LGBT+ Creators

aka: Queer Creators

An index of performers and content creators who fall into the LGBT,^note Lesbian, 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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Examples with their own pages:

• Actors (includes voice actors)
• Musicians (includes both solo musicians and band members)
• Web Video Creators

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, VR director, story artist, musician, and activist known for his fursona Bleu Major and his work on The Dynamite Twins, came out when he became adult age. He prefers not to have a specific label, but "pansexual," "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.
• Aleister Crowley, a bisexual occultist, chess player, writer, and artist known for the Thoth Tarot Deck.
• 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 Artists

• 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.
• Jade Jolie, American drag queen who competed on RuPaul's Drag Race season five, came out as a trans woman in October 2023.
• 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.
• Farrah Moan, American drag queen who competed on RuPaul's Drag Race season nine and All-Stars season 4, came out as a trans woman in December 2023.
• 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, 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 was married to Big Brother 14 housemate Dan Neal from 2015 to 2021, during which time Clark was known as Rylan Clark-Neal.
• 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 Not to be confused with the voice actress of the same name 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.
• 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 (alternately Piper Niven or Doudrop), a Scottish wrestler who originally wrestled in indy promotions in the UK and Europe, mainly wrestled to World Wonder Ring ST★RDOM before signing to WWE NXT as Piper Niven/Doudrop and later moving to the main WWE roster. She came out as 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.
• Christopher Landon, gay American director and screenwriter best known for Happy Death Day and Freaky.
• 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)
• Nicholas Ray, bisexual director known for Rebel Without a Cause.
• 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.

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.
• Brianna Wu, a bisexual video game developer.

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.
• Rebecca Parham, host of storytime animation channel Let Me Explain Studios, has confirmed herself to be LGBT, but is not yet comfortable disclosing where on the spectrum she falls.
• JaidenAnimations, an American storytime animator, came out as aromantic asexual in 2022.
• JAMIEvstheVOID, Welsh animator who is transmasc (using he/they pronouns) was a storytime animator from 2016-2022 before becoming a vlogger. He came out as aromantic and on the asexual spectrum in 2024, having previously identified as pansexual.
• 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

• Guardian Acorn is written by self-described "Trans lesbian feminist, writer, activist, and gamer Annie Gallagher".
• 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.
• Redstone Prime (Tropers/Hyenaboy on here), writer of works such as Turning Red: Secrets of the Panda, is bisexual

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).
• Arthur C. Clarke, sci-fi author known for The Space Odyssey Series, was gay according to friends.
• 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.
• Derin Edala, web fiction author, is trans and aro/ace.
• 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.
• Gustave Flaubert: French author, was bisexual; he took in both male and female prostitutes throughout his travels.
• 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.
• Lila Gaela, lesbian Peruvian fanfic writer.
• Stefan Gagne, author of various web novels, is on the asexual and aromantic spectrums.
• 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.
• Matsuo Basho, a Japanese 17th-century poet, once wrote "There was a time when I was fascinated with the ways of homosexual love", and biographers noted that he had homosexual affairs, some of which were with his disciples, throughout his life.
• 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.
• Evelyn Waugh, bisexual author known for Brideshead Revisited.
• 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.
• Alyssa Wong, , queer non-binary writer known for speculative fiction and comic books.
• 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 they/them 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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