The Naked Civil Servant (book) The Naked Civil Servant (book) The Naked Civil Servant is the 1968 autobiography of British gay icon Quentin Crisp, adapted into a 1975 film of the same name starring John Hurt. The book began as a 1964 radio interview with Crisp conducted by his friend and fellow eccentric Philip O'Connor. A managing director at Jonathan Cape heard the interview and commissioned the publication. Having sold only 3,500 copies when first released, the book became a success when it was republished following the television movie broadcast. The book contains many anecdotes about Crisp's life from childhood to middle age, including troubles
Gay icon Billie Jean King, Tom Daley, Robbie Rogers, Michael Sam, Brian Boitano and Gareth Thomas, are considered gay icons within the sports industry. In the political arena, gay icons are represented by, among others, Empress Elisabeth of Austria, Diana, Princess of Wales, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Pedro Zerolo, Brian Sims, George Moscone, Coretta Scott King, Abraham Lincoln, Winnie Mandela, Tony Blair, Hillary Clinton, Imelda Marcos, Eva Perón, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, the first openly lesbian head of government of the modern era. Roger Casement, an Irish civil rights activist, became a gay icon of the early 20th century. Civil