List of LGBT Jews
This is a list of LGBT Jews. Each person is both Jewish by ancestry or conversion, and has stated publicly that they are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, or identifies as a member of the LGBT community.
Politicians
- Roberta Achtenberg, former HUD assistant secretary[1]
- David Cicilline, Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island.
- Barney Frank, Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives [2]
- Marcia Freedman, former member of the Israeli Knesset[3]
- Nitzan Horowitz, Israeli Member of Knesset, first openly gay person to be elected to the Knesset.
- Rebecca Kaplan, City Councilmember At-Large, Oakland, California[4]
- Anne Kronenberg, American political administrator[5]
- Mark Leno, California State Assemblymember[6]
- Carole Migden, former California State Senator[7]; seat now occupied by Mark Leno
- Harvey Milk, San Francisco city supervisor [8]
- Jared Polis, the Colorado Democrat, a former Internet entrepreneur, became the first openly gay non-incumbent male elected to Congress[9][10]
Religious figures
- Lionel Blue, first openly gay rabbi in the UK; broadcaster[11]
- Steven Greenberg[12], first out Orthodox rabbi and staff member of CLAL.
- Denise Eger, first female and the first gay President of the Board of Rabbis of Southern California.
Academics
- Allan Bloom, philosopher[13]
- Judith Butler, philosopher[14]
- Martin Duberman, historian[15]
- Uzi Even, Israeli chemist and former Knesset member[16]
- Magnus Hirschfeld, sexologist and activist[17]
- Ron Huberman, Israeli-born CEO of Chicago Public Schools[18]
- Fritz Klein, psychiatrist and sexologist[19]
- George Mosse, historian[20]
- Randi Weingarten, New York City teacher and labor union leader[21]
- Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosopher[22]
Show business
- Chantal Akerman, film director[23]
- Simon Amstell, comedian and television presenter[24]
- Michael Bennett, choreographer and musical theatre director[25][26]
- Sandra Bernhard, actress and comedian[27]
- Sarah Bernhardt, world-famous stage actress[28]
- Ilene Chaiken, creator of The L Word[29]
- George Cukor, film director[30]
- Harvey Fierstein, actor and playwright[31]
- Stephen Fry, actor, comedian and writer[32]
- Judy Gold, stand-up comedian and actress[33]
- Todd Haynes, film director[34]
- Nicholas Hytner, theatre and film director[35]
- Jerome Robbins, choreographer and musical theatre director[36]
- John Schlesinger, film director[37]
- Anthony Sher, actor[38]
- Bryan Singer, film director[39]
- Mauritz Stiller, film director[40]
- Bruce Vilanch, comedy writer and actor[41]
Musicians, Composers, Lyricists, Vocalists
- Howard Ashman, musical writer[42]
- Babydaddy, member of Scissor Sisters[43]
- Frieda Belinfante, conductor (Jewish father)[44]
- Leonard Bernstein, composer and conductor[45]
- Marc Blitzstein, composer[46]
- Carrie Brownstein, guitarist in Sleater-Kinney[47]
- Aaron Copland, composer[48]
- Fred Ebb, musical theatre lyricist[49]
- Michael Feinstein, singer and pianist[50] [51]
- William Finn, musical theatre composer, lyricist and librettist[52]
- Ari Gold, pop singer[53]
- Lesley Gore, pop singer[54]
- Howard Greenfield, composer ("Love Will Keep Us Together", theme song from TV show "Bewitched")
* Lorenz Hart, lyricist[55]
- Jerry Herman, musical theatre composer and lyricist [56]
- Vladimir Horowitz, classical pianist[57]
- Dave Koz (born David Kozlowski), jazz saxophonist [58]
- Jon Moss, drummer, member of Culture Club and The Damned[59]
- Laura Nyro, singer-songwriter[60][61]
- Peaches, Canadian electro-punk musician and performance artist[62]
- Phranc, singer-songwriter[63]
- Marc Shaiman, musical theatre and film composer[64] [65]
- Socalled, rapper[66]
- Stephen Sondheim, musical theatre composer and lyricist[67] [68]
- Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor, composer, and pianist[69]
Writers
- Leroy F. Aarons, journalist/editor/author/playwright and activist founder of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA)[citation needed]
- Jon Robin Baitz, playwright and screenwriter[70]
- David Bergman, writer/academic[citation needed]
- Steve Berman, speculative fiction writer[71]
- Jane Bowles, novelist and playwright[72]
- Alfred Chester, novelist[73]
- Nick Denton, founder of Gawker Media (Jewish mother)[74]
- György Faludy, poet[75]
- Edward Field, poet[76]
- Sanford Friedman, novelist[77]
- Allen Ginsberg, US Beat generation poet[78][79]
- Richard Greenberg, playwright[80]
- Jacob Israël de Haan, poet[81]
- Marilyn Hacker, poet[82]
- Aaron Hamburger, novelist[83]
- Max Jacob, poet[84]
- Chester Kallman, poet and librettist[85]
- Arthur Laurents, playwright, screenwriter and librettist[citation needed]
- David Leavitt, novelist and short-story writer[86]
- Leo Lerman, writer/editor [87][88]
- Michael Lowenthal, novelist[89]
- Herbert Muschamp [90] (1947-2007) , New York Times architecture critic
- Harold Norse, poet[91]
- Marcel Proust, novelist (Jewish mother)[92]
- David Rakoff, essayist[93]
- Paul Rudnick, playwright, screenwriter and columnist[94]
- Umberto Saba, poet and novelist[95]
- Siegfried Sassoon, poet (Jewish father)[96]
- Martin Sherman, playwright[97]
- Susan Sontag, essayist and novelist[98] [99]
- Gertrude Stein, writer[100]
- Julian Stryjkowski, novelist[101]
- Rebecca Walker, award winning feminist writer; daughter of Pulitzer Prize novelist Alice Walker[citation needed]
Artists and Architects
- Aaron Betsky, architect/critic/author, formerly directed the Netherlands Architecture Institute and presently directs the Cincinnati Art Museum[citation needed]
- Claude Cahun, French photographer and writer[102]
- Robert Denning, American interior designer, from the age of 15 was the partner of Edgar de Evia, photographer and from 1960 both life and business partner of Vincent Fourcade, French interior designer.[103]
- Nan Goldin, photographer[104]
- Annie Leibovitz, portrait photographer and life partner of writer Susan Sontag.[citation needed]
- Herbert List, photographer[105]
- Maurice Sendak, illustrator and author of children's books as well as costume and set designer for films, theater and opera[citation needed]
- Simeon Solomon, painter[106]
Fashion Designers
- Marc Jacobs, fashion designer[citation needed]
- Isaac Mizrahi (1961 - ) American fashion designer[107]
Sports figures
- Robert Dover, 6-time Olympic equestrianist[108]
- Renée Richards, tennis player[109]
Miscellaneous
- Stuart Appelbaum, president of both the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union and the Jewish Labor Committee
- Gad Beck, Holocaust survivor and memoirist[110]
- Roy Cohn, lawyer and co-counsel--along with Robert F. Kennedy--to Sen. Joseph McCarthy[111]
- Barry Diller, media executive[112] [113]
- Brian Epstein, manager of The Beatles[114]
- David Geffen, film producer and record executive[115]
- Mitchell Gold, furniture company CEO and gay rights activist[116][117]
- Leopold and Loeb, murderers[118]
- Michael Lucas, gay porn star[119]
- Ezra Nawi, Israeli human rights activist[120]
- Richard Quest, television journalist[121]
- Randi Weingarten, current president of the American Federation of Teachers[4]
Fictional characters
See also
- Keshet Rabbis
- Homosexuality and Judaism
- List of bisexual people
- List of gay, lesbian, or bisexual figures in fiction and myth
- List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people
- List of transgendered people
- Timeline of LGBT history
Footnotes
- ^ Roberta Achtenberg at glbtq.com. Retrieved November 18, 2006.
- ^ Pierce, Charles P. (October 2, 2005). "To Be Frank". The Boston Globe.
- ^ Derfner, Larry (11 October 2002). "Openly gay Knesset member ripples the establishment". JWeekly. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
- ^ Bajko, Matthew S. (February 28, 2008). "Bi woman runs for Oakland city council". Bay Area Reporter. Retrieved February 12, 2010.
Rebecca Kaplan, a bisexual woman ... who is Jewish...
- ^ http://www.forward.com/articles/14715/
- ^ Supervisor Mark Leno Hangs on to Nice Guy Image
- ^ j. - Migden brings double minority perspective to state Assembly
- ^ glbtq >> social sciences >> Milk, Harvey
- ^ Phillips, Kate (2009-01-06). "New Voices in Congress Will Change the Tone of the Democratic Majority". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-01-07.
- ^ Three New Jewish Members of Congress, Jewish Federations of North American website. Accessed August 24, 2010.
- ^ Blue, Lionel, Hitchhiking to Heaven – Autobiography (Hodder & Stoughton General, 2004).
- ^ Wrestling with Steven Greenberg - an interview with Steven Greenberg by Jay Michaelson.
- ^ Patner, Andrew (April 16, 2000), Allan Bloom, warts and all, Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved November 17, 2006.
- ^ Interview with Judith Butler(english) by Regina Michalik
- ^ Wisconsin Press, Synopsis of Midlife Queer Autobiography of a Decade, 1971–1981. Retrieved November 18, 2006.
- ^ "Israel's first gay MP enters parliament". BBC. 4 November 2002. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
- ^ j. - Life of gay German Jewish sexologist honored in S.F
- ^ Chicago Sun-Times http://www.suntimes.com/news/education/1407380,CST-NWS-huberman01.article.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Reed, Christopher (June 19, 2006). "Fritz Klein". The Guardian. London. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
- ^ Jeet Heer, "George Mosse and the Academic Closet"
- ^ Sewell Chan, "Teachers’ Union Chief Discusses Gay Identity," New York Times, October 12, 2007.
- ^ glbtq >> social sciences >> Wittgenstein, Ludwig
- ^ Morris, Gary (August 2002), Rare Docs on French Filmmakers, Bright Lights Film Journal. Retrieved November 18, 2006.
- ^ Lynskey, Dorian (August 2, 2006), 'I always want the funny line', The Guardian. Retrieved November 18, 2006.
- ^ "And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going…" | Arts & Entertainment | Advocate.com
- ^ glbtq >> arts >> Bennett, Michael
- ^ Bernhard - [1] "Bernhard is Jewish too, I fear, and a 21st-century vulgarian"
- ^ Bernhardt - [2] "Bernhardt was a 19th century Jewish actress"
- ^ Strohm, Deidre (January 22, 2004), A CONVERSATION WITH ILENE CHAIKEN, Power-up.net. Retrieved November 18, 2006.
- ^ Sarris, Andrew (December 15, 1991). "The Man in The Glass Closet". The New York Times. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
- ^ glbtq >> literature >> Jewish-American Literature
- ^ glbtq >> arts >> Fry, Stephen
- ^ Swartz, Shauna (2006-11-21). "Meet Judy (aka Jewdy) Gold". AfterEllen.com. Retrieved 2006-11-21.
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- ^ Paste Magazine :: Feature :: Making 'History' with Nicholas Hytner :: Cinema with a theatrical pedigree
- ^ Rockwell, John (December 31, 2006). "American Bodies". The New York Times. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
- ^ Film Review - Sunday, Bloody Sunday
- ^ The Big Interview: Sir Antony Sher | Official London Theatre Guide
- ^ BBC - Films - interview - Bryan Singer
- ^ glbtq >> arts >> Stiller, Mauritz
- ^ http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html? res=9803EED6103BF935A25756C0A9669C8B63http://www.glbtq.com/literature/mann_k.html
- ^ Howard Ashman on Glbtq.com. Retrieved November 18, 2006.
- ^ Maclean, Gareth (September 25, 2004), Sisters under the skin, The Guardian. Retrieved November 18, 2006.
- ^ Synopsis of autobiographical But I was a Girl. Retrieved November 17, 2006.
- ^ glbtq >> arts >> Bernstein, Leonard
- ^ glbtq >> arts >> Blitzstein, Marc
- ^ 'Queer' no longer stings; it rocks
- ^ glbtq >> arts >> Copland, Aaron
- ^ glbtq >> arts >> Kander, John and Fred Ebb
- ^ glbtq >> arts >> Feinstein, Michael
- ^ Michael Feinstein
- ^ glbtq >> arts >> Finn, William
- ^ Welcome to the World Congress of Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Jewish Organizations
- ^ San Francisco Bay Times
- ^ Bright Lights Film Journal | Words and Music
- ^ glbtq >> arts >> Herman, Jerry
- ^ Sachs, Harvey (December 30, 1992). "Books of The Times; A Life of Horowitz, Who Molded the Music He Played". The New York Times. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
- ^ http://www.advocate.com/print_article.asp?id=15333
- ^ glbtq >> arts >> Boy George (George O'Dowd)
- ^ Salon | R.I.P. Laura Nyro
- ^ "Laura's legacy: why do gays still love Laura Nyro? Michele Kort, author of the new Nyro biography Soul Picnic, explains the pioneering bisexual singer-songwriter's allure - music - Brief Article".
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- ^ Salon Mothers Who Think | What is a Jewish lesbian punk folk singer to do?
- ^ firstamendmentcenter.org: About
- ^ glbtq >> arts >> Shaiman, Marc , and Scott Wittman
- ^ Socalled: Montreal's queer, klezmer, hip-hop sensation. Xtra!, February 1, 2010.
- ^ glbtq >> arts >> Sondheim, Stephen
- ^ Stephen Sondheim
- ^ Morley Safer (5 February 2006). "The Passion Of Michael Tilson Thomas". CBS News. Retrieved 2007-01-28.
- ^ Mackie, Drew (September 25, 2006), Jon Robin Baitz: Not Your Usual TV Writer, Afterelton.com. Retrieved November 19, 2006.
- ^ Official site biography. Retrieved November 19, 2006.
- ^ "A Literary Cult Figure". The New York Times. September 13, 1981. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
- ^ http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/research/fa/chester.html
- ^ Levy, Stephen (June 2004), How Can I Sex Up This Blog Business?, Wired.com. Retrieved November 18, 2006.
- ^ Orszag-Land, Thomas (2004). "Gyorgy Faludy: the passions of Hungary's controversial poet". Contemporary Review.
- ^ glbtq >> literature >> Field, Edward
- ^ glbtq >> literature >> Jewish-American Literature
- ^ "Allen Ginsberg, Master Poet of Beat Generation, Dies at 70", Wilbord Hampton, New York Times, April 6, 1997
- ^ [The Gay 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Gay Men and Lesbians, Past and Present", Paul Russell. Kensington Books, 2002 ISBN 978-0758201003, pp. 254-257]
- ^ All About Jewish Theatre - The games people play : 'Take Me Out' wonders what the world of sports would do with a gay superstar
- ^ glbtq >> literature >> Dutch and Flemish Literature
- ^ VQR » The Mimesis of Thought: On Adrienne Rich's Poetry
- ^ VQR » Interview with Aaron Hamburger
- ^ Lacayo, Richard (June 7, 2004). "Art: Bad Boy Of The School Of Paris". Time. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
- ^ Show An Event
- ^ glbtq >> literature >> Leavitt, David
- ^ Schillinger, Liesl (April 22, 2007). "Life of the Party". The New York Times. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
- ^ http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/news/libraries/2008/2008-07-22.lerman.html
- ^ j. - Novelist examines converging worlds of Jews and gays
- ^ http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Hearts-of-the-City/Herbert-Muschamp/e/9780375404061#EXC
- ^ glbtq >> literature >> Norse, Harold
- ^ glbtq >> literature >> Proust, Marcel
- ^ Salon.com People | David Rakoff
- ^ Paul Rudnick's "Great" Take on Jacqueline Susann
- ^ glbtq >> literature >> Saba, Umberto
- ^ glbtq >> literature >> Sassoon, Siegfried
- ^ "Sherman's Rose blooms. - Brief Article - Review - theater review".
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- ^ Nextbook: The Farewell Party
- ^ glbtq >> literature >> Stein, Gertrude
- ^ glbtq >> literature >> Polish Literature
- ^ Louise Downie: Don't Kiss Me: The Art of Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore: London: Aperture: 2006: ISBN 1-85437-679-9
- ^ "Robert Denning Dies at 78; Champion of Lavish Décor", by Mitchell Owens, September 4, 2005, New York Times obituary
- ^ National Foundation for Jewish Culture
- ^ glbtq >> arts >> List, Herbert
- ^ glbtq >> arts >> Solomon, Simeon
- ^ Hartog, Kelly (2006-12-11). "Red carpet rascal". The Jerusalem Post.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Zeffer, Andy (July 9, 2004), Trotting Down a Different Path, Expressgaynews.com. Retrieved November 18, 2006.
- ^ NPR: 'The Second Half of My Life'
- ^ [3]
- ^ glbtq >> social sciences >> Cohn, Roy
- ^ Inside Out
- ^ The Barry Diller Story, The Life and Times of America's Greatest Entertainment Mogul. | Construction > Residential Construction from AllBusiness.com
- ^ Beatles Manager Subject of Film : Rolling Stone
- ^ glbtq >> arts >> Geffen, David
- ^ http://www.forward.com/articles/10688/
- ^ http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/9380
- ^ village voice > theater > Stephen Dolginoff's Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story by Michael Feingold
- ^ Leslie Bunder, "Entertaining Gay Israeli Troops: Gay Jewish Porn Star to Visit Israel to Show Solidarity With Country, Perform for Gay Community," Israel Jewish Scene, August 19, 2006; Corey Taylor, Naked: The Life and Pornography of Michael Lucas, Kensington Books, 2007; ISBN 9780758217509.
- ^ Levinson, Chaim (28 August 2009). "Campaign seeks to keep rights activist out of prison". Haaretz. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
- ^ Gibson, Owen (November 13, 2006). "Look east". The Guardian. London. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
