Ltle Richard honed his craft as a teenage drag queen. In everythg om his hairstyle to his lyrics, we see the fluence of gay ntemporari like Esquera and Billy Wright.
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40 BT GAY SGERS & MICIANS OF ALL TIME (LGBTQ+ SGERS)
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Dpe beg an openly gay trailblazer (she even reportedly married a woman durg a civil ceremony New Jersey), Bentley began wearg drs later life and claimed to be “cured” of her homosexualy by takg female hormon. Marv GayeBobby “Blue” BlandOtis ReddgWilson PickettStevie WonrJoe TexChuck Jackson. Marv GayeBobby “Blue” BlandOtis ReddgWilson PickettStevie WonrJoe TexChuck JacksonTop Black Male Sgers of The 60s, Concln.
Marv Gaye. Marv Gaye, born Marv Pentz Gay Jr 1939 Washgton D.C., was a soul sger and songwrer. In high school, Gaye veloped a love for the R&B genre, which marked the begng of his sgg reer.
Gaye was immensely talented, and soon after jog this vol group, he got signed to Motown Rerds. In this , Gaye released three more h solo sgl while still signed to Motown. DeLarverie also served the muny as a volunteer street patrol worker, and as a rult, was lled the "guardian of lbians the Village." Beyond her LGBTQ activism, DeLarverie also anized and performed at fundraisers for women who suffered om domtic vlence and their children.Author Jam Baldw (Photo by Ted Thai)The LIFE Picture Collectn/GettyJam Baldw (1924-1987)A wrer and social cric, Baldw is perhaps bt known for his 1955 llectn of says, "Not of a Native Son," and his groundbreakg 1956 novel, "Gvanni's Room," which picts them of homosexualy and bisexualy.