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Gay icon - Definition and Overview |
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This article is about entertainers; for graphic symbols, see: gay iconography
A gay icon is a popular culture entertainer, usually a woman, who has a significant following among the gay community, particularly among gay men. The term dykon (dyke icon) is sometimes used in reference to gay icons that appeal primarily to lesbians.
Although icon entertainers usually embrace their homosexual fans, most of them are heterosexual in sexual orientation. Along with being entertainers, many gay icons have been subject to high-profile personal tragedy, come-from-behind success or an untimely, tragic death.
List of gay icons
- Dame Julie Andrews, UK singer and actress
- Tammy Faye Bakker, American singer, talk show host and television evangelist
- Talullah Bankhead, American actress and pundit
- Shirley Bassey, UK singer
- Laura Branigan, American singer
- Cher, American singer and actress
- Dean Cain, American actor
- Maria Callas, American-born Greek opera singer
- Margaret Cho, American comedian
- Joan Collins, UK actress
- Patsy Cline, American singer (lesbian icon)
- Chanel Cole, Australian Musician
- Joan Crawford, American actress and dancer
- Bette Davis, American actress
- James Dean, American actor
- Alexandre Despatie, French-Canadian diver and Olympic winner
- Marlene Dietrich, German actress and singer
- Céline Dion, Canadian singer
- Mylène Farmer, Canadian/French singer
- Judy Garland, American actress and singer
- Audrey Hepburn, Belgian-born UK actress
- Katharine Hepburn, American actress
- Eartha Kitt, American singer and actress
- Lucy Lawless, New Zealand actress (lesbian icon)
- Madonna, American singer
- Imelda Marcos, Former Filipino First Lady, shoe collector
- Ethel Merman, American actress and singer
- Bette Midler, American actress and singer
- Liza Minnelli, American actress and singer, daughter of Judy Garland
- Kylie Minogue, Australian singer and actress
- Marilyn Monroe, American actress
- Julie Newmar, American model and actress
- Edith Piaf, French singer
- Diana Rigg, UK actress
- Joan Rivers, American commedienne
- Diana Ross, American singer and actress
- Dusty Springfield, UK singer
- Barbra Streisand, American singer, actress and director
- Dame Elizabeth Taylor, UK-US actress and AIDS activist
- Mae West, American actress and singer
- Robbie Williams, UK singer
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