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 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