Gay songs??

Question

I was just thinking that I haven't ever heard any songs by gay/lesbian artist...Are there any out there?

DEATH · Accepted Answer

Melissa Etheridge
Indigo Girls
kd Lang
KT Tunstall
Elton John
Janis Ian
Tracy Chapman
Tegan & Sara
Joan Armatrading
Joan Jett
Scissor Sisters
Michael Stipe (REM - Openly Bi)
Ani DeFranco (openly Bi...although married to a man)
Kathy Richardson

Here's a list: 

A
Margie Adam
Gaye Adegbalola
Ruth Anderson
B
Patricia Barber
Amanda Barrett
Eve Beglarian
Frieda Belinfante
Gladys Bentley
Delores P. Berry
Sarah Bettens
Heather Bishop
***** and Animal
Renata Borgatti
Lynn Breedlove
Wendy Bucklew
The Butchies
C
Rachel Carns
Beth Clayton
Michelle Courtens
Catie Curtis
D
DJ Particle
Eva Dahlgren
Lea DeLaria
Abby DeWald
Alice Di Micele
Beth Ditto
Alix Dobkin
Sarah Dougher
Donna Dresch
E
Ana Egge
Danielle Egnew
Cássia Eller
Melissa Etheridge
Edith Eyde
F
Brigitte Fassbaender
Melissa Ferrick
Ferron
Samantha Fox
Tret Fure
 G
Mary Gauthier
Peggy Gilbert
Julie Goldman
Claudia Gonson
Debbie Googe
Lesley Gore
Wynne Greenwood
Francesca Gregorini
H
Leisha Hailey
Kristen Hall
Jennifer Higdon
Hildegarde
Anni Hogan
Horse (musician)
Jenny Hoyston
J
Jill Jackson (singer)
K
Kaki King
L
Nomy Lamm
K.d. lang
Lynn Lavner
Maia Lee
Wanda Landowska
Lesbians on Ecstasy
Zoë Lewis
Rickey Lime
Annea Lockwood
M
Leslie Mah
Michelle Malone
Erin McKeown
Mirah
Miss Money
Mz Fontaine
N
Faith Nolan
Siiri Nordin
O
Pauline Oliveros
P
Alex Parks
Evalyn Parry
Felicia Pearson
Linda Perry
Gretchen Phillips
 P cont.
Phranc
Kate Pierson
Carole Pope
Chris Pureka
R
Patricia Racette
Vicki Randle
Amy Ray
Toshi Reagon
Denise Restout
S
Emily Saliers
JD Samson
Kate Schellenbach
Patty Schemel
Daniela Sea
Cooper Seay
Lorraine Segato
Aiza Seguerra
Otep Shamaya
Linda Shear
Radio Sloan
Ethel Smyth
Faith Soloway
Anna Sosenko
Lorrie Sprecher
Garrison Starr
Marsha Stevens
Ember Swift
T
Clare Teal
Team Dresch
Tegan and Sara
Alice Temple
Lucie Blue Tremblay
Two Nice Girls
V
Chavela Vargas
Lisa Vogel
W
Erica Wheeler
Annie Whitehead
Josephine Wiggs
Cris Williamson
Kaia Wilson
 

A
Mark Adamo
Adriano Cintra
John Alcorn
Marc Almond
Jeffrey Altergott
Robert Arnold
Kevin Aviance
B
Babydaddy
John Balance
Baltimora
Samuel Barber
Jean-Pierre Barda
Edward Barnes (composer)
Fred Barnes (performer)
Micah Barnes
Lance Bass
Andy Bell (singer)
Richard Rodney Bennett
Pierre Bernac
James Bernard
Leonard Bernstein
Bimbo Boy
Jón Þór Birgisson
Marc Blitzstein
Roddy Bottum
Boy George
Johnny Brandon
Benjamin Britten
C
John Cage
Anthony Callea
Michael Callen
Tevin Campbell
Caushun
Cazuza
Christian Chávez
Charles Cohen
Russ Conway
Allan Corduner
John Corigliano
Noel Coward
Patrick Cowley
Hugues Cuénod
Conrad Cummings
D
Dangerous Muse
David Daniels
Darren (singer)
Tony De Vit
Deadlee
David Del Tredici
Aaron Detroit
David Diamond (composer)
Dave Dictor
E
Electrosexual
F
Falete
Mark Feehily
William Finn
Colton Ford
Simon Fowler
Scott Frankel
Scott Free (queercore musician)
G
Chris Garneau
Stephen Gately
 G cont.
Joel Gibb
Dan Gillespie Sells
Gold and Fizdale
Ari Gold (singer-songwriter)
Charles Griffes
Steven Grossman (musician)
Peter Grudzien
Gus Mattox
Neil Gust
H
Manos Hadjidakis
Reynaldo Hahn
Rob Halford
Jeff Harnar
Barry Harris (DJ)
Lou Harrison
Grant Hart
Lorenz Hart
Dan Hartman
Darren Hayes
R. J. Helton
Hans Werner Henze
Jerry Herman
Fred Hersch
Kristian Hoffman
Lee Hoiby
Stephen Hough
Jerry Hunt
I
Norman Iceberg
J
Tony Jackson
Jobriath
Elton John
Holly Johnson
Randy Jones (singer)
K
Juba Kalamka
Leonard Kastle
Brian Kennedy (singer)
DJ Keoki
Andrew Kinlochan
Frankie Knuckles
Dave Koz
Levi Kreis
L
Paul Lekakis
Ivri Lider
Andreas Lundstedt
M
Ashley MacIsaac
Man To Man
Marilyn (singer)
Del Marquis
Andy Martin
Johnny Mathis
Peter Maxwell Davies
David McAlmont
Kevin McDaid
Glen Meadmore
Mark Medlock
Stephin Merritt
George Michael
Lucas Miré
Dave Moffatt
Moon Trent
Nathan Moore
Jacques Morali
Richard Morel
 M cont.
Bob Mould
Zeki Müren
N
Billy Newton-Davis
Bola de Nieve
Klaus Nomi
Ivor Novello
O
Robert Odeman
P
Owen Pallett
Chuck Panozzo
Man Parrish
Thomas Pasatieri
Douglas P.
Peter Pears
Daniel Pinkham
Doug Pinnick
Joshua Plague
Cole Porter
Francis Poulenc
DJ Pusspuss
Don Pyle
R
Jason Ricci
Romanovsky and Phillips
Ned Rorem
Felipe Rose
Arthur Russell (musician)
Paul Rutherford
S
Fred Schneider
Will Schwartz
Marc Shaiman
Jake Shears
Labi Siffre
Jari Sillanpää
Soce, the elemental wizard
Jimmy Somerville
Stephen Sondheim
Martin Sorrondeguy
Ian Stephens (poet)
Billy Strayhorn
T
Cecil Taylor
Neil Tennant
Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Michael Tilson Thomas
Richard Thomas (musician)
Virgil Thomson
Michael Tippett
Tori Fixx
Pussy Tourette
Stephen Trask
Charles Trenet
Tommy Tune
Randy Turner
V
Luther Vandross
Reg Vermue
Jim Verraros
Village People
Claude Vivier
W
Siegfried Wagner
Rufus Wainwright
John Wallowitch
Ian Watkins (Steps)
Tom Wilson Weinberg
Y
Will Young

Mr. Sexi Man · Answer

It's funny you mention that because the president of the Recording Industry Association of America (Hilary Rosen) is lesbian!  

There are plenty of gay/lesbian recording artists though!  Melissa Etheridge is gay.  George Michael is a classic!  LOVE him!  Dangerous Muse and Johnny McGovern are good!  Also I highly recommend the following:

"Number One in Heaven" by Nemesis Rising (gay twin brothers).  

"Oh Yeah" by The Cliks


I'm sure you've heard plenty of songs by gay/lesbian artists before...you just didn't realize they were gay/lesbian.

Sara H · Answer

There are already some really in-depth answers on here, so I'll just say I thoroughly enjoy "I Kissed A Girl" by Jill Sobule. And tAtu have the gimmick of being lesbians, and their songs are mostly lesbian love songs of sorts.

? · Answer

Try K.D. Lang, Melissa Etheridge, and if you like oldies, the late, great Dusty Springfield.  There's also the Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, to name a few.

edit:  WHOA Hadley, are ya serious?  Wikkid!  I live north of Chicago!  Happy Dance Time!

Anonymous · Answer

There are loads! 
Mellisa Etheridge is pretty well known, Tegan and Sarah, Beth Ditto of the gossip is. My friends have mentioned a gay rapper. I've read about a number of lesbain musicians at afterellen.com and their 'brother' site afterelton.com probably has info on gay male ones

BlueDal · Answer

Melissa Etheridge, Lance Bass, Elton John, Jorja Fox, George Michael, Michael Stipe (I think), Moby (I think) etcetera...

Hadley N · Answer

This may all change (hopefully), but I hear Clear Channel (and I hate this because I hate to like Clear Channel) is proposing to start the nations first all LGBT radio station in Chicago. 

I hope it Will be more than a bunch of catty queens because it is finally our time to have our romantic love songs.

......and if Straight people don't like it, they don't have to listen to the radio station.

KW · Answer

Check out God-des and She . . . they are amazing, I saw them perform live.
They're best known for their song "Lick It," which they sang in season 4 of The L Word

Joe Schuler · Answer

yeah!  

for instance Jim Verraros - So Deep

It's very gay!

Anonymous · Answer

look up soccer practice by jonny mcgovern.

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