I doubt if there's too many famous gays in N.Ireland. It's a pretty homophobic place. If you're gay over here you're likely to me beaten up, have your house vandalized or at least have abuse shouted at you in the street.
I'm definately not going to come out of the closet while I'm living here.
Dragged out and kneecapped too.
I know a few gays from up North though. It's not as bad as you think it is, once you stay out of the rough areas.
Maybe it would be OK in the nice parets of Belfast. I know of one gay woman whos house was always being vandalized, and one guy who everone assumes is gay, although he says he's straight. He can't walk up the high street without having abuse shouted at him by the schoolkids.
There's nice parts in Belfast?
I'm more worried about the sectarian shit going on though, although I'm in sort of a grey zone since I'm Agnostic. They don't know what to do with those people.
Thankfuly nobody gave me any shit up North (yet), not even the Unionist guys. Just once you don't get involved in the politics, I suppose.