Who do you think would be on the gay and lesbian Mount Rushmore?

Perhaps some non-victims?

Harvey Milk, James Baldwin, Jodie Foster, Alice Walker, RuPaul

Liberace

Too obvious.

Judy Garland, Paul Lynde,Nancy Kulp, and Ricky Martin

A *gay* Mt. Rushmore? Why, perish the thought!

[quote]Marsha P. Johnson

For Christ's sake, why? She wasn't the first person to throw a brick at Stonewall.

I understand that Marsha P. Johnson was not there (or may not have been there) the first night of Stonewall. But I think it's farily corroborated that she came the second night and fought.

That's why, R7.

Harvey Milk deserves to be on there.

No people who are famous JUST for being victims. I don't say that to deny their importance. But Matthew Shepard is not who I'd want to see on a gay Mount Rushmore.

And, I'm sorry, but listing Marsha P. Johnson as the first suggestion, and more importantly, pretending to act surprised that the gays loved Judy Garland is screaming troll to me. Is AcrylicDesires another teacake name?

I have no idea who Teacake is, R9.

But I do think that someone from Stonewall ought to be on it. And Marsha P. Johnson showed up during the riot and fought. Maybe you are this Teacake for hating on someone who did more than type from their keyboard.

Rita Mae Brown

Patricia Highsmith

Judy Chicago (if memory serves)

Along with Abraham Lincoln - Alexander Hamilton, Bayard Rustin, Harvey Milk

Richard, Froy, Cooper Koch and NAC

Oh, FFS, OP -- it's Saturday night on a holiday weekend. Don't you have anything better to do?

All divas

Stop asking if a certain poster is me. I always identify myself. I am the most prolific poster on the site. I know y'all have to be annoying the people.

First off, the name should probably be changed to Mount Gushmore.

Mount Gashless

Eleanor Roosevelt

Bessie Smith

Truman Capote

John Waters

The first and obvious sculpture should be Rock Hudson, silly!

Bea, Betty, Rue, and Estelle

Oscar Wilde, Quentin Crisp, Virginia Woolf...

I'll give some more serious answers, although I'm not sure the question merits it. Walt Whitman, Susan B. Anthony, Harry Hay, and Gertrude Stein.

Walt Whitman? Closeted gays are allowed on Rushmore?

I would never describe Walt Whitman as closeted, since his homosexual imagery is so explicit for the historical period. But it's true that he denied at some point that he slept with men. There was no safe way for a man to proclaim to the world at that time in history that he was interested in sleeping with other men, but his poetry virtually shouts it and gave generations that followed a template for using artistic expression to express sexuality.

All true. He probably should not be next to Milk.

Then George Takei. We NEED Asian representation.

We haven’t even finished the plans with miles teller and Connor Jessup r14. Monsters who?

No one trans!

Marsha P. Johnson is at best a peripheral figure in gay history.

Have it be a spectrum ordered from gay to lesbian and have the bi/pan/ace in the center. Perhaps each one is a different color like the rainbow flag.

[quote]We need Asian representation.

Anna May Wong

Why would we want to deface a place with religious meaning to American Indians to celebrate a few worthy people among so many?

Sell memorial bricks for the walk up to the main entrance of DL Enterprises Import/Export.

Pete Buttigieg. I also like the George Takei choice.

R30 They can have the TRANScontinental Highways.

Wouldn't Milk's association with the People's Temple and Jim Jones be an impediment?

R21 I'd suggest we save Rock to replace the Statue of Liberty. We'll make him twice as tall, and he can be like the Colossus of Rhodes. People will be able to walk under his spread legs and check out the anatomically-correct rendering.

Larry Kramer.

Carmen Miranda

I suppose Milk would be the most obvious.

Seems like the namesake for Obergefell v Hodges, James "Jim" Obergefell, might be worth considering.

How about Larry Kramer who co-founded Act-Up.

Alan Turing? I know some queen has decided that victims should not be included, but he was famous for other things besides being a victim.

From professional sports, where blazing a trail was extremely difficult, Bill Tilden was openly gay. But, I think David Kopay might be a better choice since he played in the NFL. Martain Navratilova would be a better choice than Billie Jean King.

Then again, we really would only need to fill 1 or 2 spots on Mount Rushmore for a Gay Rushmore, given what has come out about Lincoln, Washington, and some questionable passages regarding Jefferson and Bob Hemings.

r9 ' Is AcrylicDesires another teacake name? '

Unfortunately it appears to be so.

Charles Nelson Reilly

Paul Lynde

Rip Taylor

Richard Simmons

Vito Russo

Boyd McDonald

Tom Cruise, JLo, Bradley Cooper, John Travolta

Closet edition

R33 Anna May Wong was gay?

Get a load of R1. What a shit cunt.

Judy Liza Midler Babs

E46 JLo is closeted? It this something new? Did Ben knew? The first time? The second time?

Jeff Stryker Tom Chase Chad Douglas Dawson

Daniel Craig

Ellen degeneres does belong here for breaking through mainstream pop culture.

Leonard Matlovich

Mark Bingham

Fred Sargeant

John Waters

Joan Rivers, Phyllis Diller, Carol Channing, Elaine Stritch

Armie Hammer

Anne Murray

Liberace, Rock Hudson, Eleanor Roosevelt and Whitney Houston.

Billie Jean King

I second Mark Bingham.

No mention of Allen Ginsberg, much less Bill B.

Bill Blass?

Ah, didn’t think of that. Halston, Blass, Warhol, Talley.

Peter Thiele should be way up high in memory of his wealth and jumper boy toy..

Pussyface

Sheridan Whiteside

Billy Porter and Jussie Smollet

Judy, Liza, Cher and Barbara

Uh, hello?

You need to eat at Snatch City if you want on the LG Rushmore, R70.

Liberace.

Rip Taylor, Divine, Paul Lynde and Wayland & Madame