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The 25 Most Googled Gays

Nearly every week, pop train wreck Britney Spears appears at the top of every "Most Googled" celebrity list. But what about the most Googled LGBT celebs? Wanda, Ellen, Lindsay, and Rufus -- see where your faves wound up.


By now it's a given -- nearly every week, pop train wreck Britney Spears appears at the top of every "Most Googled" celebrity list... and she's been there since the invention of, well, Google. But Advocate.com has turned this 21st-century popularity contest on its ear by finding the most-searched-for LGBT celebrities over the past five years (plus names like Jodie, Anderson, and Adam who, if they were openly gay, would rank awfully high).

Some of the results will likely surprise you -- others will seemingly fit right in.

The following is the list in ascending order, with each celeb's top Google News search result as of May 14:

25. Wanda Sykes

Wanda Sykes Welcomes Twins

24. Cynthia Nixon

Creel, Davis, Jackson, McDonald, Nixon, and Hair Cast Will Be Part of Marriage Equality Rally

23. Neil Patrick Harris

Neil Patrick Harris to Host Tonys

22. Rosie O'Donnell

Daniel O'Donnell, an Openly Gay Assemblyman, Pushes Same-Sex Marriage in New York (Daniel is Rosie's brother)

21. Samantha Ronson

Gwyneth Paltrow, Party Starter: The GOOP Celebrity DJ Playlist

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Reader Comments
  • Name: Jax Bush
    Date posted: 5/17/2009 12:38:00 PM
    Hometown: hamilton

    Comment:

    uh,,,,,what happened to leisha hailey?? How could the world's sexiest and most talented lesbian not have been googled more than Lindsay Lohan?? Alright Gay America, I'm hanging up my rainbow sneakers!!

  • Name: joana
    Date posted: 5/16/2009 11:54:00 PM
    Hometown: Vienna

    Comment:

    Anderson Cooper is gay???? (openly, I mean?)

  • Name: anto
    Date posted: 5/16/2009 2:12:00 PM
    Hometown: dublin

    Comment:

    Very best wishes to Boy George, he looks amazing after the 4 month prison stay, hope he continues so as to create amazing music with one of the best voices in music,

  • Name: Adam
    Date posted: 5/16/2009 12:17:00 PM
    Hometown: Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.

    Comment:

    I love most of these people. Especially NPH, Lindsay Lohan and Tom Ford. Thanks for the great list.

  • Name: David
    Date posted: 5/16/2009 12:08:00 PM
    Hometown: Seattle, WA

    Comment:

    How pathetic. This is what America Googles? What a pity.



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