American gay writers

American filmmaker (1927–2023)

John Garvin Weir is an American television commentator and retired figure skater. He is a two-time Olympian, the 2008 World bronze medalist, a two-time Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, the 2001 World Junior Champion, and a three-time U.S. National champion (2004–2006). He was the youngest U.S. National champion since 1991, in 2006 the first skater to win U.S. Nationals three times in a row since Brian Boitano in the late 1980s, and the first American to win Cup of Russia in 2007.

American television producer, writer

American poet, art critic and writer (1926-1966)

American novelist and LGBT essayist (1940–2025)

American writer and producer

Jamaican novelist

American philosopher, classicist, and academician (1930–1992)

American film director and animator

American screenwriter, director and producer

American science fiction author and poet (1940–2008)

American publisher (1919–1990)

American screenwriter, novelist, essayist, playwright, LGBT-rights and AIDS activist (1935–2020)

American television writer and producer

American actor, screenwriter, film producer and director

American actor, playwright, screenwriter, and director

American comedian and actor

American author (born 1956)

American actor and comedian

American lyricist (1895–1943)

American film director and screenwriter, born in New Caledonia

American composer and lyricist (1931-2019)

American playwright and screenwriter (born 1961)

Bowen Yang is an American comedian, actor, podcaster, and writer. Yang was a staff writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live in 2018, and a cast member for seven seasons from 2019 until his departure in 2025. He became the first SNL featured player to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 2021, the same year he was promoted to repertory status.

American playwright (1938–2020)

American screenwriter and television producer

American musical theatre composer

Scottish-American writer

Vietnamese American poet, essayist and novelist (born 1988)

American playwright and lyricist (1950-1991)

American philosopher and writer (1885–1954)

Film director, screenwriter

American gay rights activist (1912-2002)

American film director and screenwriter

American YouTuber

American actor and novelist (1926–1991)

American comedian, actor, writer and director

American actor (1957–2015)

American playwright, theatre director and screenwriter (1917–2011)

American-British novelist and children's writer

American filmmaker (born 1965)

American statistician, journalist, and poker player (born 1978)

novelist, short story writer

American science fiction screenwriter and novelist

American actor (1938–2017)

American historian

American radio and television talk show host

American singer

American television writer and producer

American playwright

American actor and fashion consultant

American drag queen

American screenwriter

American film historian and actor (1932–2017)

American YouTuber (born 1991)

American actor, filmmaker and singer

American film director and screenwriter

American singer (born 1978)

American sex advice columnist and gay rights campaigner

American poet (1926–1995)