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GAY PIANISTS: N YOU TELL?

He studied unr Frank Bridge, John Ireland and Arthur Benjam among others, and was also a fe ground-breakg operas, which clu Peter Grim (1945), and The Turn of the Screw (1954) – and his famo War Requiem – tackle ntemporaneo issu around psychology and post-war trma, as well his own homosexualy, which was illegal Brten’s lifetime.

As well as beg one of the first openly gay posers full stop, Poulenc also didn’t chew his sexualy the ntext of his relig posns spanned om timate chamber sonatas wh sublime, twistg melodi and lite imprsnist harmoni (thk the 1957 Flute Sonata), to his Piano Concerto and epic one-act opera for soprano and orchtra, La voix humae. Tchaikovsky was gay at a time when was illegal Rsia.

He was believed to have been gay, movg circl Italy and London where same-sex sire was accepted. Mic historian Ellen Harris leads on the se for Hanl’s homosexualy, argug that his ntatas exhib a clear homosexual subtext her book Hanl as Orphs.

THE GAY “REVEAL” THE OSR-BOUND "GREEN BOOK," A GRIPPG 1960S "LOVE STORY"ALSO: MARY WILSON OF THE SUPREM OPENS UP ABOUT "DREAMGIRLS."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY MICHAEL MTONOVEMBER 26, 2018/10:37 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2255PX;WIDTH:3600PX;}JOHN LAMPARSKI/WIREIMAGENEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 13: MAHERSHALA ALI AND VIGGO MORTENSEN ATTEND "GREEN BOOK" NEW YORK PREMIERE AT PARIS THEATRE ON NOVEMBER 13, 2018 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY JOHN LAMPARSKI/WIREIMAGE)BY MICHAEL MTONOVEMBER 26, 2018 / 10:37 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE GAY “REVEAL” THE OSR-BOUND \"GREEN BOOK,\" A GRIPPG 1960S \"LOVE STORY\"","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-11-26T15:37:13.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-11-26T15:37:13.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MICHAEL MTO","KEYWORDS":"MTO UNFILTERED","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONE OF THE BT FILMS OF THE YEAR, PETER FARRELLY'S GREEN BOOK TELLS THE TE STORY OF “DOC” DON SHIRLEY (MAHERSHALA ALI), A CULTURED JAZZ PIANIST WHO HIRED AN ITALIAN-AMERIN BOUNCER NAMED TONY LIP (VIGGO MORTENSEN) TO DRIVE AND HELP MANAGE HIM ON A 1960S TOUR OF THE DEEP SOUTH, WHERE RACISM WAS EVEN MORE RAMPANT THAN TMP’S AMERI (SO FAR). AS THE TWO TAKE OPPOSG APPROACH TO BATTLG BIGOTRY—LIP LIK TO EHER BEAT PEOPLE UP, THREATEN THEM, OR BRIBE THEM, WHILE SHIRLEY RPONDS A MORE MEASURED FASHN—HOMOSEXUALY ALSO SURFAC AND ENDS UP HAVG REPERCSNS. SPOILERS TO E!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT ONE POT, SHIRLEY IS BTED WHILE HAVG SEX WH A WHE GUY AT A YMCA DOWN SOUTH, AND ’S THE FIRST TIME LIP (OR THE DIENCE) GETS WD OF ANYTHG REMBLG SHIRLEY’S PRIVATE LIFE. YOU MIGHT HAVE SPECTED SOMETHG LIKE THIS WOULD HAVE GONE DOWN DUE TO ALI’S CLIPPED DICTN AND FANCY OUTFS, BUT I MT ADM EVEN I DIDN’T SEE G, HAVG HEARD THE FILM WAS ABOUT RACIAL OPPRSN BUT NOT KNOWG ADDRSED SEXUAL BIGOTRY, TOO. THE LOVELIT THG OF ALL IS LIP’S RPONSE; AFTER RCUG SHIRLEY OM THE SUATN ORR TO SAVE HIS REER, ALBE VIA FLAT-OUT BRIBERY, HE THEN, A PLETELY OFFHAND FASHN, TELLS THE PIANIST THAT HE’S HUNG OUT WH A LOT OF SHOW BIZ PEOPLE THROUGH THE YEARS AND HE’S AWARE THAT 'S "A PLITED WORLD.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND THAT’S ! NO BERATG, NO HOMOPHOBIA, NO MOCKERY, AND HE EVEN HUGS SHIRLEY LATER ON AND SLEEPS THE SAME ROOM WH HIM WHOUT ANY QUALMS. AND THIS IS A PRETTY ARSE GUY WHO IALLY WAS EPLY RACIST! (HE HIMSELF IS THE SUBJECT OF SLURS AIMED AT HIS ITALIANNS. Y, THIS FILM VERS MANY KDS OF PREJUDICE.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT A BICE CUCA LUNCHEON FOR THE EXTREMELY GRATIFYG FILM, MORTENSEN SAID, “[TONY’S REACTN] SHOWS THAT THE CURE FOR IGNORANCE IS EXPERIENCE. TONY’S BEEN EXPOSED TO , SO HE’S OK WH .” “THAT’S A BETIFUL REVEAL,” AGREED ALI. “TONY’S ALREADY OK WH THAT. HE’S AWARE OF THE PTH OF THE RELATNSHIP BETWEEN HIM AND DOC.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT’S A LOVE STORY,” SOMEONE ELSE POTED OUT, BUT ACTUALY, SHIRLEY HAD OTHER ROMANTIC TARGETS MD. IN FACT, THE FILM’S -SCREENWRER, BRIAN HAY CURRIE, TOLD ME THAT THE MICIAN HAD A LONGTIME WHE MALE LOVER. I HOPE THAT’S MENTNED THE SEQUEL. BUT HAVG SEEN THIS FILM TWICE, I ADORE SHIRLEY’S ELEGANT DIGNY AND LIP’S EMERGG HEART, AND I’M LIVG FOR MY THIRD TIME OF GREEN BRGG BLACK AND WHE TOGETHER AND WRAPPG THEM A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BY THE WAY, ALSO NOTICEABLE THE CROWD AT THE LUNCH FOR THE MOVIE WAS ALED UHRY, WHO WROTE DRIVG MISS DAISY. THK ABOUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE'S SOMETHG ABOUT MARY WILSONRB/REDFERNSUNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 01: PHOTO OF DIANA ROSS AND FLORENCE BALLARD AND MARY WILSON AND SUPREMES; POSED GROUP PORTRA L-R MARY WILSON, DIANA ROSS AND FLORENCE BALLARD, (PHOTO BY RB/REDFERNS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LET ME TELL YOU SOME OTHER DON SHIRLEY-ERA GOSSIP, AND I’LL BREAK DOWN SO ’S EASY FOR YOU YOUNG ON: BEFORE THERE WAS BEYONCé, THERE WAS DTY’S CHILD. WELL, WAY BEFORE THAT, THE 1960S, THERE WAS THE SUPREM, A MOTOWN GIRL GROUP WH LEAD SGER DIANA ROSS AND BACKUPS MARY WILSON AND FLO BALLARD, AND THEY WERE PEPPY, VAMPY, GLTERY, AND FULL OF H RERDS. I JT WENT TO THE CAFé CARLYLE TO SEE WILSON A SOLO ACT, AND WAS AN EXTRAORDARY EXPERIENCE THAT TRANSPORTED ME TO GIRL-GROUP HEAVEN. WILSON—WHO WAS ALWAYS THE SEXY SUPREME WH THE SMOKY VOICE—IS A FE VOLIST, WHO NFINTLY SOARED THROUGH SHOWSTOPPERS LIKE “BODY AND SOUL” AND “STORMY WEATHER.” SHE JECTED SOUL TO NORA JON’ “DON’T KNOW WHY,” EVEN WHILE LGHGLY ADMTG THAT SHE HAD NO IA WHAT THE SONG MEANS. (NEHER DO I, BUT WILSON BROUGHT SIGNIFINCE TO .) WH ALL THE WISDOM OF HER 74 YEARS, SHE DID A POIGNANT “BOTH SIS NOW” AND A PIERCG “LOOK OF LOVE.” AND OF URSE SHE ADDRSED HER TIME WH THE SUPREM. WILSON SAID THEY WERE “THREE LTLE BLACK GIRLS WHO MA OUR DREAMS E TE... WE NEVER WON A GRAMMY—ALL THOSE NUMBER ONE SONGS—BUT WE GOT THE MONEY, SO WHO R?"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I SANG THE 'OOHS' AND 'AHS' AND THE ‘BABY, BABY, BABYS’,” SHE ADD. “DON’T BE LGHG. I WAS LGHG ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK!” SHE THEN SANG THE LEAD ON SUPREM HS LIKE “BABY LOVE,” “STOP THE NAME OF LOVE,” AND “MY WORLD IS EMPTY WHOUT YOU,” AND THE DIENCE IMPULSIVELY CHIRPED THE BACKUPS, TO WHICH WILSON BEAMED, “YOU’RE SGG MY PART!”SHERRY RAYN BART /MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIV/GETTY IMAGLOS ANGELES - NOVEMBER 18 : R AND B SGER MARY WILSON PERFORMS AT AMOEBA RERDS ON NOVEMBER 18, 2015 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY SHERRY RAYN BART /MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIV/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND SHE ADDRSED DREAMGIRLS, JOKG, “THEY SAY ’S ABOUT THE SUPREM, BUT I KNOW ISN’T BEE I DIDN’T GET PAID.” BUT SHE LOV THE SHOW AND MOVIE VERSN, AND SAID THAT IF FLORENCE BALLARD—THE SORT OF EFFIE CHARACTER, WHO DIED AT 32—WAS HERE TODAY, SHE WOULD LIVER THE BALLAD OF RENEWAL “I AM CHANGG." WILSON THEN BELTED THAT VERY SONG HONOR OF FLO, WH A WHOLE BUNCH OF HEART AND TEARS. WHAT A DAZZLG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND AFTER THE SHOW, WILSON TOLD ME SHE’S WORKG ON A FFEE TABLE BOOK ABOUT THE FASHN OF THE SUPREM. OOH, BABY, BABY!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}MTO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

And like them, he was associated wh gay clergyman, Cardal Pietro Baroque poser and vlist is known for his chamber sonatas and ncerti grossi, and has gone down history for refg to play a sectn of Hanl’s orator, The Triumph Of Time And Tth, bee a vl note went higher than Corelli believed appropriate for the stment. Unlike Copland, US poser Samuel Barber ma no effort to keep his homosexualy out of explic view and his life partner was poser Gian Carlo Menotti, who he studied wh at the Curtis Instute. Leonard Bernste also studied at the Curtis Instute wh Barber and Menotti (see above), and although he had an on-aga-off-aga relatnship wh actor Felicia Cohn Montealegre and eventually married her, he was openly gay.

Montealegre herself wrote publicly about her book, The Bernste Letters, “you are a homosexual and may never change – you don’t adm to the possibily of a double life, but if your peace of md, your health, your whole nervo system pend on a certa sexual pattern what n you do? ” Bernste’s Wt Si Story llaborator Arthur Lrents is known to have lled Bernste “a gay man who got married”, statg, “He wasn't nflicted about at all.

He was jt gay. Stephen wr: Vladimir Horowz once said that there were three typ of pianist: Jewish, gay and bad.

ITALIAN PIANIST BLOWS THE WHISTLE ON GAY POSERS

As the two take opposg approach to battlg bigotry—Lip lik to eher beat people up, threaten them, or bribe them, while Shirley rponds a more measured fashn—homosexualy also surfac and ends up havg repercsns. No beratg, no homophobia, no mockery, and he even hugs Shirley later on and sleeps the same room wh him whout any qualms. The pianist and activist Lu Ciammaghi has published a book about the gay liv of great posers.

Startg wh Hanl and Schubert – both s disputed by tablished scholars – he adds Chop to the gay list, argug that Gee Sand was not his lover but his ver. “Was Chop gay?

Do that mean he was gay? “The Wt is exced that Chop was gay, ” a lumnist for the Gazeta Wyborcza summarized, notg that the mor has long been a source of speculatn. The untry’s populist ernment equently harshly homophobic rhetoric, wh s Prime Mister plag of a “homosexual agenda” threateng the homeland.

WAS CHOP GAY? THE AWKWARD QUTN ONE OF THE EU’S WORST UNTRI FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS

But experts agree that the suggtn that Chop had homosexual relatnships would not be weled much of Poland. “He is a symbol of Poland, but you’ve got a ernment now which is absolutely anti-gay – and were he to be gay, God knows what they would make of , ” Cholmonley said.

50 GREAT GAY MALE MIC ARTISTSFROM POP TO HIP-HOP, UNTRY TO UNRGROUND, THE MEN ARE MAKG WAV ON THE NTEMPORARY MIC SCENE.BY ERIC SHOREYFEBARY 10, 2015/12:46 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BRYAN BEDR/GETTY IMAG FOR ESPOLONBROOKLYN, NY - MARCH 27: RERDG ARTIST CAK DA KILLA PERFORMS DURG PRENTED BY ESPOLON AT HOE OF Y ON MARCH 27, 2018 BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. (PHOTO BY BRYAN BEDR/GETTY IMAG FOR ESPOLON)BY ERIC SHOREYFEBARY 10, 2015 / 12:46 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"50 GREAT GAY MALE MIC ARTISTS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-02-10T17:46:53.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-02-10T17:46:53.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ERIC SHOREY","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2011, WE PILED A LIST OF THE TOP 50 GAY MALE MICIANS. BIG NAM LIKE ELTON JOHN, RUPL, THE VILLAGE PEOPLE, AND MICHAEL STIPE ROUND OUT THAT LLECTN OF WELL-KNOWN GAY MIC ARTISTS VAR GENR. WHILE OUR ORIGAL GAY MIC ARTIST LIST WAS EXTENSIVE, LIMED TO 50 MEANT WAS OBVLY PLETE. MANY BRILLIANT BUT LSER KNOWN TALENTS WERE LEFT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW, WE'RE UPDATG THAT ORIGAL EFFORT WH A NEW LIST, THIS ONE VERG NTEMPORARY GAY ARTISTS—UNRGROUND GEMS, NEWER SUPERSTARS ON THE SCENE AND SOME OLR GAY MICIANS FALLY GETTG THE REGNN THEY SERVE. MORE OF A TASTG MENU THAN A PLETE ARCHIVE, THIS GALLERY OF GAY MIC ARTISTS IS STILL BY NO MEANS PREHENSIVE, BUT CERTALY REPRENTS A GROUP OF TALENTED MEN TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SCISSOR SISTERSSIMONE JOYNER/GETTY IMAGCHELMSFORD, ENGLAND - AUGUST 17: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) JAKE SHEARS PERFORMS LIVE ON STAGE DURG DAY ONE OF RIZE FTIVAL AT HYLANDS PARK ON AUGT 17, 2018 CHELMSFORD, ENGLAND. (PHOTO BY SIMONE JOYNER/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HIGH MP AND DIE ROCK BE WH JAKE SHEARS AND ANA MATRONIC'S BAND OF LARGELY QUEER MICIANS. THE GANG MIGHT BE BT KNOWN FOR THEIR SILLIER SONGS (“LET'S HAVE A KIKI” AND “FILTHY / GEO” E TO MD) BUT THEIR MORE NTEMPLATIVE SONGS ARE JT AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CAZWELLUNIQUE NILE/GETTY IMAGWEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 04: RAPPER LE CAZWELL ATTENDS BEACH RTRANT AND BAR HOSTS "GLOW UP" OPENG IN CONJUNCTN WH PROJECT CONTRAST AT BEACH RTRANT AND BAR ON OCTOBER 4, 2018 WT HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY UNIQUE NILE/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEFORE PCHFORK “DISVERED” THE GAY RAPPERS LE1F, MYKKI BLAN, AND ZEBRA KATZ 2012, CAZWELL HAD RELEASED A HANDFUL OF HALF-SER HIP-HOP JAMS FOCG ON TOPICS RANGG OM GAY SEX TO HIS LOVE OF ICE CREAM. WH AN TERMABLE LIST OF PRODUCTN CREDS AND GUT VERS, CAZWELL HAS BEE THE FACTO CLUB KID RAP STAR, WORKG WH NIGHTLIFE LEGENDS AMANDA LEPORE AND PEACH, AMONG MANY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LE1FSTT DULSON/GETTY IMAGWEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - JUNE 11: SGER LE1F PERFORMS ONSTAGE DURG LA PRI FTIVAL ON JUNE 11, 2016 WT HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY STT DULSON/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS BREAKTHROUGH GAY RAPPER TOOK THE INTER BY STORM WH HIS ULTRA SLICK SPEED-RAPPG VERSE ON “WUT”, ACPANIED BY A MPY VIO OF THE RAPPER VOGUG DOWN WH A MCLE-MAN A PIKACHU MASK. SCE THEN, HE'S RELEASED THREE MIXTAP, AN EP WH TERRIBLE RERDS, AND IS CURRENTLY WORKG ON A FULL-LENGTH ALBUM AS ONE OF THE ONLY GAY RAPPERS SIGNED TO A MASTREAM LABEL. ARTY, PROVOTIVE, AND POLILLY AWARE, LE1F'S BUT ALBUM WILL BE SURE TO SHATTER EXPECTATNS AND (HOPEFULLY) THE SAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STEVE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WILY HAILED AS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY UNTRY SGER (SORRY TY HERNDON, YOU JT MISSED ), STEVE GRAND IS AS MUCH OF A YOUTUBE SENSATN AS HE IS A SGER. NOT THAT THAT'S A BAD THG, BUT WH ONLY A FEW SGL OUT, 'S HARD TO TELL IF THIS TER CELEBRY WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WH ALL THE SPECULATN. WH A SUPPOSED FULL ALBUM RELEASE G THIS YEAR, WE'RE AS PELLED AS OUT MAGAZE, WHO NAMED THE ARTIST ONE OF THEIR OUT100 OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DOUBLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT THE HALFWAY POT BETWEEN DIE ROCK AND BALLROOM HOE, DOUBLE DUCHS ARE NEW TO THE SCENE. ACCINTAL BEAR BUTED THEIR FIRST VIO THE BEGNG OF 2015—NOW THE BAND IS LOOKG FOR SOME CROWDFUNDG TO FISH OFF THEIR FIRST ALBUM. JT AS GOOD AS HELPG THE NEW PROMISG ARTISTS: 10% OF THE ALBUM'S PLEDG WILL GO TO LYRIC – QUEER YOUTH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}M {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS NEO-CLASSIL ARTIST GOTHIC OPERATIC DRAMA TO EXPLORE RACE AND SEXUALY AMERIN CULTURE. WH HIS STRONG UNTER-TENOR VOLS, M LAMAR NTU THE QUEER TRADN OF KLS NOMI. LAMAR CLEARLY HAS THE BRAS TO BACK UP HIS TALENT AND WAS ENGAGED EXTEND NVERSATN WH FEMIST CULTURAL SCHOLAR BELL HOOKS. FUN FACT: HE'S ALSO LAVERNE COX'S TW BROTHER!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MATMOSMARIA JEFFERIS/REDFERNSLONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 07: M.C. (MART) SCHMIDT OF MATMOS PERFORMS AT OSLO ON JUNE 7, 2016 LONDON, ENGLAND. (PHOTO BY MARIA JEFFERIS/REDFERNS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NAMED AFTER THE EVIL GOO BARBARELLA, THIS DUO (WHO ALSO HAPPEN TO BE A UPLE OUTSI OF THEIR MIL WORK) HAVE BEEN EQUENT LLABORATORS WH BJORK OM THE BEGNG OF HER SOLO REER, ALONGSI THEIR OWN PROLIFIC SEVEN-ALBUM DISGRAPHY. ELECTRONIC ARTISTS WILLG TO GET WEIRD, MATMOS FAMOLY MA BEATS OUT OF THE NOIS CREATED OM BBG EACH OTHER'S CLOTHG DURG A LIVE PERFORMANCE ON THE "VPERTE" WORLD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MART SORRONGUY (LIMP WRIST, LOS CDOS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AN IMPORTANT FIGUREHEAD THE QUEERRE PUNK MOVEMENT, MART SORRONGUY N AND WILL KICK YOUR ASS. DPE THE EFFEMATE NAME OF HIS MOST POPULAR STRAIGHT EDGE BAND, SORRONGUY'S BRAND OF HARDRE IS TIMIDATG, LOUD, AND ANGRY AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JONTé MOANGJUN SATO/WIREIMAGETOKYO, JAPAN - DECEMBER 17: JONTE MOANG ATTENDS THE NINA SKY CHRISTMAS CELEBRATN AT XEX NIHONBASHI ON DECEMBER 17, 2011 TOKYO, JAPAN. (PHOTO BY JUN SATO/WIREIMAGE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALTHOUGH BETTER KNOWN AS A CHOREOGRAPHER FOR BEYONCé, JONTé HAS RELEASED HIS FAIR SHARE OF MIXTAP AND POP SONGS. WH A SEEMGLY-ENDLS PARA OF HIGH-ENERGY TERNATNAL SHOWS, JONTé'S ENAVORS HIP-HOP AND POP ARE PURE FUN. NEVER ATTEMPT HIS HIGH KICKS THE SAFETY OF YOUR OWN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DANIEL NORIEGA (ADORE DELANO)STT DULSON/GETTY IMAGSANTA ANA, CA - OCTOBER 22: DRAG QUEEN AND PERSONALY ADORE DELANO OM THE TV SHOW RUPL'S DRAG RACE PERFORMS ONSTAGE DURG THE BEACH GOTH FTIVAL AT THE OBSERVATORY ON OCTOBER 22, 2016 SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY STT DULSON/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RUPL'S DRAG RACEFAN FAVORE ADORE DELANO'S BUT ALBUM, TIL DEATH DO US PARTY, IS PROBABLY THE ONE OF THE FIRST ALBUMS PRODUCED BY A NTEMPORARY QUEEN WH REAL RAD POTENTIAL. SONGS LIKE "DTF" PLAY OFF TRAP MIC TROP WHILE THE MORE TIMATE TRACKS LIKE "I ADORE YOU" ARE SHOCKGLY POIGNANT. THIS CHOLA QUEEN IS SERVG MORE THAN JT MERMAID {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TROYE SIVANJOHN SCIULLI/GETTY IMAG FOR SPOTIFYLOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 18: TROYE SIVAN PERFORMS FOR HIS BIGGT FANS OM SPOTIFY AT A SPECIAL EVENT AT BALDW HILLS SCENIC OVERVIEW TO CELEBRATE HIS FORTHG ALBUM "BLOOM" ON JULY 18, 2018 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY JOHN SCIULLI/GETTY IMAG FOR SPOTIFY){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DPE STARTG OFF A REER AS A CHILD ACTOR AND YOUTUBER, TROYE SIVAN IS NOW STARTG TO BE TAKEN SERLY AS A MICIAN, AND RIGHTFULLY SO. WH A SGLE OM HIS FIRST EP, TRXYE, APPEARG ON THE SOUNDTRACK FOR THE FLT IN OUR STARS, SIVAN'S MIC IS BT PARED TO FELLOW OCEANIAN LOR. IN "HAPPY LTLE PILL," FOR EXAMPLE, ALLURG VOLS PAIRED PERFECTLY WH SUBDUED HIP-HOP BEATS AND AMBIENT ELECTRONIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FISCHERSPOONERNOEL VASQUEZ/GETTY IMAGHOLLYWOOD - JUNE 10: FISCHERSPOONER PERFORMS AT BILLABONG'S 4TH ANNUAL DIGN FOR HUMANY BENEF AT THE PARAMOUNT STUD LOT ON JUNE 10, 2010 HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY NOEL VASQUEZ/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ORIGAL ART-STARS OF THE ELECTROCLASH SCENE, FISCHERSPOONER'S MIL ENAVORS STARTED MORE AS AMBIENT MIC TEND FOR EXPERIMENTAL FASHN SHOWS BUT LATER EVOLVED TO FULLY REALIZED HYPNOTIC KRAFTWERK-SPIRED PSYCHELIC SYNTH-POP. THREE ALBUMS LATER, THE DUO (MA UP OF CASEY SPOONER AND WARREN FISCHER) ARE NOW WORKG ON RELEASG LOOK BOOKS OF SOME OF THEIR MORE OUTRAGEO VISUAL STYLGS WHICH WERE CREATED NCURRENTLY WH THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MYKKI BLANSANTIAGO FELIPE/REDFERNSBERLIN, GERMANY - JULY 29: MYKKI BLAN PERFORMS ONSTAGE DURG THE YO SISSY MIC FTIVAL AT POSTBAHNHOF ON JULY 29, 2016 BERL, GERMANY. (PHOTO BY SANTIAGO FELIPE/REDFERNS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON THE EVEN ARTIER END OF THE RAP SPECTM IS MYKKI BLAN, A PUNK PRCE(SS) THAT SERV DOPE LYRICS WH FERVENT TENSY. HER LIVE SHOWS REMBLE WATCHG A MON BEG EXORCISED PERFECT RHYMG UPLETS, STYLED BY COURTNEY LOVE OR KATHLEEN HANNAH. WH THREE MIXTAP, A HANDFUL OF EPS, AND AN ALBUM THE WORKS, MYKKI HAD TOURED THE GLOBE PENNTLY UNTIL A FEW WEEKS AGO, WHEN SHE WAS SIGNED TO K7 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANDY BUTLER (HERCUL AND LOVE AFFAIR){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FIGUREHEAD OF THE EVER-CHANGG PERFORMANCE TROUPE KNOWN AS HERCUL AND LOVE AFFAIR, ANDY BUTLER ISN'T SHY ABOUT SHARG HIS OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENC HIS MIC. CREATG SOME OF THE MOST POETIC DANCE MIC EDM HISTORY, BUTLER'S HOE MIC SENSIBILI HAVE GARNERED HIM CRIL ACCLAIM A HANDFUL OF GENR AND SUB-GENR. BUTLER HAS STARTED OFF 2015 BY RELEASG HIS FIRST SOLO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PERFUME GENIKIERAN FROST/REDFERNSDUBLIN, IRELAND - DECEMBER 02: MIKE HADREAS AKA PERFUME GENI PERFORMS LIVE AT THE TIVOLI THEATRE ON DECEMBER 2, 2017 DUBL, IRELAND. (PHOTO BY KIERAN FROST/REDFERNS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT TAK A LOT OF GUTS FOR A CISGENR MALE TO APPEAR ALL OF HIS MEDIA WH A FULL FACE OF NEW WAVE MAKE-UP, AND PERFUME GENI' ALBUMS (WHICH EXPLORE GENR AND SEXUALY WH NUANCE AND SENSIVY) MATCH HIS FASHN STATEMENTS WH BRAVADO. EQUAL PARTS'70S ROCK AND '80S POP, MIKE HADREAS' WORK IS BOTH SPIRG AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BIG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BIG DIPPER IS THICK, HAIRY, AND PLETELY UNASHAMED OF HIS BODY. AND WHY SHOULDN'T HE BE? WH UNRGROUND RAP SONGS ABOUT THE JOYS OF SEXUAL PROMISCUY, BIG DIPPER IS THE POSTER CHILD FOR BALTIMORE BEAR CULTURE. VEERG TOWARDS THE SILLY STEAD OF THE EXPRSIVE, DIPPER'S ASS-SHAKG PRODUCTN HAS MA HIM A NTEMPORARY CLUB KID {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF YOU'VE HEARD A VOGUE TRACK THE PAST FEW YEARS, CHANC ARE MIKEQ HAD SOMETHG TO DO WH . MIKEQ IS AN CREDIBLY PROLIFIC PRODUCER AND DJ SPREADG THE SOUND OF THE BALLROOM AROUND THE WORLD AND WORKG WH HEAVY HTERS OF EDM LIKE DJ SLIK. HE IS ALSO THE FOUNR OF QWEEN BEAT, THE WORLD'S PREMIERE SOURCE OF BALLROOM MIC. DRAWG SPIRATN OM PARIS IS BURNG AND A RICH HISTORY OF HOE MIC, MIKEQ IS THE ABSOLUTE THORY ON UNRGROUND DANCE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JB {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VIRAL VIO STAR JB DUBS ROSE TO FAME WHEN HIS JOKEY VIO FOR THE SONG “I HATE MY JOB” BEME AN INTER SENSATN. THE CLASSILLY TRAED BALLET DANCER LOOKS PRETTY GREAT A PAIR OF HEELS, AND HIS SOMETIM-SER SOMETIM-JOKEY DANCE MIC MATCH HIS SARTORIAL SENSIBILI. HIS BOYIEND ALSO HAPPENS TO BE MILK OF RUPL'S DRAG RACE SEASON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LARRY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FOUNR OF THE ELECTROCLASH MOVEMENT WILL FOREVER BE REMEMBERED FOR KICKG OFF ONE OF THE BIGGT TRENDS ELECTRONIC MIC AT THE BEGNG OF THE NEW LENNIUM. AN CREDIBLY TALENTED PRODUCER HIS OWN RIGHT, LARRY TEE IS STILL DITED TO MAKG MIC SPIRED BY SLEAZY SCI-FI AND '80S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SISSY NOBBYERIKA GOLDRG/WIREIMAGENEW ORLEANS BOUNCE ARTIST SISSY NOBBY PERFORMS DURG DAY 2 OF THE 2011 NEW ORLEANS JAZZ & HERAGE FTIVAL AT THE FAIR GROUNDS RACE COURSE ON APRIL 30, 2011 NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. (PHOTO BY ERIKA GOLDRG/WIREIMAGE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALTHOUGH BIG FREEDIA UGHT THE EY OF PCHFORK AND FE, SISSY NOBBY IS ONE OF THE ORIGATORS OF NEW ORLEANS BOUNCE MIC THE WAKE OF HURRINE KATRA. EVER-RELEASG TAIL SHAKG SONGS WH HYPER-AGGRSIVE BEATS, NOBBY'S NTRIBUTNS TO THE HIP-HOP SUB-GENRE WERE AND ARE TLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CAK DA KILLABRYAN BEDR/GETTY IMAG FOR ESPOLONBROOKLYN, NY - MARCH 27: RERDG ARTIST CAK DA KILLA PERFORMS DURG PRENTED BY ESPOLON AT HOE OF Y ON MARCH 27, 2018 BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. (PHOTO BY BRYAN BEDR/GETTY IMAG FOR ESPOLON){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE KG OF CARRY, CAK DA KILLA'S NFECTNARY NICKNAME BELI REAL RAP HARDNS THAT SPANS THREE MIXTAP AND A REMIX ALBUM. ONE OF THE ONLY GAY ARTISTS TO STAND UP TO HOT97'S EBRO, CAK' SONGS RANGE OM PURE SEX TO DANCE FLOOR RHAPSODY. REFG TO SHY AWAY OM TOPICS LIKE GRDR HOOK-UPS AND BOYS ON THE DL, CAK IS SERVG A NEW KD OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SAM SMHVCG/VCG VIA GETTY IMAGSHANGHAI, CHINA - OCTOBER 23: ENGLISH SGER SAM SMH PERFORMS ONSTAGE DURG HIS 'THE THRILL OF IT ALL' WORLD TOUR 2018 AT MERCES-BENZ ARENA ON OCTOBER 23, 2018 SHANGHAI, CHA. (PHOTO BY VCG/VCG VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE UBIQUO SOULFUL CROONER SAM SMH IS PRENTLY DOMATG RAD-WAV ACROSS THE WORLD. AFTER WNG ARMFULS OF GRAMMYS FOR HIS EMOTNAL ALBUM IN THE LONELY HOUR, SMH HAS BEE THE FACTO MASTREAM VOICE OF LENNIAL GAYS, SPE OR PERHAPS BEE OF HIS SEXUAL NAïVETé AND ROMANTIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DJ KEOKIREBEC SAPP/WIREIMAGESUPERSTAR DJ KEOKI AT THE EMPIRE POLO FIELDS IND, CALIFORNIA (PHOTO BY REBEC SAPP/WIREIMAGE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONE OF THE FEW SURVIVG MEMBERS OF THE LATE '80S AND EARLY '90S GENERATN OF CLUB KIDS TO NTUE PRODUCG MIC, KEOKI MAY HAVE STARTED OUT AS A TREND-STEALG MICHAEL ALIG PUBLICY PROJECT, BUT SCE HAS BEE A FULL-FLEDGED AND WILY-FOLLOWED TERNATNAL DJ. HIS UNIQUE BRAND OF HOE MIC IS NOW NSIRED A CLASSIC OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KEV JZ {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BALLROOM PERSONALY KEV JZ PRODIGY IS ONLY NOW BEGNG TO BE REGNIZED BY MIC JOURNALISTS FOR HIS LONG LIST OF NTRIBUTNS TO THE SCENE. HIS ENERGETIC BRAND OF VOL STYLGS IS NEVER WHOUT GROWLS, SCREAMS, ROLLED R'S, OBSCURE MOVIE QUOT, AND VASTATG MENTARY THE FORM OF TCHY RHYME SCHEM. WE WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED TO SEE PRODIGY FEATURED ON MORE MASTREAM EDM THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GARY FLOYD (THE DICKS)GARY MILLER/FILMMAGICAUSTIN, TX - MARCH 18: MICIANS BRIAN MAGEE (L) AND GARY FLOYD OF "THE DICKS" PERFORM DURG THE 2009 SXSW MIC FTIVAL ON MARCH 18, 2009 AT, TEXAS. (PHOTO BY GARY MILLER/FILMMAGIC) *** LOL CAPTN ***{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GARY FLOYD WAS ONE OF THE FIRST MICIANS THE UNRGROUND PUNK WORLD TO OPENLY DISCS HIS SEXUALY. THE DICKS HAVE BEEN ACTIVE FOR A WHILE NOW, BUT MORS OF (ANOTHER) RNN TOUR ARE ALWAYS CIRCULATG. OPENLY SGG ABOUT LEFTIST POLICS CLUDG RADIL QUEER ACCEPTANCE, ANTI-SEXUAL VLENCE, AND SOCIALIST ENOMICS, THE DICKS PNEERED THE WAY FOR NTEMPORARY POLIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FRANK OCEANVISNHS#GP/CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAGMANCHESTER, ENGLAND - JUNE 11: FRANK OCEAN PERFORMS AT THE PARKLIFE FTIVAL 2017 AT HEATON PARK ON JUNE 11, 2017 MANCHTER, ENGLAND. (PHOTO BY VISNHS#GP/CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAG)){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OKAY, WE'RE CHEATG ON THIS ONE A B. FRANK OCEAN IS BI, NOT GAY, BUT HIS PRENCE AS AN LGBTQ ARTIST IS TOO IMPORTANT TO IGNORE. AS A MEMBER OF ODD FUTURE, OCEAN'S G OUT WAS SEEN AS A GROUNDBREAKG TRIUMPH FOR A MASTREAM ARTIST. HIS STYLISH AND HONT SOLO MIC PLIMENTS HIS TRAILBLAZG PERSONA. AND Y, WE WERE FELY ROOTG FOR HIM HIS FD AGAST CHRIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MICHAEL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FORMER KG OF THE CLUB KIDS, MICHAEL ALIG'S RELEASE OM JAIL AFTER OVER A HAS HERALD THE PARTY PERSONALY'S NEW ERA OF MIC MAKG. ALREADY SIGNED TO ATSOUND MIC, ALIG'S LIGHTFULLY RETRO BRAND OF HOE WILL CERTALY HELP HIM SH ON HIS RABID FANBASE, WHICH HAS ONLY GROWN SCE HIS NFEMENT. WORD OF AN ALBUM DROPPG 2015 HAS LEAD TO WISPREAD SPECULATN OM TERNATNAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ZEBRA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN MASTREAM EDM PRODUCER DIPLO DROPPED "IMA READ" 2012, HE PROBABLY DIDN'T EXPECT SUCH A BREAK OUT H. ALMOST UNAVOIDABLE EVERY GAY AND STRAIGHT DANCE CLUB AROUND THE WORLD, THE SONG END UP BEG FEATURED A RICK OWENS FASHN SHOW AND NTU TO BE THE MOST ADDICTIVE MIMALIST RAP SONG EVER CREATED. ETERNALLY FASHNABLE, ZEBRA KATZ NTU TO RELEASE HNTG ELECTRONIC MIC WH EQUALLY AS TRIGUG FASHN VIOS TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOEL GIBB (THE HIDN CAMERAS)CHRISTIE GOODW/REDFERNS VIA GETTY IMAGLONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 29: JOEL GIBB OF THE HIDN CAMERAS PERFORMS ON STAGE AT BH HALL ON JANUARY 29, 2014 LONDON, UNED KGDOM. (PHOTO BY CHRISTIE GOODW/REDFERNS VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CONTUG THE TRADN OF QUEER NEW WAVE ARTISTS LIKE PETE BURNS OR MORRISSEY, THE HIDN CAMERAS (LED BY JOEL GIBB) MAKE AN TERTG BLEND OF MOODY SYNTH-POP AND ANTI-FOLK. JOKGLY LLG THEIR SONGS “GAY CHURCH FOLK MIC,” THEIR LIVE SHOWS ARE OF PARTICULAR NOTE FOR CLUDG GOGO DANCERS BALACLAVAS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO FULL CHOIRS AND STRG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HARD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LIKE A POST-Y2K LEIGH BOWERY, HARD TON'S ONTMAN MAX HAS SOME SANE CLUB KID LOOKS TO MATCH THE DUO'S HYPNOTIC SYNTHPOP AND ENARG DIS-FALSETTO VOLS. DPE THEIR PSYCHELIC DIY ATHETIC, HARD TON'S MIC IS CREDIBLY CRISPLY PRODUCED. THE ACID-FED BASSLE ON "EARTHQUAKE" STILL GETS STUCK MY HEAD, FIVE YEARS AFTER S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ROD THOMAS (BRIGHT LIGHT BRIGHT LIGHT)ANDREW BENGE/REDFERNSMANCHESTER, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 08: BRIGHT LIGHT BRIGHT LIGHT PERFORMS AT O2 APOLLO MANCHTER ON FEBARY 8, 2018 MANCHTER, ENGLAND. (PHOTO BY ANDREW BENGE/REDFERNS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ROD THOMAS' ACCSIBLE BATN OF DIS, HOE, AND HEARTFELT POP HAS IMPRSED THE LEGENDARY ELTON JOHN, WH WHOM HE SANG A TCHY SGLE. EMOTNAL, EARNT, AND PERHAPS A LTLE B RNY, BRIGHT LIGHT BRIGHT LIGHT (THE SGER'S REPETIVE STAGE NAME) HAS BEEN STEADILY RELEASG ALBUMS SCE 2009, WH BIGGER SUCCS THE U.K. THAN OVER ON THIS SI OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TYLER GLENN (NEON TRE)STT DULSON/GETTY IMAGIRVINE, CA - OCTOBER 14: SGER TYLER GLENN (L) OF THE BAND NEON TRE PERFORMS ONSTAGE DURG THE JACK FM 13TH ANNUAL NCERT AT FIVEPOT AMPHHEATRE ON OCTOBER 14, 2018 IRVE, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY STT DULSON/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PEOPLE ON THE SI-L OF ALT-ROCK CULTURE HAD BEEN SNARKG ABOUT TYLER GLENN (OF THE BAND NEON TRE) AND HIS ECCENTRIC SENSE OF FASHN LONG BEFORE HE HAD CID TO E OUT JT LAST YEAR. WH HIS BAND GAG FAME AFTER OPENG FOR THE KILLERS, THE GROUP HAD PLENTY OF MERCIAL AND CRIL SUCCS AS A STRAIGHT UP NEO-NEW-WAVE OUTF, ONLY TO FD A DIFFERENT SET OF VOTE AFTER THEIR LEAD SGER OPENED UP ABOUT HIS PERSONAL LIFE AS A GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHAD VACRO (A GREAT BIG WORLD)KEVORK DJANSEZIAN/GETTY IMAGLOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 08: MICIANS IAN AXEL (L) AND CHAD VACRO OF A GREAT BIG WORLD SPEAK ONSTAGE DURG THE THE 57TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS PREMIERE CEREMONY AT NOKIA THEATRE L.A. LIVE ON FEBARY 8, 2015 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY KEVORK DJANSEZIAN/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MELODIC AND RELAXG, CHAD VACRO'S ROMANTIC FFEE-SHOP MIC HAS ATTRACTED TONS OF FANS. PAIRED WH PIANO PLAYER PARTNER IAN AXEL, VACRO'S SMOOTH VOLS CHARMED OVER GLEE AND ONE TREE HILL DIENC 2012. THE BAND HAS SCE MOVED ON TO BIGGER THGS, CLUDG THE BUT OF THEIR CRILLY WELL-RECEIVED FIRST ALBUM, IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KEV AVIANCESANTIAGO FELIPE/GETTY IMAGNEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 01: KEV AVIANCE PERFORMS ONSTAGE DURG WIGSTOCK 2018 AT PIER 17 ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2018 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY SANTIAGO FELIPE/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MEMBER OF THE LEGENDARY HOE OF AVIANCE, KEV HAS PROVID THE VOICE OF VOGUE CLASSICS LIKE “CUNTY” AND “D DA DA” WHICH BALLROOM DIVAS STILL PERFORM TO TODAY. MANY OF HIS SONGS HAVE REACHED NO. 1 ON THE BILLBOARD DANCE CHARTS. AS MUCH OF A NIGHTLIFE FIXTURE AS A MICIAN, KEV'S SEVERE AND STRIKG LOOKS ARE AS REGNIZABLE AS HIS CLUBLAND CLASSIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IVRI LIR (THE YOUNG PROFSNALS)GISELA SCHOBER/GETTY IMAGLEIPZIG, GERMANY - OCTOBER 31: SGER IVRI LIR DURG THE LEIPZIG OPERA BALL 2015 ( LEIPZIGER OPERNBALL ) ON OCTOBER 31, 2015 LEIPZIG, GERMANY. (PHOTO BY GISELA SCHOBER/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DPE OR BEE OF ISRAEL’S PLITED RELATNSHIP WH THE GLOBAL LGBTQ MUNY, IVRI LIR STANDS OUT AS AN IMPORTANT POP SGER. A MEMBER OF THE SYNTHPOP BAND THE YOUNG PROFSNALS (ALONGSI MTACHED DRAG QUEEN URIEL YEKUTIEL), LIR CURRENTLY RIS AS A JUDGE ON THE MIDDLE EASTERN ERATN OF X {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AARON COADY (SHARON NEEDL)BCE GLIKAS/BCE GLIKAS/FILMMAGICNEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 17: SHARON NEEDL PERFORMS "THE 2017 SHARON NEEDL HALLOWEEN SPECIAL" AT THE LRIE BEECHMAN THEATRE ON OCTOBER 17, 2017 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY BCE GLIKAS/BCE GLIKAS/FILMMAGIC){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVERYDAY IS HALLOWEEN FOR THIS SCREAM QUEEN. WHILE MOST OF THE RUPL'S DRAG RACE ALUMNI PUT OUT A SGLE OR TWO, SHARON STEPPED HER GAME UP WH THE RELEASE OF HER FULL LENGTH ALBUM PG-13. SURPRISGLY POP-Y FOR THE PUNK PRCS, THE ALBUM'S BATN OF EMOTNAL PTH SONGS LIKE "I WISH I WERE AMANDA LEPORE" PAIRED NICELY WH JOKIER HORROR-THEMED SONGS LIKE "CALL ME ON THE OUIJI BOARD." HER NEXT ALBUM, TAXIRMY, IS SET TO DROP SOMETIME THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SETH BOGART (HUNX AND HIS PUNX){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ORIGALLY A VOLIST THE ELECTROCLASH BAND GRAVY TRA!!!!, SETH BOGART'S UNAPOLOGETILLY NASAL VOICE WOULD THEORETILLY NOT MAKE HIM THE IAL LEAD SGER OF A POST-MORN PUNK BAND. THAT BEG SAID, HUNX AND HIS PUNX HAS PRODUCED SOME OF THE TCHIT ROCK MIC THIS SI OF THE 21ST CENTURY. FOCG ON NOSTALGIA AND HEARTBREAK MORE THAN ANGER AND VLENCE, HUNX'S SONGS RANGE OM SCHTICKY AND ANGRY TO LOVELORN AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WILL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEFORE LE1F AND MYKKI BLAN BEME FASCATNS OF THE ART WORLD, RAPPER WILL SHERIDAN HAD BEEN RELEASG HARD HTG TRACKS AFTER RETIRG OM LLEGE BASKETBALL. COMBG HOE, HIP-HOP, AND AIN RHYTHMS, SHERIDAN IS STILL A STAPLE OF NEW YORK'S UNRGROUND NIGHTLIFE AND FASHN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BIG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEWER TO THE PUBLIC EYE, BIG MOMMA SHARED HIS OPNS ON THE GAY RAP SCENE WH LAST YEAR: “HIP HOP IS CHANGG, Y, WILL THERE FALLY BE ACCEPTANCE OF AN OPENLY GAY MALE RAPPER? WHO KNOWS? BUT I’M GONNA GET MY PIECE OF THE PIE REGARDLS.” INSPIRED BY GOTH CULTURE, PRO-WRTLG, AND LIL' KIM, BIG MOMMA'S AS MUCH OF A RAPPER AS HE IS A TE TRANSGRSIVE ARTIST, WH EASILY THE RNCHIT LYRICS AROUND. KEEP AN EYE OUT AS THIS RISG STAR DROPS H AFTER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH ARY PRECISN, KAZAKY EXECUT PLITED DANCE NUMBERS THE HIGHT OF HIGH HEELS, ALL THE WHILE SHOWG OFF THEIR IMPECBLE WASHBOARD ABS. THEIR MIC IS AN IDSYNCRATIC KD OF EASTERN EUROPEAN DANCE-POP WH HALF-IRONIC SCI-FI SHAS OF THE EARLY 2000S ELECTROCLASH SCENE; ALL THEIR LYRICS LIVERED AN ALMOST EERIE ADPAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JAMIE STEWART (XIU XIU)JUAN NAHARRO GIMENEZ/REDFERNS VIA GETTY IMAGMADRID, SPAIN - MARCH 27: JAMIE STEWART OF XIU XIU PERFORMS ON STAGE AT TEATRO LARA ON MARCH 27, 2012 MADRID, SPA. (PHOTO BY JUAN NAHARRO GIMENEZ/REDFERNS VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FAVORABLY PARED TO ROBERT SMH, JAMIE STEWART'S LYRICS HAVE BEEN PRAISED FOR THEIR BATN OF POETICISM AND VLENCE. AN EXTRAPOLATN OF THE (POST-) PUNK LEGACY OF ARTISTS LIKE ANNIE LENNOX, DEVO, AND BHS, STEWART'S WORK WH THE ELECTRO-PUNK GENRE ARE MET WH ALMOST UNIVERSAL CRIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BRADFORD COX (DEERHUNTER, ATLAS SOUND)FRANK HOENSCH/REDFERNSBERLIN, GERMANY - JUNE 13: SGER BRADFORD COX OF THE AMERIN BAND DEERHUNTER PERFORMS LIVE ON STAGE DURG A NCERT AT THE FTSAAL KRZBERG ON JUNE 13, 2018 BERL, GERMANY. (PHOTO BY FRANK HOENSCH/REDFERNS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DEERHUNTER SCRIB THEIR MIC AS “AMBIENT PUNK”, WHICH DON'T EXACTLY MAKE SENSE AS A GENRE. NOHELS, THEIR REPUTATN AS THE SAVANTS OF THE DIE ROCK WORLD SPEAKS FOR SELF. COX'S OWN SOLO WORK, UNR THE NAME ATLAS SOUND, VEERS EVEN MORE TOWARDS ARTY ELECTRONI, WHICH ABLETON LIVE A SORT OF EXTEND STREAM-OF-NSCNS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OWEN PALLETT (FAL FANTASY)XAVI TORRENT/WIREIMAGEBARCELONA, SPAIN - JUNE 19: OWEN PALLETT PERFORMS ON STAGE DURG DAY 2 OF SONAR MIC FTIVAL ON JUNE 19, 2015 BARCELONA, SPA. (PHOTO BY XAVI TORRENT/WIREIMAGE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VIO GAME ENTHIAST OWEN PALLETT DROPPED HIS JRPG SPIRED MONIKER A FEW YEARS AGO BUT HAS STUCK WH HIS BIZARRE TAKE ON EXPERIMENTAL ORCHTRAL MIC SPIRED BY THE TERSECTN OF TECHNOLOGY AND ART. MOST RECENTLY, PALLETT WAS NOMATED ALONGSI WILLIAM BUTLER FOR HIS WORK ON THE SRE OF HER, ALTHOUGH HIS EARLY MIC (WHICH SOMETIM DIRECTLY RIFFED ON VIO GAME THEM) REMAS SOME OF MY PERSONAL FAVOR OM THE ARTIST (SEE: “AN ARROW IN THE SI OF FAL FANTASY” PLAYG WH THE SUPER MAR WORLD OVER-WORLD THEME).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ADAM LAMBERTETHAN MILLER/GETTY IMAGLAS VEGAS, NV - SEPTEMBER 01: SGER ADAM LAMBERT OF QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT PERFORMS AS THE GROUP KICKS OFF S 10-DATE LIMED ENGAGEMENT, "THE CROWN JEWELS," AT PARK THEATER AT PARK MGM ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2018 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. (PHOTO BY ETHAN MILLER/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CURRENT REIGNG CHAMPN OF FAY IENDLY GLAM-ROCK, ADAM LAMBERT IS, APPARENTLY, OUR GENERATN'S FREDDIE MERCURY. NO, REALLY, HE'S CURRENTLY TOURG WH THE ORIGAL MEMBERS OF QUEEN, PICKG UP WHERE THE CLASSIC ROCK LEGENDS LEFT OFF. IN FACT, SOME OF THE BAND ARE EVEN SAYG THEIR SUBSTUTE HAS BETTER PIP THAN THE ORIGAL GAY SUPERMAN, BUT THAT'S A BATE FOR ANOTHER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PANSY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANOTHER STAPLE BAND OF THE QUEERRE GENRE OF PUNK ROCK, PANSY DIVISN HAS BEEN MAKG ANGRY ROCK MIC SCE THE EARLY 90'S. ALTHOUGH THEIR LAST FULL-LENGTH ALBUM, THAT'S SO GAY, WAS RELEASED WAY BACK 2009, THE BAND NTU TO FY STEREOTYP ABOUT EFFETE GAY MEN AND THEIR WORSHIP OF POP DIVAS. MORE MELODIC THAN PHONO, PANSY DIVISN OCCUPI A UNIQUE PLACE PUNK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}COMBG ROCK AND RAP A WAY THAT SOMEHOW AVOIDS PARISON TO LATE '90S SCHLOCK GROUPS LIKE LK PARK, STOSE'S SOCIAL JTICE-MD MIC DISCS POST-OCCUPY POLICS WH BOTH ANGER AND PASSN. CST PUNK ATHETICS MEET REAL SPTG SKILLS THIS UPG HIP-HOP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BIG FREEDIATIM MOSENFELR/WIREIMAGENEW ORLEANS, LA - APRIL 28: BIG FREEDIA PERFORMS DURG THE 2018 NEW ORLEANS JAZZ & HERAGE FTIVAL AT FAIR GROUNDS RACE COURSE ON APRIL 28, 2018 NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. (PHOTO BY TIM MOSENFELR/WIREIMAGE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BIG FREEDIA'S ULTRA-REALNS UGHT THE EY OF PCHFORK, MAKG HER ALREADY HUGE PERSONALY EVEN BIGGER. HER GENRE-FG MIC HAS HER TOURG THE GLOBE, GETTG BOOTYS TO MOVE AROUND THE WORLD. THE QUEEN DIVA BUTED HER FIRST FULL-LENGTH, SAMPLE-EE ALBUM LAST YEAR TO FAVORABLE REVIEWS ACROSS THE BOARD. HER REALY TELEVISN SERI BROKE FE'S RATGS RERDS AND HAS ALREADY BEEN RENEWED FOR TWO MORE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RECENTLY PROFILED BY VICE, BOTTOMS ARE ON THE VERGE OF THEIR FIRST ALBUM BUT. DPE THE JOKEY CLAIMS THAT THEY ONLY FORMED A BAND TO GET MORE DICK, THEIR LYRICS ABOUT HIV AND BODY DYSMORPHIA SHOW THAT THEY'RE CLEARLY MORE THOUGHTFUL THAN THEY PRETEND TO BE. THEY MIGHT SCRIBE THEIR MIC AS "SHTY SH HOE MIC, BASILLY, FOR FAGGOTS" BUT THEIR BLEND OF DIE-DIS AND PUNK KEEPS THEM FAR AWAY OM TRADNAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT THE FOREONT OF NTEMPORARY CLASSIL MIC, NI MUHLY IS THE WILY ACCLAIMED PHILLIP GLASS LLABORATOR WH HIS OWN IMPRSIVE DISGRAPHY OF CHORAL ARRANGEMENTS, OPERAS, MOVIE SR (CLUDG THE REAR AND KILL YOUR DARLGS), AND ENSEMBL. MUHLY'S BT KNOWN OPERA, TWO BOYS, TELLS THE NTROVERSIAL TE TALE OF A HOMOEROTIC ONLE IENDSHIP WHICH EVENTUALLY RULTED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHAPMAN'S "GAY RAP SONG" MAY HAVE GONE VIRAL FOR ALG ANKLY WH THE STGGLE OF G OUT, BUT HIS PARTY TRACKS ARE JT AS STRONG. WORKG WH EDM MEGA-TALENT SAT, CHAPMAN'S SONGS BOUNCE BETWEEN BEG NFSNAL AND CLUB BANGG WH EASE. DON'T LET THE PARISONS TO MACKLEMORE OR EMEM FOOL YOU, CHAPMAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

In 2011, we piled a list of the top 50 gay male micians. Big nam like Elton John, RuPl, The Village People, and Michael Stipe round out that llectn of well-known gay mic artists var genr. While our origal gay mic artist list was extensive, limed to 50 meant was obvly plete.

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HE LATER BEGAN GIVG NCERTS FLAMBOYANT STUM WH ORNATE PIANOS AND NLABRA, PLAYG PRIMARILY POPULAR MIC. VERY SUCCSFUL, HE HOSTED HIS OWN TV VARIETY SERI, THE LIBERACE SHOW (1952–55, 1969), AND APPEARED FILMS SUCH AS SCERELY YOURS (1955). WH HIS UNIQUE BLEND OF CLASSIL TRAG AND OVER-THE-TOP SHOWMANSHIP, LIBERACE WAS ONE OF THE MOST FAMO PERFORMERS OF THE 20TH CENTURY. IN LATER YEARS HE PERFORMED EQUENTLY LAS VEGAS.EARLY LIFELIBERACE WAS BORN WLADZIU VALENTO LIBERACE ON MAY 16, 1919, WT ALLIS, WISNS, HIS MIDDLE NAME WAS TAKEN OM ONE OF HIS MOTHER'S FAVORE FILM STARS—RUDOLPH VALENTO. LTLE DID SHE KNOW THAT HER SON WOULD VELOP A VOTED FOLLOWG OF HIS OWN ONE DAY. BOTH OF LIBERACE'S PARENTS WERE TERTED MIC, AND HE BEGAN PIANO LSONS VERY EARLY ON HIS LIFE. A CHILD PRODIGY, HE BEGAN HIS STUDI AT THE WISNS COLLEGE OF MIC WHEN HE WAS ONLY SEVEN YEARS OLD. LIBERACE STARTED PERFORMG WH ORCHTRAS HIS EARLY TEENS.MIL SENSATNTO MAKE A LIVG, LIBERACE PLAYED MOVIE THEATERS AND NIGHT CLUBS. HE EVEN ADOPTED THE STAGE NAME "WALTER BTERKEYS" FOR A TIME. BEFORE LONG LIBERACE FOUND SOME SUCCS MIXG HIS LOVE OF CLASSIL MIC WH MORE NTEMPORARY TUN. HIS REAL REER BREAKTHROUGH, HOWEVER, ME 1951 WH THE PREMIERE OF THE LIBERACE SHOW. THE MIL PROGRAM FIRST AIRED LOLLY LOS ANGEL BEFORE GOG NATNAL A FEW YEARS LATER. VIEWERS—35 LN OF THEM AT THE PROGRAM'S HEIGHT—ULDN'T GET ENOUGH OF LIBERACE'S PIANO PROWS AND HIS CHEBIC CHARMS. WH HIS TRAMARK NLABRA RTG ATOP HIS PIANO, LIBERACE PLAYED WH GREAT EASE AND GLEE. HIS LARGELY FEMALE DIENCE ALSO ADMIRED LIBERACE'S GREAT VOTN TO HIS MOTHER FRANC. HIS BROTHER GEE PLAYED THE VL ON THE PROGRAM AND ACTED AS HIS ORCHTRAL ARRANGER. IN ADDN TO HIS TELEVISN SHOW, LIBERACE SOLD OUT MANY OF HIS LIVE NCERTS AND SOLD LNS OF RERDS. HE EVEN STARRED THE 1955 FILM SCERELY YOURS, WHICH SERVED AS A SHOWSE FOR HIS TALENTS. IN LAS VEGAS, LIBERACE BEME ONE OF THE CY'S MOST POPULAR PERFORMERS AND ONE OF S TOP-PAID STARS. HE BEME EQUALLY FAMO FOR THE GLZ AND GLAMOUR OF HIS SHOWS AND STUM AS HE WAS FOR HIS MIC. IN 1956, LIBERACE WAS JOED ON STAGE BY {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}ELVIS PRLEY. AROUND THIS TIME, HOWEVER, LIBERACE'S PERSONAL LIFE WAS TURNED TO A LEGAL DRAMA. HE HAD LONG BEEN RID FOR HIS EFFEMATE WAYS, AND HE END UP SUG A BRISH PUBLITN FOR LIBEL AFTER THE MAGAZE IMPLIED THAT HE WAS GAY. LIBERACE LATER WON ANOTHER URT BATTLE AGAST A BRISH LUMNIST OVER HIS MENTS. WHILE HE WAS LATER REVEALED TO BE GAY, LIBERACE WORKED HARD TO NCEAL THIS FACT TO MATA HIS DOMANTLY FEMALE FOLLOWG. WHILE TERT HIS TELEVISN SHOW EVENTUALLY FAD, LIBERACE REMAED POPULAR WH NCERT-GOERS. HIS SHOWS AND STUM SEEMED TO GET MORE ELABORATE AND OSTENTAT WH THE YEARS. HIS HANDS SHOWSED A NUMBER OF ORNATE, PIANO-SHAPED RGS, AND HE DRAPED HIMSELF LONG, HEAVY FUR P. HE EVEN DROVE TO HIS PIANO ON STAGE ONE OF HIS MANY LUXURY TOMOBIL. IN THE MID-1970S, LIBERACE CID TO GIVE THE PUBLIC A PEEK TO HIS LAVISH LIFTYLE. HE TRANSFORMED HIS HOLLYWOOD HOME TO A MM. HE LATER DISPLAYED HIS LLECTN OF STUM, RS AND OTHER TREASUR AT HIS OWN MM LAS VEGAS.FAL YEARS AND DEATHONCE AGA, LIBERACE FOUND HIMSELF A LEGAL STGGLE. HE WAS SUED BY HIS FORMER BODYGUARD AND CHFFR STT THORSON 1982. THORSON CLAIMED THAT HE HAD BEEN A RELATNSHIP WH LIBERACE AND THAT LIBERACE HAD PROMISED TO TAKE RE OF HIM AND SUPPORT HIM. THE SE WAS LATER SETTLED OUT OF URT. SHORTLY BEFORE HIS ATH, STORI CIRCULATED THAT LIBERACE HAD AIDS. HE AND HIS STAFF, HOWEVER, VEHEMENTLY NIED THAT THE ENTERTAER HAD THE DISEASE. LIBERACE PASSED AWAY ON FEBARY 4, 1987, AT HIS HOME PALM SPRGS, CALIFORNIA. INIALLY, HIS DOCTOR REPORTED THAT THE SHOWMAN DIED OF RDIAC ARRT. LATER, AN TOPSY BY THE RIVERSI COUNTY RONER NCLUD THAT LIBERACE HAD ACTUALLY DIED OF AIDS-RELATED PNMONIA.LEGACY AND MOVIE WHILE SOME CRICS HAVE DISMISSED HIM FOR BEG OVERLY SENTIMENTAL, LIBERACE HAS LEFT A LASTG IMPACT ON THE WORLD OF ENTERTAMENT. HIS ELABORATE AND SOMETIM GARISH STYLE HAS FLUENCED THE LIK OF PRLEY, ELTON JOHN AND DAVID BOWIE TO NAME A FEW. A FILM CELEBRATG LIBERACE'S WAS RELEASED 2013, WH MICHAEL DOUGLAS PLAYG THE LEGENDARY {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS

Many brilliant but lser known talents were left, we're updatg that origal effort wh a new list, this one verg ntemporary gay artists—unrground gems, newer superstars on the scene and some olr gay micians fally gettg the regnn they serve.

More of a tastg menu than a plete archive, this gallery of gay mic artists is still by no means prehensive, but certaly reprents a group of talented men to celebrate. CazwellBefore Pchfork “disvered” the gay rappers Le1f, Mykki Blan, and Zebra Katz 2012, Cazwell had released a handful of half-ser hip-hop jams focg on topics rangg om gay sex to his love of ice cream. Le1fThis breakthrough gay rapper took the Inter by storm wh his ultra slick speed-rappg verse on “Wut”, acpanied by a mpy vio of the rapper vogug down wh a mcle-man a Pikachu mask.

Sce then, he's released three mixtap, an EP wh Terrible rerds, and is currently workg on a full-length album as one of the only gay rappers signed to a mastream label.

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