Ellen voted top gay icon

Talk show host Ellen Degeneres has been named the most inspiring gay icon by a leading US magazine.

Talk show host Ellen Degeneres has been named the most inspiring gay icon by a leading US magazine. The star, who is married to actress Portia de Rossi, claimed the top spot in Out’s annual Power 50 rundown.

Singer Adam Lambert and How I Met Your Mother star Neil Patrick Harris featured in the top ten, claiming fifth and seventh place respectively.Fashion designers Marc Jacobs and Tom Ford were also high in the rundown at 11 and 13, Contactmusic reported.