Talk:List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people: T–V

Justin Timberlake
I think Justin Timberlake is missing there, isn't he? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.189.7.95 (talk) 19:31, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

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Armstrong Williams
WTF? Other than the usual mantra that homophobes are all closet cases, this seems utterly unsupported (and moreover is explicitly denied by the living individual). Moreover, not only is the claim denied by Williams, it appears to be in current litigation. Is this really the sort of name we want on the list? Remember, of course that it's not about truth, it's about verifiability. It might well be, for all I know, the Williams secretly exclusively homosexual... but it sure doesn't look like WP:V. Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters 08:30, 9 January 2006 (UTC)


 * I think, based on the link provided and his own article, that there's a legitimate case to put him on the debated list, but you're right, the evidence for listing him as "confirmed" is lacking. Bearcat 08:47, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Usher
Yeah, we've all heard the rumours about Usher's sexuality before, but as far as I can tell from a Google search, he's never actually come out as being bisexual. I've removed his name from the list for now; if it's going to be readded, you must provide a source which confirms that Usher himself has come out. A source indicating that there are rumours is not good enough. Bearcat 18:29, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Entries without references
The following people were listed without references on the main page. I have moved them here until references are found. The section A-E shows what this page should be able to look like:

U
Kelli Underwood, Australian Television Presenter — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kryptonegirl (talk • contribs) 10:59, 29 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, German activist, author

V

 * Urvashi Vaid, American former head of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
 * Penny Valentine, British rock critic, music journalist
 * Pierre Vallières, Canadian writer, member of the terrorist FLQ
 * Gus Van Sant, American director
 * Luther Vandross, American singer
 * Gianni Vattimo, Italian philosopher
 * Werner Veigel, German news presenter
 * Nichi Vendola, Italian communist politician
 * Paul Verlaine, French poet
 * Jim Verraros, American singer, actor, American Idol contestant
 * Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer
 * Gore Vidal, American writer
 * Salka Viertel, Ukrainian-born Hollywood screenwriter
 * Bruce Vilanch, American comedy writer
 * Norah Vincent, American journalist
 * Pavel Vitek, Czech singer and actor
 * Luchino Visconti, Italian director
 * Wilhem Von Homburg, German boxer and actor
 * Daniel Vosovic, American fashion designer, Project Runway Season 2 runner-up

Vladiftodi	b. 19??	Maldivian	Wanabee hacker, wanabee rapper. Chavela Vargas	b. 1919	Mexican	Singer. [8]

delete this /\ and it should be clsoed this article for vandalism

W

 * Tom Waddell, American athlete and founder of the Gay Games
 * Siegfried Wagner, German composer and opera producer
 * Rufus Wainwright, Canadian-American musician
 * Alice Walker, American author, The Color Purple, bisexual
 * Rebecca Walker, American author, bisexual
 * Horace Walpole, British 4th Earl of Orford
 * Sophie Ward, British Film and Stage Actress
 * Andy Warhol, American artist and pop art icon
 * Jackie Warner, American fitness instructor
 * Patricia Nell Warren, American writer, Front Runner
 * Tony Warren, British scriptwriter (creator of Coronation Street)
 * John Waters, American film director (Pink Flamingos)
 * Sarah Waters, British author (Tipping the Velvet)
 * Edith Wharton, American novelist (The House of Mirth)
 * Bruce Weber, American photographer
 * Aaron Webster, Canadian hate crime victim
 * Martin Webster, British neo-nazi
 * Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thai experimental filmmaker (Mysterious Object At Noon, Blissfully Yours, Tropical Malady) and artist
 * Sumner Welles, American Under Secretary of State 1937-1943
 * John C. Wells, English phonetician
 * James E. West, American politician
 * Rosemary West, British serial killer, bisexual
 * Guido Westerwelle, leader of the German political party FDP
 * James Whale, British film director
 * Diane Whipple, American victim in the Presa Canario dog mauling trial
 * Dave White, American writer, music critic, and film critic
 * Edmund White, American novelist (A Boy's Own Story)
 * Patrick White, Australian novelist and Nobel Prize winner(The Twyborn Affair)
 * Walt Whitman, American poet (Leaves of Grass)
 * Sue Wicks, American WNBA basketball player
 * Jane Wiedlin, American guitarist/singer for The Go-Go's, bisexual
 * Tracey Wigginton, Australian "lesbian vampire murderer"
 * Kenneth Williams, British actor and diarist
 * Pete Williams, American journalist
 * Tennessee Williams, American playwright
 * John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, Anglo-Irish poet and rake, bisexual.
 * Ricky Wilson, guitarist, American new wave band The B-52's
 * Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German classical archaeologist and art historian
 * Paul Winfield, American actor
 * Jeanette Winterson, British author
 * Dale Winton, British television presenter
 * Michal Witkowski, Polish writer
 * Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian philosopher
 * Monique Wittig, French-born American academic
 * David Wojnarowicz, American artist
 * B.D. Wong, American actor
 * Alexander Wood, Canadian merchant and magistrate, "Founder of Gay Toronto"
 * Mark Kenneth Woods, Canadian artist, film and television director, writer and actor
 * Virginia Woolf, British author
 * Klaus Wowereit, German mayor of Berlin
 * Alice Wu, American filmmaker

Y

 * Will Young, British pop singer, winner of ITV's 2001 Pop Idol, and singer of the million-selling 2002 single "Anything Is Possible / Evergreen"

Z

 * Pedro Zamora, Cuban-American AIDS activist, The Real World participant
 * Zhou Dan, Chinese lawyer and gay activist

I know some of these people are openly gay. But WP:V applies. WJBscribe 02:37, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

brendon urie has no proof of him being out as gay. that picture was taken as a joke probably (the link to prove his sexuality) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.57.86.1 (talk) 22:28, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Gareth Thomas
The rugby player is Welsh, not English and Bi, not gay. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.250.146.169 (talk) 15:26, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks - I've changed his entry to "Welsh". I didn't change his status to "Bi" because the sources say he's gay. -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 16:53, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from Mkuyt, 30 December 2010
edit semi-protected

Publius Vergilius Maro (Virgil), the Roman poet, should be added

Mkuyt (talk) 15:17, 30 December 2010 (UTC)


 * The article on Virgil has no information regarding his possible homosexuality. -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 16:58, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

GLBTQ as a reliable source
Two issues with this website. Linda Rapp, who is listed in this article as the author, and who does not herself cite any sources is a Spanish teacher. We have no article ourselves on her here, so she is not notable as a writer of anything, let alone biography. The site itself has an "editor" but there's no indication that they actually vet anything that's published there. I don't think the writer, or the site, rises to the level of a reliable source for our project.Wjhonson (talk) 13:53, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

Luther Vandross
http://www.out.com/entertainment/2006/11/06/four-four-keith-boykin-luther-vandross--68.51.87.188 (talk) 14:25, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
 * The issue needs to be addressed in his article before he can be listed here; as of right now, his article makes no mention whatsoever, and strictly speaking this link alone would not be a sufficient source in the absence of better ones. Bearcat (talk) 17:31, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Michael Urie
http://sdgln.com/entertainment/2012/11/17/cbs-cancels-partners-starring-openly-gay-actor-michael-urie--68.51.87.188 (talk) 15:51, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅ He's been out for a few years now, actually, so I'm surprised to learn that he hadn't already been listed here. Bearcat (talk) 17:34, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 4 February 2015
Please add Taylor Trensch in the list. He's openly gay Broadway actor.

Taylortrensch (talk) 17:51, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made.  Edgars2007  (talk/contribs) 19:05, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ Found a source: . Stickee (talk) 22:57, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 31 August 2015
Please add Agustí Villaronga to this list. Source. Thanks!

46.116.230.76 (talk) 15:52, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Stickee (talk) 22:50, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Many thanks! 46.116.230.76 (talk) 09:29, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 25 March 2017
Tawfeek Wahid Konsowa is definitely gay. He has confided this information to me and i would like to make it public. 41.38.56.196 (talk) 22:54, 25 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Cannolis (talk) 03:44, 26 March 2017 (UTC)
 * This is a list of famous people, not of your personal friends. Bearcat (talk) 12:09, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

Removed Brendon Urie.
I have removed singer Brendon Urie from the list, as now his Wiki entry has a credible source/interview in which he defines himself as straight: http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2013/11/08/brendon-urie-gay_n_4233235.html?ir=Australia ExRat (talk) 10:17, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 6 December 2019
Japanese sengoku-era daimyo Kenshin Uesugi was gay. Please, add him 87.17.58.223 (talk) 17:17, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Not done, not verified by reliable sources. – Thjarkur (talk) 17:57, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

Takeda Shingen
https://lgbt.wikia.org/wiki/Takeda_Shingen Like Oda Nobunaga, he too had a wife and children but also had sexual relationships qith male lovers. He, like Nobunaga, is bi 87.17.58.223 (talk) 17:33, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Not done, not verified by reliable sources. –

Thjarkur (talk) 17:57, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

Don't you consider the fact that he has a page on a wiki dedicated to lgbt people (and it clearly mentions a male lover of his) a reliable source?


 * Wikis aren't reliable sources; they are user-generated sources which can contain errors if they're not properly referenced to reliable sources, which means published books and/or media coverage that was subject to an editorial chain of command and fact-checking. Bearcat (talk) 16:13, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Nik Thakkar
Nik Thakkar's birth year is listed as 1988. This is incorrect, it should be 1983. See Companies House for reference: https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/ipB7xGr0yuH5pgFfKpKW-kbJJDM/appointments 146.198.99.149 (talk) 11:24, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

Wesley Taylor missing
Wesley Taylor is an out gay actor. He should be added. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Emosapphic (talk • contribs) 18:18, 18 June 2021 (UTC)