23 ‘Prince, Frankie Go to Town’, Nelson George, Billboard, 10 November 1984
24 ‘Uncomfortable Compromise for Newest Gender Bender’, Jeremy Jehu, The Stage, 31 May 1984
25 ‘It Was a Lovely Feeling Dying’, Josie Griffiths, The Sun, 8 November 2016
26 Freak Unique: My Autobiography, Pete Burns, (John Blake Publishing Ltd, London, 2007)
27 ‘Boy George to Cover Funeral Expenses for Pete Burns’ Family’, Meka Beresford, Pink News, 30 October 2016
28 ‘Have You Heard?’, Lowell Sun, 21 October 1982
29 ‘Queerness is a State of Mind Brought About by Understanding’, Michael Stipe, The Guardian, 26 October 2014
30 ‘American Music Club’s Mark Eitzel Strikes a Hopeful Tone’, Ben Walsh, the Independent, 8 February 2013
Chapter 17 – Hope and Homophobia
1 Author interview with Dane Lewis, January 2017
2 Annotation from Sadat X on the lyrics to ‘Punks Jump Up to Get Beat Down’ at genius.com
3 ‘Deep Dickollective – Oakland Gay Hip-hoppers’, Lisa Hix, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 June 2006
4 ‘Heavy Handed but Tender-hearted, Transgender Hip-hopper Katastrophe is a Rebel With a Cause’, Rona Marech, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 February 2005
5 ‘Words of Caushun: The Gay Rapper Goes On the Record’, Will Doig, Metro Weekly, 22 May 2002
6 ‘Interview: Deadlee on the Struggle Against Discrimination in Hip Hop’, fourtwonine.com, 12 April 2013
7 Twitter (@iLoveMakonnen), 20 January 2017
8 ‘T-Pain: Rappers Will Not Work With Frank Ocean Because He is Gay’, The Guardian, 11 February 2014
9 ‘WOMAD Drops “Anti-Gay” Ragga Star’, Brian Attwood, The Stage, 19 November 1992
10 ‘The Most Homophobic Place on Earth?’, Tim Padgett, Time, 12 April 2006
11 ‘This Man Is Challenging Jamaica’s Ban On Homosexuality’, J. Lester Feder, Buzzfeed.com, 8 December 2015
12 ‘12 Grim Lands, Seven Bright Spots in LGBTI Preview of 2015’, Colin Stewart, 76crimes.com, 12 January 2015
13 Author interview with Mista Majah P, February 2017
14 ‘Conchita Wurst’s Eurovision Win Slammed by Russia’, Daily Mirror, 11 May 2014
15 ‘Gay Russian Attacks Activists for Pushing Homosexual Acceptance’, Pink News, 3 June 2008
16 Roll Over, Tchaikovsky!: Russian Popular Music and Post-Soviet Homosexuality, Stephen Amico (University of Illinois Press, Chicago, IL, 2014), p. 74
17 ‘Russian Pop Stars Chime in on “Sodomite Propaganda”’, www.sputniknews.com, 20 December 2012
18 ‘Winter Olympics 2014: Pussy Riot Join Campaign for Sochi Boycott’, Robin Scott-Elliot, The Independent, 17 October 2013
19 ‘Gay and “Sick” in China’, allout.org, 19 December 2016
20 ‘Pop Star’s Stadium-Style Coming Out’, Wall Street Journal (China), 25 April 2012
21 ‘Denise Ho: the Cantopop Queen on a Crusade Against China’s Communist Party’, Tom Phillips, The Guardian, 19 September 2016
22 ‘Let Homosexuals Be! – Art Attack’, nostringsng.com, 7 March 2016
23 ‘Kenyan Creators of Banned “Same Love” Remix Are “Living in Fear”’, Elizabeth Daley, The Advocate, 24 February 2016
24 ‘How Kenya’s “Gay Love” Video Ban Backfired’, www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs, 11 March 2016
25 ‘Hamed Sinno, Frontman of the Arab World’s Hottest Indie Band’, Harriet Fitch Little, Financial Times, 7 October 2016
26 ‘Mashrou Leila’s Hamed Sinno Speaks out on Being Muslim’, cnn.com, 15 June 2016
27 ‘Music Star Horse McDonald Returns to Home Town that Shunned her for Being Gay to Wed Love of Life’, John Dingwall, The Daily Record, 8 January 2013
Chapter 18 – Scandal
1 Interview, The Tube, January 1984
2 David Bowie interviewed by Mark Goodman, MTV 1983
3 ‘Boy George, Jackson Bad Examples?’, Twin Falls Times-News, 9 July 1984
4 ‘Gender-bending: The Road to “Everyperson”’, Pamela Sommers, Washington Post, 15 March 1984
5 ‘At Peace With Himself’, Gary Graff, Syracuse Post Standard, 8 April 1993
6 ‘Boy George Ruined my Life and Never Said Sorry’, Ben Griffiths and Tom Worden, The Sun, 3 January 2016
7 ‘Boy George Describes Prison Sentence “a Gift”’, Julia Hunt, The Mirror, 14 April 2016
8 Ibid.
9 ‘Lights, Cameras, Addiction: Rehab has Become the Latest Trapping of Fame’, Daily Record, 7 June 2000
10 ‘Marc Almond: From Bedsit to Plague Pit’, Mark Fisher, The Guardian, 18 July 2011
11 ‘Strange but True’, Simon Hattenstone, The Guardian, 18 May 2000
12 ‘Queen Give Sun City Pledge But Offer No Apologies’, The Stage, 19 June 1986
13 ‘World Of Music’, Robin Wells, Chicago Heights Star, 16 June 1985
14 ‘Outing by Disease’, Deborah Hastings and John Horn, New Philadelphia Times Reporter, 8 December 1991
15 ‘Simon Napier-Bell Tells Mark Ellen About Six Decades of Excess’, The Times, 9 August 2014
16 ‘Read the Advice Frank Sinatra Had for George Michael in 1990’, Patrick Shanley, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 December 2016
17 Careless Whispers: The Life & Career of George Michael, Robert Steele (Omnibus Press Limited, London, 2011)
18 Elton John, Twitter, December 26, 2016
19 ‘George Michael: “I’m Surprised I’ve Survived my Own Dysfunction”’, Simon Hattenstone, The Guardian, 5 December 2009
20 Richard Osman, Twitter, December 26, 2016
21 ‘Interview: Kitchens Of Distinction’, Brett Spaceman and Jon Leonard, [sic] Magazine, 24 January 2009
22 ‘A Growing Number of Pop Musicians are Being Open About Being Gay’, Jim Farber, New York Daily News, 3 October 1991
23 ‘Neil Tennant: I Wouldn’t Normally do this Kind of Thing’, Paul Burston, Attitude, August 1994
24 ‘Anderson: I’m Bisexual’, Contact Music, 3 June 2005
25 Autobiography, Morrissey (Penguin Books, London, 2013)
26 ‘Morrissey: “Unfortunately, I am Not Homosexual – I am Attracted to Humans”’, Aaron Day, Pink News, 20 October 2013
27 ‘Lesbian Singer Phranc Draws Diverse Audience’, Peter B. King, Winnipeg Free Press, 29 November 1989
28 Ibid.
29 ‘People’, Winnipeg Free Press, 20 June 1991
30 ‘Interview with Melissa Ferrick’, Matthew S. Robinson, MusicDish.com, 15 March 2001
31 ‘With Sales Lagging, Lilith Fair Faces Question Of Relevance’, Laura Pellegrinelli, www.npr.org, 19 July 2010
32 She Bop: The Definitive History of Women in Pop, Rock and Soul, Lucy O’Brien (Penguin Books Ltd, London, 1995), p. 213
33 Women and Popular Music: Sexuality, Identity and Subjectivity, Sheila Whiteley, (Routledge, London, 2006), p. 166
Chapter 19 – Out and Proud in the Twenty-First Century
1 Interview, Syracuse Post Standard, 8 April 1993
2 Originally posted at rickymartinmusic.com/news, 29 March 2010. No longer on website, but referenced at bbc.co.uk, http://ew.com/article/2010/03/29/ricky-martin-gay and others
3 ‘Ricky Martin On Revealing He’s Gay & His Family’s Reaction’, www.accesshollywood.com, 3 November 2010
4 ‘Ricky Martin: I Used to Have Internalised Homophobia’, Jenni McKnight, Metro.co.uk, 27 August 2013
5 ‘The Insiders Guide to Beth Ditto’, www.cnn.com, 24 November 2006
6 ‘Sam Smith Opens Up About Life and Love’, Jessica Robertson, The Fader, 28 May 2014
7 John Grant interviewed by Ian Leak, March 2016
8 ‘For John Grant, There’s Power In The Personal’, Mark Daley, www.npr.org, 2 January 2017
9 ‘Woodpigeon’s Die Stadt Muzikanten is Rich and Cinematic’, Lara Purvis, www.dailyxtra.com, 27 January 2010
10 ‘Pages from Mark Hamilton’s Songbook’, Kevin Allen, www.dailyxtra.com, 2 March 2008
11 Author interview with Rod Thomas,
December 2016
12 ‘Final Fantasy’, Sarah Liss, Now, 23 June 2005
13 ‘Scissor Sisters: On the Cutting Edge’, Richard Harrington, The Washington Post, 7 January 2005
14 Scissor Sisters, Alex Hannaford (Artnik, London, 2005), p. 112
15 ‘Remembering Nina Simone with Meshell Ndegeocello’, www.outinperth.com, 12 November 2012
16 ‘The Wainwright Stuff’, Randy Shulman, Metro Weekly, 10 March 1999
17 ‘The Boy who Would be George’, Tim Geary, The Telegraph, 16 March 2005
18 ‘The Trials of St Antony’, Barbara Ellen, The Guardian, 3 July 2011
19 ‘Antony Hegarty: It Takes Nerve to Get Through your Sense of Shame on Stage’, Fiona Sturges, The Independent, 14 July 2012
20 Author interview with k anderson, October 2016
21 ‘Gay Christian Rocker Trey Pearson on Being Ousted From Festival Bill’, Chris Willman, Billboard, 12 September 2016
22 ‘Friends Claim Luther Vandross was Gay’, pinknews.co.uk, 3 October 2006
23 ‘Irish Rocker Hozier Says Sexual Orientation “Not the Point”’, Edward Baran, Reuters, 2 February 2015
24 ‘Why There Was Nothing “Natural” About Stephen Gately’s Death’, Jan Moir, The Daily Mail, 16 October 2009
Index
(I Left My Heart In) San Francisco, 100–101
Adam, Margie, 168, 171, 180
Admiral Duncan, the, 307–308
AIDS/HIV, 3, 8, 12, 93, 97, 113, 150, 157, 160, 191, 222–224, 236, 238, 259–260, 262, 264, 266–267, 269, 275–276, 284, 298–302, 304, 315
Akens, Jewel, 142–143
Alan, Cody, 202
Albertson, Chris, 40, 48
Alexander, Olly, 313, 325
Allen, Peter, 112–114
Almond, Marc, 10, 12, 124, 135, 155, 256, 263, 266, 269, 274, 295, 298–299, 321
anderson, k, 310, 322–323, 325
Angry Samoans, the, 252
Anohni (Antony Hegarty), 320–321
Ant, Adam (Stuart Goddard), 248, 256, 258
Antony and the Johnsons, 320–321
Arden, David, 141, 243–244
Armatrading, Joan, 93, 176–177
Armstrong, Louis, 31–33, 39, 47, 86
Army of Lovers, 224–225
Art Attack, 288–291
B-52’s, the, 267, 275–276
Baez, Joan, 164
Baker, Josephine, 77
Balance, John, 263, 265
Baldry, Long John, 126, 127–128
Bankhead, Tallulah, 46, 62, 76, 85–87
Banton, Buju, 282–283
Barbette (Vander Clyde Broadway), 76–77
Barnes, Fred, 71–75
Baro, Joji (George Barasa), 288, 290
Bart, Lionel, 93, 118
Beach Boys, the, 112, 132, 190
Bean, Carl, 219–220
Beatles, the, 1, 7, 16, 99, 101, 113, 118, 119, 126, 131, 133, 134, 151, 155, 241, 262
Beaver, Paul, 132
Bell, Andy, 9–10, 265–266, 300
Belolo, Henri, 205–208
Ben, Lisa (Edythe D. Eyde), 84–85
Bennett, Tony, 94, 101, 194
Bentley, Gladys, 46, 49, 63, 65, 282
Bernstein, Leonard, 93
Big Freedia (Frederick Ross), 281–282
Bilan, Dima, 287
Bingenheimer, Rodney, 216–217
Bitch (Karen Mould), 171, 183
Blackberri, 85, 158–161, 214, 326–327
Blackman, Guy, 214–215, 326
Blaikley, Alan, 121, 147–148,
Blancmange, 264, 315
Blayk, Bonze Ann Rose (Kevin Eric Saunders), 252
Blitz (club), 248, 257, 266, 269, 272, 273
Blondie, 224, 265
Blues, the, 3, 25, 33, 37–50, 63, 85, 88, 97, 127, 158–159, 187–188, 210, 212
Bogan, Lucille (Bessie Jackson), 45–46, 48–49, 97
Bolan, Marc, 9, 12, 148, 249, 264, 266
Bourbon, Ray/Rae, 65–67
Bow Wow Wow, 257–258
Bowie, David, 7–11, 118, 119, 127, 135, 143–144, 148, 150, 151, 152, 153, 155, 167, 210, 217, 229, 248, 258, 296, 298, 300, 323
sexuality, 8, 10–11, 12, 14, 127
musical influences, 98, 137, 144, 167–168, 250
influence on others, 8–9, 10248, 249, 267–268, 269, 317
death, 7–8,
Boy George (George O’Dowd), 10, 200, 201, 248, 258, 260, 261, 262, 272, 273, 274, 282, 296–298, 303, 311, 315, 320–321
Brand Nubian, 279
Brand, Adolf, 78, 79
Brandt, Jerry, 153, 155–157
Breedlove, Lynn (Lynnee Breedlove), 254
Brel, Jacques, 135, 147
Brennan, Jay, 57–58
Bridgers, Aaron, 99
Bright Light Bright Light (Rod Thomas), 134, 310, 317–318, 319
Briley, Alex, 208, 209
Bronski Beat, 124, 224, 236–237, 270, 272, 298, 305
Bryant, Anita, 227–228, 235
Budgie (Peter Edward Clarke), 242, 271
Burns, Pete, 7, 242, 273–274
Burt, Heinz, 120–122, 125
Burton, Gary, 100
Bush, Kate, 137, 317, 321
Buzzcocks, the, 247–248
Byng, Douglas, 75–76
Campaign for Homosexual Equality, 140, 231, 243
Caravan Tonight (Steven Grossman LP), 151–152, 156, 158
Carew, Roy J., 21, 23, 24, 25–26, 28, 33
Carlos, Wendy, 130, 131, 133–138
Cassidy, David, 146
Cattini, Clem, 121–122, 125
Cazuza (Agenor de Miranda Araújo Neto), 267
Changer And The Changed (Cris Williamson LP), 165, 168
Chapman, Tracy, 171, 182
Chapter Music (record label), 151, 214–215, 326
Chelsea (band), 246–247, 248
Cheung, Leslie, 587
Chisom, 291
Christian, Meg, 165, 171, 180
Christopherson, Peter ‘Sleazy’, 263, 264–265
Clapton, Eric, 229–230
Clarke, Vince, 265–266
Clean Bandit, 325
Clockwork Orange, A (Film), 9, 134, 136
Cockettes, the, 210, 212, 222
Coil, 263, 264–265
Coleherne Arms, the, 231–232, 248–249
Coles, Reverend Richard, 237–238
Colt, Zebedy, 110
Condon, John ‘Smokey’, 213–218, 326
Conley, Arthur, 129
Connolly, Ray, 14–15
Continental Baths, 167, 205–206, 221
Cooper, Alice, 145–146, 152
Cory, George, 100–101
Costello, Elvis, 207, 229, 234
Country (Country & Western), 181, 186–203, 253, 298
County, Jayne, 250–251
Coward, Noël, 73, 75, 76, 93, 108, 110, 135
Cowley, Patrick, 137, 211, 223
Crosby, Bing, 31, 54, 57, 92
Cross, Douglas, 100–101
Culture Club, 149, 258, 272, 298, 321
Dammers, Jerry, 230
Damned, the, 257
Dana International, 314
Das Lila Lied (The Lavender Song), 68, 78
Daughters of Bilitis, 84–85
Davies, Dave, 126, 127
Davies, Ray, 231, 233–234, Davis, Madeline, 167
Davis, Miles, 100
De la Croix, St. Sukie, 26–27, 66
Dead Fingers Talk, 249
Dead or Alive, 7, 273–274
Deadlee (Joey LeMar), 281
Deep Dickollective, 280
DeGeneres, Ellen, 15, 142
Delgada, Johnny (Johnny Bode), 143
Department S (group), 266–267
Depeche Mode, 264, 265, 266, 315
Der Eigene, 77–78
Dickinson, Chris, 190–191, 192
Dicks, the, 252
Dickson, Sean (Hifi Sean), 1, 314–315
Dietrich, Marlene, 70, 80–81, 101, 135
D
iFranco, Ani, 183, 322
Disco, 3, 113, 134, 148, 150, 153, 205–212, 219–221, 223–225, 238, 246, 266, 267, 270, 272, 273, 300, 314, 317, 319
Disco Tex and His Sex-O-Lettes, 206
Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, the, 279
Ditto, Beth, 310, 313
Divine (Harris Glenn Milstead), 150, 212–213, 223, 253, 261
Do You Come Here Often (Tornados song), 122–125, 149
Dobkin, Alix, 168, 171–173, 174, 178, 179, 181, 184
Dunham, Conan, 227–228
Dylan, Bob, 87, 124, 164, 171–172, 173, 181, 228, 247
Ebb, Fred, 93
Eitzel, Mark, 277
Elbe, Lili, 67
Electronica/EDM, 3, 119, 131–137, 211, 224, 236, 248, 253, 264–265, 317–319, 325
Elkind, Rachel, 134, 136–137
Ellington, Duke, 39, 99–100
Eltinge, Julian (William Dalton), 55–57, 59, 282
Elton Motello, 249–250
Eminem, 143, 279–280
Emmons, E.J., 214–217
Epstein, Brian, 16, 117, 118, 119, 124, 126
Erasure, 10, 134, 137, 224, 264, 266, 300, 317
Esquerita (Eskew Reeder Jr), 96–98, 114
Etheridge, Melissa, 307
Etzler, Carole, 180
Eurovision Song Contest, the, 78, 224, 225, 285, 287, 314
Eurthmics, the, 258, 272
Extra Fancy, 254
Fanny, 167–168
Faye, Frances, 172
Feldman, Maxine (Max), 174–175
Felix, Julie, 163–164
Ferguson, Gladys, 45
Ferrick, Melissa, 306
Ferron (Deborah Foisy), 182–183, 306
Fitzgerald, Patrick, 304–305
Fletcher, Bruz (Stroughton J. Fletcher III), 65–66
Flirtations, the, 262
Flow, Noti (Natalie Florence), 288–289, 291
Floyd, Gary, 252–253
Flying Lesbians, the, 178
Folkman, Benjamin, 134, 136
Frankie Goes to Hollywood, 8–9, 137, 269–271, 273, 274–275, 299–300, 319
Fraser, Andy, 3–4,
Fresh, 149–150
Fure, Tret, 166
Furnish, David, 279, 286, 302, 313
Gardner, Kay, 172–173
Garland, Judy, 31, 112
Gately, Stephen, 324–325
Gay Liberation Front, 141, 142, 144, 148, 178, 222, 232, 243, 244
Gaynor, Gloria, 205, 210
Gee, Jack, 44–45, 49
Germs, the, 252
Gibbons, Walter, 207–208, 223
Girl Stroke Boy (film), 146–147, 148
Girouard, Michel, 142
Glad to be Gay (Tom Robinson song), 229, 231, 234
Glam Rock (Glitter Rock), 12, 134, 145–146, 152, 205, 243–244, 248, 319
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