out as nonbinary in 2022 and uses they/them pronouns.
Melanie Gillman, nonbinary and queer, creator of the webcomic As The Crow Flies.
Girly Wolf Pup: nonbinary creator of Gun Kitty
Rick Griffin, creator of Housepets! and A&H Club, is bisexual.
Valerie Halla, creator of Goodbye to Halos, is a queer trans woman.
Xanthippe Hutcheon, trans woman creator of Pandora's Tale and Thinking Too Much to Think Positively.
Pseudonym Jones, trans woman creator of the webcomic Fanlee And Spatzle.
Hajime Karatachi, the asexual agender creator of the autobiographical webcomic Moratorium On My Gender.
Julia Kaye, trans woman, creator of the autobiographical comic Up And Out.
Sophie Labelle, bisexual non-binary trans woman and creator of Assigned Male, a comic about an 11-year-old trans girl discovering and embracing her gender.
Aliza Layne, creator of Demon Street, is a lesbian.
Jackie Lesnick, trans woman, creator of Girly, You Suck, Wendy, and other comics.
Zack Morrison, creator of Paranatural, is non-binary.
Alex Norris, UK creator of the webcomic Webcomic Name describes themself as a "queer blob."
Jey Pawlik, nonbinary, creator of the webcomic Gender Slices, which is an autobiographical comic about their thoughts and experiences with gender and identity, and uses they/them pronouns.
Jennifer Diane Reitz, trans woman, creator of Unicorn Jelly and other webcomics with queer and trans themes.
Ariel Ries, creator of Witchy, is queer.
Taylor Robin, creator of Never Satisfied, is a queer trans man.
Jocelyn Samara: An asexual trans woman known for creating Rain (2010) and My Impossible Soulmate.
Dan Shive, creator of El Goonish Shive, identifies as "gender casual".
Ellipsis Stephens, creator of Goblins, came out as a trans woman in 2019.
Tess Stone, trans man, creator of Hanna Is Not a Boy's Name and Not Drunk Enough and artist of Buzz!.
Bria Symmington: A trans woman artist known for Life Of Bria and her graphic novels First Year Out and Starfist Gemini.
Tsushima Tsushima, a Japanese pansexual woman and the author of the autobiographical webcomic My Husband Was Actually a Woman. Married to Wafuko.
Mallorie Jessica Udischas, a trans woman and the author of the autobiographical comic Manic Pixie Nightmare Girls which occasionally deals with her experiences and difficulties with being transgender.
Alex Woolfson, gay, writer of Artifice and The Young Protectors.
Kylie Summer Wu: A trans woman known for her autobiographical web and syndicated comic Trans Girl Next Door.
Yamino, queer non-binary creator/artist of Sister Claire, which she co-creates with her wife.

Other web creators

Namy Gaga, lesbian artist known for the Five Nights at Freddy's Alternate Universe FNAFNG.
NoonboryKedabory, a fanfic writer who writes The Kedabory Verse, identifies herself as an ace lesbian.
Parum33, an online artist, identifies as an aromantic asexual.
SideshowJazz1, a fanfic writer, is bisexual.
Syera Miktayee, owner and main writer for the writing and roleplaying advice website Springhole, is nonbinary.

Web Video

Web Video Creators A-E

Alexander Avila, a YouTuber known for his videos on LGBT subtext in media, is openly bisexual. On June 1st, 2023, he came out as a transgender man.
Ally Beardsley, former CollegeHumor cast member and regular cast member of Dimension 20, is a nonbinary lesbian.
Alpharad, gaming YouTuber known for his channels Alpharad and Alpharad Deluxe as well as the video series CPU Championship Series, the podcast How Did We Get Here?, and as the musician Ace Of Hearts, is bisexual and on the asexual spectrum.
AmandaTheJedi, Canadian film reviewer and commentator, came out as a lesbian in 2021.
Anna Akana, Asian-American actress and filmmaker known for her YouTube channel, came out as bisexual in 2018.
Athena P, commentary YouTuber is out on her channel as bisexual
Beatrice the Golden Witch, previously known as "Digibrony", then "Digibro", and later "Digi-neé", came out as a trans woman in 2020.
Magdalen Berns, British lesbian radical feminist and YouTuber.
Brendan Blaber, aka JelloApocalypse, a YouTuber/voice actor known for his "Every [X] Reviewed in 10 Words or Less" series, and creator of Epithet Erased on VRV, came out as bisexual in 2018.
Kat Blaque, polyamorous black trans YouTuber who mainly does LGBTQ-themed video essays.
"Boba", a let's player and member of the Yogscast who is openly bisexual.
Harris "Harry" Brewis, known as "HBomberguy," is a bisexual YouTuber known for his political and video game videos.
Rob Boor, creator of Cinematic Venom, came out as bisexual in April 2021.
David J. Bradley is a nonbinary aromantic asexual media essayist YouTuber who has released videos discussing media through the lens of each area of his identity.
Brutalmoose, real name Ian MacLeod, mentioned in a blog post that he was gay. Was a former video game reviewer, but has since branched out to other topics.
Laura K Buzz, real name Laura Kate Dale, Lesbian trans woman LGBTQ activist, streamer and games journalist.
Xaria Byron aka Diamanda Hagan, lesbian reviewer and podcaster. Is married to The Omega.
Tamara Chambers of The Nostalgia Critic and Tamara's Never Seen is pansexual.
Jacob Hope Chapman, known as JesuOtaku, is a Anime video reviewer who came out as a trans man in 2016.
James Charles, an American YouTube creator and make-up artist who is openly gay.
Paul Charles, the "Gay Comic Geek", is a comic book geek who happens to be gay and geek culture critic.
Johnny Chiodini, formerly of Eurogamer and Dicebreaker and best known as Dungeon Master for Outside Xbox's Oxventure series, identifies as nonbinary as of 2021. Johnny also plays Kasimir in Luke Westaway's Oxventure spinoff in Blades in the Dark.
TheCHR83, online music reviewer who identifies as non-binary.
Charlie Is So Cool Like, real name Charlie McDonnell, came out as a non-binary trans woman on October 6, 2021.
Chriddof, a British maker of surreal/Dadaist comedy videos, who came out as a trans woman in 2021 and is now called Michelle Lyons.
Cicabeot1, Let's Player and music reviewer who came out as transgender in 2018.
Mr Clemps, pansexual YouTuber and Twitch streamer that usually talks about games and anime.
Crow, a YouTuber who reviews music under her channel CawCophony, identifies as asexual and came out as a trans woman in 2022.
Lucas Cruikshank, a YouTuber known for his hyperactive "Fred Figglehorn" character, came out as gay in 2013.
Cara Cunningham, internet star, YouTuber, and short time adult film actor especially known for her "LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!!!" video. Came out as a trans woman in 2021.
DaThings's Ellen Thomas came out as a trans woman in 2019.
Benjamin Daniel, video game reviewer, is bisexual.
Shane Dawson, a YouTube comedian and personality, came out as bisexual in 2015.
death420 is a transgender man and the creator of the popular anime parody Sugoi Quest For Kokoro.
Jonathan Decker, co-host of Cinema Therapy is demisexual.
Zoe Delahunty-Light, video producer for Eurogamer with her own streaming community, is openly bisexual.
Riley J Dennis, a non-binary trans lesbian YouTuber and author whose videos cover a range of topics of social justice as well LGBTQ issues.
Destiny, streamer and political commentator, is openly bisexual.
Ginny Di, a cosplayer, video maker on tabletop roleplaying games such as D&D, and occasional writer of third-party supplements for similar games, is openly bisexual.
Nikita Dragun, an American YouTube personality, make-up artist and model. She came out as transgender in 2015. She is well-known for her make-up line, Dragun Beauty.
Durendal, French web video creator who talks about movies, is openly gay.
Jessie Earl, also known as Jessie Gender, is a transgender Youtuber who primarily reviews and discusses Star Trek, as well as discussing political, social and LGBTQ issues.
Beatrice Elizabeth 'Bea' Baron, better known as [BeaPlays, is a bisexual trans woman and a former member of Let's Play/Yogscast.
Lindsay Ellis, formerly The Nostalgia Chick, is a bisexual media critic and video essayist covering topics such as LGBT media representation and serious film and TV analysis.
Rowan Ellis, a UK queer feminist YouTuber, who does videos on pop culture and geekdom from an LGBT perspective.
Jay Exci, a British YouTuber who makes videos rebutting or criticizing popular media, came out as non-binary in 2020 and uses she/he/they pronouns.
Exo Paradigm Gamer, video game reviewer known for the Remake or Rebreak series, identifies as pansexual on Twitter.

Web Video Creators F-K

Fawful's Minion, real name Logan Atkins, is a ceterosexual countdown creator, with his girlfriend, NicoDaPeek, being a trans woman.
Maggie Mae Fish, queer video essayist about films and media.
Chris Fleming, who when asked about his gender gave a long-winded Non-Answer. Definitely gender nonconforming, at the very least.
Gamechamp 3000, Twitch streamer and creator of YouTube series VG Myths. Transgender and non-binary, uses she/they pronouns.
Geek Remix, Mari and Stacy, two queer women who do video game reviews, theory videos and Lets Plays.
"Gemathy", real first name Gemma, is a content creator and member of the Yogscast who is openly bisexual.
Genderpunksap, a nonbinary YouTuber who mostly focuses on trans issues.
G Loves Trains, real first name Georgia, is a proudly lesbian train and transport blogger.
Gigi Gorgeous, a Canadian YouTube creator, model and actress. She came out as transgender in 2015 and now identifies as a pansexual woman.
Sofia Gomez, a cosplay TikToker and YouTuber, is a lesbian.
Joey Graceffa, a YouTube comedian and personality, came out as gay in 2015.
Frankie Grande, gay American YouTube personality, singer and TV host. Best known for his appearance on Celebrity Big Brother in the UK and for being the older brother of Ariana Grande.
Cameron J. Green, a YouTube voice actor best known for being the voice of Belle Butterfly from Baby Lamb & Friends, came out as transgender in a 2020 YouTube video.
Hank Green, one half of VlogBrothers, is bisexual but usually doesn't mention anything sex related in his content because he is Happily Married.
Laci Green, a YouTuber known for her sex-positive and sex education YouTube channel, is pansexual.
Mark Grondin of media (primarily music) review show Spectrum Pulse identifies as queer.
Todrick Hall, a singer, dancer, choreographer and director known for his elaborate YouTube music videos is gay.
Elisa Hansen is an author and video essayist best known for her Vampire Reviews, many of which discuss feminist and queer issues. She is a biromantic asexual.
Hannah Hart, comedienne and YouTuber behind "My Drunk Kitchen" is a lesbian.
Hee, a Japanese YouTuber, came out as gay on October 5, 2016.
B. Dylan Hollis, a gay TikTok star.
Ally Hills, lesbian commentary YouTuber.
Dan Howell, a YouTuber who came out as gay in 2019.
Iron Liz revealed on LordKaT's livestream podcast that she was assigned male at birth, and identified as a trans woman most of her life. Since she finished transitioning in 2014, she no longer uses the label.
Izzzyzzz, New Zealander YouTuber who mostly makes video essays about Internet history, is non-binary and uses she/they pronouns.
jan Misali, creator of Conlang Critic, is non-binary, aromantic, and asexual.
JoshJepson, a let's player best known for his collaborations with The Runaway Guys and Attacking Toucans, is bisexual.
Adam Johnston, movie reviewer best known for YourMovieSucks.org, is openly gay.
Kaiser Beamz, creator of the anime analysis series Kyoto Video, is non-binary and pansexual.
KaiserNeko, one of the founders of Team Four Star came out as gay to his parents at the age of 11.
Kyle Kallgren, film reviewer, is bisexual.
Kemio, a Japanese YouTuber, model, TV personality, essayist, singer, and former Viner. He came out as gay on Twitter on April 28, 2019.
Kwite, a masked commentary Youtuber and Twitch streamer. He is openly bisexual.
Jessica Kellgren-Fozard, a lesbian YouTuber who makes videos about LGBT+ history, disability awareness, and vintage fashion.
Gus Kenworthy, an American skier, actor and YouTube creator. He came out as gay in 2015. His most notable acting role was in American Horror Story: 1984.
TJ Kirk, better known as The Amazing Atheist, is bisexual though he seldom brings that fact up. He's also stated that he basically considers himself non-binary but is also just comfortable using any pronouns.

Web Video Creators L-R

Lady Emily, a video essayist who makes videos on pop culture and is the co-writer for Sarah Z, is a trans woman.
Quinn Larios, a former contributor to Channel Awesome, is a trans woman.
Paige Layle, who specializes in content regarding the Autism Spectrum, including her own lived experiences, came out as bisexual.
May Leitz runs the mostly horror-oriented YouTube channel Nyx Fears. She came out as a trans woman in 2018, and is in a relationship with another woman. She is also a musician and horror author.
Jackson Lennon, a YouTuber, actor and filmmaker who is transgender and bisexual.
Leo, better known as Leozaur is a let's player and former member of the Yogscast who is openly bisexual. She retired from let's plays in February 2021 to become a teacher, but also started a business called Jewel Patisserie.
Phil Lester, a YouTuber who came out as gay in 2019.
Lilith is openly pan.
LittleKuriboh, bisexual content creator known for creating Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series.
Lucahjin, real name Reese Wheeler, is an openly pansexual let's player. She's married to ProtonJon as of 2018.
Luke Correia, a Canadian meme voiceover channel host who has plans on doing professional voice acting work in the future, is bisexual.
Lyzette G, online music reviewer who identifies as non-binary.
Jamie Maurer, or "Rantasmo" is a gay man and former Channel Awesome personality with his own YouTube channel Needs More Gay that takes a look at LGBT issues in popular culture.
Tana Mongeau, an American YouTube creator, model and TV personality. She's most famous for her story time content and is openly bisexual.
MangaKamen, a video essayist who makes content about animation and gaming, came out as bisexual in 2022.
Manny MUA, is the stage name of YouTube creator and make-up artist, Manuel Gutierrez. He's openly gay and is well-known for his make-up reviews online.
Mister Manticore, creator of several Analog Horror series (most notably THE MONUMENT MYTHOS), is non-binary and uses "he/they/she" pronouns.
Minerva Kelley, aka Eldena Doubleca5t and former host of When Posting Goes Wrong, is a trans lesbian.
"Mousie" is a let's player and member of the Yogscast who is openly bisexual.
Mr Mendo, formerly of The Agony Booth, is bisexual and came out as a trans woman in 2019.
MsBreezy came out as trans in 2017 and is bisexual.
The Mysterious Mr. Enter, real name Johnathan Rozanski, a YouTuber and animation critic who is openly aromantic asexual.
Kinley Mochrie, former web video creator and daughter of Colin Mochrie and Debra McGrath, is transgender.
Mia Mulder, a leftist video essayist, activist, and Swedish politician, is a bisexual trans woman.
TheNamelessDoll, a YouTuber known for her animation fanvideos, is aromantic bisexual.
Nerd Sync, real name Scott Niswander, is openly bisexual and agender.
Night Mind's host, Nick Nocturne, is bisexual.
Nikkitutorial's host, Nikkie de Jager is a transgender woman who came out publicly in 2020. She made her transition during her childhood and teenage years. She is most famous for being a make-up artist/reviewer on YouTube.
Tyler Oakley, an American YouTube content creator who is openly gay.
Lily Orchard, a general animation critic and former My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic reviewer who is a demiromantic bisexual trans woman. A lot of videos in her "Glass of Water" series focus on LGBT representation in animation.
Trisha Paytas came out as genderfluid in 2021. This followed a controversial video from two years earlier in which they claimed to be a trans man; Paytas now claims they didn't know the right terminology to describe their identity back then.
Plumbella, real name Jesse McNamara, is an agender Let's Player known for playing The Sims.
Allison Pregler, also known as Obscurus Lupa, revealed she was asexual in a post detailing an event from her teenage years, and is married to Phelous.
Zoey Proasheck is a let's player and member of the Yogscast who is a transgender lesbian.
Rags, a Youtube commentator and gamer, is bisexual.
Randy Rainbow, a YouTube comedian and singer.
Malcolm Ray, voice actor and recurring actor on The Nostalgia Critic, is bisexual.
Franchesca Ramsey, former YouTuber, actress and writer is bisexual.
La Ron Readus, of Readus 101, is a bisexual pop and geek culture critic.
Pan of RebelTaxi is in a relationship with Neoncaffeine, a trans man.
Rose And Rosie, a YouTube couple.
Ryan Ribbity, a Twitch streamer, is a trans lesbian.
Kim Richards is a let's player and member of the Yogscast who identified as "not straight" in 2016 and later said she identified as pansexual.
Brandon Rogers, openly gay YouTube sketch comedian.
Queen Serafina, a trans woman who makes commentary and review videos.

Web Video Creators S-Z

Dorrie Sacks, aka, Lovely Dorrie, queer streamer and anime YouTuber from the channel Get in the Robot and Beyond The Bot.
Thomas Sanders, singer and stage actor known for his Vine videos is gay.
Schaffrillas Productions, real name James Phyrillas: As talked about in his review of BoJack Horseman, admits that he is on the asexual spectrum. He is also biromantic.
Cyndi Seidelman, creator of the website Game Show Garbage, is a trans woman.
Tyler Sederwall, a musician and let's player best known for creating the video game racing channel Versus, is gay.
Seismo, an American content creator best known for the horror ARG The Noedolekcin Archives, came out as aroace on Twitter in 2023.
Lilly Singh, a Canadian comedian, YouTube creator, and talk host, came out as bisexual in 2019 on her social media. Lilly is most known for her YouTube channel IISuperwomanII.
SnapCube, real name Penny Parker, is a gaming YouTuber, voice actress, and singer who is a sapphic trans woman.
The Sphere Hunter, real name Suzi Hunter, is a bisexual trans woman best known for her videos about Capcom games such as Resident Evil and Devil May Cry, along with other horror and action games.
Amanda Spikol aka The Omega, reviewer, and podcaster. She is the real life wife of Diamanda Hagan.
Jeffree Star, an American YouTube creator, make-up artist, and singer. He is openly gay and is famous for his androgynous style and make-up line.
James Stephanie Sterling, video game and video game industry critic, who describes themself as "not straight" (and has identified as pansexual on Twitter). They also came out as non-binary (she/they) in 2020 on Twitter.
Lauren Storey, aka Lovely Lauren, asexual and aromantic artist and animator best known for her horror animations and the Obscured Eyes multimedia series.
Finn and Korri Strange, the Brother–Sister Team behind Dubbed By Strangers, are a bisexual trans man and a lesbian, respectively.
Kiara Strings, creator of The Music Video Show, came out as bisexual in 2018, as genderqueer in 2019 and as transgender later that year.
Chris Stuckmann, American film critic and YouTuber, came out as pansexual in 2021.
Sym, a singer for Man on the Internet most famous for voicing Lucca in Chrono Trigger: The Musical, is non-binary.
Swell Entertainment, bisexual commentary and review YouTuber.
Patricia Taxxon, a YouTuber, came out as a trans woman in 2019.
Crash Thompson, a music critic, came out as bisexual in September 2020.
Abigail Thorn, British philosopher and actor behind Philosophy Tube, came out as bisexual in 2019 and as transgender in 2021.
Super Butter Buns, a lesbian woman, whose YouTube channel has her play multiple games, with her main series being a beginner's guide to multiple games, and she also livestreams games.
Thought Slime, a non-binary political content-creator, Horror film reviewer and Lets-Player.
TREY the Explainer, a Youtuber who does videos about anthropology, paleontology, speculative evolution and other such subjects, has mentioned on his Twitter that he is bisexual.
Gabe Velez, aka Gamerduck, transgender voice actor and YouTuber best known for their roles in ENA and Spooky Month.
Michael Whelan (better known as "Wheels"), head of video for Dicebreaker following Johnny Chiodini's departure, is openly bisexual. He also does his own streams separately from Dicebreaker which include music and games.
Blaire White, an American transgender YouTube commentator and political activist. She began taking hormone therapy in 2015 after coming out to her family.
Psy White, transgender video presenter for WhatCulture.
Sky Does Minecraft, Let's Player who is bisexual and came out as non-binary in 2021.
Sky Williams, a gay comedian and YouTuber known for his Let's Plays.
Aoife Wilson, video producer for Eurogamer and head of video, is openly bisexual.
Mary Winstead, aka TapeWorm, trans woman content creator known for her Analog Horror series WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK..
Natalie Wynn, aka "Contrapoints", is a trans woman YouTuber known for her videos on social justice and transgender issues.
Xycron, real name Robin Nelson, is a YouTuber and frequent collaborator with MsBreezy and is openly bisexual.
Eugene Lee Yang of The Try Guys came out as gay in 2019.
Sarah Z, a bisexual YouTuber, does essays and reviews on pop culture, sometimes focusing on fictional LGBT portrayals.

Writers

Authors A-L

Becky Albertalli, author of Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda, came out as bisexual in 2020 as a result of facing pressure about writing LGBT stories as a supposedly non-LGBT person.
Hans Christian Andersen, noted Danish author, admitted in his writings he was attracted to both men and women, while having at least one same-sex relationship with a German nobleman (though this may not have been sexual as Andersen asserted his celibacy early in his life).
James Baldwin, prolific African-American author who was gay and wrote about queer issues often.
Clive Barker, gay horror/fantasy writer, artist, and film director.
Simone de Beauvoir: Bisexual writer, philosopher and feminist militant who had a lifelong open relationship with fellow philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre (who was not bisexual but supported gay and lesbian rights).
Alan Bennett, British author, playwright, screenwriter, and occasional actor, is bisexual.
Pseudonymous Bosch, gay children's writer best known for the Secret Series.
John Boyne, gay Irish author known for The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.
William S. Burroughs: Bisexual writer and member of The Beat Generation, author of Naked Lunch, The Black Rider, and The Red Night Trilogy, known for his highly influential avant-garde writing style and exploration of transgressive themes.
Lord Byron, noted English poet, was bisexual.
Truman Capote, gay novelist, short story writer, and journalist. May be best known for probing the Clutter family's murder in In Cold Blood.
Soman Chainani, American author known for the children's fantasy series The School for Good and Evil, is gay.
Becky Chambers, gay science fiction writer, wrote the Wayfarers series.
C. J. Cherryh, a speculative fiction writer, married her long-time partner Jane Falcher in 2014 (Falcher's also written fantasy and sci fi).
Douglas Coupland, gay Canadian writer known for novels such as Microserfs and JPod.
Bruce Coville, a bisexual and highly prolific children's writer, whose works include Coming-Out Stories and teens trying to decide on their orientations.
Quentin Crisp, writer, activist and memoirist who lived as a gay man for most of her life, but in the final posthumously-published installment of her autobiography stated that during the final years of her life she had privately realised that she had always been a trans woman.
Samuel R. Delany, American Science Fiction author, one of the first openly gay SF writers, one of the first really successful African-American SF writers, and almost certainly the first to be both.
Bret Easton Ellis, gay author, his best-known work was American Psycho.
Louise Fitzhugh, lesbian author and illustrator of children's books, best known for Harriet the Spy.
E. M. Forster, closeted gay British novelist. His novel Maurice could not be published until after his death due to its gay subject matter.
Michel Foucault, gay French philosopher and historian of ideas. Best known for Madness and Civilization, The Order of Things, Discipline and Punish and The History of Sexuality. He was an early victim of AIDS, dying in 1984.
Eugene Galt writes about gay dominant/submissive relationships and identifies as "a gay man who has lived the life."
Federico García Lorca, gay Spanish poet and playwright, most known for his poetry collection Gypsy Ballads and plays dealing with sexual repression and oppression of women.
Jean Genet, gay French author best known for his plays and books, the most famous of which is Querelle de Brest.
Allen Ginsberg: Gay poet associated with The Beat Generation. Best known for Howl (1955).
Kyell Gold, gay, best known for writing homosexual furry romance novels.
Edward Gorey, writer and illustrator, was asexual and said that his orientation also informed his works.
Alexis Hall, queer male English author whose works include Boyfriend Material.
Radclyffe Hall, lesbian writer best known for her novel The Well of Loneliness, considered the first lesbian novel in English and banned in both the UK and USA at the time for its subject.
Rachel Hawkins, American author, is bisexual.
Patricia Highsmith, lesbian novelist known for her intensely disturbing Psychological Thrillers, but also for her semi-autobiographical romantic novel Carol / The Price of Salt (originally published under a pseudonym), one of the first lesbian novels in English to have a romantic happy ending. Several of her other novel protagonists are by implication queer.
Christopher Hitchens, English journalist and writer, was bisexual.
Rebecca Maye Holiday, French-Canadian author who is openly romantic asexual.
Tanya Huff, bisexual Canadian fantasy author. She is married to fellow fantasy writer Fiona Patton.
Langston Hughes, a prominent African-American poet and novelist during the Harlem Renaissance, biographers and scholars generally accept that Hughes was homosexual based on writings and unpublished poems.
Kameron Hurley, bisexual author of The Stars Are Legion and the Bel Dame Apocrypha series.
Tove Jansson, artist/writer and creator of The Moomins; had relationships with men and women, referred to herself as having "went over to the spook side" (a coded expression for homosexuality) and eventually met and settled down with her life partner Tuulikki Pietilä, another woman.
Caitlin R Kiernan, author of The Red Tree and other works associated with the New Weird, bisexual and gender fluid.
TJ Klune, queer, author of The Lightning Struck Heart and The House In The Cerulean Sea.
ML Lanzillotta: On the 4th of June 2021, he came out as a trans man.
Daniel M Lavery, trans male American writer.
CB Lee, author of Not Your Sidekick and its sequels, is openly bisexual.
Yoon Ha Lee, trans male SF novelist best known for his trilogy The Machineries of Empire.
David Levithan, gay writer who has written various young adult novels with gay male characters.
Malinda Lo, lesbian young adult author.
Arnold Lobel, came out as gay to his family four years after he began writing the Frog and Toad series. His daughter believes that writing about the inseparable title characters was the beginning of his coming out.
Audre Lorde, African-American lesbian poet and activist.

Authors M-Z

Gregory Maguire, American novelist best known for Wicked. He's been in a relationship with painter Andy Newman since 1997 and the two married in 2004.
Siera Maley, lesbian novelist who mostly writes lesbian romance novels.
Ana Mardoll, transmasculine American fantasy author who uses xie/xer neopronouns publicly and he/him pronouns with friends.
Ann M. Martin, YA and Middle Grade writer best known for creating the The Baby-Sitters Club series. She was previously in a relationship with Laura Godwin (the two co-wrote the Doll People books).
Billy Martin, transgender American Gothic Horror writer.
Matsuko Deluxe, a gay Japanese columnist, drag queen, and TV personality.
W. Somerset Maugham, British novelist known for Of Human Bondage. Had relationships with women in his youth, and later in life, solely with men. According to him, "I tried to persuade myself that I was three-quarters normal and that only a quarter of me was queer—whereas really it was the other way around."
Michael Mc Dowell, gay author of horror and historical fiction, best known as the screenwriter for Beetlejuice.
Seanan McGuire is panromantic and asexual, with her various works such as October Daye and Wayward Children containing several characters who are on the LGBTQ+ spectrum.
Casey McQuiston, bisexual non-binary American author known for Red, White & Royal Blue.
Yukio Mishima, Japanese author, playwright, actor and model known for his post-war literature and failed coup against the Japanese government. He was married to a woman, but also had relationships with men.
Tamsyn Muir, a lesbian New Zealand author. Currently best known for The Locked Tomb
Hector Hugh Munro, aka Saki, gay British writer best known for his short stories. Deeply closeted throughout his life, as homosexuality was a crime in Britain at the time, but acknowledged as gay by modern biographers.
Patrick Ness, gay British-American author mostly known for his young adult fiction such as Chaos Walking.
Alice Oseman, an English author and illustrator who is aromantic asexual. She has spoken about how this has influenced her work, especially Loveless, which features an asexual protagonist. Her pronouns are also she/they.
Mark Oshiro, American writer/blogger known for Mark Does Stuff, is queer and non-binary (they/them).
CS Pacat, queer and genderqueer Australian author of the Captive Prince series.
Chuck Palahniuk, American author, best known for Fight Club, came out as gay in 2004.
Pat Parker, African-American lesbian poet and activist.
Fiona Patton (aka D. K. Johnston), lesbian Canadian fantasy author. She is married to fellow fantasy author Tanya Huff.
Marcel Proust, gay French writer best known for his monumental literary cycle À la recherche du temps perdu, in which homosexuality is mentioned openly and at length in the parts that deal with the Baron de Charlus.
A. Revathi, a writer and hijra (the third gender in India).
Arthur Rimbaud, French poet. He had a wild love affair with Paul Verlaine.
Tom Ryan, gay Canadian young adult author.
Vita Sackville West, bisexual English author. Had an open marriage with her husband; her lovers included Virginia Woolf, for whom she was a muse.
Don Sakers, gay science fiction author.
Sappho, ancient Greek poet who wrote romantic poems for women on her home island of Lesbos, by which the word lesbian originated.
Dan Savage, gay American sex columnist.
V. E. Schwab (aka Victoria Schwab) is a queer novelist that writes for middle grade, young adult, and adult audiences. Known for the Shades of Magic trilogy.
David Sedaris, gay essayist and humorist.
Maurice Sendak, author and illustrator of Where the Wild Things Are and many other children's books, came out as gay in 2008 after the death of his partner of 50 years.
Samantha Shannon, author of The Bone Season Series and Priory Of The Orange Tree, described herself as "sapphic".
Adam Silvera, queer young adult author.
William Sleator, gay young adult author.
Gertrude Stein, lesbian poet and novelist also known for her participation in the general American art/literature expatriate community in Paris during the inter-war period.
KJ Taylor, aro/ace fantasy author.
Chuck Tingle, a writer infamous for surreal gay erotica, identifies as bisexual.
James Tiptree Jr. (real name: Alice Sheldon), bisexual science fiction author.
DH Torkavian, transgender writer and activist and contributor to The Geek Initiative and Heaven Sent Gaming.
Paul Verlaine, French poet. He had a wild love affair with Arthur Rimbaud.
Gore Vidal, bisexual American novelist, essayist, playwright and occasional actor whose career spanned sixty years from the late 1940s to early 2010s.
Voltalia, bisexual fanfic writer.
Ocean Vuong, gay poet and novelist.
Olivia Waite, bisexual romance author.
Alice Walker is openly bisexual and was the first black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her critically acclaimed novel, The Color Purple.
Maria Elena Walsh, Argentinian singer, songwriter, poet and novelist, was openly lesbian.
Sarah Waters, a lesbian, is known for her Victorian era novels featuring lesbian protagonists.
Joshua Whitehead, a Canadian two-spirit poet and novelist.
Walt Whitman, a queer American poet, known for his works about Abraham Lincoln (most famously "O Captain! My Captain!"). The exact nature of his sexuality is staunchly debated by biographers, but general consensus is that he was attracted to and had intimate relationships with men.
Oscar Wilde, witty Irish poet, playwright, journalist and proponent of aestheticism. He wrote The Importance of Being Earnest and The Picture of Dorian Gray among others. He was convicted and imprisoned for "gross indecency with men" in one of the first celebrity trials.
Jacqueline Wilson, bestselling children's novelist who came out publicly as lesbian at the age of seventy-four, shortly before the publication of her first book with an unambiguous same-sex relationship.
Jeanette Winterson, lesbian novelist known for, among others, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, The Passion and Sexing the Cherry.
Virginia Woolf, bisexual writer who is considered one of the pioneers of literary Modernism.
Neon Yang, queer non-binary speculative fiction author.
Alex Zandra Van Chestein (often shortened to Alex Zandra), a Canadian light novelist and game designer, who is also a trans woman.
Xiran Jay Zhao, non-binary Chinese-Canadian internet personality and author, known for their debut work Iron Widow.

Comic Book Writers

Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, a gay writer that has written for comics, plays and film and movies, and is chief creative officer at Archie Comics. He has written and developed Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, both the comic and adaptation.
Marc Andreyko, a writer known for his DC Comics work including Manhunter, is openly gay.
Vita Ayala is an Afro-Latinx writer who is non-binary and goes by they/them pronouns. They are best known for writing the indie comic The Wilds and writing for Marvel Comics, including writing books for Morbius and Nebula.
Marguerite Bennett, queer comic book writer who has worked for several comic book publishers and is known for DC Comics Bombshells amongst other queer-friendly titles.
Christian Beranek, a trans woman known for Dracula vs. King Arthur and her webcomic Validation (2013).
Christian Cooper, an African-American comic book writer and editor, is gay.
Al Ewing, a British comic book creator known for his work at Marvel, came out publically as bisexual in 2021.
Tee Franklin, queer black writer who created and wrote the New York Time best-selling graphic novel Bingo Love.
Crystal Frasier, an intersex trans woman who consulted on Immortal Hulk, co-wrote Gamma Flight, and wrote Cheer Up! Love and Pompoms.
Kieron Gillen, queer British writer known for his work with Marvel with Young Avengers and creator-owned titles such as The Wicked + The Divine, some of which showcase LGBT characters.
Sina Grace, openly gay writer of Iceman, the character's first solo comic as an out gay man.
Devin Grayson, writer on Nightwing, is bisexual.
Allan Heinberg, openly gay writer and co-creator of Young Avengers, which introduced two gay characters, Hulkling and Wiccan. Also the screenwriter for Wonder Woman (2017).
Kate Leth, openly bisexual and nonbinary (using she/her pronouns) writer and artist for comics, wrote the queer-friendly run of Patsy Walker, a.k.a. Hellcat!.
Grant Morrison, writer on The Invisibles, Doom Patrol, and many other comics. Came out as genderqueer in 2020.
Steve Orlando, a writer that primarily writes for DC Comics and known for his Midnighter, is bisexual.
Molly Ostertag, openly lesbian writer of The Witch Boy and artist of Strong Female Protagonist. Married to ND Stevenson.
Rachel Pollack, transgender writer best known for her stint on Doom Patrol.
Gabby Rivera, openly lesbian writer of America (2017) and Juliet Takes A Breath. Both she and the title characters are queer Latinas.
Hamish Steele, gay creator of Dead End, DeadEndia, and Dead End: Paranormal Park.
ND Stevenson, openly bigender and transmasculine cartoonist and writer known for NIMONA, his webcomic-turned-graphic-novel; Lumberjanes, an all-ages series containing LGBT characters; and being the showrunner of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. Married to Molly Ostertag.
Lilah Sturges, co-writer of Jack Of Fables and frequent collaborator with Bill Willingham. Came out as trans in 2016.
Mariko Tamaki, a lesbian writer known for writing for both Marvel Comics and DC Comics, plus graphic novels with her cousin Jillian Tamaki, Skim and This One Summer.
James Tynion IV, gay American comic book writer known for his DC published work and creator-owned titles such as all-ages LGBT title The Backstagers and The Woods, winner of the 2017 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comic.
Tillie Walden, openly lesbian Eisner award-winning writer and artist of several critically acclaimed graphic novels, including Spinning, The End of Summer, I Love This Part, and On a Sunbeam.
Leah Williams, writer of The Amazing Mary Jane and Gwenpool Strikes Back, is openly bi.

Playwrights and Scriptwriters

Edward Albee, gay dramatist best known for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Seascape.
John August, gay screenwriter, film director, producer, novelist and podcast host known for writing Tim Burton's film adaptations of Big Fish and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Christopher Cantwell, TV and comic writer known for Halt and Catch Fire, came out as bisexual in January 2021.
Marc Cherry, gay television writer and producer best known for creating Desperate Housewives. He modelled the character of Bree Van de Kamp and her relation with her gay son on his own mother and coming-out.
Jean Cocteau, French Renaissance Man (though best remembered for his stage plays and films). Had a longtime affair with his muse, Jean Marais.
Noël Coward, gay playwright, actor and singer known for writing Private Lives, Present Laughter and Blithe Spirit, amongst others.
Jeff Davis, gay American writer and television producer known for Criminal Minds and Teen Wolf.
Gazal Dhaliwal, trans woman, Indian screenwriter.
Peter Fenton, gay playwright and screenwriter best known for his critiques of evangelical Christianity through witty comedic dialogue.
Harvey Fierstein, gay playwright and actor best known for Torch Song Trilogy, the musical La Cage aux folles and for playing Edna Turnblad in Hairspray.
Mark Gatiss, gay scriptwriter, producer, novelist and actor, known for co-creating and acting in The League of Gentlemen and Sherlock and for script and acting contributions to the Doctor Who franchise.
Larry Kramer, gay playwright, screenwriter, novelist and producer best known for The Normal Heart.
Tony Kushner, gay playwright and screenwriter, best known for writing the seminal theatrical work Angels in America as well as the Steven Spielberg films Munich and Lincoln.
Don Mancini, gay American screenwriter known for the Child's Play films.
Chris Nee, the creator of Doc McStuffins and Vampirina , is a lesbian.
Richard O'Brien, the writer of The Rocky Horror Picture Show (and the actor for the character of Riff Raff) is non-binary, describing himself as being "in between" male and female.
Gareth Roberts, gay British screenwriter known for Doctor Who.
Stephen Sondheim, American composer and lyricist of musicals such as West Side Story, came out as gay at age 40.
Bruce Vilanch, comedy writer and screenwriter known for writing for Academy Awards presentations, is gay.
Mike White, screenwriter, actor, producer, director, and reality TV contestant, is bisexual.
Tennessee Williams, gay American author and playwright known for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and A Streetcar Named Desire.
Kevin Williamson, gay screenwriter and filmmaker known for creating Dawson's Creek and The Vampire Diaries along with writing the screenplay for Scream (1996).

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