Gay icon Kensington of AIDS-related illnesses (bronchial pneumonia). Artists particularly embraced by the gay community during the 1980s included Whitney Houston, Patti Labelle, Alaska, Charo, Dolly Parton, Elaine Paige, Amanda Lear, Prince and Mylène Farmer. Several Britons were seen as gay icons, including singers Boy George, David Bowie, George Michael, Morrissey, Pet Shop Boys, Kate Bush, Annie Lennox, and writer Quentin Crisp. Elton John also became a gay icon during this decade, a status strengthened throughout the years. Diana Ross, a long time gay icon, of The Supremes; released a song I'm Coming Out which brought a significance to the phrase of
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