Source: Eminent Outlaws: The Gay Writers Who Changed America by Christopher Bram
Steve Abbott (December 21, 1943 - December 2, 1992)
Edward Albee (born March 12, 1928)
Gavin Arthur (March 21, 1901 - 1972)
Newton Arvin (August 25, 1900 March 21, 1963)
John Ashbery (born July 28, 1927)
W.H. Auden (February 21, 1907 September 29, 1973)
Don Bachardy (born May 18, 1934)
James Baldwin (August 2, 1924 December 1, 1987)
Tallulah Bankhead (January 31, 1902 December 12, 1968)
Ann Bannon (born September 15, 1932)
Allen Barnett (May 23, 1955 - August 14, 1991)
James Barr aka James Fugatι (February 13, 1922 - March 28, 1995)
Richard Barr (September 6, 1917 January 9, 1989)
Roland Barthes (November 12, 1915 March 25, 1980)
Bruce Bawer (born October 31, 1956)
Arthur Bell (November 6, 1939 June 2, 1984)
E.F. Benson (July 24, 1867- February 29, 1940)
Lem Billings (April 15, 1916 May 28, 1981)
Paul Bowles (December 30, 1910 November 18, 1999)
Christopher Bram (born February 22, 1952)
Marlon Brando (April 3, 1924 July 1, 2004)
Michael Bronski (born May 12, 1949)
Forman Brown aka Richard Meeker (January 8, 1901 - January 10, 1996)
Victor Bumbalo (born November 30, 1948)
John Horne Burns (October 7, 1916 August 11, 1953)
William S. Burroughs (February 5, 1914 August 2, 1997)
Charles Busch (born August 23, 1954)
Peter Cameron (born November 29, 1959)
Sandy Campbell (April 22, 1922 - June 26, 1988)
Renaud Camus (born August 10, 1946)
Truman Capote (September 30, 1924 - August 25, 1984)
Edward Carpenter (August 29, 1844 - June 28, 1929)
Neal Cassady (February 8, 1926 February 4, 1968)
C.P. Cavafy (April 29, 1863 April 29, 1933)
John Cheever (May 27, 1912 June 18, 1982)
Robert Chesley (March 22, 1943 December 5, 1990)
Margaret Cho (born December 5, 1968)
Jean Cocteau (July 5, 1889 - October 11, 1963)
Roy Cohn (February 20, 1927 August 2, 1986)
Joseph Hansen aka James Colton (July 19, 1923 - November 24, 2004)
Aaron Copland (November 14, 1900 December 2, 1990)
Ken Corbett
Alfred Corn (born August 14, 1943)
Donald Webster Cory aka Edward Sagarin (September 18, 1913 June 10, 1986)
Christopher Cox (August 27, 1949 - September 7, 1990)
Hart Crane (July 21, 1899 April 27, 1932)
Mart Crowley (born August 21, 1935)
Michael Cunningham (born November 6, 1952)
Brad Davis (November 6, 1949 September 8, 1991)
Beauford Delaney (December 30, 1901 March 26, 1979)
Samuel R. Delany (born April 1, 1942)
Michael Denneny (born March 2, 1943)
Melvin Dixon (May 29, 1950 - October 26, 1992)
Mark Doty (born August 10, 1953)
John Van Druten (June 1, 1901 December 19, 1957)
Martin Bauml Duberman (born August 6, 1930)
Robert Duncan (January 7, 1919 February 3, 1988)
Jack Dunphy (August 22, 1914 April 26, 1992)
Fred Ebb (April 8, 1928 September 11, 2004)
T.S. Eliot (September 26, 1888 January 4, 1965)
John Epperson aka Lypsinka (born April 24, 1955)
David B. Feinberg (November 25, 1956 - November 2, 1994)
Robert Ferro (October 21, 1941 - July 11, 1988)
E. M. Forster (January 1, 1879 June 7, 1970)
Michel Foucault (October 15, 1926 June 25, 1984)
Jim Fouratt (born June 23, 1945)
Denham Fouts (May 9, 1914 December 16, 1948)
John Fox (1952 - August 14, 1990)
Leonard Frey (September 4, 1938 August 24, 1988)
Sanford Friedman (June 11, 1928 - April 20, 2010)
Patrick Gale (born January 31, 1962)
Andrew Holleran aka Eric Garber (born January 1, 1944)
Henry Geldzahler (July 9, 1935 August 16, 1994)
Jean Genet (December 19, 1910 April 15, 1986)
Andrι Gide (November 22, 1869 February 19, 1951)
John Gielgud (April 14, 1904 May 21, 2000)
Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 - April 5, 1997)
Paul Goodman (September 9, 1911 August 2, 1972)
David B. Goodstein (June 7, 1932 - June 22, 1985)
Jesse Green
Doris Grumbach (born July 12, 1918)
Michael Grumley (July 6, 1942 - April 28, 1988)
Hervι Guibert (December 14, 1955 - December 27, 1991)
Thom Gunn (August 29, 1929 April 25, 2004)
Allan Gurganus (born June 11, 1947)
Marilyn Hacker (born November 27, 1942)
James Hannaham
Lorraine Hansberry (May 19, 1930 January 12, 1965)
Mark Harris
Gerald Heard (October 6, 1889 - August 14, 1971)
Scott Heim (born September 26, 1966)
Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899 July 2, 1961)
Essex Hemphill (April 16, 1957 - November 4, 1995)
John Herbert (October 13, 1926 - June 22, 2001)
David Hockney (born July 9, 1937)
George Solomos aka Themistocles Hoetis (September 16, 1925 November 8, 2010)
William M. Hoffman (born April 12, 1939)
Andrew Holleran aka Eric Garber (born January 1, 1944)
Rock Hudson (November 17, 1925 October 2, 1985)
Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 - May 22, 1967)
Herbert Huncke (January 9, 1915 August 8, 1996)
William Inge (May 3, 1913 June 10, 1973)
Christopher Isherwood (August 26, 1904 - January 4, 1986)
Charles R. Jackson (April 6, 1903- September 21, 1968)
David Jackson (September 16, 1922 July 13, 2001)
Chester Kallman (January 7, 1921 January 18, 1975)
David Kalstone (1933 June 14, 1986)
Franklin Kameny (May 21, 1925 - October 11, 2011)
John Kander (born March 18, 1927)
Arnie Kantrowitz (born November 26, 1940)
Jonathan Ned Katz (born 1938)
Danny Kaye (January 18, 1913 March 3, 1987)
Joe Keenan (born July 14, 1958)
Alfred Kinsey (June 23, 1894 August 25, 1956)
Lincoln Kirstein (May 4, 1907 January 5, 1996)
Calvin Klein (born November 19, 1942)
Larry Kramer (born June 25, 1935)
Tony Kushner (born July 16, 1956)
Robert La Tourneaux (1945 June 3, 1986)
Arthur Laurents (July 14, 1917 May 5, 2011)
D.H. Lawrence (September 11, 1885 March 2, 1930)
David Leavitt (born June 23, 1961)
John Lehmann (June 2, 1907 - April 7, 1987)
Leo Lerman (May 23, 1914 August 22, 1994)
Joe LeSueur (1924 - May 14, 2001)
Liberace (May 16, 1919 February 4, 1987)
Audre Lorde (February 18, 1934 November 17, 1992)
Lance Loud (June 26, 1951 December 22, 2001)
Craig Lucas (born April 30, 1951)
Charles Ludlam (April 12, 1943 May 28, 1987)
Stephen McCauley (born June 26, 1955)
J.D. McClatchy (born August 12, 1945)
Carson McCullers (February 19, 1917 September 29, 1967)
Keith McDermott (born September 28, 1953)
Rodger McFarlane (February 25, 1955 May 15, 2009)
Sir Ian McKellen (born May 25, 1939)
Terrence McNally (born November 3, 1939)
Joe Mantello (born December 27, 1962)
Robert Mapplethorpe (November 4, 1946 March 9, 1989)
Jean Marais (December 11, 1913 November 8, 1998)
Adam Mars-Jones (born October 26, 1954)
Clyde Martin (born January 2, 1918)
Lawrence D. Mass (born June 11, 1946)
Blair Mastbaum (born January 24, 1979)
W. Somerset Maugham (January 25, 1874 December 16, 1965)
Armistead Maupin (born May 13, 1944)
Marijane Meaker aka Vin Packer aka Ann Aldrich aka M.E. Kerr aka Mary James (born May 27, 1927)
Mark Merlis (born March 9, 1950)
Gordon Merrick (August 3, 1916 March 27, 1988)
James Merrill (March 3, 1926 - February 6, 1995)
Harvey Milk (May 22, 1930 November 27, 1978)
Sal Mineo (January 10, 1939 February 12, 1976)
Donna Minkowitz (born May 8, 1964)
Liza Minnelli (born March 12, 1946)
Paul Monette (October 16, 1945 - February 10, 1995)
Robert Moore (February 1, 1927 May 10, 1984)
Max Mutchnick (born November 11, 1965)
Michael Nava (born September 16, 1954)
Heinz Neddermeyer
Frank O'Hara (March 27, 1926 July 25, 1966)
Laurence Olivier, Baron Olivier (May 22, 1907 July 11, 1989)
Peter Orlovsky (July 8, 1933 - May 30, 2010)
Wilfred Owen (March 18, 1893 November 4, 1918)
Dale Peck (born July 13, 1967)
Felice Picano (born February 22, 1944)
Paul Popham (October 6, 1941 - May 7, 1987)
Annie Proulx (born August 22, 1935)
Marcel Proust (July 10, 1871 November 18, 1922)
Everett Quinton
John Rechy (born March 10, 1934)
Mary Renault (September 4, 1905 December 13, 1983)
Adrienne Rich (May 16, 1929 - March 27, 2012)
Larry Rivers (August 17, 1923 - August 14, 2002)
Craig Rodwell (October 31, 1940 - June 18, 1993)
Ned Rorem (born October 23, 1923)
Paul Rudnick (born December 29, 1957)
Jane Rule (March 28, 1931 November 27, 2007)
Paul Russell (born July 1, 1956)
Vito Russo (July 11, 1946 - November 7, 1990)
J.D. Salinger (January 1, 1919 January 27, 2010)
Siegfried Sassoon (September 8, 1886 September 1, 1967)
Tobias Schneebaum (March 25, 1922 September 20, 2005)
Sarah Schulman (born July 28, 1958)
James Schuyler (November 9, 1923 - April 12, 1991)
Randy Shilts (August 8, 1951 - February 17, 1994)
Ed Sikov (born January 11, 1957)
Charles Silverstein (born April 23, 1935)
Barbara Smith (born December 16, 1946)
Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894 September 26, 1937)
Liz Smith (born February 2, 1923)
Susan Sontag (January 16, 1933 December 28, 2004)
Stephen Spinella (born October 11, 1956)
George Stambolian (April 10, 1938 December 22, 1991)
Samuel Steward aka Phil Andros (July 23, 1909 December 31, 1993)
Andrew Sullivan (born August 10, 1963)
Jacqueline Susann (August 20, 1918 September 21, 1974)
Ronald Tavel (May 17, 1936 - March 23, 2009)
C.A. Tripp (October 4, 1919 May 17, 2003)
John Van Druten (June 1, 1901 December 19, 1957)
Gore Vidal (October 3, 1925 July 31, 2012)
Donald Vining (June 20, 1917 - January 24, 1998)
Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 February 22, 1987)
Patricia Nell Warren (born June 15, 1936)
Glenway Wescott (April 11, 1901 - February 22, 1987)
Edith Wharton (January 24, 1862 August 11, 1937)
Edmund White (born January 13, 1940)
Walt Whitman (May 31, 1819 March 26, 1892)
George Whitmore (September 27, 1945 - April 19, 1989)
Oscar Wilde (October 16, 1854 November 30, 1900)
Thornton Wilder (April 17, 1897 December 7, 1975)
Tennessee Williams (March 26, 1911 February 25, 1983)
Sir Angus Wilson (August 11, 1913 May 31, 1991)
Lanford Wilson (April 13, 1937 March 24, 2011)
Donald Windham (July 2, 1920 May 31, 2010)
Virginia Woolf (January 25, 1882 March 28, 1941)
Doug Wright (born December 21, 1962)
Marguerite Yourcenar (June 8, 1903 December 17, 1987)