Cher and Dolly Parton endured struggle and hardship, but have never stopped working. David Bowie and George Michael showed us how to live free before they died. Bea Arthur and Elizabeth Taylor were allies to the LGBTQ community, as talented as they were selfless. Judy Garland’s death is apocryphally cited as inspiration for the Stonewall Riots.
Pop-culture LGBTQ heroes come in all shapes and sizes, but those who join the pantheon of legends are often revolutionary, sometimes tragic figures who inspire the community regardless of their professed sexual orientation. There are two types of people in this world: People who know that the Babadook - the namesake of the acclaimed 2014 Australian horror film - is a queer icon, and people who will soon find out that the Babadook is a queer icon.
