LGBT social movements and gays. Veteran activists such as Sylvia Rivera and Beth Elliot were sidelined or expelled because they were transgender. In 1974, Maureen Colquhoun came out as the first Lesbian MP for the Labour Party in the UK. When elected she was married in a heterosexual marriage. In 1975, the groundbreaking film portraying homosexual gay icon Quentin Crisp's life, The Naked Civil Servant was transmitted by Thames Television for the British Television channel ITV. The British journal Gay Left also began publication. After British Home Stores sacked an openly gay trainee Tony Whitehead, a national campaign subsequently picketed their stores in
Gay icon Tyra Banks, Kathy Griffin, Jessica Lange, Angela Lansbury, Carrie Fisher, Lucy Lawless, Mo'Nique, Maggie Smith. Meryl Streep became a gay icon after portraying Miranda Priestly in the film "The Devil Wears Prada". Various LGBT celebrities have been embraced as gay icons after opening up about their sexual orientation as media professionals and public figures, including George Michael, Eric Andre, Lance Bass, Ellen DeGeneres, Neil Patrick Harris, Elton John, Adam Lambert, Ricky Martin, Wentworth Miller, Rosie O'Donnell, Frank Ocean, RuPaul, George Takei, Ian McKellen, Christina Hendricks, Sarah Paulson, Harry Styles, and Hayley Kiyoko. Ben Cohen, Jason Collins, Greg Louganis, Martina Navratilova,