Welcome to QueerBio.com
The goal of QueerBio.com is to be the definitive online biographical reference source for the international LGBTQ community. Its database lists over 6,000 contemporary and historical figures who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer, and includes artists, sports figures, politicians, entertainers, business leaders, academics, activists, and more. The database is widely international in scope and is an ideal source for research and analysis with full search and sort functionality.
The mission is to inspire, educate, and motivate all generations of LGBTQ individuals through a collective knowledge of this international community.
Managing Editors: Mark S. Bonham, Connie Bonello
Search for a Biography
To search for an individual from the database of over 6,000 biographies, simply type the name in the Search Box located in the top right hand corner of this Home Page and click on GO.
Alternatively, you can view and scroll through the entire list of biographies by viewing the All Biographies section.
To search for LGBTQ individuals with a common characteristic (examples: all Nobel Prize winners, all Writers, all Politicians, all Tony Award winners, all Olympic Gold medal winners, all individuals of a specific nationality) simply type the characteristic in the Search Box located in the top right hand corner of this Home Page and click on GO. Results of your search will be displayed alphabetically by Last Name. A second Search Box will be displayed for you to search within the database of individuals with that common characteristic.
Subscribe to our Weekly Email Biography Newsletter
By subscribing to our weekly email Biography Newsletter you will receive a weekly email containing informative stories about notable international LGBTQ individuals or groups.
Bonham Centre Awards Gala
Annual Awards established in 2007 to recognize individuals or groups that have made a significant contribution to the advancement and education of human rights issues surrounding sexual education. Click here to find out more about the Bonham Centre Awards, past recipients, and present nominees.
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Our goal is to make QueerBio.com the go-to website for global biographical information on LGBTQ identified individuals. To do this requires a serious commitment of people and resources, so we need your help to fund and help this project grow. Click here for more information.
Did You Know?
LEGENDARY GAY CHEF JAMES BEARD AND THE JAMES BEARD AWARDS
A central figure in the gourmet food and restaurant industries was gay American chef James Beard. He was author of numerous culinary books and an original star of cooking television. He created the James Beard Foundation which today annually gives out the gourmet restaurant industry's top awards for culinary achievement.
There are numerous LGBTQ Chefs around the world with outstanding reputations for their restaurants, cookbooks, and cuisine. For example, do you know:
- the gay American film actor who now runs Gourmet M.D. in Los Angeles;
- the British television host and restaurateur who has been appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire;
- the Israeli chef who founded the U.K.'s most popular chain of delis, and is an LGBTQ activist;
- the Turkish pastry chef who was the inaugural winner of television show 'Top Chef: Just Desserts'?
For these and more fascinating stories Read more
Directory of past 'Did You Know?' Articles See Here
HELP SUPPORT
2014 WORLD PRIDE CONFERENCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS THROUGH CROWDFUNDING DONATION
In June 2014, the University of Toronto (through the Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies) will be hosting the 2014 World Pride Human Rights Conference in Toronto, Canada. Over 250 people from around the world will be attending, including key-note speaker Johanna Siguroardottir, first LGBTQ head of state.
It is important that we offer travel, registration, and accommodation subsidies to LGBTQ individuals from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, India, and other areas, to promote support and networking opportunities to these LGBTQ hotspots.
PLEASE help us and show the support of the international LGBTQ community on this issue of human rights. A donation to their INDIGOGO CrowdFunding Project of as little as $50 goes a long way to helping organizers reach their goal of $15,000.
PLEASE MAKE A DONATION AT www.indiegog.com/projects/worldpride-human-rights-conference.
FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE 2014 WORLD PRIDE HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE AT www.uc.utoronto.ca/worldpride-hyman-rights-conference-2014.
