Information about List Of Lgbt Jews
The following is a list of some prominent LGBT Jews.
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 Kantorhttp://www.etz-chaim.com/herald.htm, Lives in southern Florida.
- Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaumhttp://www.cbst.org/popups/bios/rsk.shtml, 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]
- Lillian Faderman, memoirist and gay/lesbian historian
- 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[93]
- 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[97]
- 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[116][117]
- Herbert List, photographer[118]
- Isaac Mizrahi (1961 - ) American fashion designer[119]
- Simeon Solomon, painter[120]
- Salman "Tinkerbell" Daniel - writer of many homosexual plays involving himself with multiple men.
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]
- Bryan James Whitley, journalist, executive director, and gay rights activist[134]
Related figures
Persons of debated sexual orientation:- Anna Freud, psychoanalyst[135]
- Moss Hart, playwright and theatre director[136]
- Calvin Klein, fashion designer[137]
- 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: List of fictitious Jews
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
1. ^ Roberta Achtenberg at glbtq.com. Retrieved November 18, 2006.
2. ^ [1]
3. ^ [2]
4. ^ Article about Peter Mandelson.
5. ^ [3]
6. ^ [4]
7. ^ Blue, Lionel, Hitchhiking to Heaven – Autobiography (Hodder & Stoughton General, 2004).
8. ^ Wrestling with Steven Greenberg - an interview with Steven Greenberg by Jay Michaelson.
9. ^ Patner, Andrew (April 16, 2000), Allan Bloom, warts and all, Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved November 17, 2006.
10. ^ [5]
11. ^ Wisconsin Press, Synopsis of Midlife Queer Autobiography of a Decade, 1971–1981. Retrieved November 18, 2006.
12. ^ [6]
13. ^ [7]
14. ^ [8]
15. ^ [9]
16. ^ Morris, Gary (August 2002), Rare Docs on French Filmmakers, Bright Lights Film Journal. Retrieved November 18, 2006.
17. ^ Lynskey, Dorian (August 2, 2006), 'I always want the funny line' , The Guardian. Retrieved November 18, 2006.
18. ^ [10]
19. ^ [11]
20. ^ Bernhard - [12] "Bernhard is Jewish too, I fear, and a 21st-century vulgarian"
21. ^ Bernhardt - [13] "Bernhardt was a 19th century Jewish actress"
22. ^ Strohm, Deidre (January 22, 2004), A CONVERSATION WITH ILENE CHAIKEN, Power-up.net. Retrieved November 18, 2006.
23. ^ [14]
24. ^ [15]
25. ^ [16]
26. ^ [17]
27. ^ [18]
28. ^ Swartz, Shauna (2006-11-21). Meet Judy (aka Jewdy) Gold. AfterEllen.com. Retrieved on 2006-11-21.
29. ^ [19]
30. ^ [20]
31. ^ [21]
32. ^ [22]
33. ^ [23]
34. ^ [24]
35. ^ [25]
36. ^ [www.thelwordonline.com/Mia_NYTarticle.shtml
37. ^ Stuart Krasnow's MySpace.
38. ^ [26]
39. ^ [27]
40. ^ [28]
41. ^ [29]
42. ^ [30]
43. ^ [31]
44. ^ [32]
45. ^ [33]
46. ^ [34]
47. ^ [35]
48. ^ Howard Ashman on Glbtq.com. Retrieved November 18, 2006.
49. ^ Maclean, Gareth (September 25, 2004), Sisters under the skin, The Guardian. Retrieved November 18, 2006.
50. ^ Synopsis of autobiographical But I was a Girl. Retrieved November 17, 2006.
51. ^ [36]
52. ^ [37]
53. ^ [38]
54. ^ José Muñoz, Disidentifications: Queers of Color and the Performance of Politics (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1999) ISBN 0-8166-3015-1
55. ^ [39]
56. ^ [40]
57. ^ [41]
58. ^ [42]
59. ^ 'Queer' no longer stings; it rocks
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75. ^ Morley Safer (5 February 2006). The Passion Of Michael Tilson Thomas. CBS News. Retrieved on 2007-01-28.
76. ^ Mackie, Drew (September 25, 2006), Jon Robin Baitz: Not Your Usual TV Writer, Afterelton.com. Retrieved November 19, 2006.
77. ^ Official site biography. Retrieved November 19, 2006.
78. ^ [58]
79. ^ Talbot, David (March 1997), Sex is an urgent message, Salon.com. Retrieved November 18, 2006.
80. ^ Benstock, Shari (1986). Women of the Left Bank: Paris, 1900–1940. Texas: University of Texas Press, 312. ISBN 0-292-79040-6.
81. ^ Profile at About.com. Retrieved November 18, 2006.
82. ^ [59]
83. ^ Levy, Stephen (June 2004), How Can I Sex Up This Blog Business?, Wired.com. Retrieved November 18, 2006.
84. ^ [60]
85. ^ [61]
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87. ^ [63]
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112. ^ Louise Downie: Don't Kiss Me: The Art of Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore: London: Aperture: 2006: ISBN 1-85437-679-9
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114. ^ [89]
115. ^ [90]
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118. ^ [93]
119. ^ Hartog, Kelly. "Red carpet rascal", The Jerusalem Post, 2006-12-11. Retrieved on 2006-12-11.
120. ^ [94]
121. ^ Zeffer, Andy (July 9, 2004), Trotting Down a Different Path, Expressgaynews.com. Retrieved November 18, 2006.
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123. ^ [96]
124. ^ [97]
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