List of famous gay, lesbian or bisexual composers
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Queer, and Transgender composers include:
- A: Ruth Anderson
- B: Samuel Barber -- Eve Beglarian -- Leonard Bernstein -- Chester Biscardi -- Chris de Blasio -- Marc Blitzstein -- Paul Bowles -- Benjamin Britten -- Madelyn Byrne
- C: John Cage -- Aaron Copland -- John Corigliano -- Henry Cowell -- Conrad Cummings
- D: David Del Tredici -- Ani DiFranco
- E: Melissa Etheridge
- F: Lori Freedman
- G: Charles Tomlinson Griffes
- H: Reynaldo Hahn -- Lou Harrison -- Robert Helps -- Martin Hennessy -- Hans Werner Henze -- William Alden Hibbard -- Jennifer Higdon -- Lee Hoiby -- Jerry Hunt
- I: Janis Ian
- K: Paula Kimper
- L: k.d. lang -- Marilyn Lerner -- Annea Lockwood -- Chris Lowe
- M: Madonna -- Robert Maggio -- Gian Carlo Menotti -- George Michael -- Linda Montano -- Steven Morrissey
- N: Me'shell N'Degeocello -- Alwin Nikolais
- O: Sinead O'Connor -- Pauline Oliveros
- P: Harry Partch -- Cole Porter -- Francis Poulenc
- R: Ned Rorem
- S: Camille Saint-Saëns -- Fred Schneider -- Zola Shaulis -- Jimmy Somerville -- Stephen Sondheim -- Michael Stipe -- Sylvester -- Karol Maciej Szymanowski
- T: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky -- Neil Tennant -- Virgil Thomson -- Nurit Tilles
- W: Ben Weber -- Kaia Wilson
