Coolest Homosexual

[Gringo]

Who is the coolest gay/lesbian/transgender?

(Thought I'd better PC-afy it a little.


EDIT: Added Melissa Etheridge. Rupert Everett is a bore anyway.

[SweetZombieJesus]

1. Gore Vidal and Ian McKellen are the only ones on that list with any talent

Rosie and Ellen weren't funny before they came out, and being out didn't make them any funnier.

[smiths_fan_21384]

2. Why is there a question mark by Neil Tennant's name?

Is there or was there ever a question?

[Gringo]

3. Well, I've never heard for sure that he was out, but yeah...

And I think all these folks are pretty talented, personally.

Ian McKellen seems to be the sentimental fave.

[jono]

67. He formally came out on his 40th birthday, a couple of years ago,

in a press conference.

[Scottie72]

4. No Melissa Etheridge?1

Where is Melissa? I think she has to be the coolest hands down.

[SweetZombieJesus]

5. How is being a watered down Lucinda Williams cool?

Her music is terrible, and I'm convinced she got David Crosby to be the sperm donor for her and her partner so that their children might actually have some musical talent.

[Gringo]

6. In Spite of what that Zombie says...

I agree with you, and added her name.

Geez, he hates everybody...

[mitchum]

9. I hate her also...

she is terrible

[jonnyblitz]

16. me too. n/t

[SweetZombieJesus]

10. Ok, I take it back

But there's got to be a better lesbian singer than Melissa, though off the top of my head I couldn't name one.

[sugarcookie]

18. K.D. Lang

I love to hear her sing!

[Capn Sunshine]

33. Yeah! KD

is not only a HUGE talent but a sensitive and intelligent person as well.

[mitchum]

20. Tallulah Bankhead (in the shower)

[Scottie72]

7. Now you add Melissa....

okay.. now one vote for other should count for Melissa.

Thanks for adding! :hi:

[mitchum]

8. Tennessee Williams

also: Lou Reed (before he became a born-again heterosexual)

[SweetZombieJesus]

11. Wait, who'd Lou fuck?

I'm assuming Bowie.

Oooh, I nominate Bob Mould and Grant Hart of Husker Du. Oh, and Michael Stipe.

[mitchum]

12. for starters...his old transvestite boyfriend Rachel

Isn't that weird about Husker Du? I mean, the bassplayer was the one with the Village People moustache, but...

[SweetZombieJesus]

13. Yeah, before I saw a picture of Bob Mould, I assumed...

..the guy with the handlebar moustache was him. Me and my hetero-narrowmindedness ;-)

The coolest thing about Bob Mould is not only that he was in Husker Du and Sugar, but that he actually was a booker for World Championship Wrestling at one time. That still blows my mind, and if I ever meet him, I'm going to ask him about that, and find out why the fuck we can't get a Husker Du reunion since all three of them are still alive and well.

[AnnabelLee]

30. I thought Michael Stipe was bi

What was all that chatter about him & Natalie Merchant?:shrug:

[carpetbagger]

14. .....Rob Halford

Enough said.

[playahata1]

64. Ah, yes -- THE METAL GOD!

n/t

[AntiCoup2K4]

15. Pansy Division

Even some of us breeders can appreciate their hilarious lyrics.

[PittPoliSci]

54. you will drink the black sperm of my vengence!

hilarious stuff. i love them, even though i'm not gay.

[MiddleRiverRefugee]

17. Sorry..Oscar Wilde is still the coolest of all...

And he gave some of the greatest one-liner in the English language.

[mitchum]

19. Oscar Wilde was gay???!!!

Next you're gonna try to tell me that Ronald Firbank was...

[Byronic]

51. Hooray!

A Ronald Firbank fan, I presume? I have spent the last year or so digging into the lives of Firbank and his circle. I'm researching the life of a close friend of his who appeared as The Hon. Eddy Montieth in 'The Flower Beneath The Foot.'

Sadly I don't think Firbank would have counted as the 'coolest homosexual'. His habit of ducking under restaurant tables to avoid friends and his nervous squirming in public wasn't particularly Wildean.

Still, he did have something in common with Oscar - wallpaper. ("Either that wallpaper goes or I do"-Wilde) It was said that Firbank refused to let any of his friends visit him while he was dying in Rome because "the wallpaper was too dreadful."

[Andy_Stephenson]

21. I agree!

Oscar.

[SiobhanClancy]

79. That's the one..

the coolest of his time,and of all time.

[Richardo]

80. I'm with you, UBP...

Oscar - King of the Queens...

[Norm357]

22. I think

Nathan Lane is the coolest homosexual around.
Norm

[ForrestGump]

23. Is he, or does he just play one?

If he isn't, he sure was convincing in "The Birdcage"

[ForrestGump]

24. Grrrrrrrrr.....can't shrink my signature picture

Might have to think of another one....

[JohnKleeb]

26. lol

Ladies and Gentlemen Mr. Lee Harvey Oswald and Mr. Jack Ruby.

[ForrestGump]

28. LIVE! On stage! One night only!!!

[Norm357]

27. Yup

Gay as gay can be. Very funny man. Did you see him in Austin Powers Goldmember? Classic Nathan Lane.
Norm

[ForrestGump]

29. Huh! Learn something very day!

Guess I figured that anyone that over-the-top (in "Birdcage," at least) was getting immersed in a bit of method acting, that's all. As for "Goldmember," I think I pretty much watched that thing through half-covered eyes, for the most part. I actually can't remember much of it now. Perhaps that's not surprising. I'm still waiting for the funny bits from it.

[monchie]

81. Nathan Lane came out a few years ago.

Before that, he was sorta halfway out. When asked about his sexuality, he'd respond with something like, "“I’m single, I’m 40, and I love musical theater—you do the math.”

[nuxvomica]

25. Left out Charles Nelson Reilly, Paul Lynde and Abe Lincoln

But the first two aren't all that cool.

[AnnabelLee]

31. Hey

you just gave me an idea for a poll: Favorite Match Game regular. Hmmm.....

[nuxvomica]

35. That would be a killer poll

You definitely have your finger on the pulse of the lounge.

[AntiCoup2K4]

46. Abe Lincoln was gay?

Never heard that one before..... You would think he would have a better fashion sense than the same old top hat all the time.

[nuxvomica]

52. I was actually joking

Lincoln's homosexuality is an assertion of the Log Cabin Republicans, a group of political masochists, based on the fact that he frequently slept with another man during a period in his life. Which makes you wonder whether some of the LCRs think they're gay just because they've slept with a person of the same sex.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

32. What about Elton? COME ON!

Sheesh.

[Capn Sunshine]

34. IS THIS A FAMOUS GAY POLL?

Because, many of our fellow DUers are the coolest, man.
:nuke:

[solinvictus]

36. I voted Neil Tennant

because even though I'm straight, I have gay taste in music.

[Az]

37. You forgot Sir John Gielgud

Who famously said "Of course I can play straight, I'm an actor".

[chefgirl]

38. Harvey Firestein (sp) .......

I always thought he was hysterical, even when I was too young to realize he was gay. OK, duh, I know, but I just love him. I even love his voice, which I know drives some people absolutely crazy.

-chef-

[jobycom]

61. Harvey in Mulan

Harvey does the voice of a soldier in Mulan. He's the toughest, manliest of them all, and his voice works for that. Hilarious stuff, especially knowing his background.

I think you're right, though. He was the first actor I remember being proud of his homosexuality. He's never bent, never hidden. Cool guy, in the true meaning of cool.

[monchie]

83. I saw Harvey in "Hairspray" on Broadway.

In drag, he plays a Baltimore housewife and really makes that voice work for him...even when he's singing!

Divine (another cool homosexual) originated the role in the movie and used a falsetto voice to portray a woman. But Harvey just uses his own natural, gravelly tones, and it works wonderfully. Maybe because it seems that every gritty urban neighborhood has at least one woman who sounds like Harvey.

[LSdemocrat]

39. Elton John

[Rhiannon12866]

56. I agree

He is also a favorite of mine! He should definitely be included and he would get my vote.:D

Welcome to DU, LSdemocrat!:toast:

[Gringo]

40. I also forgot THE INDIGO GIRLS!

I love them to death, more than Melissa Etheridge.

[AntiCoup2K4]

47. Indigo Girls are just cool, period (homosexual or otherwise)

you can go to the east to find your
your inner hemisphere
you say we're under the same sky babe
your bound to realize honey it's not that clear
i'm not your promised land oh no
i'm not your promised one
i'm not the land of canaan sweetheart
waiting for you under the sun

i'm lonely tonight
i'm missing you now
i'm wanting your love
and you're giving it out
i'm lonely tonight
i'm lonely tonight
i'm lonely tonight

well, the meanings changed
for what it's worth
it's just a senseless game
well i should think of love
but it's fear every time i hear
honey your heartbeat strain
it's not the fallen man
it's not the call of time
it's just the london skyline sweetheart
telling me you're not mine

i'm lonely tonight
i'm missing you now
i'm wanting your love
and you're giving it out
i'm lonely tonight
i'm lonely tonight
i'm lonely tonight

my blood is running dry
my skin is, my skin is growing thin
for every time you find yourself
you loose a little bit of me honey from within
it's just a raging cycle
why can't we bring it all to the end of the line
from inside this existence, sweetheart
time is not on my side

i'm lonely tonight
i'm missing you now
i'm wanting your love
and you're giving it out
i'm lonely tonight
i'm lonely tonight
i'm lonely tonight

i'm not your promised land
(i'm lonely tonight)
i'm not your promised one
(honey i'm trying to tell you that i'm lonely tonight)
i'm not your promised land
i'm not your promised one
i'm not the land of canaan
(i'm lonely tonight)
i'm not your land of canaan
(i'm lonely tonight)
i'm not the land of canaan sweetheart
waiting for you under the sun
i'm lonely tonight

words and music by amy ray
copyright 1988 godhap music (bmi)

[monkeyboy]

41. Andy Warhol

C'mon people, think!

[LincolnMcGrath]

42. Tom Cruise

[elcondor]

43. Ian McKellan

Superb actor and all-around-nice-guy! :-)

[roguevalley]

45. I agree.

He also gets the cutest boy friends. SIGH!

[cosmicdot]

44. rock hudson

don't know if he is/was the coolest

[cosmicdot]

73. and, Andy Bell of erasure ...

if you've seen an erasure concert ... you know what I mean ...

[election_2004]

48. how could you forget.....

Danny Pintuaro from Who's the Boss?

Also, comedienne Margaret Cho is bisexual.

[CanuckAmok]

49. C'mon...what about...

Charles Nelson Riley?
Harvey Firestein?
Jm Bullock?
Stephen Fry?
Udo Kier?

Udo is my pick...

[Gringo]

53. Can't forgive Jm J. Bullock

for spelling his name Jm. It's JIM DAMMIT!

[VOX]

50. Truman Capote.

Norman Mailer said it best: "He was a ballsy little guy."

[PittPoliSci]

55. you left out Freddy Mercury!!!

unbelievable! one of the best musicians i've ever heard! incredibly entertaining, and his vocals are simply amazing!

[SideshowScott]

57. What about Baney Frank??

hes one of the coolest gay people around i think..

[jobycom]

58. David Brock? Just a nominee, not necessarily my vote

He's a bit hard to forgive, but it was nice hearing some of his stories.

[dArKeR]

59. Jim Morrison and his pretty penis

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=108&topic_id=1745&mesg_id=1745&page=2

[kaitykaity]

60. Rupert Everett

was lovely in "My Best Friend's Wedding".

[playahata1]

62. You forgot one Reginald Kenneth Dwight.

We know him better as ELTON JOHN.

[Terran]

63. Come on, you all KNOW it's Ru Paul!

"And here she is...Miss... Rachel... Tension!!"

[DBoon]

65. Missed some classics

Brian Epstein? Alan Turing?

[farmboxer]

66. Freddie Mercury

He brought us such beautiful music.

[SyracuseDemocrat]

68. jodie foster

n/t

[maveric]

69. Is Eddie Izzard gay?

I may be judging him by his crossdressing standup act. If he is he has my vote.

[Harley Quinn]

74. Nope...

He's an executive transvestite. He has a whole routine devoted to that question! See HBO's Dressed To Kill special! It's great!

HQ-CAKE 0R DEATH!

[Paschall]

70. One vote for a hometown boy - Bertrand Delanoë

Sunday, March 18, 2001, Paris. In a massive crowd outside City Hall people raise their keys to symbolize mayoral victor Bertrand Delanoë's imminent possession of the city's keys.

MARCH 19, 2001. In one fell swoop, the Sunday victory of Bernard Delanoë in the race for the Parisian mayoralty establishes an out gay person as top dog of a world-class city, while installing a left-wing alliance in the driver's seat of the city council for the first time since the 1871 Paris Commune.

Born in 1950 in the North African country of Tunisia, Delanoë returned to France with his family when he was a teenager. (The Gully) (a resource to bookmark)

(Not forgetting this incident: "M Delanoë ... was strolling through the gilded chambers of the 19th-century Hôtel de Ville at about 2.30am," on Oct. 6, 2002, "when a man of 39 leapt on him and stabbed him in the stomach with a five-inch blade." (The Telegraph)

[julka]

71. anybody mention Karl Rove?

*

[morstyranni]

72. Most of those peopel annoy the crap out of me but...

Ian McKellan is the Shit.

"Fly you fools"!

[Liberal Veteran]

75. You bitch! How could you leave out.....

ME!

[soleft]

76. Coolest homosexual? Who could it be other than James Dean?

If you look Cool up in the dictionary, his picture is there. He invented cool.

[Capt_Nemo]

77. Ian McEllan

You can't get much cooler than his larger than life heroes/villains
(specially the villains: Richard III, Magneto)

Gore Vidal is a close 2nd

[FranMonet]

78. Transgender legend

As a transgendered I say the person responsable for the 
stonewall riot.

Sylvia Rivera, popularly credited as being the instigator of
the Stonewall Riots, passed away this morning at approximately
5:00 AM, February 19, 2002, in the intensive care unit of St.
Vincent's Hospital, in New York's Greenwich Village. She had
been in and out of the hospital recently due to cancer of the
liver. Both her lover, Julia Murray, and Reverend Pat
Bumgardner of the MCC-NY (Metropolitan Community Church-New
York), were at her side as she passed on. She was 53.

An internationally recognized pioneer in what became known as
the "Gay Rights Movement", Ms. Rivera was one of the
collection of drag queens, transsexuals and stone butch
lesbians on the scene, June 27,1969 -- the fateful moment of
the Stonewall Riots. Though the uprising is the subject of
legend, Sylvia Rivera's name was always synonymous with the
catalytic moment that became history. On an annual basis, she
was requested across the country, and across the globe, to
recount the historic incident in first-person detail. 

[CO Liberal]

82. How About k.d. lang????

I've always LOVED her voice. And the duet of "Moonglow" she did with Tony Bennett was a classic!!!!

[2548HR]

85. My favorite too

They all have something good to add to our society.

[davidinalameda]

84. what a fabu poll!

My vote is Martina. I would bear her child.


I would also vote for David Kopay. He was the first pro athlete to ever come out--of course he did it after he retired from pro football but he did it in the 70s when coming out wasn't cool.