Self-identifying LGBT New Yorkers

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Broadway and stage acting

 * David Burtka – Broadway and television actor, chef
 * Quentin Crisp – late stage actor
 * Jim Parsons – Broadway and television actor, co-star, The Big Bang Theory
 * Neil Patrick Harris – Broadway and television actor, producer, singer, comedian, magician, and television host

Entrepreneurship and technology

 * Joel Spolsky – software engineer

Fashion

 * Prabal Gurung – fashion designer
 * Marc Jacobs – fashion designer
 * Michael Kors – fashion designer
 * Derek Lam – fashion designer
 * Isaac Mizrahi – fashion designer
 * Zac Posen – fashion designer
 * Christian Siriano – fashion designer
 * Alexander Wang – fashion designer
 * Jason Wu – fashion designer

Film and television

 * Laverne Cox – transgender actress[85]
 * Frankie Grande – television personality, co-host of Style Code Live
 * Carson Kressley – television personality, former host of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
 * Kate McKinnon – comedian, Saturday Night Live
 * Cynthia Nixon – actress

Law

 * Paul Feinman – the first openly gay judge confirmed to the New York State Court of Appeals, in June 2017

Literature and photography

 * Nahshon Dion Anderson Fuentes – actor and award winning writer
 * Robert Mapplethorpe – late photographer
 * Ocean Vuong – poet, essayist

Modeling

 * Geena Rocero – supermodel and transgender activist

Media

 * Charles Blow – visual op-ed columnist, The New York Times
 * Frank Bruni – journalist and op-ed columnist, The New York Times
 * Andy Cohen – television personality
 * Anderson Cooper – journalist and television anchor, CNN
 * Perez Hilton – blogger
 * Don Lemon – journalist and television anchor, CNN
 * Rachel Maddow – journalist and television anchor, MSNBC
 * Rosie O'Donnell – television personality
 * Robin Roberts – journalist and television anchor, Good Morning America
 * Shepard Smith – journalist and television anchor, Fox News Channel

Music

 * Lady Gaga – singer and songwriter
 * Brad Walsh – singer and music producer

Performance arts

 * Amanda Lepore – transgender performance artist
 * Shen Wei – choreographer, artist, and director[86]

Politics

 * Jimmy Van Bramer – Majority Leader of the New York City Council
 * Daniel Dromm – member of the New York City Council
 * Corey Johnson – member of the New York City Council
 * Carlos Menchaca – member of the New York City Council
 * Rosie Mendez – member of the New York City council
 * Christine Quinn – former Speaker of the New York City Council
 * Ritchie Torres – member of the New York City Council
 * James Vacca – member of the New York City Council
 * Randi Weingarten – president, American Federation of Teachers

Social activism

 * John Chin – Gay Asian & Pacific Islander Men of New York
 * Don Kao – Gay Asian & Pacific Islander Men of New York
 * John Manzon – Gay Asian & Pacific Islander Men of New York

Sports

 * Brian Anderson – skateboarder

Visual arts

 * Anthony Goicolea – artist chosen in June 2017 to design the official New York State LGBT monument[31]
 * Todd Oldham – designer
 * Andy Warhol – late artist