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
Sebastian Jespersen Sebastian Jespersen Sebastian Vedsted Jespersen (born May 6, 1973 in Farum, north of Copenhagen, Denmark) is the CEO and co-founder of the independent digital agency Vertic. Sebastian Jespersen is an innovator, a business strategist, and a digital thought leader. ]. The Internationalist awarded Jespersen "Agency Innovator 2012". Jespersen lives today in New York City. He founded independent digital agency Vertic over a decade ago; today it operates on three continents and serves some of best-known global marketers and brands. He successfully took his online marketing start-up into the internet era, all the while shepherding Vertic to extraordinary year-on-year growth and