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What makes a celebrity a gay icon?

Asked by tinyfaery (44107points) January 1st, 2010

Liza Minnelli
Cher
Madonna
Lady Gaga
Judy Garland
Bette Midler
Sandra Bernhard
The Golden Girls
Barbara Streisand
Princess Diana

All of these people are gay icons. Impersonating these women is the core of drag culture. I have never understood what makes a gay icon. What do these women have in common? Any ideas about why and how someone becomes a gay icon?

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