List of LGBT Writers - R

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• Juanita Ramos (pseudonym), Puerto Rican author, edited Compañeras: Latina Lesbians (1987)
• Manuel Ramos Otero (1948–1990), Puerto Rican author
• John Rechy (b. 1934), Chicano author, wrote City of Night (1963)
• Mary Renault (1905–1983), English author, wrote The Charioteer (1953); The Last of the Wine (1956)
• Glen Retief, South African/American memoirist
• Gerard Reve (b. 1923), Dutch writer
• Christopher Rice (b. 1978), American author
• Charles Rice-González (b. 1964), Puerto Rican/African-American playwright and author, wrote Chulito (2011)
• Adrienne Rich (b. 1929), American poet
• Arthur Rimbaud (1854–1891), French poet, wrote A Season in Hell (1873)
• Keith Ridgway (b. 1965), Irish author
• Mireya Robles (b. 1934), Cuban author
• Robert Rodi (b. 1956), American author
• Nelson Rodrigues (1912–1980), Brazilian author
• Carlos Rodriguez-Matos (b. 1949), Puerto Rican author
• Rosamaría Roffiel (b. 1945), Mexican author
• Ned Rorem (b. 1923), American author
• Muriel Rukeyser (1913–1980), American poet
• Jane Rule (1931–2007), Canadian author, born in U.S., wrote Desert of the Heart (1964)
• Joanna Russ (b. 1937), American author, wrote The Female Man (a Gaylactic Spectrum Hall of Fame inductee).