Gay icon a prototypical portrait of a tortured closet case." Due to Saint Sebastian's status as a gay icon, Tennessee Williams chose to use the saint's name for the martyred character Sebastian in his play, "Suddenly, Last Summer". The name was also used by Oscar Wilde—as Sebastian Melmoth—when in exile after his release from prison. Wilde, an Irish writer and poet, was about as "out of the closet" as was possible for the late 19th century, and is himself considered to be a gay icon. Marie Antoinette was an early lesbian icon. Rumors about her relationships with women circulated in pornographic detail
Garrison Melmoth selection and cycling system, airbrakes, a stabilator T-tail, a turbocharged engine and built-in oxygen. A follow-on design, the Garrison Melmoth 2, was commenced in August 1981 and first flew on 1 November 2002. The Melmoth 2 bears the same registration, N2MU, that the original aircraft wore. The aircraft was intended for long flights and in 1974 Garrison and his partner Nancy Salter flew the Melmoth to Guatemala, a flight on which they became lost looking for Guatemala City. On 5 August 1975 Garrison and Salter flew from Gander, Newfoundland to Shannon, Ireland nonstop in about 11 hours. On 3 July