LGBTQ Individuals Who Have Received France's Highest Honours
From QueerBio.com
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, artist
- Paul Taylor, dance choreographer
