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The following is a list of some prominent LGBT Jews.
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[edit] Politicians
- Roberta Achtenberg, former HUD assistant secretary[1]
- Barney Frank, Democrat member of the United States House of Representatives [2]
- Mark Leno, California State Assemblymember[3]
- Carole Migden, California State Senator[4]
- Harvey Milk, San Francisco city supervisor [5]
[edit] Activists
[edit] Religious figures
See also: List of LGBT Rabbis
- Rabbi Lionel Blue, first openly gay rabbi in the UK; broadcaster[6]
- Rabbi Steven Greenberg
[edit] Academics
- Allan Bloom, philosopher[7]
- Judith Butler, philosopher[8]
- Martin Duberman, historian[9]
- Magnus Hirschfeld, sexologist and activist[10]
- Fritz Klein, psychiatrist and sexologist[11]
- George Mosse, historian[12]
- Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosopher[13]
[edit] Show business
- Chantal Akerman, film director[14]
- Simon Amstell, comedian and television presenter[15]
- Michael Bennett, choreographer and musical theatre director[16][17]
- Sandra Bernhard (b. 1955) actress and comedian[18]
- Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) world-famous stage actress[19]
- Ilene Chaiken, creator of The L Word[20]
- Allan Corduner, actor[21]
- George Cukor, film director[22]
- Harvey Fierstein, actor and playwright[23]
- Eytan Fox, film director[24]
- Stephen Fry, actor, comedian and writer[25]
- Judy Gold (b. 1962) stand-up comedian and actress[26]
- Todd Haynes, film director[27][28]
- Tab Hunter, actor (Jewish father)[29][30]
- Nicholas Hytner, theatre and film director[31]
- Danny Kaye, actor and comedian[32][33]
- Stuart Krasnow, reality television producer [3]
- Matt Lucas, comedian (Little Britain)[34]
- Jerome Robbins, choreographer and musical theatre director[35]
- John Schlesinger, film director[36]
- Adam Shankman, film director[37]
- Anthony Sher, actor[38]
- Bryan Singer, film director[39]
- Mauritz Stiller, film director[40]
- Bruce Vilanch, comedy writer and actor[41]
[edit] Musicians
- Howard Ashman, musical writer[42]
- Babydaddy, member of Scissor Sisters[43]
- Frieda Belinfante, conductor (Jewish father)[44]
- Leonard Bernstein, composer and conductor[45]
- Marc Blitzstein, composer[46]
- Aaron Copland, composer[47]
- Vaginal Davis, performance artist (Jewish father)[48]
- Fred Ebb, musical theatre lyricist[49]
- Michael Feinstein, singer and pianist[50] [51]
- William Finn, musical theatre composer, lyricist and librettist[52]
- Carrie Brownstein, Sleater-Kinney guitarist
- Ari Gold, pop singer[53]
- Lesley Gore, pop singer[54]
- Lorenz Hart, lyricist[55]
- Jerry Herman, musical theatre composer and lyricist [56]
- Vladimir Horowitz, classical pianist[57]
- Jon Moss, drummer, member of Culture Club and The Damned[58]
- Laura Nyro, singer-songwriter[59][60]
- Peaches, musician[61]
- Phranc, singer-songwriter[62]
- Lou Reed, rock musician[63]
- Marc Shaiman, musical theatre and film composer[64] [65]
- Stephen Sondheim, musical theatre composer and lyricist[66] [67]
- Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor, composer, and pianist.[68]
[edit] Writers
- Jon Robin Baitz, playwright and screenwriter[69]
- Steve Berman, speculative fiction writer[70]
- Jane Bowles, novelist and playwright[71]
- Susie Bright (1958 – ) American writer and broadcaster[72]
- Bryher, novelist (probably Jewish father)[73]
- Charles Busch, playwright[74]
- Alfred Chester, novelist[75]
- Nick Denton, founder of Gawker Media (Jewish mother)[76]
- György Faludy, poet[77][78]
- Hubert Fichte, writer (Jewish father)[79]
- Edward Field, poet[80]
- Sanford Friedman, novelist[81]
- Allen Ginsberg, poet[82]
- Richard Greenberg, playwright[83]
- Jacob Israël de Haan, poet[84]
- Marilyn Hacker, poet[85]
- William Hoffman, playwright[86]
- Max Jacob, poet[87]
- Chester Kallman, poet and librettist[88]
- Moisés Kaufman, playwright and theatre director, co-wrote The Laramie Project[89]
- Larry Kramer, novelist, playwright and activist[90]
- Tony Kushner - playwright and screenwriter (Angels in America and the 2006 Steven Spielberg movie Munich)
- Arthur Laurents, playwright, screenwriter and librettist[91]
- David Leavitt, novelist and short-story writer[92]
- Boleslaw Leśmian, poet[93][94]
- Michael Lowenthal, novelist[95]
- Harold Norse, poet[96]
- Marcel Proust, novelist[97]
- David Rakoff, essayist[98]
- Paul Rudnick, playwright, screenwriter and columnist[99]
- Umberto Saba, poet and novelist[100]
- Siegfried Sassoon, poet (Jewish father)[101]
- Martin Sherman, playwright[102]
- Susan Sontag, essayist and novelist[103] [104]
- Gertrude Stein, writer[105]
- Julian Stryjkowski, novelist[106]
- Rebecca Walker, writer and feminist (Jewish father)
[edit] Artists
- Claude Cahun, French photographer and writer[107]
- Nan Goldin, photographer[108][109]
- Marc Jacobs, fashion designer[110]
- Annie Leibovitz, photographer[111][112]
- Herbert List, photographer[113]
- Isaac Mizrahi (1961 - ) American fashion designer[114]
- Simeon Solomon, painter[115]
[edit] Sports figures
- Robert Dover, 6-time Olympic equestrianist[116]
- Renee Richards, tennis player[117]
[edit] Miscellaneous
- Gad Beck, Holocaust survivor and memoirist[118]
- Roy Cohn, lawyer and right-hand man of Joseph McCarthy[119]
- Barry Diller, media executive[120] [121]
- Brian Epstein, manager of The Beatles[122]
- David Geffen, film producer and record executive[123]
- Sandy Gallin, manager, talent agent and producer[124][125]
- Leopold and Loeb, murderers[126]
- Michael Lucas, porn star[127]
- Richard Quine, television journalist[128]
[edit] Related figures
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Persons of debated sexual orientation:
- Anna Freud, psychoanalyst[129]
- Moss Hart, playwright and theatre director[130]
- Calvin Klein, fashion designer[131]
Straight contributors to LGBT culture:
- Leo Abse, British MP (gay rights campaigner)
- Bella Abzug, congresswoman (gay rights campaigner)
- Jonathan Ames, author (explores blurred boundaries in human sexuality)
- Eduard Bernstein, founder of evolutionary socialism (challenged anti-gay prejudice)
- Stanley Biber, pioneer in sex reassignment surgery
- Michael Chabon, pulitzer prize winning author, frequently writes about LGBT topics
- Hélène Cixous, feminist philosopher (contributed to queer theory)
- Job Cohen, mayor of Amsterdam (officiated first same-sex weddings)
- Irwin Cotler, Canadian Justice minister (introduced Bill C-38)
- Billy Crystal, actor (played Jodie Dallas in Soap)
- Yael Dayan, Israeli MK (gay rights campaigner)
- Jacques Derrida, philosopher (contributed to queer theory)
- Michael Gottlieb & Joel Weisman, doctors (early identifiers of AIDS)
- Senna Hoy, anarchist (gay rights activist)
- Jonathan Larson, creator of the Broadway musical Rent
- Judith Light, actress (gay rights advocate)
- Herbert Marcuse, philosopher (influence on sexual liberation theories)
- Judd Marmor, psychiatrist (successfully campaigned to remove homosexuality from the DSM)
- Kazimiera Szczuka, feminist critic (gay rights campaigner) (Jewish mother)
- Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, queer theorist
- George Weinberg, psychologist (coined the word homophobia)
[edit] Fictional characters
- See also: List of fictitious Jews
[edit] See also
- Keshet Rabbis
- List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people
- List of transgendered people
- List of bisexual people
- List of gay, lesbian or bisexual composers
- List of gay, lesbian, or bisexual figures in fiction and myth
- Timeline of LGBT history
[edit] Footnotes
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- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,1800759,00.html
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- ^ Lynskey, Dorian (August 2, 2006), 'I always want the funny line' , The Guardian. Retrieved November 18, 2006.
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- ^ Synopsis of autobiographical But I was a Girl. Retrieved November 17, 2006.
- ^ http://www.glbtq.com/arts/bernstein_l.html
- ^ http://www.glbtq.com/arts/blitzstein_m.html
- ^ http://www.glbtq.com/arts/copland_a.html
- ^ José Muñoz, Disidentifications: Queers of Color and the Performance of Politics (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1999) ISBN 0-8166-3015-1
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- ^ http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/research/fa/chester.html
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- ^ http://www.glbtq.com/literature/jewish_am_lit,2.html
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