LGBTQ mic history is so much more than a timele of who me out when and which songs beme gay anthems -- ’s also about the artists who weren’t aaid to be themselv eras when dog so often had real risks attached.
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40 BT GAY SGERS & MICIANS OF ALL TIME (LGBTQ+ SGERS)
Lookg for a list of the bt gay sgers and gay micians of all time? We've round up our top picks along wh their bt songs! * famous gay musicians in history *
The fact that there are many mic artists who are openly gay is a big step for LGBTQ+ rights, which mak the artists important and fluential. In one of the terviews, the sger said he was spired by Elton John throughout his life, and he is also a famo gay sger.
Eher way, g out as gay was a life-changg (and liberatg) cisn for Ricky Mart, and he is now nsired one of the most fluential LGBT artists the world. All thgs nsired, Mika’s songs are an tegral part of morn pop mic, and he remas one of the most fluential gay pop stars. Well, he is certaly makg a difference, pecially the metal genre, which mak him one of the most fluential gay sgers mic dtry.
Wh the succs of his album Trspassg, Lambert was also the first openly gay sger to have an album reach number one on the Billboard 200 charts. That beg said, Gee Michael’s ntributn to LGBT right was immense, and he will always be remembered as one of the most proment gay sgers of all time.
30 FAMO GAY PEOPLE WHO CHANGED THE WORLD
Regardg his personal life, he was married to his high-school sweetheart San Deixler the 60s, but he me out as gay 2007.
In one of the terviews, Stipe scribed himself as a ‘queer artist’, although he prevly didn’t want to label himself gay or straight. The song spent 19 weeks on the top of the Billboard Hot 100 – meanwhile, Lil Nas X me out as gay, which ma him the first artist to do so while beg on the top of the chart. Tennant publicly me out as gay 1994, when he nfirmed the terview for the Brish gay liftyle magaze Attu.
In fact, Grand is one of the few openly gay untry artists, which mak his openns even more important and fluential. Fans may openly embrace a gay Elton John, Melissa Etheridge or Ricky Mart now, but over the past 50 years or more ’s been a stggle for most queer artists to live their liv openly and whout shame and persecutn. His theatril scream-sgg, macho stage prence, and all-around badassery (bt showsed on inic rerds like 1980’s Brish Steel and 1982’s Screamg for Vengeance) prompted many fans to ll him “Metal God:” a tradnally mascule trope Halford boldly upend Febary 1998, when he me out as gay an MTV News terview.