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List Of Lgbt JewsWhile traditional Jewish views opposed homosexuality (and other non-normative sexual orientations and gender identities), more accepting attitudes have accompanied increased secularisation and social awareness (as well as a tendency to leftwing politics). These attitudes have had an effect on all the major denominations: gay rabbis are increasingly common, and same-sex marriages are sanctioned by both the Reform and Reconstructionist denominations (see: Jewish views of homosexuality). The following is a list of some prominent LGBT Jews. Political figures - Roberta Achtenberg, HUD assistant secretary
- Sheldon Andelson, University of California Regent
- Miriam Ben-Shalom, US sergeant, founder of AVER
- Roy Cohn, McCarthyist lawyer
- Deborah Glick, NY State Assembly
- Jackie Goldberg, California State Assembly
- Uzi Even, Israeli MP
- Barney Frank, US congressman
- Mark Leno, California State Assembly
- Peter Mandelson, British politician (half Jewish)
- Carole Migden, California State Assembly
- Harvey Milk, San Francisco city supervisor
- Evan Wolfson, gay marriage activist
Religious figures See also: List of LGBT Rabbis - Rabbi Allen Bennett, first openly gay rabbi
- Rabbi Lionel Blue, first openly gay rabbi in the UK; broadcaster
- Rabbi Lisa Edwards, rabbi of Congregation Beth Chayim Chadashim, the world's first LGBT Synagogue
- Rabbi Steven Greenberg, first openly gay Orthodox rabbi
- Rabbi Peter Kessler, first openly gay rabbi to be ordained
- Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, rabbi of Congregation Beth Simchat Torah, the world's largest LGBT Synagogue
- Rabbi Stacy Offner, first openly lesbian rabbi
- Rabbi Sheila Shulman, first openly lesbian rabbi in the UK
- Reuben Zellman, first openly transsexual rabbinical student (not yet ordained)
Academics - Sanford Berman, radical librarian
- Judith Butler, queer theorist
- Lillian Faderman, historian
- Magnus Hirschfeld, sexologist
- Richard Isay, psychoanalyst
- B. Ruby Rich, cultural theorist & film critic
- Tobias Schneebaum, anthropologist
- Charles Silverstein, psychotherapist & author
- Otto Weininger, philosopher
- Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosopher
Showbusiness - Chantal Akerman, film director
- Simon Amstell, comedian
- Michael Bennett, choreographer (half Jewish)
- Sandra Bernhard, comedian
- Sarah Bernhardt, stage actress (half Jewish)
- Nell Carter, actress (convert)
- Ilene Chaiken, creator of The L Word
- George Cukor, director
- Sergei Eisenstein, director (half Jewish)
- Harvey Fierstein, actor & playwright
- Eytan Fox, film director
- Leonard Frey, actor
- Stephen Fry, actor & comedian (half Jewish)
- David Geffen, film producer
- Sara Gilbert, actress
- Todd Graff, actor & filmmaker
- Nina Hartley, porn actress
- Todd Haynes, film director (half Jewish)
- Tab Hunter, actor (half Jewish)
- Larry Kert, stage actor
- Lincoln Kirstein, dance impressario
- Matt Lucas, comedian
- Kimberly Peirce, director (half Jewish?)
- La Pool, director (half Jewish)
- Irving Rapper, director
- Jerome Robbins, choreographer
- Leontine Sagan, director
- John Schlesinger, film director
- Antony Sher, stage actor
- Bryan Singer, film director
- Annie Sprinkle, performance artist
- Darren Star, tv producer & screenwriter
- Mauritz Stiller, director
- Jason Stuart, actor-comedian
- Lily Tomlin, comedian
- Robin Tyler, comedian
- Bruce Vilanch, comedy writer
Musicians - Howard Ashman, musical writer
- Babydaddy, member of Scissor Sisters
- Jean-Pierre Barda, member of Army of Lovers
- Frieda Belinfante, conductor (half Jewish)
- Leonard Bernstein, composer
- Marc Blitzstein, composer
- Aaron Copland, composer
- Dana International, singer
- David Diamond, composer
- Ani DiFranco, singer/songwriter (half Jewish)
- Alix Dobkin, singer/songwriter
- Brian Epstein, manager of The Beatles
- Frances Faye, jazz singer
- William Finn, musical writer
- Sandy Gallin, manager, talent agent, producer
- Reynaldo Hahn, composer (half Jewish)
- Lorenz Hart, musical writer
- Jerry Herman, musical writer
- Vladimir Horowitz, pianist
- Janis Ian, singer/songwriter
- John Kander & Fred Ebb, musical writers
- Wanda Landowska, harpsichordist
- Marilyn Lerner, jazz pianist
- Meredith Monk, performance artist
- Jon Moss, member of Culture Club
- Laura Nyro, singer/songwriter (half Jewish)
- Peaches, electrothrash artist
- Phranc, singer/songwriter
- Hilary Rosen, former head of the RIAA
- Rachael Sage, singer/songwriter
- Marc Shaiman, musical writer
- Jill Sobule, singer/songwriter
- Stephen Sondheim, musical writer
Writers - Leroy Aarons, journalist, founder of NLGJA
- Jon Robin Baitz, playwright
- Nathalie Barney, literary salon keeper
- Kate Bornstein, author & performance artist
- Jane Bowles, writer
- Bryher, novelist (probably half Jewish)
- Charles Busch, playwright
- Leslie Feinberg, author & activist
- Hubert Fichte, author (half Jewish)
- Edward Field, poet
- Helen Fremont, author
- Allen Ginsberg, poet
- Jacob Isral de Haan, poet
- Richard Hall, writer & literary critic
- Marilyn Hacker, poet
- William Hoffman, playwright
- Richard Howard, poet & translator
- Max Jacob, poet
- Chester Kallman, poet & librettist
- Moiss Kaufman, playwright
- Larry Kramer, playwright, co-founder of GMHC
- Tony Kushner, playwright
- Boleslaw Lesmian, poet
- Arthur Laurents, playwright & librettist
- Amy Levy, novelist & poet
- Jesse Liberty, writer & programmer, bisexual
- Robin Morgan, feminist writer
- Joan Nestle, writer & archivist
- Leslea Newman, author
- Marcel Proust, novelist (half Jewish)
- Adrienne Rich, poet
- Paul Rudnick, playwright
- Muriel Rukeyser, poet
- Umberto Saba, poet (half Jewish)
- Siegfried Sassoon, poet (half Jewish)
- Sarah Schulman, writer & activist
- Martin Sherman, playwright
- Susan Sontag, essayist & novelist
- Stephen Spender, poet & essayist (half Jewish)
- Gertrude Stein, writer
- Julian Stryjkowski, writer
- Alice B. Toklas, literary figure
- Karen X. Tulchinsky, writer
- Rebecca Walker, feminist writer (half Jewish)
Artists - Gilbert Adrian, fashion designer
- Ross Bleckner, painter
- Brad Braverman, photographer & video artist
- Claude Cahun, photographer
- Laurie Toby Edison, photographer
- Rudi Gernreich, fashion designer
- Gluck, painter
- Frank Israel, architect
- Marc Jacobs, fashion designer
- Frida Kahlo, painter (half Jewish)
- Michael Kors, fashion designer (half Jewish)
- Annie Leibovitz, photographer
- Herbert List, photographer (half? Jewish)
- Isaac Mizrahi, fashion designer
- Zac Posen, fashion designer
- Herb Ritts, photographer
- Simeon Solomon, painter
- Jorge Zontal, artist, member of General Idea
Sports Miscellaneous Related figures Persons of debated sexual orientation: - King David & Jonathan, biblical characters (see Jonathan and David)
- Maya Deren, avant-garde filmmaker
- Andrea Dworkin, feminist writer
- Anna Freud, psychoanalyst
- Emma Goldman, anarchist leader
- Herschel Grynszpan, assassin
- Moss Hart, librettist
- Danny Kaye, actor & comedian
- Calvin Klein, fashion designer
- Ed Koch, New York mayor
- Nancy Lieberman, basketball player
- Ken Mehlman, politician
- Lou Reed, singer
Straight contributors to LGBT culture: - Bella Abzug, congresswoman (gay rights campaigner)
- Jonathan Ames, author (explores blurred boundaries in human sexuality)
- Hlne Cixous, feminist philosopher (contributed to queer theory)
- Job Cohen, mayor of Amsterdam (officiated first same-sex weddings)
- Billy Crystal, actor (played Jodie Dallas in Soap)
- Yael Dayan, Israeli MP (gay rights campaigner)
- Jacques Derrida, philsoopher (contributed to queer theory)
- Michael Gottlieb & Joel Weisman, doctors (early identifiers of AIDS)
- 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)
- Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, queer theorist
- George Weinberg, psychologist (coined the word homophobia)
Fictional characters - Arnold Beckoff, drag queen from Torch Song Trilogy
- Queer Duck Duckstein, duck from Queer Duck
- Daniel Hirsh, family doctor from Sunday Bloody Sunday
- Louis Ironson, court clerk from Angels in America
- Melanie Marcus, lawyer from Queer as Folk
- Posner, student from The History Boys
- Willow Rosenberg, witch from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Jenny Schecter, fiction writer from The L Word
- Jessica Stein, journalist from Kissing Jessica Stein
- Thea, bookstore clerk from Dykes to Watch Out For
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