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 Artists of color are bolded. 

lesbian/bi/other

Adrianne - lesbian alt rock artist

Adult Mom - Indie pop band, queer

Alex Lahey - alt/indie rock, lesbian

Alex the Astronaut - Alternative Pop, lesbian

Alix Dobkin - 1970s lesbian folk music, lesbian

Alix Olson - Early 00s alternative and spoken word

Ally Hills - youtuber pop, lesbian

Alma - pop

Amanda Palmer - Alt Pop, bisexual

Amandla Stenberg - R&B inspired Pop, lesbian

Amy Winehouse - ballads

Ana Carolina - Brazilian pop/ballad singer, bisexual

Aneta Langerova - Czech lesbian singer 

Anne-Marie - pop, bi/pan

Angel Haze - Rap, pansexual

Angie - Hiphop inspired Pop, pan/bi

Ani Difranco - 90s Folk, bisexual

Asha Santee - folk

Austra - electronic music band 

Azealia Banks - Rap/Hiphop, bisexual

Bad cop/bad cop - band fronted by a bi lady 

be steadwell - R&B/alt pop, queer

Beatrice Eli - Pop

Bec Sandridge - Pop

Bella Thorne - pop, bisexual

Beth Ditto - pop/ballads, bisexual

Bikini Kill - Riot grrrl band 

Bitch and Animal - Folk pop band, lesbian

Boyskout - early 00s pop

Brandi Carlisle - Americana/Folk

Brandy Clark - country 

BRE-Z - hiphop/rap

Caitlyn Scarlett - hiphop inspired pop

Camp Cope - alt rock band 

Catey Shaw - pop singer-songwriter

Catie Curtis - folk rock singer-songwriter

Celeste Carballo - Argentinian singer

Charlotte Day Wilson - R&B ballads

Chastity Brown - folk 

Chelsea Shag - pop artist

Chely Wright - country/folk

Cheryl Wheeler - folk/country

Christine and the queens - pop

Chynna - rap, bisexual

Clairo - alt pop, bisexual

Claire Waldoff - german 1920s cabaret singer 

Coeur de pirate - pop

Courtney Barnett - indie rock/indie pop

Coyote Grace - folk group with a trans man and lesbian

Cyberbully mom club - indie pop band

Cris Williamson - 80s lesbian folk

Cupcakke - rap, bisexual

Daisy O Connor - folk

Danhana - kpop, lesbian

Destroy Boys - smaller indie punk rock band 

DEV - pop

Demi Lovato - pop, bisexual

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Dizzy Fae - R&B, queer 

Dresden dolls - dark caberet duo led by Amanda Palmer 

Dodie Clark - youtuber alt pop, bi

The Dollyrots - punk pop rock

Domo Wilson - rap, lesbian

Doria Roberts - early 00s pop, lesbian 

Dream Wife - indie rock

Dusty Springfield

Dyke Drama - rock

Elektra - early 00s pop

Elena Pogrebizhskaya - russian singer 

Ellen Oleria - Brazilian acoustic singer 

Ember Swift - early 00s folk pop

Erin Mckeown

Etta Bond - R&B/pop

Fatty Cakes and the puff pastries - indie 

Ferron - folk music/womens music 

Fit for rivals - hardcore band fronted by a lesbian 

Fletcher - pop

Fly Bye - indie band 

Frankie Cosmos - alternative

Frankie Simone - pop, queer 

GA31 - futuristic Brazilian music, lesbian

Gia - pop

Gianna Nannini - italian singer-songwriter

Gina Young - riot grrrl inspired rock

Gioaia Bruno - italian singer 

girl in red - alternative pop, lesbian

GIRLI - uhhh idek how to describe her music

Girlpool - folk/alternative

Girlyman - alternative/folk

God is my copilot - punk rock

God-des & She - hiphop/rap

Gossip - indie rock

Grace Petrie - folk, lesbian

Grace Petrie and the PC Brigade - folk

GRLwood - riot grrrl inspired punk rock

Halsey - pop, bisexual

Hayley Kiyoko - pop, lesbian

Heavens to Betsy - rock

Holly Miranda - alt pop

Holly Near - folk/cabaret

Hunter Valentine - alt rock band

Hurray for the Riff Raff - indie rock band

IAMDDB -hiphop/rap, queer 

Isabela Nobrega - indie pop

It was romance - indie rock

Indigo Girls - lesbian folk duo

Jamie Anderson - folk

Janelle Monae - hiphop/pop/rap, pan

Janis Ian - folk

Janis Joplin - rock/soul/blues, bi

Jasmine Kennedy - folk

Jay Som - alternative pop 

Jehnny Beth - french musician

Jen Cloher - alternative

Jen Foster - folk pop

Jenny Owens Young - indie pop/indie folk/alt rock

Jess Glynn - pop/r&b/dance

Ji Nilson - pop

Judy Small - folk

Julia Sinclair/Sinclair - singer songwriter 

Julia Weldon - pop

Julia Volkova - russian, the bi member of tatu 

Julien Baker - alt and indie rock/folk

K.D Lang - lesbian 90s folk pop

Kaki King - indie rock

Kate Nash - pop, bisexual

Kate Reid - indie, lesbian

Kehlani - R&B/pop, queer 

Kelela - R&B, queer 

Kesha - Pop/dance, bisexual

Kina Grannis - indie artist

King Princess - Pop, lesbian

Kitty - pop 

Kodie Shane - Rap/Hiphop, queer 

Ladyhawke - Electric pop

Lady Gaga - Electric pop, bisexual

Lady Lamb - indie rock/indie folk

Lady Sovereign - hiphop/pop/grime

Laura Marling - alternative pop

Laura Nyro - 80s rock

Lauren Jauregui - pop, bisexual

Lauren Ruth Ward - rock, lesbian

Lauren Sanderson - R&B, lesbian

Lavender Country - Country/folk

Le Tigre - electronic rock/electroclash/dance-punk

Lesbians on Ectasy - Rock

Lesley Gore - lesbian 60s era pop

Lights - electropop

Lindsey Jordan/Snail Mail - indie rock

Lipstick Homicide - rock

Lipstick Jodi - rock band 

Lovers - alternative/folk

Lowell - alternative pop, bisexual

LP - ballads

Lucie Blue Tremblay - lesbian 80s folk

Lucy Dacus - indie rock artist

Lucy Spraggan

Lucy & La Mer - pop

Luna Blake - r&b/soul

Lzzy Hale/Halestorm - hard rock/alt rock/alt metal, bi

Maggie Lindemann - pop

Mal Blum - alternative/indie

Mallu Magalhaes - Brazilian indie rock band 

Maman - lesbian kpop idol 

Mara Levi - britpop

Marika Hackman - indie rock, queer

Maris - indie pop, bisexual

Martha - indie pop punk

Mary Gauthier 

Mary Lambert - pop ballads, lesbian

Melange Lavonne - rap/hiphop

Melissa Etheridge - rock/alt rock/folk rock

Melissa Ferrick - folk pop

Meshell Ndeogeocello - funk/soul/jazz/hip-hop

Miki Ratsula - indie pop/indie acoustic

Miley Cyrus - pop/country, pansexual

Mirah - alternative pop/indie pop

Missy Higgins 

Moaning Lisa - indie rock

Mouth of babes - genderqueer and lesbian folk group 

MUNA - pop, queer 

Nakala - indie R&B

Natasha Kmeto - pop ballads

Natalie Zukerman - singer-songwriter

Naz & Ella - indie pop

Nervous but excited - lesbian folk duo 

Ness Nite - R&B/hiphop, lesbian

Nicole Dollanganger - alternative pop

Nicolette Forte - indie/alternative

Oh Pep! - indie/alt 

Otep - nu metal/rock

Palehound - folk/alt pop 

Pamela Means

Partner - soft/alt rock, lesbian

Patty Larkin - folk/urban pop

Peaches - genre crossing pop music

phem - genre crossing pop music

Princess Nokia - hiphop, bisexual

PVRIS - rock

Qiao Qiao - chinese lesbian singer

Rachel Cantu - alt/indie singer-songwriter

Renee Phoenix 

REYNA - pop

Ria Mae - pop/singer-songwriter

Rita Ora - pop/dance, bisexual

Saara Alto - pop/electropop

Sarah Skinner - pop

Sandra Mihanovich - argentinian

S.J Tucker - alternative/folk

SALES- electropop

Sami Grisafe - ballads

Sapphic Lasers - indie pop

Sara Renberg - indie rock

Sarah Skinner - trap pop

Screaming females - indie rock

See - electropop

Sequin Sally - alt pop/indie pop

Shura - pop

Sia - pop ballads

Silvana imam - swedish lesbian rapper

Sinead O Connor

Siya - rapper, lesbian

Sizzy Rocket - pop/electropop, bisexual

Skin - electronic dj

Sleater-Kinney - riot grrrl era rock

Sofya Wang - pop, lesbian

Soko - alt/indie pop, lesbian

Sophie B. Hawkins - 90s lesbian folk pop, pan

St. Vincent - electropop/indie rock, queer 

Starley

Syd - R&B, lesbian

Team Dresch - queercore band

Tegan and Sara - pop, lesbian 

Tender Forever - alternative pop

Teresa Trull - 80s lesbian folk

Thao & The Get Down Stay Down - alt/indie pop band

Theesatisfaction - alt hiphop/r&b

The Aces - poppy girl group

The Blow - alt pop/early 00s pop duo

The Butchies - late 90s butch lesbian soft rock band

The Degenerettes - rock band 

The Ditty Bops - britpop band

The Garden Verge - genderqueer & bi woman

The Greeting Committee -indie/folk band

The Internet - R&B band fronted by Syd, lesbian

The Japanese House - alt/indie pop

The Sounds/Marja Lvarsson

The Veronicas - pop/electropop

The xx - indie pop/indie rock trio

Tiara Thomas - R&B/hiphop, queer 

Tiffany Gouche - R&B, lesbian

Tinashe - 

Tret Fure

TT the Artist - rap/hiphop

TORRES - pop/alt pop

Torrey Mercer - indie pop

Toshi Reagon - folk/blues/gospel/funk

Tove Lo - pop

Tracy Chapman - 80s lesbian folk, lesbian

Tribe 8 - riot grrrl era punk rock

Two Nice Girls - 80s lesbian folk

Tyra B

Veruca Salt - indie rock

Von Grey - electropop/ballads

Whitney Lindquist - indie pop

Willow - pop/R&B/alt pop, bisexual

Wyvern Lingo - folk/folk pop

Young M.A - rap, lesbian

Zolita - pop, lesbian

Zoe Lewis - alternative/alt pop

gay/bi/other

A Great Big World - pop, gay member

Adam Lambert - pop, gay

Adore Delano - drag queen musician 

Aja - drag musician, rap

Anthony Rapp - broadway singer 

Arca - Venezuelan singer

Anthony Rapp

Anye Elite - rapper, gay

AVAN LAVA - pop band

Banda Uo - Brazillian band 

Baths/geotic - electronic/pop

Big Dippper - pop/rap

Big Freedia - queen of bounce, gay

Billie Joe Armstrong/Green day - emo boy rock

Billy Gilman - country

Bloc Party - english indie rock band

Blood Orange - alt/indie

Brayton Bowman - rhythm/blues singer-songwriter

Brett Every

Brendon Urie/Panic! at the disco - todays emo boy pop rock, pan

BROCKHAMPTON - hiphop/rap

Bronski Beat

Bronze Avery - pop

Cakes Da Killa - hiphop/rap/electronic

Calum Scott - pop

Cazwell - rapper

Christeene - drag musician

Conchita Wurst - drag musician, pop

Cub Sport - indie pop

David Bowie - 80s pop, bisexual

DJ Keoki - electronic musician and dj 

DreBae - hiphop/rap, gay

Double Duchess - dance/electronic duo

Doug Locke - pop/rhythm and blues 

Elton John - 70s/80s ballads

Erasure - synth pop/dance duo 

Ezra Furman - alt/ballads/acoustic

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Felix Jaehn - electronic dance/tropical house

Fischerspooner - experimental pop/psychedelic duo

Frank Ocean - R&B, queer

Frankie Knuckles - house/dj

Freddie Mercury/Queen - rock

Gay Panic

Gary Floyd/the dicks - punk

Geo Louis

Greyson Chance 

Hard Ton - dance/disco/synth-pop

Harry Styles - pop

Hercules and Love Affair - dance/disco artist aka andy butler

Holland - K-Pop idol, gay

Imperial Teen - indie pop band 

JB Dubs - avant-garde jazz artist/pop

Jake Shears

Jamie Stewart/Xiu Xiu/Former Ghosts - experimental rock

Jinkx Monsoon - drag musician 

Jesse Saint John - pop

Joey Fourr- psychedelic pop trio

Joel Gibb/the hidden cameras - synth pop/anti folk/gay church folk 

Joey Graceffa - youtuber pop

Joey Walker - singer-songwriter 

John Cage - modern classical 

John Grant - singer-songwriter, former alt rock band member 

Jonte Moaning - pop artist and choreographer

Jupither - pop 

Kadie Elder - pop

Kaytranada - hiphop/dance, gay

Keiynan Lonsdale - pop, bisexual

Kele Okereke - english indie rock, former member of bloc party

Kevin Abstract - rap/hiphop, gay brockhampton member 

Kevin JZ Prodigy - ballroom/edm

Kevin McHale - singer from Glee

Kidd Kenn - hiphop/rap

Larry Tee - founder of the electroclash movement and DJ

Lavender Country - Country/folk

Le1f - rap, gay

Leland - pop/country/contemporary r&b

Leo Kalyan - dance/electronic

Leuan/Holly Lavender - indie alternative 

LIL PH*G

Limpwrist - queercore, gay

Lyon Hart - pop

M. Lamar - laverne Cox’s twin brother, neo classical artist

Matt Alber - folk rock/alt rock

Matt Fishel - pop

Matmos - electronic duo who are dating 

Michael Blume - pop

Mika - pop/ballads, gay

MikeQ - dance/electronic artist

MNEK - pop/R&B/dance pop

MRSHLL -  Korean R&B singer, gay

Museum Mouth - pop punk band 

Mykki Blanco - rap/hiphop/alt hiphop, gay

Nate Borofsky - bisexual folk artist

Neon Trees - pop rock band 

Of Montreal - psychedelic pop 

Olly Alexander - pop 

Pansy Division - 90s pop punk/queercore/alt rock

Pet Shop Boys - 80s dance pop/art pop

Perfume Genius - electropop/indie pop/art pop

PWR BTTM

Rainbow Kitten Surprise 

Rico Dalasam - hiphop/rap

Rostam Batmanglij - electropop/indie rock, former member of vampire weekend 

Rupaul - drag race pop

Sam Smith - pop ballads, gay

Scissor Sisters - band with a bunch of gays 

Senses Fail - emo/metalcore band 

serpentwithfeet - experimental

Shamir - indie rock/disco/hip house

Shea Coulee - drag musician, electropop/dance

Sigur Ros - post rock

Sissy Nobby - bounce artist

Slouch- queercore/hard punk

Solomon Ray - latin pop/dance pop/reggaeton

SSION - dance/electronic/pop

Steve Grand - country

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Superfruit - pop duo

Sufjan Stevens - indie folk/alt rock/baroque pop

Taylor Bennet - rap, bisexual 

Tokio Hotel 

Tom Goss - singer-songwriter

Trixie Mattel - drag race pop 

Troye Sivan - pop/alt pop

TWINKIDS

Ty Herndon - country

Tyler Glenn - singer-songwriter/pop rock, fronts neon trees

Tyler the Creator - rap/hiphop

Vardaan Arora - pop

VINCINT - pop

Walk the moon - alt pop, bisexual 

Will Young 

Who Is Fancy? - pop/indie rock 

Woodkid - pop/art pop

Wrabel - pop/ballads 

Years and Years - electropop/britpop/dance pop 

Zebra Katz - rap/hiphop

trans/nb

1.8.7/Jordana LeSesne - trans woman, dance music 

4th Curtis - all trans indie band

Aeon Fux - nb doom soul/trip-hop artist

Adore Delano - drag musician, nonbinary gay

Adult Mom - nonbinary, indie rock

Against Me! - band fronted by a queer trans woman, rock 

Aja - drag musician, nonbinary gay

Ah Mer Ah Su -trans woman, electropop

Amandla Stenberg - nonbinary lesbian, pop

Angel Haze - queer & nonbinary

Anohni - trans woman

Ashby and the Oceanns - trans/nb folk artist

Athens Boys Choir - trans man, spoken word/hiphop

A.W - nonbinary, indie music

Axis of Awesome - lead singer is a trans woman

Aye Nako - band that has a trans member 

Babeo Baggins - genderfluid indie artist 

Baby Dee - trans woman, rock

Banda Uo - Brazillian technobrega band

Ben Wallace/Gentle Ben - trans man indie/acoustic artist

Billy Tipton - trans man, 1950s jazz musician 

Binary Breaker - nb power violence band 

Black Cracker - trans man poet/musician

Body betrayal - genderqueer power violence band 

Bulldog eyes - Trans woman bedroom pop artist

Cavetown - trans man, alternative 

Cayetana - one of the members is nonbinary

Chris Pureka - genderqueer 

Dana Interrnational - trans woman pop artist

Drowned in vomit - nb power violence band 

Ezra Furman - genderqueer indie artist

Falter - hardcore band with a genderqueer vocalist

For Everest - indie rock band 

Genesis P-Orridge - experimental/industrial musician

Giant Kitty - punk rock band with trans wlw members 

Girls rituals - Electropop/indie fronted by a Trans Woman

G.L.O.S.S - trans-feminist band

Harisu - Trans woman K-Pop idol

HIRS- trans woman fronted drum machine band

imbi the girl - nonbinary

Jake Edwards - bisexual & nonbinary 

Jesus and his Judgemental Father - band fronted by a trans man

Jinkx Monsoon - nonbinary gay, drag musician 

Just fern - indie pop by a trans woman

Katastrophe - trans man, hiphop

Katey Red - trans woman, creator of sissy bounce music 

Kieran Strange - genderqueer pop artist 

Kim Petras - trans woman, electropop

King Princess - genderqueer lesbian, pop 

Laith Ashley -trans man

Lars Randa - trans man

Lauren Bousfield - trans lady who fronts a tron of bands

Lucas Silveira - trans man

Luuli - trans woman pystrance producer 

Mal Blum - queer & nonbinary, alternative 

MC Trans - Brazillian trans woman/Transvesti pop star

Mina Caputo/Life of Agony - trans woman

Miss Blanks - trans woman

Miss White - trans woman

Mothpuppy - nb/genderqueer indie artist

Native Cats - one member is a trans woman

Ness Nite - genderqueer lesbian, hiphop

Nervus - bisexual trans woman

Openside - pop band with nb vocalist

Peppermint - trans woman

PWR BTTM - nonbinary indie/alt pop duo 

Quay Dash - trans woman, rap

Rachel Maria Cox - nonbinary, indie pop

Rae Spoon - nonbinary folk artist

Recurse - nb electronic artist

Ryan Cassata - transman

Sateen - one member of the married lesbian duo is a trans woman

Sam Smith - genderqueer

Secret guyz - Japanese idol trio comprised entirely of trans men

Shawnee/She King - two spirit

Shea Diamond - trans woman

She/Hers/Her - trans woman, indie 

Skyler Kergil - trans man, ballads

Smoothboi Ezra - nonbinary, indie alternative

Steam Powered Giraffe - band fronted by a trans woman

Sons of an Illustrious Father - has genderqueer members

SOPHIE - trans woman, electropop

The Cliks - band fronted by a trans man

The Hotelier - emo band with a trans woman

The scary jokes - trans lesbian indie duo

The Spook School - fronted by a gay trans man, indie rock

Too Attached - one half of the duo is a bi trans woman, political pop

Tylan - genderqueer 

Wendy Carlos - trans woman, filmscores and compositions 

Wilmer “Little Ax” Broadnax - trans man, 1950s hard gospel singer

a ‘green/yes’ is a weakness, a ‘red/no’ is something that isnt a weakness, and a ‘?’ is something that has never been addressed but fucking riddle me this

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Jean-François Bouchard’s Transpose

“I didn’t want this to be sexual or shocking,“ he explained in a recent interivew with Canada’sNational Post. “I wanted this to be about the personal stories. I could have shot this in a far more shocking way — scars, things like that. But I didn’t want to take over the personal stories that are more important.”

Fittingly, the spare, deceptively powerful portraits are accompanied by personal statements from his subjects, a diverse group of young and middle-aged trans men with whom Bouchard, a cisgender (nontrans) man, worked after three years of research. A statement by subject Alex reads simply, ”[My] tattoo means strong because you have to be. Five and a half years of weekly injections, two surgeries, and I now finally feel comfortable in my body.“

The United States has experience yet another school shooting in Parkland, Florida. It was obvious after Sandy Hook that something needed to be done, but thoughts and prayers mean less and less each time when children and innocent people keep dying.

Thus, this is my response to those that offer their Thoughts and Prayers. Without Policy and Change, people are going to continue to die in senseless gun violence.