LIST OF LGBT JEWS

The following is a list of some prominent LGBT Jews.

Contents

Politicians

Religious figures

Academics

Show business

Musicians

Writers

Artists

Sports figures

Miscellaneous

Related figures

Fictional characters

See also

Footnotes

Politicians

★ Roberta Achtenberg, former HUD assistant secretary^[1]

★ Barney Frank, Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives ^[2]

★ Mark Leno, California State Assemblymember^[3]

★ Peter Mandelson European Commissioner for Trade, former British cabinet member.^[4]

★ Carole Migden, California State Senator^[5]

★ Harvey Milk, San Francisco city supervisor ^[6]

Religious figures

''See also'': List of LGBT Rabbis

★ Rabbi Lionel Blue, first openly gay rabbi in the UK; broadcaster^[7]

★ Rabbi Steven Greenberg^[8]

★ Rabbi Greg Kantor[1], Lives in southern Florida.

★ Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum[2], Senior Rabbi of New York City's Congregation Beth Simchat Torah (CBST) since 1992.

Academics

★ Allan Bloom, philosopher^[9]

★ Judith Butler, philosopher^[10]

★ Martin Duberman, historian^[11]

★ Magnus Hirschfeld, sexologist and activist^[12]

★ Fritz Klein, psychiatrist and sexologist^[13]

★ George Mosse, historian^[14]

★ Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosopher^[15]

Show business

★ Chantal Akerman, film director^[16]

★ Simon Amstell, comedian and television presenter^[17]

★ Michael Bennett, choreographer and musical theatre director^[18][19]

★ Sandra Bernhard (b. 1955) actress and comedian^[20]

★ Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) world-famous stage actress^[21]

★ Ilene Chaiken, creator of The L Word^[22]

★ Allan Corduner, actor^[23]

★ George Cukor, film director^[24]

★ Harvey Fierstein, actor and playwright^[25]

★ Eytan Fox, film director^[26]

★ Stephen Fry, actor, comedian and writer^[27]

★ Judy Gold (b. 1962) stand-up comedian and actress^[28]

★ Todd Haynes, film director^[29][30]

★ Tab Hunter, actor (Jewish father)^[31][32]

★ Nicholas Hytner, theatre and film director^[33]

★ Danny Kaye, actor and comedian^[34][35]

★ Mia Kirshner, actress, The L Word ^[36]

★ Stuart Krasnow, reality television producer ^[37]

★ Matt Lucas, comedian (Little Britain)^[38]

★ Inge Meysel, actress (Jewish father)^[39][40]

★ Jerome Robbins, choreographer and musical theatre director^[41]

★ John Schlesinger, film director^[42]

★ Adam Shankman, film director^[43]

★ Anthony Sher, actor^[44]

★ Bryan Singer, film director^[45]

★ Mauritz Stiller, film director^[46]

★ Kim Stolz, Model, competed in 5th cycle of America's Next Top Model, MTVVJ

★ Bruce Vilanch, comedy writer and actor^[47]

Musicians

★ Howard Ashman, musical writer^[48]

★ Babydaddy, member of Scissor Sisters^[49]

★ Frieda Belinfante, conductor (Jewish father)^[50]

★ Leonard Bernstein, composer and conductor^[51]

★ Marc Blitzstein, composer^[52]

★ Aaron Copland, composer^[53]

★ Vaginal Davis, performance artist (Jewish father)^[54]

★ Fred Ebb, musical theatre lyricist^[55]

★ Michael Feinstein, singer and pianist^{[56] [57]}

★ William Finn, musical theatre composer, lyricist and librettist^[58]

★ Carrie Brownstein, Sleater-Kinney guitarist ^[59]

★ Ari Gold, pop singer^[60]

★ Lesley Gore, pop singer^[61]

★ Lorenz Hart, lyricist^[62]

★ Jerry Herman, musical theatre composer and lyricist ^[63]

★ Vladimir Horowitz, classical pianist^[64]

★ Jon Moss, drummer, member of Culture Club and The Damned^[65]

★ Laura Nyro, singer-songwriter^[66][67]

★ Peaches, musician^[68]

★ Phranc, singer-songwriter^[69]

★ Lou Reed, rock musician^[70]

★ Marc Shaiman, musical theatre and film composer^{[71] [72]}

★ Stephen Sondheim, musical theatre composer and lyricist^{[73] [74]}

★ Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor, composer, and pianist.^[75]

Writers

★ Jon Robin Baitz, playwright and screenwriter^[76]

★ Steve Berman, speculative fiction writer^[77]

★ Jane Bowles, novelist and playwright^[78]

★ Susie Bright (1958 – ) American writer and broadcaster^[79]

★ Bryher, novelist (probably Jewish father)^[80]

★ Charles Busch, playwright^[81]

★ Alfred Chester, novelist^[82]

★ Nick Denton, founder of Gawker Media (Jewish mother)^[83]

★ György Faludy, poet^[84][85]

★ Hubert Fichte, writer (Jewish father)^[86]

★ Edward Field, poet^[87]

★ Sanford Friedman, novelist^[88]

★ Allen Ginsberg, poet^[89]

★ Richard Greenberg, playwright^[90]

★ Jacob Israël de Haan, poet^[91]

★ Marilyn Hacker, poet^[92]

★ William Hoffman, playwright^[25]

★ Max Jacob, poet^[94]

★ Chester Kallman, poet and librettist^[95]

★ Moisés Kaufman, playwright and theatre director, co-wrote ''The Laramie Project''^[96]

★ Larry Kramer, novelist, playwright and activist^[25]

★ Tony Kushner - playwright and screenwriter (Angels in America and the 2006 Steven Spielberg movie Munich)

★ Arthur Laurents, playwright, screenwriter and librettist^[98]

★ David Leavitt, novelist and short-story writer^[99]

★ Michael Lowenthal, novelist^[100]

★ Harold Norse, poet^[101]

★ Marcel Proust, novelist^[102]

★ David Rakoff, essayist^[103]

★ Paul Rudnick, playwright, screenwriter and columnist^[104]

★ Umberto Saba, poet and novelist^[105]

★ Siegfried Sassoon, poet (Jewish father)^[106]

★ Martin Sherman, playwright^[107]

★ Susan Sontag, essayist and novelist^{[108] [109]}

★ Gertrude Stein, writer^[110]

★ Julian Stryjkowski, novelist^[111]

★ Rebecca Walker, writer and feminist (Jewish father)

Artists

★ Claude Cahun, French photographer and writer^[112]

★ Nan Goldin, photographer^[113][114]

★ Marc Jacobs, fashion designer^[115]

★ Annie Leibovitz, photographer^[113][117]

★ Herbert List, photographer^[118]

★ Isaac Mizrahi (1961 - ) American fashion designer^[119]

★ Simeon Solomon, painter^[120]

Sports figures

★ Robert Dover, 6-time Olympic equestrianist^[121]

★ Renee Richards, tennis player^[122]

★ Jack Waters, horse trainer

Miscellaneous

★ Gad Beck, Holocaust survivor and memoirist^[123]

★ Roy Cohn, lawyer and co-counsel--along with Robert F. Kennedy--to Sen. Joseph McCarthy^[124]

★ Barry Diller, media executive^{[125] [126]}

★ Brian Epstein, manager of The Beatles^[127]

★ David Geffen, film producer and record executive^[128]

★ Sandy Gallin, manager, talent agent and producer^[129][130]

★ Leopold and Loeb, murderers^[131]

★ Michael Lucas, porn star^[132]

★ Richard Quine, television journalist^[133]

Related figures

'Persons of debated sexual orientation:'

★ Anna Freud, psychoanalyst^[134]

★ Moss Hart, playwright and theatre director^[135]

★ Calvin Klein, fashion designer^[136]
'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)

Fictional characters

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

★ Homosexuality and Judaism

Footnotes

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