novelist Robert Friend, poet Masha Gessen, journalist, author, and activist Allen Ginsberg, US Beat generation poet<ref>The Gay 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Gay Men and Lesbians, Past and Present", Paul Russell. Kensington Books, 2002 , pp. 254-257</ref> Richard Greenberg, playwright Jacob Israël de Haan, poet Marilyn Hacker, poet Aaron Hamburger, novelist Max Jacob, poet Chester Kallman, poet and librettist Larry Kramer, playwright, author, film producer, public health advocate, LGBT rights activist, and founder of ACT UP Lisa Kron, playwright and performer Tony Kushner, playwright and screenwriter Arthur Laurents, playwright, screenwriter and librettist David Leavitt, novelist and short-story writer Fran Lebowitz, author and public speaker Leo Lerman, writer/editor Sue-Ann Levy, columnist Michael Lowenthal, novelist Jay Michaelson, writer, columnist, author of God vs. Gay? Herbert Muschamp (1947–2007), New York Times'' architecture critic Leslea Newman, children's book author, short story writer, editor Harold Norse, poet Marcel Proust, novelist David Rakoff, essayist Adrienne Rich, poet and essayist Paul Rudnick, playwright, screenwriter and columnist Muriel Rukeyser, poet Siegfried Sassoon, poet Sarah Schulman, journalist, writer and playwright Martin Sherman, playwright Andrew Solomon, writer on politics, culture and psychology Susan Sontag, essayist and novelist Gertrude Stein, writer Julian Stryjkowski, novelist Bogi Takács, poet Paula Vogel, playwright and teacher Yona Wallach, poet Artists and architects Yael Bartana, Israeli artist and film-maker Claude Cahun, French photographer and writer Robert Denning, American interior designer, from the age of 15 was the partner of Edgar de Evia, photographer and from 1960 both life and business partner of Vincent Fourcade, French interior designer Yishay Garbasz, artist in photography, installation, and video Nan Goldin, photographer Herbert List, photographer Maurice Sendak, illustrator and author of children's books as well as costume and set designer for films, theater and opera Simeon Solomon, painter Uri Gershuni, Israel photographer and educator Adi Nes, Israeli photographer Arnold Scaasi, Canadian-born American fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi, American fashion designer Michael Kors, American sportswear fashion designer Elmyr de Hory, Hungarian-born painter and art forger Marc Jacobs, American fashion designer Sports figures Robert Dover, six-time Olympic equestrian Fredy Hirsch, German Jewish athlete and youth movement leader known for his attempts to save children during the Holocaust Gili Mossinson, basketball player Tzipora Obziler, tennis player Renée Richards, tennis player Sue Bird, American-Israeli basketball player who has won three WNBA championships (2004, 2010, 2018), four Olympic gold medals, (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016), two NCAA Championships (2000 and 2002), and four FIBA World