The Most Popular Gays on Twitter

With nearly 6 million followers, Lady Gaga is the most popular person on Twitter. Now see how the top 15 gay and lesbian celebrities on Twitter stack up.

By Scott McPherson

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The Web was aflutter when news broke that Lady Gaga became the most popular person on Twitter at almost six million followers. This piqued our curiosity, so we set out to find the most followed gays and lesbians in the Twitterverse. Click through to the following pages to see the results. All rankings as of September 2.

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Name: Arlene
Date posted: 6/8/2011 8:09:45 PM
Hometown: Rochester

Comment:
I do not Twit either. Don't see the point in following every nook and cranny of someone's life. Have enough of my own nooks and crannies. I'm a 67 years young lesbian but I love GaGa.
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Name: Natasha person
Date posted: 12/29/2010 2:40:30 PM
Hometown: stamford ct

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I find it humorous that gaga was put at number 1 when everyone knows she is not a lesbian. Being a gay icon and actually being gay are two different things.
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Name: Janet
Date posted: 10/6/2010 1:28:07 PM
Hometown: Bethesda, MD

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Ricky Martin is very courageous, and I still love and adore him. Even more, since he is admitting to who he is. What a GUY! Love always
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Name: Janet
Date posted: 10/6/2010 1:22:45 PM
Hometown: Bethesda, Md

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I agree that Mr. Hilton is an embarrassment to the Gay and Lesbian community as well as to the world. However, just as America awards Black people who are clowns, the same thing pertains to homosexuals that are clowns, they get all the rewards because theres a demand for them to be on display.
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Name: paul phoenix
Date posted: 9/8/2010 1:37:02 PM
Hometown: lala

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WHY IS LADY GAGA NOT #1 ?! she's bisexual. she has the most followers on twitter!?
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Name: lUCA
Date posted: 9/8/2010 1:21:59 AM
Hometown: NEW YORK

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I am glad to see Ricky Martin at # 6, He just openned his twitter account over than a year and already have 1.5 millions, I am sure once he release new album and more people all over the world join twitter, his fan club is going to get the triple and he will be #1 or at least #2. LOVEEEEEEE RICKY MARTIN
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Name: Jeff
Date posted: 9/6/2010 8:29:03 PM
Hometown: Seattle

Comment:
Why do people listen to Perez Hilton? I find his comments stupid and embarrassing to the gay community.
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Name: Rob
Date posted: 9/5/2010 8:37:49 PM
Hometown: NYC

Comment:
I have 88 followers and will be thrilled when I get to 100! It would be interesting to see of these top 15 who has the most gay followers.
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Name: Matt
Date posted: 9/5/2010 3:32:11 PM
Hometown: London

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Anderson has 665,861 followers.
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Name: teebs
Date posted: 9/5/2010 3:21:24 PM
Hometown: San Luis Obispo, CA

Comment:
Where's Anderson Cooper?

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