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List of gay icons
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*Sabrina Martins Paula Abdul, American choreographer/singer/reality TV star
*Nextel ringtones Christina Aguilera, American singer
*Abbey Diaz Madeline Albright, former American Secretary of State
*Cingular Ringtones Kirstie Alley, American actress/comedienne
*firm legal Tori Amos, American singer
*unchanged at Anastacia, American singer
*Dame brave soldiers Julie Andrews, UK-born American singer and actress
*global terrorist Pamela Anderson, American model/actress
*course description Ann-Margret, American actress/singer
*import hit Bea Arthur, American comedienne/actress
*the tally Ashanti, American singer
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*the coordinator Pearl Bailey, American singer/actress/comedienne
*fighting austerity Josephine Baker, American singer/dancer/actress
*audience would Tammy Faye Bakker, American talk show host and television evangelist
*still attract Lucille Ball, American comedienne/actress
*collectively and Talullah Bankhead, American actress and pundit
*father just Tyra Banks, American model/TV host
*weaver when Barbie, American doll
*a fina Brigitte Bardot, French actress
*below bush Shirley Bassey, UK singer
*endeavors most Joy Behar, American comedienne/talk show host ("The View")
*riches career Pat Benatar, American singer
*well coiffed Ingrid Bergman, Swedish-born American actress
*in recess Sandra Bernhard, American comedienne
*Sarah Bernhardt, French actress
*Bjork, Icelandic singer
*Cilla Black, UK singer/talk show host
*Chastity Bono, American activist
*Laura Branigan, American singer
*Sarah Brightman, UK singer
*Dr. Joyce Brothers, American psychologist
*Betty Buckley, American actres/singer
*Sandra Bullock, American actress
*Carol Burnett, American comedienne/actress
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*Montserrat Caballe, Spanish opera singer
*Maria Callas, American-born Greek opera singer
*Naomi Campbell, UK-born American model
*Mariah Carey, American singer
*Karen Carpenter, American singer/member of The Carpenters
*Vikki Carr, American singer
*Diahann Carroll, American actress/singer
*Kim Cattrall, American actress ("Sex and the City")
*Carol Channing, American singer/actress
*Cyd Charisse, American dancer/actress
*RuPaul Charles, American singer/actor
*Charo, Spanish-born American entertainer
*Chenoa, Argentinian singer
*Cher (singer)/Cher, American singer and actress
*Julia Child, American chef
*Margaret Cho, American comedian
*Petula Clark, UK singer/actress
*Kelly Clarkson, American singer
*Cleopatra, Egyptian pharaoh
*Patsy Cline, American singer
*Hillary Rodham Clinton, American first lady/mayor
*Rosemary Clooney, American singer
*Chanel Cole, Australian Musician
*Joan Collins, UK-born American actress
*Katie Couric, American news anchor
*Cindy Crawford, American model
*Joan Crawford, American actress
*Marcia Cross, American actress
D
*Dalida, French singer
*Bette Davis, American actress
*Doris Day, American singer/actress
*Blossom Dearie, American singer/voice over actress
*Diana DeGarmo, American singer
*Ellen DeGeneres, American comedienne/actress/talk show host
*Destiny's Child, American singers
*Princess Diana /Diana, Princess of Wales, UK Princess/philanthropist
*Angie Dickinson, American actress
*Barbara Dickson, UK singer/actress
*Marlene Dietrich, German-born actress and singer
*Phyllis Diller, American comedienne
*Céline Dion, Canadian-born American singer
*Elizabeth Dole, American senator
*Fran Drescher, American comedienne/actress
*Hilary Duff, American actress and singer
*Diane Dufresne, Canadian singer/painter
*Patty Duke, American actress
*Faye Dunaway, American actress
E
*'Mama' Cass Elliot, American singer/member of The Mamas and the Papas
*Missy Elliot, American rapper
*Enya, UK singer
*Erasure, Europop/dance duo
*Melissa Etheridge, American singer
*Linda Evans, American actress
*Dame Edna / Dame Edna Everage, Australian comedienne
F
*Mylène Farmer, Canadian/French singer
*Farrah Fawcett, American actress/model
*Sarah Ferguson, UK Duchess of York
*Ella Fitzgerald, American jazz singer
*Lynn Fontanne, American stage actress
*Connie Francis, American singer
*Aretha Franklin, American singer
*Nicki French, UK singer
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*Eva Gabor, Hungarian-born American actress
*Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian-born American TV personality/sort of actress
*Greta Garbo, American/Swedish actress
*Ava Gardner, American actress
*Judy Garland, American actress/singer
*Gloria Gaynor, American singer
*Sarah Michelle Gellar, American actress
*Gina Gershon, American actress
*Estelle Getty, American actress ("The Golden Girls")
*Kathie Lee Gifford, American talk show host
*Whoopi Goldberg, American comedienne/actress
*Julie Goodyear, UK actress
*Betty Grable, American actress and pin-up girl
*Martha Graham, American choreographer/dancer
*Kathy Griffin, American comedienne
*Alejandra Guzman, Mexican singer
H
*Jean Harlow, American actress
*Deborah Harry, American singer/lead vocalist for Blondie
*Susan Hayward, American actress
*Rita Hayworth, American actress
*Elizabeth Hendrickson, American actress
*Audrey Hepburn, Belgian-born American actress
*Katharine Hepburn, American actress
*Paris Hilton, American actress/entrepreneur/heiress/model/reality TV star/socialite
*Billie Holiday, American blues singer
*Costance Holland, UK wife to Oscar Wilde
*Lena Horne, American singer
*Whitney Houston, American singer
*Phyllis Hyman, American singer/actress
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J
*Janet Jackson, American singer
*LaToya Jackson, American singer/trainwreck
*Kate Jackson, American actress
*Bianca Jagger, American socialite
*Angelina Jolie, American actress
*Grace Jones, Jamaican-born American singer/actress
*Jenny Jones, American talk show host/comedienne
*Star Jones, American talk show host ("The View")
*Janis Joplin, American singer
*Naomi Judd, American country singer
*Wynonna Judd, American country singer
K
*Madeline Kahn, American comedienne/actress
*Grace Kelly, American actress/Princess of Monaco
*Chaka Khan, American singer
*Nicole Kidman, Australian-born American actress
*Billie Jean King, American tennis pro
*Eartha Kitt, American singer and actress
*Gladys Knight, American singer
*Beyonce Knowles, American singer
L
*Patti LaBelle, American singer
*Ricki Lake, American talk show host/actress
*Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-born American actress
*k.d. lang, American singer
*Cyndi Lauper, American singer
*Lucy Lawless, New Zealand-born American actress
*Gertrude Lawrence, UK actress and singer
*Amanda Lear Singer
*Peggy Lee, American singer
*Vivien Leigh, UK-born American actress
*Annie Lennox, UK singer/lead singer for The Eurhythmics
*Monica Lewinsky, American scandal starter
*Lil' Kim, American rapper
*Laura Linney, American actress
*Lindsay Lohan, American actress/singer
*Jennifer Lopez, American actress/singer
*Sophia Loren, Italain-born American actress
*Courtney Love, American singer
*Susan Lucci, American actress
*Lulu, UK singer/actress
*Joanna Lumley, UK comedienne/actress ("Absolutely Fabulous")
M
*Shirley MacLaine, American actress
*Elle MacPherson, Australian-born American model
*Madonna (singer)/Madonna, American singer
*Jayne Mansfield, American actress/model
*Shirley Manson, UK singer/lead vocalist for Garbage
*Imelda Marcos, Former Filipino First Lady, shoe collector
*Teena Marie, American singer
*Penny Marshall, American director/actress
*Mary Martin, American actress and singer
*Linda Eastman McCartney, American activist/musician/wife of Paul
*Reba McEntire, American country singer/TV star
*Ethel Merman, American actress and singer
*Debra Messing, American actress ("Will and Grace")
*Bette Midler, American actress and singer
*Liza Minnelli, American actress and singer, daughter of Judy Garland
*Dannii Minogue, Australian singer
*Kylie Minogue, Australian/UK singer and actress
*Carmen Miranda, Brazilian-born American singer/actress
*Miss Cleo, Amercian psychic
*Miss Piggy, American Muppet
*Marilyn Monroe, American actress
*Demi Moore, American actress
*Moogy, Internet star
*Mandy Moore, American actress/singer
*Megan Mullally, American actress/comedienne ("Will and Grace")
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*Julie Newmar, American model and actress
*Olivia Newton-John, Australian-born American singer
*Brigitte Nielsen, Danish-born American model/actress/reality TV star
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*Rosie O'Donnell, American comedienne/talk show host
*Jane Olivor, American singer
*Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, American First Lady
*Yoko Ono, Japanese-born American activist/wife to John Lennon/avant-garde singer
*Kelly Osbourne, UK-born American reality TV star/singer
*Sharon Osbourne, UK rock promoter/reality TV star/wife of Ozzy
P
*Elaine Paige, UK singer/actress
*Sarah Jessica Parker, American actress ("Sex and the City")
*Barbara Parkins, American actress ("Valley of the Dolls")
*Dolly Parton, American country singer
*Bernadette Peters, American singer/actress
*Phranc, American singer
*Edith Piaf, French singer
*Pink, American singer
*The Pointer Sisters, American singers
*Lisa Marie Presley, American singer/daughter of Elvis
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*Sally Jessy Raphael, American talk show host
*Nancy Reagan, American first lady
*Helen Reddy, Australian singer
*Martha Reeves, American singer
*Debbie Reynolds, American actress/singer
*Condoleezza Rice, American Secretary of State
*Nicole Richie, American socialite/reality TV star
*Eden Riegel, American actress ("All My Children")
*Diana Rigg, UK actress (”The Avengers”)
*Molly Ringwald, American actress
*Kelly Ripa, American talk show host/actress
*Joan Rivers, American comedienne
*Julia Roberts, American actress
*Ginger Rogers, American actress/dancer
*Eleanor Roosevelt, American First Lady
*Diana Ross, American singer and actress
*Paulina Rubio, Latino singer/actress
*Jane Russell, American actress
*Rosalind Russell, American actress
*Meg Ryan, American actress
*Winona Ryder, American actress/shoplifter
S
*Susan Sarandon, American actress
*Jennifer Saunders, UK comedienne/actress
*Claudia Schiffer, German-born American model
*Romy Schneider, Austrian-born American actress
*Selena, Tejano singer
*Norma Shearer, American actress
*Nicolette Sheridan, American actress
*Alicia Silverstone, American actress
*Nina Simone, American singer
*Jessica Simpson, American singer
*Wallis Simpson, UK Duchess of Windsor
*Anna Nicole Smith, American model/reality TV star
*Bessie Smith, American singer
*Jaclyn Smith, American actress
*Suzanne Somers, American actress/infomercial advertiser
*Britney Spears, American singer
*The Spice Girls, UK pop music group
*Dusty Springfield, UK singer
*Barbara Stanwyck, American actress
*Gwen Stefani, American singer
*Martha Stewart, American entrepreneur
*Barbra Streisand, American singer, actress and director
*Donna Summer, American singer, widely considered "queen of disco"
*Gloria Swanson, American actress
T
*Tamara, Spanish vocalist
*Sharon Tate, American actress/victim of the Manson family murders
*Dame Elizabeth Taylor, UK-born American actress and AIDS activist
*Thalia, Latino singer/actress
*Margaret Thatcher, former U.K. Prime Minister
*TLC American singers
*Ivana Trump, American entrepreneur
*Christy Turlington, American model
*Lana Turner, American actress
*Tina Turner, American singer
*Shania Twain, American singer
*Twiggy, UK supermodel/actress/singer
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*Gloria Vanderbilt, American fashion designer/heiress
*Mamie Van Doren, American model/actress
*Sarah Vaughan, American singer
*Gwen Verdon, American dancer/actress/choreographer
*Donatella Versace, Italian fashion designer
*Meredith Viera, American talk show host ("The View")
W
*Barbara Walters, American interviewer
*Ethel Waters, American singer
*Jody Watley, American singer
*The Weather Girls, American singers
*Raquel Welch, American actress/model
*Mae West, American actress and singer
*Dr. Ruth Westheimer, German-born American sex therapist
*Margaret Whiting, American singer
*Cindy Williams, American actress ("Laverne and Shirley")
*Angela Winbush, American singer
*Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host
*Reese Witherspoon, American actress
X
*Xuxa, Brazilian model
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Z
*Catherine Zeta-Jones,UK-born American actress

See also:
*Fag hag
*Teen idol
*Diva
*Sexual minority cultures
*Gay anthem

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