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    Looking back at the early days of LGBTQ2 Rock – National

    June 22, 202507 Mins Read
    Looking back at the early days of lgbtq2 rock

    Music can be very powerful when it comes to changing the world. Locks are used to spread political and social messages. It has been used to inspire, educate, motivate and protest.

    These are the stories of musicians who were not afraid to acknowledge their sexuality when society was not ready to hear it. Pride Month is the perfect time to recognize the contributions and sacrifices made by various LGBTQ2 musicians in a time when they didn't talk about the people you loved.

    You know the answer, but you start by raising this question, but ask anyway. What do the following people have in common? Tchaikovsky, Handel, Schubert, George Gershwin, Beatles Manager Brian Epstein, Freddie Mercury, B-52 singers Fred Schneider, Morrissey, Punk Legens Bob Mold, Michael Stipe of REM?

    pioneering pre-rock guitarist sisters Rosetta Tharp, Janis Joplin, Joan Jett, Melisa Eterridge, Tegan and Sarah, and St. Vincent.

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    All of the above, and many, and even more, identifying them as gay, non-binary, bisexual, or someone else's LGBTQ2.

    Who was the first locker coming out of the closet? He fought his sexuality throughout his life, but a good choice would be little Richard. His image has always been great in Kanti, and the original uncensored lyrics to his hit “Tutti Frutti” are hardly questionable. However, in 1957, during the middle of a tour of Australia, he was in a crisis of faith after claiming that he had dreamed of his own damage. He left the music business and never again reached the rights he achieved in the 1950s.

    The next major out was David Bowie. He has been attracting attention since appearing on British television in 1964 as a spokesman for a constituent organization known as the International League for Animal Preservation. He was 17 at the time.

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    But Bowie was just getting started. In January 1970, he became one of the first pop stars to be interviewed by the gay magazine Jeremy. Although this article had nothing to do with his sexuality, the fact that he appeared in a gay magazine was very radical. Just three years ago, you could be sent to prison for being still gay.

    Ten months later, the cover of his The Man Who The World album is Mr. It featured a Bowie lounge in a long flowing blue dress designed by a man known as Fish. This was the image of the most feminized rock star male that the world has ever seen. Many record stores (particularly the US) refused to view or stock records, and required releases of versions that included alternative artwork. Still, this record sold less than 1,500 copies in the United States between November 1970 and June 1971. At that time, the world was a world state.

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    The real shock came in the issue of Melody Maker, one of the biggest weekly music magazines in the UK, when Bowie stated on January 22, 1972, “I'm gay and I've been there all the time.” It was mainly a promotional stunt that set the debut of his Ziggy Stardust character. But for certain people, the effects of those words were immeasurable. Ziggy's hermosical bisexuality, makeup and sparkle (along with what was called an obscene performance on pop) provided hope for those around the globe.

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    But Bowie (via Ziggy) wasn't the world's first openly gay rock star. We might turn to Lou Reid, whose parents sent him as a teenager for electroshock therapy, as a way to drive away what they feared was a “gay tendency.”

    In 1972, after leaving velvet underground, he adopted a very attractive image, wearing S&M and fetish gear, hair bleached, black painted nails. His songs often explored the perverted side of life, such as “Walk on the Wild Side.” This is the top 40 hit that told the story of more colorful real-life characters in Andy Warhol's world.

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    Lou married a woman in 1973, but many thought he was gay. Was it he? At least the bisexual is certainly bisexual, but he never made it public about it.

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    The first rock singer to make it clear he was gay was Jobrias. Born in Bruce Campbell, he was a former member of a forgotten California band called Pigeon. From there he entered the musical theatre and performed in the Hair Production. He was also an occasional rental boy with a part-time drug addiction.

    In the early 1970s, he acquired a manager named Jerry Blunt. Jerry Blunt soon signed a $500,000 deal with Elektra Records. His debut album was recorded with the help of Peter Frampton and John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin. To launch the record, Electra paid a $200,000 sign for the almost nude Jobrias sign in the middle of Times Square. Full-page ads appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Vogue, and even the Penthouse.

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    Another $200,000 was spent on stage production, which was supposed to open at Paris Opera House. And in an interview, Jobrias called himself a “true fairy.”

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    But it's all crashing. The Paris show never happened, and after two unsold albums, Jobriath disappeared. He bouncing between New York and Los Angeles, but did nothing to punish the iron-covered management contract. By the early 80s, his bath habits had caught up with him and signed him with HIV/AIDS. He passed away on August 3, 1987, a week after his 10-year contract with Jerry Blunt expired.

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    A few years later, I am mainly grateful for the conditions of fans who discovered him after his death – Morrissey is one of his great worshipers and promoters – the world has come to know about Joblias' contributions to LGBTQ2 history.

    A few others need to be acknowledged. British folk rock bands known as affiliated with the authorities sang several pro-homosexual songs as early as 1972. There is a 1973 song titled “The Looking for a Boy tonight” from 1973. German band Flying Lesbians appeared briefly in 1975. Steve Grossman was an openly gay folk blues singer of the '70s. And in 1978, the gay/lesbian freedom band, which charged itself as the world's first openly gay music organization, was founded in San Francisco.

    One of the great things about punk rock in the 70s was the notion that music belongs to everyone and anyone can make music regardless of age, financial background, musical ability, gender or sexual orientation. Punk has allowed gay performers such as Pete Shelley of Buzzcocks, Elton Motello, Jayne (formerly Wayne) County, and Ricky Wilson of B-52 (may be the first rock performer to die in AIDS).

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    There were other ones too. None of the New York dolls were gay (at least we don't think so), but they were the first band to really push the rogy as part of their image with makeup, big hair and of course many spandex (a record of history that appears to have been the first group). Frontman Randy “Biscuit” Turner yelled and proudly went outside. New Wave took the campy element of disco and featured women, lined up performers and hundreds of techno pop acts.

    By the early 80s, many people bravely played sexuality. Culture Club boy George, Franky, goes to Hollywood, while Canadian Pope Carroll goes in rough trades, filmed from gay subculture. She had beforehand about being a lesbian. “Yeah, I have a variety of ideas about sex. Do you want to make it?” Something pretty bold for a dull, boring and conservative Canada.

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    As the 1980s disappeared in the 1990s, non-antimeric predictions and demonstrations became mainstream. Although there is still homophobia and bias, most music fans today didn't really care if the performers were gay, straight, queer or trance. And if it wasn't for those brave early pioneers, they wouldn't have arrived here.

    Happy pride, everyone.

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