Where LGBTQ music has been and where it's going!!
Filed Under () by Adam Lambert on Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Posted at : Wednesday, October 08, 2014
The turn of the 21st century marked a significant change in LGBTQ music, as even more artists became vocal about their genders and sexualities. In 2001, openly gay vocalist Jake Shears and his friends started a band called The Scissor Sisters. The group, with a name that references lesbian sexual activity, implemented many themes of gay culture into their songs. Canadian indie pop duo Tegan and Sara, openly gay identical twins, gained mainstream success in 2007 after their album The Con charted at No. 34 on the Billboard 200 list. Adam Lambert grabbed the nation’s attention with his flashy style and flamboyant personality on season 8 of American Idol. His 2009 debut studio album, For Your Entertainment, peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, and The New York Times later identified him as “the first openly gay mainstream pop artist” to start a career on a major label.
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I think it's time, as inferred in the passage...this is indeed the 21st century; so why this constant obsession and reference to gay/lesbian people. Let them be, I say, let them become part of the whole rather than being singled out all the time as LGBT with a sort of outcast connotation / label. Why do people need to emphasise and single them out all the time such as this example: "Adam Lambert...identified as the first openly gay mainstream pop artist to start a career on a major label." Why is there the need to be identified as "first openly gay". The whole passage to me emphasises this aspect of LGBT artists and their music. Give praise and credit as one would, other people, no need to attach a label.
Yes as starkly pointed out, this is the the 21st century already...move forward, be more futuristic in one's thinking.
We are mostly the same
I say, look into the brain
Straight or gay
Because it's when you think, write, sing or say
Therein lies the stark difference
And not whether one is gay or not gay
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