Kent Jam, a Utah native who went om servg a Latter-day Sat missn Argenta to performg untry mic Nashville to beg a mohawk-wearg gay punk rock star Los Angel, has died. He was 56.
Contents:
- TOP 5 GAY, BI, AND QUEER MEN POP PUNK
- KENT JAM, UTAH NATIVE WHO BEME A FIANTLY GAY PUNK-ROCK STAR, DI AT 56
- IS SPIR-PUNK GAY? DEBUNKG THE FAN CONSPIRACI!
- LGBTQ+ BANDS: OUR TOP 10 FAVORE GAY BANDS
TOP 5 GAY, BI, AND QUEER MEN POP PUNK
Contug the celebratns LGBTQ+ history month, here are 5 of the bt gay, bi, and queer punk men to add to your playlists (if you haven't already). * gay punk rock *
But the scen stggled wh homophobic, sexist and racist elements.
Queerre and rt grrrl risted opprsive homonormative tennci found mastream LGBT anizg.
Pansy Divisn, "Fem a Black Leather Jacket" Fun-lovg Bay Area gay rock mastays Pansy Divisn brought homopunk to the mass when the group toured wh Green Day the 1990s.
KENT JAM, UTAH NATIVE WHO BEME A FIANTLY GAY PUNK-ROCK STAR, DI AT 56
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As the volist and bass player for the semal proggy metal-tged hard rock band Kg’s X, Doug Pnick me out 1998, durg an terview wh the Christian magaze, an irony due to the spirual and upliftg nature of the mic and lyrics which attracted many Christian fans who were agast homosexualy. But spe this vlent past, he has been an open homosexual wh no reluctance or remorse, and 2010 even won Gay Person of the Year Bergen, Norway.
Before Cynic both Reert and Masvidal played as members of the legendary band Death, wh the one and only Chuck Schulder, and durg this time, and their time wh Cynic, they most likely led double liv as secretly homosexual mal a predomantly macho male extreme metal aggrsive ttosterone filled mil scene. Led by openly gay ontman, volist Gary Floyd, the band broke up 1986 but was revived aga 2004.
At, Texas-based hardre punk band MDC might be known by different nam cludg Millns of Dead Cops, Multi-Death Corporatn, Millns Of Dead Children, and Millns Of Damn Christians, but sce the begng of the band, 1979, the one nstant has been the antic, charismatic ontman Dave Dictor, who has ed the fury of punk to sg agast racism war, rporate ntrol, and favor of animal and human rights, equaly for gays, mori, and women. Sce then the band has been ragg on agast homophob, palists, and racists g the force of hardre punk. Lookg back, wh the black tight leather, chas, and suggtive lyrics, ’s no surprise that Halford is a gay man, and proud of .
IS SPIR-PUNK GAY? DEBUNKG THE FAN CONSPIRACI!
Queerre was a movement of radil gay punks who sparked an explosn of mic, lerature, film, and art that changed the face of punk rock and gay activism alike. * gay punk rock *
And not to religate old wounds, but BBC also reportedly banned Shelley’s solo sgle “Homosapien" 1981 for s blatant referenc to gay sex. Along wh Big Boys, The Dicks were one of At’s flagship punk bands the 1980s and one of the few ntenrs the genre wh an openly gay volist.
The band members, all openly gay, specifilly sought to unteract stereotyp, but that didn’t stop their sexual orientatn om beg a hot-button issue the mic muny. The band also did a ver of Pete Shelley’s “Homosapien.
And while many of my gay iends will prefer to hear Madonna, I will enavor to absta om mentng her this list for the obv reason. Not as overtly polil or sexually oriented as the Dicks, sger Randy "Biscu" Turner was a beloved outsir artist and openly gay man who died 2005 om cirrhosis of the liver due to an untreated Hepatis C fectn. I Wanna Be a Homosexual - Screechg Weasel.
LGBTQ+ BANDS: OUR TOP 10 FAVORE GAY BANDS
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