LGBT businesspeople from the United States

Jenna Haze (born February 22, 1982) is an American director, model and former pornographic actress.

Karenjit Kaur Vohra (born May 13, 1981), better known by her stage name 'Sunny Leone' (pronounced /ˈsəniːliːˈoʊnˈiː/), is an Indian Canadian actress and model, and former pornstar, also possessing American citizenship.

Dyanna Lauren (born March 18, 1965) is an American erotic dancer, pornographic actress, singer and director.

Peter Andreas Thiel (/ˈtiːl/; born October 11, 1967) is a German-American entrepreneur, venture capitalist and hedge fund manager.

Cytherea (born September 27, 1981) is an American pornographic actress and model.

Jill Kelly (born February 1, 1971) is the stage name of an American pornographic actress, director and producer.

(For other people named Tim Cook, see Tim Cook (disambiguation).) Timothy Donald "Tim" Cook (born November 1, 1960) is an American business executive, industrial engineer and developer.

Stephanie Swift (born February 7, 1972) is a former American pornographic actress who starred in over 300 adult movies between 1995 and 2009, when she was diagnosed with breast cancer and left the industry.

Caitlyn Jenner (born October 28, 1949), formerly known as Bruce Jenner, is an American television personality and retired Olympic gold medal-winning decathlete.

Roy Marcus Cohn (/koʊn/; February 20, 1927 – August 2, 1986) was an American attorney who became famous during Senator Joseph McCarthy's investigations into Communist activity in the United States during the Second Red Scare.

Marc Jacobs (born April 9, 1963) is an American fashion designer.

Kevin S. McClatchy (born January 13, 1963 in Sacramento, California) is the chairman of The McClatchy Company and former owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team.

Laura M. Ricketts is co-owner of the Chicago Cubs.

Rich Eychaner (born November 15, 1948 in DeKalb, Illinois) is an Iowa businessperson, politician and LGBT rights activist.

Wendell Brown is an American computer scientist, entrepreneur and inventor best known for his innovations in Cybersecurity, Telecommunications, Smartphone app development, the Internet of Things and efficient energy technologies.

Jennifer Lynn Azzi (born August 31, 1968) is a former basketball coach, most recently the head coach of the women's team at the University of San Francisco.

Walter Cole (born 1930), better known as Darcelle XV, is a drag queen in Portland, Oregon, United States.

Craig Taro Gold (born November 1969), known as Taro Gold, is an American author and entrepreneur.

Maxine Lapiduss is an American comedian-singer, television comedy writer, director, producer, entrepreneur, and branding strategist.

Justin Jedlica (born August 11, 1980), known as the Human Ken Doll, is an American man who garnered national attention for undergoing over 190 cosmetic procedures.

Michael Recanati (born c. 1958) is an American businessman, philanthropist and political donor.

Serenity (born October 29, 1969) is an American former pornographic actress.

Levine was raised in Port Charlotte, Florida, where he attended Port Charlotte High School.

Brent Ridge is an American physician, business owner, and reality television participant.

Bruce Wayne Bastian (born March 23, 1948 in Twin Falls, Idaho) is an American computer programmer, businessman, philanthropist and social activist.

Jon-Marc McDonald (born September 20, 1976) is an American-born publicist and political activist.

Joshua Daniel "Josh" Flagg (born August 20, 1985) is an American real estate agent, author and television personality as an original cast member on the show Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles on the Bravo television network.

Peggy Fears (June 1, 1903 - August 24, 1994) was an American actress, who appeared in Broadway musical comedies during the 1920s and 1930s before becoming a Broadway producer.

Fred Eychaner (born c. 1945) is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist.

Connor Joel Franta (born September 12, 1992) is an American YouTuber, entrepreneur, and writer.

Robert Andrew "Bob" Kohler (17 May 1926 – 5 December 2007) was a gay rights pioneer.

Kathleen Marie Sullivan (born August 20, 1955) is an American lawyer who is a name partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, a global, litigation-only white shoe law firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Lady Rhea has been a Wiccan High Priestess in the Gardnerian tradition since 1973.

Sean O'Brien Strub (born May 16, 1958) is a writer and activist who is the director of The Sero Project (www.theseroproject.com), a national network of people with HIV combating stigma and injustice.

Elisabeth "Bessie" Marbury (June 19, 1856 – January 22, 1933) was a pioneering American theatrical and literary agent and producer who represented prominent theatrical performers and writers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and helped shape business methods of the modern commercial theater.

Fred S. Karger (born January 31, 1950) is an American political consultant, gay rights activist and watchdog, former actor, and former candidate for the Republican nomination for the 2012 US Presidential election.

Nicolas Petrou is a Cypriot-American fashion designer and couturier based in New York City.

Michael Stanton Jeffries (born July 15, 1944) is an American businessman.

(Not to be confused with Rick Ross.) Rich Ross is Group President of Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and Science Channel He has been with Discovery since January 5, 2015.

Michael Huffington (born September 3, 1947) is an American politician, LGBT activist, and film producer.

Lee Greer Brewster (April 27, 1943 – May 19, 2000) was an American drag queen, transvestite activist, and retailer.

Andrew Christopher Branham (born October 27, 1975) is an American author and business executive who resides in Jackson, Michigan.

Elsie de Wolfe, also known as Lady Mendl, (December 20, 1859? – July 12, 1950) was an American actress, interior decorator, nominal author of the influential 1913 book The House in Good Taste, and a prominent figure in New York, Paris, and London society.

Robert "Bob" Greenblatt (born 1960) is an American television executive and currently the chairman of NBC Entertainment.

Trevor Burgess is an American investment banker and CEO of C1 Financial.

Josh Kilmer-Purcell (born August 28, 1969) is an American writer, television personality, and businessperson.

Robert Warne Wilson (November 3, 1926 – December 23, 2013) was an American hedge fund manager, philanthropist and art collector.

Andrew Joseph "Andy" Cohen (born June 2, 1968) is an American talk show and radio host, author and producer.

Tim Gill (born October 18, 1953) is an American computer software entrepreneur and LGBT rights activist.

Buck Angel is an American adult film producer and motivational speaker.

Andrew Greenwell (born September 3, 1983) is an American real estate broker and reality television personality.

Gordon Naccarato is an award winning chef and restaurateur from Tacoma, Washington.

Ben de Lisi (born 31 May 1955) is an American born fashion designer based in London.

Bernardo Hernández González (born 1970) is a Spanish technology entrepreneur and business angel.

Marc John Collins-Rector (born October 16, 1959) is an American businessman, a millionaire and a convicted sex offender, best known for founding Digital Entertainment Network, an online streaming video broadcaster and notable dot-com failure as well as his associations with Hollywood and Media moguls.

Maxim Thorne is an American lawyer and civil rights advocate who teaches on philanthropy at Yale University.

Michael Wallent (born Michael Wallent, transitioned to Megan Wallent in 2008, and transitioned back to Michael Wallent in 2013) is a transgender executive at Microsoft.

Megan J. Smith (born October 1964) is the Chief Technology Officer of the United States.

Theresa Sparks is the Executive Director of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission and was a candidate for San Francisco Supervisor for District 6 in the November 2010 election.

Nica Noelle is the stage name of an American entrepreneur, pornographic film actress and director, as well as a writer whose essays have appeared in Salon, The Huffington Post and Hustler.

Gavin Arthur (born Chester Alan Arthur III; March 21, 1901 – April 28, 1972) was a San Francisco astrologer and sexologist and a grandson of American President Chester A.

Jane Pratt (born November 11, 1962) is the founding editor of Sassy and Jane, and current editor of xoJane.

Joshua W. "Josh" Robbins (born January 12, 1983 in Jackson, Tennessee) is an American HIV/AIDS activist, blogger, talent agent, writer, and social media marketer.

Jason Goldberg is an American internet entrepreneur.

Nina Jacobson (born 1965) is an American film executive who, until July 2006, was president of the Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company.

Martine Aliana Rothblatt (born 1954) is an American lawyer, author, and entrepreneur.

Susan Lynn "Suze" Orman (born June 5, 1951) is an American author, financial advisor, motivational speaker, and television host.

Alexander Westerman (born 1969 ) is a United States of America Creative Director based in Los Angeles.

Bryan William Lourd (born November 5, 1960) is an American talent agent.

Alphonse "Buddy" Fletcher Jr.

Sean Simcha Eldridge (born July 31, 1986) is an American activist and investor.

Craig L. Rodwell (October 31, 1940 – June 18, 1993) was an American gay rights activist known for founding the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop on November 24, 1967, the first bookstore devoted to gay and lesbian authors and as the prime mover for the creation of the New York City pride demonstration.

David Benkof (born David Ari Bianco on October 9, 1970) is an American political commentator and entrepreneur.

David C. Bohnett (born April 2, 1956) is an American philanthropist and technology entrepreneur.

Harley Baldwin (April 17, 1945 – January 23, 2005) was an American developer and art dealer who divided his time between residences in Aspen, Colorado, and New York City.

James Mark Barnett II (born September 30, 1986) is an American entrepreneur and community activist from Dallas, Texas.

Sasha Alyson (born May 22, 1952) is an American writer and businessman who started Alyson Publications in 1979.