LGBTQ Individuals Who Have Received France's Highest Honours

Canada

• AA Bronson, artist
• Edith Butler, musician
• Rene Cormier, politician
• Clemence Desrochers, author and broadcaster
• Charles Pachter, artist
• Michel Tremblay, novelist and playwright

Cuba

• Joaquin Nin-Culmell, pianist and composer

France

• Stephane Bern, magazine editor
• Alain Danielou, historian and musicologist
• Daniel Defert, AIDS activist
• Gisele Freund, photographer
• Stephane Grappelli, jazz violinist
• Yves Navarre, author
• Donald Potard, fashion
• Jean-Luc Romero, politician
• Nicole Stephane, actor and film producer
• Jean-Yves Thibaudet, classical pianist

Great Britain

• Sir Cecil Beaton, photographer
• Dirk Bogarde, film and theatre actor

Italy

• Valentino Garavani, fashion designer

Lebanon

• Etel Adnan, poet

Russia

• Serge Lifar, ballet dancer

Spain

• Nacho Duato, ballet dancer and choreographer

Switzerland

• Hugues Cuenod, Opera singer

Taiwan

• Lin Hwai-min, theatre director and choreographer

Turkey

• Elif Shafak, author

United States

• Josephine Baker, entertainer
• Bill Cunningham, photographer
• Richard Howard, Poet
• Ellsworth Kelly, artitst
• Paul Taylor, dance choreographer