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A gay icon is a popular culture entertainer, usually a woman, who has a significant following among the gay community, particularly among gay men. The term dykon (dyke icon) is sometimes used in reference to gay icons that appeal primarily to lesbians.

Although icon entertainers usually embrace their homosexual fans, most of them are heterosexual in sexual orientation. Along with being entertainers, many gay icons have been subject to high-profile personal tragedy, come-from-behind success or an untimely, tragic death.

It should also be noted that status as a gay icon does not necessarily mean that all gay people are fans of a celebrity.

1 List of gay icons

• Julie Andrews, UK singer and actress
• Tammy Faye Bakker, American singer, talk show host and television evangelist
• Talullah Bankhead, American actress and pundit
• Shirley Bassey, Welsh singer
• Cher, American singer and actress
• Margaret Cho, American comedian
• Patsy Cline, American singer (lesbian icon)
• Chanel Cole, Australian Musician
• Joan Crawford, American actress and dancer
• Bette DavisThis article is about Bette Davis the actress, the article about Betty Davis the singer can be found here Ruth Elizabeth Davis ( April 5, 1908 October 6, 1989), better known as Bette Davis was an Academy Award winning American actress. Davis was born in L, American actress
• James DeanThis article is about the actor James Dean . You might also be looking for Jimmy Dean. James Byron Dean ( February 8, 1931 September 30, 1955) was an American film actor. Epitomizing youthful angst and charisma, Dean's screen persona is probably best embo, American actor
• Marlene DietrichMarie Magdalene "Marlene" Dietrich ( December 27, 1901 May 6, 1992) was a German actress and singer. Born in Schoneberg, Berlin, Dietrich played the violin before joining an acting school in 1921, making her film debut the following year. After playing in, German actress and singer
• Celine Dion, Canadian singer
• Mylène FarmerMylene Farmer is a Quebec-born singer and songwriter of French descent, born September 12, 1961 in Pierrefonds ( Montreal), Quebec. She is very popular in France and other French-speaking countries, but almost unknown in other countries despite a collabor, Canadian/French singer
• Judy GarlandJudy Garland ( June 10, 1922 June 22, 1969) was a American film actress who is considered one of the greatest singing stars of Hollywood's Golden Era of musical film. Child star Born Frances Ethel Gumm in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, she was born into a famil, American actress and singer
• Audrey HepburnAudrey Hepburn ( May 4, 1929 January 20, 1993) was a Belgian-born actress. Born Audrey Kathleen Ruston in Brussels she was the daughter of Joseph Anthony Ruston, a British banker, and Baroness Ella van Heemstra, a Dutch aristocrat descended from French an, US actress and singer
• Lucy LawlessLucy Lawless (born Lucille Frances Ryan on March 29, 1968 in Auckland, New Zealand), is a Kiwi actress and singer best known for her role as Xena on the television series Xena: Warrior Princess from 1995 to 2001. She had a guest role in 1990 on New Zealan, New Zealand actress (lesbian icon)
• Madonna, American singer
• Ethel Merman, American actress and singer
• Bette Midler, American actress and singer
• Liza Minnelli, American actress and singer, daughter of Judy Garland
• Kylie Minogue, Australian singer
• Marilyn Monroe, American actress
• Julie Newmar, American model and actress
• Edith Piaf, French singer
• Diana Rigg, UK actress
• Diana Ross, American singer
• Barbra Streisand, American singer, actress and director
• Mae West, American actress and singer