1. Leonardo da Vinci 2. Tchaikovsky 3. Michelangelo Can't go wrong with those three. Makes you feel proud to be gay/bi! (!) ---------- Post added 3rd Jan 2012 at 09:58 PM ---------- Tchaikovsky of those three had the most dramatic death, which was related to his sexuality... he was caught in the midst of a homosexual affair with the 18-year-old son of a major Russian prince, and a "court of honor" (as it was called in Noble society in Russia at the time) sentenced him to the choice of public ridicule, or suicide under the guise of cholera... He chose the latter, which is why the world learned about the true cause of his death only a century later. Very sad, and one of my favorite composers, second only perhaps to Bach. ---------- Post added 3rd Jan 2012 at 10:06 PM ---------- Actually, forget Michelangelo. I take that back... (not too big on sculpture here) Oscar Wilde is #3 for me.
Alan Turing essentially invented modern computers during the second World War, and by extension probably impacted humans in a greater way than any other human ever has before. Unfortunately he committed suicide after multiple actions taken against him for being gay. Which was particularly disgusting, considering it could easily be argued he won the war for the British, and they turned around and killed him afterwards.
I vote for Alan Turing as well... especially since 2012 is Alan Turing year Alan Turing Year - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Franz Schubert, the romantic composer (he was in the closet, so his friends tried to set him up with a female prostitute; he contracted syphilis and died).
Are guys SURE about Lord Byron and Schubert? I know they were both hopeless romantics, but I always thought they were Straight hopeless romantics.. No??
Oscar Wilde was a dude. I'm pretty sure that Wittgenstein was gay too... Tchaikovsky was also pretty cool. There's a Russia poet called Yevgeny Esenin as well who was pretty amazing.
Turing really was something else - it's really bad he lived through such an unaccepting era, as he could've taken his genius even further. Lately Jónsi from Sigur Rós has been on my mind- out, proud and a key part of such a great band. Looks like a silly choice when said that way, but I think he really is a genius in what he does For the third member, well, I only lack the famous part! xD
