Source: Gay and Lesbian Literary Heritage by Claude J. Summers
J.R. Ackerley (November 4, 1896 - June 4, 1967)
Edward Albee (born March 12, 1928)
Paula Gunn Allen (October 24, 1939 May 29, 2008)
Dorothy Allison (born April 11, 1949)
Lisa Alther (born July 23, 1944)
Gloria Anzaldϊa (September 26, 1942 May 15, 2004)
Reinaldo Arenas (July 16, 1943 December 7, 1990)
June Arnold (October 27, 1926 - March 11, 1982)
John Ashbery (born July 28, 1927)
W.H. Auden (February 21, 1907 September 29, 1973)
St. Augustine of Hippo (November 13, 354 August 28, 430)
Manuel Azaρa (January 10, 1880 November 3, 1940)
Sir Francis Bacon (January 22, 1561 April 9, 1626)
James Baldwin (August 2, 1924 December 1, 1987)
Ann Bannon (born September 15, 1932)
Djuna Barnes (June 12, 1892 June 18, 1982)
Natalie Clifford Barney (October 31, 1876 February 2, 1972)
Richard Barnfield (June 13, 1574 1620)
Roland Barthes (November 12, 1915 March 25, 1980)
Neil Bartlett (born January 1, 1958)
Sylvia Beach (March 14, 1887 - October 5, 1962)
William Thomas Beckford (October 1, 1760 May 2, 1844)
Aphra Behn (December 14, 1640 April 16, 1689)
E.F. Benson (July 24, 1867- February 29, 1940)
Jeremy Bentham (February 15, 1748 June 6, 1832)
Elizabeth Bishop (February 8, 1911 October 6, 1979)
Marie-Claire Blais (born October 5, 1939)
Elizabeth Bowen (June 7, 1899 February 22, 1973)
Jane Bowles (February 22, 1917 May 4, 1973)
Paul Bowles (December 30, 1910 November 18, 1999)
Christopher Bram (born February 22, 1952)
Rupert Brooke (August 3, 1887 April 23, 1915)
Brigid Brophy, Lady Levey (June 12, 1929 August 7, 1995)
Nicole Brossard (born November 27, 1943)
Olga Broumas (born May 6, 1949)
Rita Mae Brown (born November 28, 1944)
John Horne Burns (October 7, 1916 August 11, 1953)
William S. Burroughs (February 5, 1914 August 2, 1997)
Lady Eleanor Charlotte Butler (May 11, 1739 June 2, 1829) and Sarah Ponsonby (1755 December 9, 1832)
Samuel Butler (December 4 o 5, 1835 June 18, 1902)
George Gordon Byron, sixth baron Byron of Rochdale, Lord Byron (January 22, 1788 April 19, 1824)
Truman Capote (September 30, 1924 - August 25, 1984)
Edward Carpenter (August 29, 1844 - June 28, 1929)
C.P. Cavafy (April 29, 1863 April 29, 1933)
Luis Cernuda (September 21, 1902 November 5, 1963)
Jane Chambers (March 27, 1937 - February 15, 1983)
Geoffrey Chaucer (1343 October 25, 1400)
John Cheever (May 27, 1912 June 18, 1982)
Hιlθne Cixous (born June 5, 1937)
John Cleland (September 24, 1709 January 23, 1789)
Jean Cocteau (July 5, 1889 - October 11, 1963)
Colette (January 28, 1873 August 3, 1954)
Ivy Compton-Burnett (June 5, 1884 August 27, 1969)
Marie Corelli (May 1, 1855 April 21, 1924)
Noλl Coward (December 16, 1899 March 26, 1973)
Hart Crane (July 21, 1899 April 27, 1932)
Countee Cullen (May 30, 1903 January 9, 1946)
Michael Cunningham (born November 6, 1952)
Emily Dickinson (December 10, 1830 - May 15, 1886)
Melvin Dixon (May 29, 1950 - October 26, 1992)
H.D. aka Hilda Doolittle (September 10, 1886 September 27, 1961)
Lord Alfred "Bosie" Douglas (October 22, 1870 March 20, 1945)
Robert Duncan (January 7, 1919 February 3, 1988)
Lawrence Durrell (February 27, 1912 - November 7, 1990)
Elana Dykewomon (born October 11, 1949)
T.S. Eliot (September 26, 1888 January 4, 1965)
Robert Ferro (October 21, 1941 - July 11, 1988)
Hubert Fichte (March 21, 1935 - March 8, 1986)
Edward Field (born June 7, 1924)
Katherine Harris Bradley & Edith Emma Cooper aka Michael Field
Harvey Fierstein (born June 6, 1952)
Ronald Firbank (January 17, 1886 May 21, 1926)
Janet Flanner (March 13, 1892 November 7, 1978)
E. M. Forster (January 1, 1879 June 7, 1970)
Michel Foucault (October 15, 1926 June 25, 1984)
Diana Frederics aka Frances V. Rummell (1907-1969)
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (October 31, 1852 March 13, 1930)
Patrick Gale (born January 31, 1962)
Jean Genet (December 19, 1910 April 15, 1986)
Andrι Gide (November 22, 1869 February 19, 1951)
Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 - April 5, 1997)
Jewelle Gomez (born September 11, 1948)
Paul Goodman (September 9, 1911 August 2, 1972)
Judy Grahn (born July 28, 1940)
Thomas Gray (December 26, 1716 - July 30, 1771)
Jim Grimsley (born January 1, 1955)
Doris Grumbach (born July 12, 1918)
Thom Gunn (August 29, 1929 April 25, 2004)
Radclyffe Hall (August 12, 1880 October 7, 1943)
Richard Hall (November 26, 1926 - October 29, 1992)
Lorraine Hansberry (May 19, 1930 January 12, 1965)
Joseph Hansen aka James Colton (July 19, 1923 - November 24, 2004)
Bertha Harris (December 17, 1937 May 22, 2005)
E. Lynn Harris (June 20, 1955 July 23, 2009)
Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899 July 2, 1961)
Patricia Highsmith (January 19, 1921 - February 4, 1995)
Daryl Hine (February 24, 1936 August 20, 2012)
Guy Hocquenghem (December 3, 1946 August 28, 1988)
Andrew Holleran aka Eric Garber (born January 1, 1944)
Gerard Manley Hopkins (July 28, 1844 June 8, 1889)
Horace (December 8, 65 BC November 27, 8 BC)
A.E. Housman (March 26, 1859 - April 30, 1936)
Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 - May 22, 1967)
William Inge (May 3, 1913 June 10, 1973)
Christopher Isherwood (August 26, 1904 - January 4, 1986)
Derek Jarman (January 31, 1942 February 19, 1994)
Alfred Jarry (September 8, 1873 November 1, 1907)
Sarah Orne Jewett (September 3, 1849 June 24, 1909)
June Jordan (July 9, 1936 June 14, 2002)
Maurice Kenny (born August 16, 1929)
Heinrich von Kleist (October 18, 1777 November 21, 1811)
Larry Kramer (born June 25, 1935)
Hanif Kureishi (born December 5, 1954)
Tony Kushner (born July 16, 1956)
Mikhail Kuzmin (October 18, 1872 - March 1, 1936)
Selma Lagerlφf (November 20, 1858 March 16, 1940)
Nella Larsen (April 13, 1891 March 30, 1964)
D.H. Lawrence (September 11, 1885 March 2, 1930)
T.E. Lawrence (August 16, 1888 May 19, 1935)
David Leavitt (born June 23, 1961)
Violette Leduc (April 7, 1907 May 28, 1972)
Vernon Lee (October 14, 1856 February 13, 1935)
Matthew Lewis (July 9, 1775 May 14, 1818)
Josι Lezama Lima (December 19, 1910 - August 9, 1976)
Anne Lister (April 3, 1791 - September 22, 1840)
Audre Lorde (February 18, 1934 November 17, 1992)
Amy Lowell (February 9, 1874 May 12, 1925)
John Henry Mackay (February 6, 1864 May 16, 1933)
Klaus Mann (November 18, 1906 - May 21, 1949)
Thomas Mann (June 6, 1875 August 12, 1955)
Jovette Marchessault (February 9, 1938 - December 31, 2012)
Christopher Marlowe (February 26, 1564 - May 30, 1593)
Adam Mars-Jones (born October 26, 1954)
F.O. Matthiessen (February 19, 1902 - April 1, 1950)
W. Somerset Maugham (January 25, 1874 December 16, 1965)
Armistead Maupin (born May 13, 1944)
Carson McCullers (February 19, 1917 September 29, 1967)
Terrence McNally (born November 3, 1939)
Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 September 28, 1891)
James Merrill (March 3, 1926 - February 6, 1995)
Charlotte Mew (November 15, 1869 March 24, 1928)
Michelangelo Buonarroti (March 6, 1475 February 18, 1564)
Isabel Miller (November 26, 1924 - October 4, 1996)
Kate Millett (born September 14, 1934)
John Milton (December 9, 1608 November 8, 1674)
Yukio Mishima (January 14, 1925 November 25, 1970)
Paul Monette (October 16, 1945 - February 10, 1995)
Cherrie Moraga (born September 25, 1952)
Jan Morris (born October 2, 1926)
Kate O'Brien (December 3, 1897 August 13, 1974)
Frank O'Hara (March 27, 1926 July 25, 1966)
Joe Orton (January 1, 1933 August 9, 1967)
Wilfred Owen (March 18, 1893 November 4, 1918)
Sophia Parnok (August 11, 1885 August 26, 1933)
Pier Paolo Pasolini (March 5, 1922 November 2, 1975)
Walter Pater (August 4, 1839 July 30, 1894)
Robert Patrick (born September 27, 1937)
Sandro Penna (June 12, 1906 January 21, 1977)
Fernando Pessoa (June 13, 1888 November 30, 1935)
Katherine Philips (January 1, 1632 June 22, 1664)
David Plante (born March 4, 1940)
August von Platen (October 24, 1796 December 5, 1835)
William Plomer (December 10, 1903 - September 21, 1973)
Reynolds Price (February 1, 1933 January 20, 2011)
Marcel Proust (July 10, 1871 November 18, 1922)
Manuel Puig (December 28, 1932 - July 22, 1990)
James Purdy (July 17, 1914 March 13, 2009)
John Rechy (born March 10, 1934)
Mary Renault (September 4, 1905 December 13, 1983)
Gerard Reve (December 14, 1923 - April 8, 2006)
Adrienne Rich (May 16, 1929 - March 27, 2012)
Arthur Rimbaud (October 20, 1854 November 10, 1891)
John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (April 1, 1647 July 26, 1680)
Frederick Rolfe (July 22, 1860 - October 25, 1913)
Ned Rorem (born October 23, 1923)
Christina Rossetti (December 5, 1830 December 29, 1894)
Muriel Rukeyser (December 15, 1913 February 12, 1980)
Jane Rule (March 28, 1931 November 27, 2007)
Joanna Russ (February 22, 1937 April 29, 2011)
Vita Sackville-West (March 9, 1892 June 2, 1962)
Ihara Saikaku (1642 September 9, 1693)
Denis Sanguin de Saint-Pavin (1595 - April 8, 1670)
George Sand (July 1, 1804 June 8, 1876)
George Santayana (December 16, 1863 - September 26, 1952)
Frank Sargeson (March 21, 1903 March 1, 1982)
May Sarton (May 3, 1912 July 16, 1995)
Sarah Schulman (born July 28, 1958)
Sarah Scott (September 21, 1720 November 3, 1795)
Anna Seward (December 12, 1747 March 25, 1809)
Randy Shilts (August 8, 1951 - February 17, 1994)
Ann Allen Shockley (born June 21, 1927)
Dame Edith Sitwell (September 7, 1887 December 9, 1964)
Edith Anna Somerville aka "Somerville and Ross" (May 2, 1858 October 8, 1949)
Violet Florence Martin aka Martin Ross aka "Somerville and Ross" (June 11, 1862 December 21, 1915)
Susan Sontag (January 16, 1933 December 28, 2004)
Sir Stephen Spender (February 28, 1909 July 16, 1995)
Jack Spicer (January 30, 1925 - August 17, 1965)
Gertrude Stein (February 3, 1874 July 27, 1946)
Edward Prime-Stevenson (July 23, 1858 - July 23, 1942)
Charles Warren Stoddard (August 7, 1843, April 23, 1909)
Lytton Strachey (March 1, 1880 January 21, 1932)
Howard Sturgis (January 30, 1855 February 7, 1920)
Algernon Charles Swinburne (April 5, 1837 - April 10, 1909)
John Addington Symonds (October 5, 1840 - April 19, 1893)
Mutsuo Takahashi (born December 15, 1937)
Sara Teasdale (August 8, 1884 January 29, 1933)
Lord Alfred Tennyson (August 6, 1809 October 6, 1892)
Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 May 6, 1862)
Michel Tremblay (born June 25, 1942)
Carl Van Vechten (June 17, 1880 December 21, 1964)
Paul Verlaine (March 30, 1844 - January 8, 1896)
Thιophile de Viau (1590 - September 25, 1626)
Gore Vidal (October 3, 1925 July 31, 2012)
Virgil (October 15, 70 BC September 21, 19 BC)
Renιe Vivien (June 11, 1877 - November 18, 1909)
Bruno Vogel (September 29, 1898 - April 5, 1987)
Alice Walker (born February 9, 1944)
Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (September 24, 1717 March 2, 1797)
Patricia Nell Warren (born June 15, 1936)
Sarah Waters (born July 21, 1966)
Evelyn Waugh (28 October 1903 April 10, 1966)
Anna Elisabet Weirauch (August 7, 1887 - December 21, 1970)
Denton Welch (March 27, 1915 - December 30, 1948)
Edmund White (born January 13, 1940)
Patrick White (1912 - September 30, 1990)
Walt Whitman (May 31, 1819 March 26, 1892)
Oscar Wilde (October 16, 1854 November 30, 1900)
Gale Wilhelm (April 6, 1908 July 11, 1991)
Jonathan Williams (March 8, 1929 March 16, 2008)
Tennessee Williams (March 26, 1911 February 25, 1983)
Sir Angus Wilson (August 11, 1913 May 31, 1991)
Lanford Wilson (April 13, 1937 March 24, 2011)
Johann Joachim Winckelmann (December 9, 1717 June 8, 1768)
Donald Windham (July 2, 1920 May 31, 2010)
Christa Winsloe (December 23, 1888 - June 10, 1944)
Jeanette Winterson (born August 27, 1959)
Monique Wittig (July 13, 1935 January 3, 2003)
Jacqueline Woodson (born February 12, 1963)
Virginia Woolf (January 25, 1882 March 28, 1941)
Marguerite Yourcenar (June 8, 1903 December 17, 1987)