The Naked Civil Servant (book) he faced by refusing to hide his homosexuality and flamboyant lifestyle during a time when such behaviour was criminalized in the United Kingdom. Crisp also recalls his various jobs including book designer, nude model, and prostitute. The title derives from Crisp's quip about being an art model: employed by schools, models are ultimately paid by the Department for Education. They are essentially civil employees who are naked during office hours. 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
Gay icon Russia especially in the gay community where she is considered as a true icon. Glenn Close was established as a gay icon after portraying Margarethe Cammermeyer in "" (1995). She gained more recognition through her campy portrayal of the glamorous Cruella de Vil in "101 Dalmatians" (1996) and as the fading diva Norma Desmond in the Broadway musical "Sunset Boulevard". Garth Brooks, whose sister is openly lesbian, was one of the first non-LGBT male artists to openly back gay rights, and later same-sex marriage. The Spice Girls became gay icons during the 1990s, on account of their dance-pop sound, flamboyant