LGBT musicians
Β Artists of color are bolded.Β
Lesbian/Bi/Pan
Adult Mom - Indie pop band
Alex Lahey
Alex the Astronaut - Alternative Pop
Alix Dobkin - 1970s lesbian folk music
Alix Olson - Early 00s alternative and spoken word
Ally Hills - youtuber popΒ
Alma - pop
Amanda Palmer - Alt Pop
Amandla Stenberg - R&B inspired Pop
Amy Winehouse - ballads
Ana Carolina - Brazilian bisexual singer
Aneta Langerova - Czech lesbian singerΒ
Anne-Marie - pop
Angel Haze - Rap
Angie - Hiphop inspired Pop
Ani Difranco - 90s Folk
Asha Santee - folk
Austra - electronic music bandΒ
Azealia Banks - Rap/Hiphop
be steadwell - R&B/alt pop
Beatrice Eli - Pop
Bec Sandridge - Pop
Bella ThorneΒ
Beth Ditto
Bikini Kill - Riot grrrl bandΒ
Bitch and Animal - Folk pop band
Boyskout - early 00s pop
Brandi Carlisle - Americana/Folk
Brandy Clark - countryΒ
BRE-Z - hiphop/rap
Caitlyn Scarlett - hiphop inspired pop
Camp Cope - alt rock bandΒ
Catey Shaw
Catie Curtis
Celeste Carballo - Argentinian singer
Charlotte Day Wilson - R&B ballads
Chelsea Shag
Chely Wright - country/folk
Christine and the queens - pop
Chynna - rap
Clairo - alt pop
Claire Waldoff - german 1920s cabaret singerΒ
Coeur de pirate - pop
Courtney Barnett
cyberbully mom club - indie pop band
Cris Williamson - 80s lesbian folk
Cupcakke - rap
Daisy O Connor - folk
Danhana - kpop
Destroy Boys - smaller indie punk rock bandΒ
DEV - pop
Demi Lovato - pop
disappear fear
Dizzy Fae - R&B
Dodie Clark - youtuber alt pop
The Dollyrots - punk pop rock
Domo Wilson - rap
Doria Roberts - early 00s pop
Dream Wife - indie rock
Dyke DramaΒ
Elektra - early 00s pop
Elena Pogrebizhskaya - russian singerΒ
Ember Swift - early 00s folk pop
Etta Bond - R&B/pop
Fatty Cakes and the puff pastries - indieΒ
Fletcher - pop
Fly Bye - indie bandΒ
Frankie Cosmos - alternative
Frankie Simone - pop
GA31 - futuristic Brazilian lesbian musicΒ
Gia - pop
Gianna Nannini - italian singerΒ
Gina Young - riot grrrl inspired rock
Gioaia Bruno - italian singerΒ
girl in red - alternative pop
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
Grace Petrie and the PC Brigade - folk
GRLwood - riot grrrl inspired punk rock
Halsey - pop
Hayley Kiyoko - pop
Heavens to Betsy - rock
Holly Miranda - alt pop
Holly Near
Hunter Valentine
Hurray for the Riff Raff
IAMDDB -hiphop/rap
Isabela Nobrega - indie pop
It was romance - indie rock
Indigo Girls - lesbian folk duo
Jamie Anderson - folk
Janelle Monae - hiphop/pop/rap
Janis Ian - folk
Janis Joplin
Jasmine Kennedy - folk
Jay Som - alternative popΒ
Jehnny Beth - french musician
Jen Cloher - alternative
Jen Foster - folk pop
Jenny Owens Young - indie pop/indie folk/alt rock
Jess Glynn
Jessie Reyez - r&b/soul
Ji Nilson - pop
Judy Small - folk
Julia Sinclair/Sinclair - singer songwriterΒ
Julia Weldon
Julia Volkova - russian, the bi member of tatuΒ
Julien BakerΒ
K.D Lang - lesbian 90s folk pop
Kaki King - indie rock
Kate Nash - pop
Kate Reid - indie
Kehlani - R&B/pop
Kelela - R&B
Kesha - Pop
Kina Grannis - indie artist
King Princess - Pop
Kitty - popΒ
Kodie Shane - Rap/Hiphop
Ladyhawke - Electric pop
Lady Gaga - Electric pop
Lady Lamb
Lady Sovereign
Laura Marling - alternative pop
Laura Nyro - 80s rock
Lauren Jauregui
Lauren Ruth Ward - rock
Lauren Sanderson - R&B
Lavender Country - Country/folk
Le Tigre
Lesbians on Ectasy - Rock
Lights - electropop
Lindsey Jordan/Snail Mail - indie rock
Lipstick Homicide - rock
Lipstick Jodi - rock bandΒ
Lovers - alternative/folk
Lowell - alternative pop
LP - ballads
Lucie Blue Tremblay - lesbian 80s folk
Lucy Dacus
Lucy Spraggan
Lucy & La Mer - pop
Lzzy Hale/Halestorm
Maggie Lindemann
Mal Blum - alternative/indie
Maman - lesbian kpop idolΒ
Mara Levi - britpop
Marika Hackman - indie rock
Maris - indie pop
Martha - indie pop punk
Mary Lambert - pop balladsΒ
Melange Lavonne - rap/hiphop
Melissa EtheridgeΒ
Melissa Ferrick
Miki Ratsula - indie pop
Miley Cyrus - pop/country
Mirah - alternative pop
Moaning Lisa - indie rock
MUNA - pop
Nakala - indie R&B
Natasha Kmeto - pop ballads
Naz & Ella - indie pop
Ness Nite - R&B/hiphop
Nicole Dollanganger - alternative pop
Nicolette Forte - indie/alternative
Oh Pep!
Otep - nu metal/rock
Palehound - folk/alt popΒ
Partner - soft/alt rock
Peaches - genre crossing pop music
phem - genre crossing pop music
Princess Nokia - hiphop
PVRIS - rock
Qiao Qiao - chinese lesbian singer
Rachel Cantu
Renee PhoenixΒ
REYNA - pop
Ria Mae
Rita Ora - pop
Saara Alto
Sarah Skinner
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
Shura - pop
Sia - pop ballads
Silvana imam - swedish lesbian rapper
Sinead O Connor
Siya - rapper
Sizzy Rocket - pop/electropop
Skin
Sleater-Kinney - riot grrrl era rock
Sofya Wang - pop
Soko - alt/indie pop
Sophie B. Hawkins - 90s lesbian folk pop
St. Vincent - electropop/indie rock
Starley
Studio Killers - electropop
Syd - R&B
Team Dresch - queercoreΒ
Tegan and Sara - pop
Tender Forever - alternative pop
Teresa Trull - 80s lesbian folk
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down - alt/indie pop band
Theesatisfaction
The Aces - poppy girl group
The Blow - alt pop/early 00s pop
The Butchies - late 90s butch lesbian soft rock band
The Degenerettes - rock
The Ditty Bops - britpop band
The Greeting Committee -indie/folk band
The Internet - R&B band fronted by Syd
The Japanese House - alt/indie pop
The Sounds/Marja Lvarsson
The Veronicas - pop/electropop
The xx
Tiara Thomas - R&B/hiphop
Tiffany Gouche - R&B
Tinashe
Tret Fure
TT the Artist - rap/hiphop
TORRES - pop/alt pop
Torrey Mercer - indie pop
Tove Lo - pop
Tracy Chapman - 80s lesbian folkΒ
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
Wyvern Lingo - folk/folk pop
Young M.A - rap
Zolita - pop
Zoe Lewis - alternative/alt pop
Gay/Bi/Pan
A Great Big World - pop
Adam Lambert - pop
Adore Delano - drag queen musicianΒ
Aja - drag musician, rap
Anthony Rapp - broadway singerΒ
Arca - Venezuelan singer
AVAN LAVA - pop band
Big Freedia - queen of bounceΒ
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
Brendon Urie/Panic! at the disco - todays emo boy pop rock
BROCKHAMPTON - hiphop/rap
Bronze Avery - pop
Cakes Da Killa - hiphop/rap/electronic
Calum Scott - pop
Christeene - drag musician
Conchita Wurst - drag musician, pop
Cub Sport - indie pop
David Bowie - 80s popΒ
DreBae - hiphop/rap
Doug Locke - pop/rhythm and bluesΒ
Elton John - 70s/80s ballads
Erasure - synth pop/dance duoΒ
Felix Jaehn - electronic dance/tropical house
Frank Ocean - R&B
Freddie Mercury/Queen - rock
Greyson ChanceΒ
Harry Styles - pop
Hercules and Love Affair - dance/disco
Holland - K-Pop idol
Jake Shears
Jamie Stewart/Xiu Xiu/Former Ghosts - experimental rock
Jinkx Monsoon - drag musicianΒ
Jesse Saint John - pop
Joey Graceffa - youtuber pop
John Grant - singer-songwriter, former alt rock band memberΒ
Kadie Elder - pop
Kaytranada - hiphop/dance
Keiynan Lonsdale - pop
Kele Okereke - english indie rock, former member of bloc party
Kevin Abstract - rap/hiphop, member of brockhampton
Kevin McHale - singer from Glee
Kidd Kenn - hiphop/rap
Lavender Country - Country/folk
Le1f - rap
Leland - pop/country/contemporary r&b
Leo Kalyan - dance/electronic
Leuan/Holly Lavender - indie alternativeΒ
Limpwrist - queercoreΒ
Lyon Hart - pop
Matt Alber - folk rock/alt rock
Matt Fishel - pop
Michael Blume - pop
Mika - pop/balladsΒ
MNEK - pop/R&B/dance pop
MRSHLL -Β Korean R&B singer
Mykki Blanco - rap/hiphop/alt hiphop
Neon Trees - pop rock bandΒ
Pansy Division - 90s pop punk/queercore/alt rock
Pet Shop Boys - 80s dance pop/art pop
Perfume Genius - electropop/indie pop/art pop
Rainbow Kitten SurpriseΒ
Rico Dalasam - hiphop/rap
Rostam Batmanglij - electropop/indie rock, former member of vampire weekendΒ
Rupaul - drag race pop
Sam Smith - pop balladsΒ
Scissor Sisters - band with a bunch of gaysΒ
Senses Fail - emo/metalcore bandΒ
serpentwithfeet - experimental
Shamir - indie rock/disco/hip house
Shea Coulee - drag musician, electropop/dance
Solomon Ray - latin pop/dance pop/reggaeton
SSION - dance/electronic/pop
Steve Grand - country
Superfruit - pop duo
Sufjan Stevens - indie folk/alt rock/baroque pop
Taylor Bennet - rap
Tokio HotelΒ
Tom Goss - singer-songwriter
Trixie Mattel - drag race popΒ
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
Will YoungΒ
Who Is Fancy? - pop/indie rockΒ
Woodkid - pop/art pop
Wrabel - pop/balladsΒ
Years and Years - electropop/britpop/dance popΒ
Zebra Katz - rap/hiphop
Trans/Nonbinary
1.8.7/Jordana LeSesne - trans woman, dance musicΒ
Adore Delano - drag musician, nonbinary gay
Adult Mom - nonbinary, indie rock
Against Me! - band fronted by a queer trans woman, rockΒ
Aja - drag musician, nonbinary gay
Ah Mer Ah Su -trans woman, electropop
Amandla Stenberg - nonbinary lesbian, pop
Angel Haze - queer & nonbinary
Anohni - trans woman
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 memberΒ
Baby Dee - trans woman, rock
Billy Tipton - trans man, 1950s jazz musicianΒ
Cavetown - trans man, alternativeΒ
Cayetana - one of the members is nonbinary
Dana Interrnational - trans woman
Ezra Furman - genderqueer
G.L.O.S.S - trans-feminist band
imbi the girl - nonbinary
Jake Edwards - bisexual & nonbinaryΒ
Jesus and his Judgemental Father - band fronted by a trans man
Jinkx Monsoon - nonbinary gay, drag musicianΒ
Katastrophe - trans man, hiphop
Katey Red - trans woman, creator of sissy bounce musicΒ
Kim Petras - trans woman, electropop
King Princess - genderqueer lesbian, popΒ
Laith Ashley -trans man
Lars Randa - trans man
Lucas Silveira - trans man
Mal Blum - queer & nonbinary, alternativeΒ
Mina Caputo/Life of Agony - trans woman
Miss Blanks - trans woman
Miss White - trans woman
Native Cats - one member is a trans woman
Ness Nite - genderqueer lesbian
Nervus - bisexual trans woman
Peppermint - trans woman
PWR BTTM - nonbinary bandΒ
Quay Dash - trans woman
Rachel Maria Cox - nonbinary, indie pop
Rae Spoon - nonbinaryΒ
Ryan Cassata - transman
Sateen - one member of the married lesbian duo is a trans woman
Sam Smith - genderqueer
Shawnee/She KingΒ - two spirit
Shea Diamond - trans woman
She/Hers/Her - trans woman
Skyler Kergil - trans man
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 Spook School - fronted by a gay trans man, indie rock
Too Attached - one half of the duo is a bi trans woman, political pop
Wendy Carlos - trans woman, filmscores and compositionsΒ
WilmerΒ βLittle Axβ Broadnax - trans man, 1950s hard gospel singer
Worriers - genderqueer
