From: "Shelly Roberts" Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 15:51:16 +0000 Subject: Roberts Rules: Innies and Outies ROBERTS' RULES by Shelly Roberts Innies & Outies Remember in the early discovery-days of your new gay or lesbian awareness, playing "Is she or isn't he?" It was fun, & such a shocking surprise to discover that people you'd actually heard of-- that the world had actually heard of-- were, well, you know, like you. Well, now being out is so common, & so special, that famous people all over the planet are raising their h&s to be included. Nobody who qualifies wants to be left off our list. Just in case you haven't gotten around to mentioning your own status to anyone still consuming oxygen, `cause you thought it was too lonely & dangerous, here's just a part of a list that's grown to over 700 outies. It was compiled by Mark Hertzog who obviously has way too much time on his hands. (E-mail him, not me, if you're on here and you shouldn't be. I'd hate to be the one to take away the privilege and honor of being considered gay.) See Mark's required disclaimer at the bottom. Mine would read about the same. Roberta Achtenberg, former Clinton Sub-Cabinet member Mitch Adams, Massachusetts state commissioner of revenue Edward Albee, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Dorothy Allison, novelist Giorgio Armani, Italian fashion designer Alexis Arquette, actor Clive Barker, British horror novelist & film director Am&a Bearse, actress Andy Bell, lead singer of Erasure Mr. Blackwell, creator of "10 Worst Dressed" list Dirk Bogarde, actor Boy George, pop star Jim J. Bullock, comic actor William S. Burroughs, novelist Dan Butler, TV actor Dick Button, Olympic athlete Marilyn Chambers, former adult feature actress Christopher Ciccone, artist, set designer; brother of Madonna Craig Claiborne, food writer Julie Cypher, filmmaker; life partner of Melissa Etheridge Joe Dallesandro, actor in Andy Warhol films Angela Davis, professor & Communist leader Ellen DeGeneris, comedian Donna Deitch, filmmaker Andrea Dworkin, radical feminist writer & anti-pornography activist Marianne Faithfull, British rock singer Michael Feinstein, Grammy-nominated singer/somgwriter Jean-Paul Gaultier, French fashion designer David Geffen, billionaire record & film magnate Sir John Gielgud, actor Allen Ginsberg, legendary poet Matthew Hall, Canadian figure skater Nina Hartley, Adult feature actor & feminist Bob Hattoy, Interior Dept. official,Clinton campaign adviser Bruce Hayes, Olympic swimming gold medallist The Hollywood Kids (John & Lance), gossip columnists Tom Hulce, Oscar-nominated actor Janis Ian, singer/songwriter & columnist Robert Indiana, artist Indigo Girls - singers Elton John, pop superstar Jasper Johns, artist Holly Johnson, lead singer of Frankie Goes to Hollywood Phillip Johnson, architect Cherry Jones, Tony -winning actress Michael Keeley, chief operating officer City of Los Angeles Tommy Kirk, actor in Disney films David Kopay, retired NFL player Sheila James Kuehl, Calif. state legislator, law prof., former Dobie Gillis star Tony Kushner, Pulitzer winning playwright Arthur Laurents, legendary playwright, screenwriter & Broadway director Ursula K. LeGuin, novelist Bruce Lehman, U.S. Asst. Sec. of Commerce Chris Lowe, member of Pet Shop Boys Johnny Mathis, singer Sir Ian McKellen, actor Rod McKuen, poet & songwriter Gian Carlo Menotti, opera composer Christina Minna, member of Fem2Fem Isaac Mizrahi, fashion designer Thierry Mugler, fashion designer Diane Murphy, former child actress, played Tabitha on Bewitched George Nader, actor & science fiction novelist Kathy Najimy, comic film & TV actress Todd Oldham, fashion designer Iggy Pop, British rock star Mary Renault, novelist Adrienne Rich, poet & critic Larry Rivers, painter & sculptor Joanna Russ, feminist & science-fiction writer Paul Rutherford, singer, Frankie Goes to Hollywood Sonia Rutstein, guitarist of Disappear Fear Yves Saint-Laurent, French fashion designer May Sarton, writer John Schlafly, son of anti-gay activist Phyllis Schlafly John Schlesinger, Academy -winning filmmaker Maria Schneider, German-born actress Sarah Schulman, writer & activist Allan Spear, president of the Minnesota State Senate James B. Stewart, former Page 1 editor of The Wall Street Journal Andrew Sullivan, editor of The New Republic magazine Terry Sweeney, comedian (formerly of Saturday Night Live) Andrew Tobias ("John Reid"), Wall Street Journal editor & writer Pete Townshend, rock guitarist, singer & composer; formerly of The Who Tommy Tune, Tony-winning Broadway singer/actor Gus Van Sant, filmmaker Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer Several members of Village People Linda Villarosa, editor of Essense magazine John Waters, filmmaker If you're still an Innie, come on out, the company's fine ---##-----. [BEGIN ITALIC] American Library Association Gay & Lesbian Task Force. Sherman, Philip, exec. ed., & Samuel Bernstein, ed. 1994. Uncommon Heroes: A Celebration of Heroes & Role Models for Gay & Lesbian Americans. Tarver, Chuck. 1994. LGBT People of African Descent. Various news reports. The Advocate & Out magazines. Information provided by various subscribers to GayNet. [END ITALIC] THIS IS MARK'S DISCLAIMER: While every reasonable effort has been made to assure the accuracy of this list, it may not be 100-percent accurate. Please send any corrections, additions or deletions to the compiler, Mark Hertzog at heartl&@pride.net. If anyone has been incorrectly identified as gay, lesbian or bisexual here, I will correct & apologize for the error publicly & remove that person's name. (c) 1996. Shelly Roberts. All Rights Reserved. May be reprinted only in its entirety with written permission. Shelly Roberts is a nationally syndicated columnist, & author of Roberts' Rules of Lesbian Living (Spinsters Ink).