We have listed 30 sgers you may not have known were lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr or queer. How many have you heard of?
Contents:
- 40 BT GAY SGERS & MICIANS OF ALL TIME (LGBTQ+ SGERS)
- WHAT WAS LIKE TO E OUT AS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY ROCK STAR?
- GREATT GAY SGERS OF ALL TIME
- THE TRAGEDY OF JOBRIATH, THE WORLD’S FIRST OPENLY GAY ROCK STAR
- THE RISE AND FALL OF JOBRIATH, ROCK’S FIRST OPENLY GAY STAR
40 BT GAY SGERS & MICIANS OF ALL TIME (LGBTQ+ SGERS)
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In recent years, we’ve seen micians talk openly about their gay inty and same-sex relatnships. 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.
WHAT WAS LIKE TO E OUT AS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY ROCK STAR?
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GREATT GAY SGERS OF ALL TIME
You may not have heard of him, but the self-proclaimed “te fairy of rock” was the first ever openly gay artist to sign to a major rerd label the 1970s. * gay rock star *
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THE TRAGEDY OF JOBRIATH, THE WORLD’S FIRST OPENLY GAY ROCK STAR
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THE RISE AND FALL OF JOBRIATH, ROCK’S FIRST OPENLY GAY STAR
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