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===The following people are very famous in history. Whether it is helping the homosexual community or letting the world know of their sexuality. These people are amazing in their own way and should be respected. Gay or not.=== (In alphabetical order) =Alive!-= Alive! Is a gay positive musical group. Gay positive means they are for homosexual rights. In other words, equal rights. =Angelina Jolie-= Angelina Jolie is an amazing actress who isn't afraid to go outside the box of normalcy. In other words, she loves to bend the rules. Besides all the tattoos and odd reputation, she also has another secret. In the past, she has admitted to having sexual intercourse with people of the same sex. Best part is, she doesn't care about admitting it either. [|Angelina Jolie] =Army of Lovers!-= Army of Lovers! Is another gay positive musical group. =Audre Lorde-= Audre Lorde was a great activist an a wonderful poet. She worked for civil rights and was one of the speakers at the first National March for Gay and Lesbian liberation. She died from breast cancer in the Virgin islands on November 17th, 1992. Her spirit will always live forever in our minds and hearts. [|Audre Lorde] =Boy George-= Boy George is a pop icon, as well as a gay icon. He is openly gay, but in the past he wasn't so sure. In some interviews, Boy George as said he is bisexual. Of course that changed when he told the public of his true sexuality. He has a relationship with his bisexual drummer, John Moss. Today you can find him working a little bit with Vh1's show, //I Love the 80's, Strikes Back!// [|Boy George] =Chastity Bono-= Chasity Bono, daughter of Cher and Sonny Bono, has helped out with the gay rights struggle for years now. She herself is a lesbian. In the past, she was nervous about coming out. So when reporters told everyone she was gay, Chastity denied everything. Later she told the public that she was a lesbian. Her father, Sonny Bono, had no problem. Cher was taken aback, but has been supportive of her daughter's sexuality. =**David Kopay-**= He was part of the NFL and was a runnig back with the following teams: San Francisco, New Orleans, Washington, Detroit and Green Bay. He came out as gay in 1977. [|David Kopay] =Ellen Degeneres-= Everyone knows who Ellen Degeneres is. She is a very talented comedian and has her own talk show. For more information about her, go to this section on this wiki page. [|Ellen] =Emily Dickinson-= Emily Dickinson was an amazing poet. There were many rumors about her being bisexual or lesbian. The most logical theory is that she was bisexual. [|Emily Dickinson] =Esera Tuala-= College football player that came out as gay. [|Esera Tuala] =Glenn Burke-= Outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Oakland Athletics, he came out as gay in the 1970's. [|Gelnn Burke] =Leonardo DaVinci-= Leonardo DaVinci is a very famous and talented artist who was homosexual. In France, laws of homosexuality were serious. You were not allowed to have a relationship with a member of the same sex. DaVinci was caught once with a seventeen year old model. He kept his personal life very personal and let his sexuality show through his art. No matter what his sexuality was, he is still an amazing artist and should be respected throughout history. //[|The Last Supper]// =Ludwig Beethoven-= Beethoven is famous for his music his classical music. One thing about him that no one knew was that he had homosexual friends. This proves that even in a time of tyrants and so many people who were anti-gay, he had enough heart to accept them. =Rob Halford of "Judas Priest"-= In 1998 on an MTV interview, Rob confessed he was gay. This did not come as a surprise to the rest of Judas Priest, since they knew. The rest of the metal world took it as a surprise, but his fans have been very supportive. =Rosie O'Donnell= Everyone knows her as the loud-mouthed, not afraid to speak her mind, lesbian comedian. She has donated to many charities, including her own charity, All The Kids, which is a foundation that was honored by the NYSPCC (New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children). In 2003, Rosie and Kelli O'Donnell created the Rosie's Broadway Kids. This foundation is dedicated to provide free dance and music lessons. For more information, go [|here]. =Roy Cohn-= Was a homosexual but died of AIDS on August 2, 1986. He was born on February 20, 1927, which made him 59 when he died. He was an American lawyer who came to be very important during the investigations by Senator Joseph McCarthy and Communists in the U.S. government. He had a lot polictical power at certain times and was a very significant man. =Roy Simmons-= NFL lineman for New York and Washington and came out as gay in 1992. [|Roy Simmons] =Whitney Houston-= She is known for her singing, acting, and now you'll know her for something else. She was a supporter of gay rights and because of that, she was once called a lesbian. She denied the rumors and still helped out the homosexual community. =//Will and Grace-//= Everyone loves this show. The sitcom is about a man named Will Truman and a woman named Grace Adler who used to date in college. In the middle of dating, Will finds out he is homosexual through his gay friend, Jack McFarland. Grace and Karen Walker, her assistant and Jack's best friend, are interior designers. This show has given the homosexual community a happy and bright outlook from other people. //[|Will and Grace]// has won sixteen Emmys and is the second highest rated sitcom next to //Friends.// In order, Karen, Will, Grace, Jack.

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