As a stereotypical lesbian, I love Tegan & Sara. I'm an even bigger fan of the Belle Brigade. So any other musician (of any genre) that are worthy listening to? I love music & would love to hear something new while supporting the community!
Melissa Ferrick, Melissa Etherigde, God-des & She, Hunter Valentines, Adam Lambert, Ricky Martin, Owen Pallett, Margaret Cho and many more.
I saw her band open for Better than Ezra in Indianapolis in the Fall and they were really good. [YOUTUBE]xThEW6nWmKs[/YOUTUBE] Also, even though they're straight, Better than Ezra is the shit...just sayin'
Owen Pallett, Beirut, Radical Face, Grizzly Bear, and St. Vincent are some great LGBT musicians you should definitely check out~
Sam Sparro is openly gay and quite amazing - I think he was the first gay artist I really knew much about. He has great music.
Greyson Chance, Tom Andrews, and Ronan Parke. They haven't come out officially but, it's been speculated/(it's pretty obvious). The entire Smith family has had rumours/speculations on their sexualities: Will Smith (gay?), Williw Smith (bisexual?), Jada Smith (bisexual?) - Jada was in a metal band called, Wicked Wisdom, and is in a new band called, Wicked Evolution. Jaden Smith (gay?) Boy George/Culture Club Ru Paul Justin Vivian Bond Joan Jett Pete Burns (Dead or Alive) Sam Smith David Bowie La Roux Judas Priest (Lead singer, Rob Halford, is gay) Ricky Martin Bjork Divine Esperanza Spalding
What??? Rob Halford, really? Wow. I used to know quite a few guys in the 80's whose minds would have been totally blown by that. Come to think of it, Freddie Mercury probably blew a few minds, too.
A few more (these are for the guys), along with a song I liked that's on YouTube... Steve Grand ("All-American Boy"). His album is due out at the end of March. Ty Herndon ("Lies I Told Myself") Matt Alber ("Handsome Man") Eric Himan ("Red Hot Tears") Ryan Dolan ("Start Again") Cazwell ("Rice & Beans"). Perhaps the only openly gay guy in hip-hop. And if we're going back to the '80s, in addition to Boy George there were: Frankie Goes to Hollywood / Holly Johnson George Michael (though he was not out until after the cottaging bust) Marc Almond Bronski Beat / Jimmy Somerville Erasure / Andy Bell And then in the '70s, none other than Elton John came out (though as "bi" at the time).
