10 Most Influential Gay People in America Today

Let's make a list.... 1. Rachel Maddow 2 through 10: ???

• Chad Griffin, HRC President, founder of AFER

• Senator Tammy Baldwin.

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• David Geffen would probably be on the list. He has some influence in the UK too, pushing issues to do with piracy and so on. Ryan Murphy, if only for the fact that he has 3 TV shows running, regardless of the quality of each of them, and these shows present a lot of gay characters and lgbt issues.

• Lindsay Graham has been in Congress 17 years and is on a lot of powerful committees in the Senate. He'd probably be even more influential if his party was more comfortable with Lady Miss Things in power.

• Andrew Sullivan perhaps?

• Judith Butler.

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• Nate Silver

• Anderson. You'll see.

• Ellen DeGeneres? I'm not sure how influential she is, but she's one of the best known.

• Lindsay Graham

• Chad Griffin? LMAO. He's not influential, he's easily influenced; which is why he's purging himself into oblivion. Oh, and Rachel Maddow is the best.

• Um, excuse me?

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• Barney Frank hasn't gone anywhere quite yet, so he should be high on the list, especially with the fiscal cliff and the lame duck session of Congress upon us. Barry Diller should also be on it. And, give the son of a bitch credit, Matt Drudge certainly fits the definition of influential.

• I second Tim Cook. Seeing as he runs the most valuable company in the world, he's one of the most influential Americans, period. Now, what do we know about him? I suspect tiny meat.

• Excuse you? Barry Diller is married.

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• David Geffen. his bio is on PBS right now..

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• Lots of straight women worship Ellen. The same goes for Anderson.

• Hilary Clinton.

• Not enough of them to keep his talk show on the air r17, apparently only enough to keep a few pathetic fangurl threads at DL going.

• So far, I'd agree with: *Rachel Maddow *Nate Silver (this year at least) *Tim Cook *Barry Diller *Ellen DeGeneres I would add Anderson Cooper, for good or ill. Tammy Baldwin will join the list after this year, but she has yet to be sworn in.

• Seriously speaking, Frank Ocean

• Tom Cruise, if you're into the cult that is Scientology.

• Billionaire Libertarian Peter Thiel, even though he's basically pure scum.

• Dawson

• Peter and Harry Brant

• Rosie O'Donnell

• r20, Tammy Baldwin has been a Member of Congress since 1999, serves on the Committee on Energy and Commerce, is co-chair of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus, gave a primetime speech on healthcare during the 2004 Democratic Convention, and is a bipartisan networker. She has been out the whole time, including her earlier elections for the WI state legislature. She's the most visible lesbian in American government. Why would she magically become more influential next January when she joins the Senate?

• Josh Kilmer Purcell

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• Aaron Schock.

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• Frank Ocean

• Dan Savage Frank Ocean's PR machine is impressive, but like 2% of people give a fuck about him, let alone know who he is.

• Frank Who?

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• Having watched the PBS thing, no question David Geffen. He might be the most influential gay in America.

• I'd second Dan Savage - his influence in the last five years has been enormous

• People over 30 don't count.

• Hilary Clinton

• Given his talent and qualifications (which are questionable), Savage has had great impact on current gay socio-political life. But I agree that David Geffen matters more than most of the people on this list. And R35, no one under 30 has done much worth noting.

• Oh, wait. people who are influential and happen to be gay? or people who use their influence to advance gay civil rights, and happen to be gay?

• What the hell am I, chopped liver? Oh wait, I'm not gay.

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• NPH.

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• Jann Wenner Dan Savage Ellen DeGeneres Nate Silver Tim Cook Barry Diller David Geffen These are the definites. Anderson Cooper and Rosie are still in play.

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• BTW of the people I listed at r41, there are: 2 Capricorns (Wenner, Silver) 2 Aquarians (Diller, DeGeneres) 1 Scorpio (Cook) 1 Pisces (Geffen) 1 Libra (Savage) Maddow and O'Donnell are both Aries. Anderson Cooper is a Gemini.

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• Tim Tebow

• Kaye Ballard, obviously.

• Karl Rove

• Me?

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• The DL One Direction troll

• Oprah Tom Cruise John Travolta Whoopie Goldberg Queen Latifah

• Michael Bloomberg