Adam JosephThis is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender artists and bands with LGBT members that I've been compiling for the last few years as part of the Queer Artists and Band Members group.
If you know of more that I've missed, send me a message and I'll add them. Also, if there are ones that you think shouldn't be on this list, let me know so I can add links to more info.
For living people, this list is based on how they identify. If they've had same-sex experiences but say they're heterosexual, they won't be listed here. That also means that if they say they're bisexual but have never had a same-sex experience, they will be listed.
It's alphabetized by first letter, so if you can't find a band that should be here, try looking under "The."
The List:
*NSYNC
4 Non Blondes
A Lifeline Before Drowning
Aaron Copland
Academy 23
Adam Joseph
Alberta Hunter
Alcazar
Alex Parks
Alicia Bridges
Alix Dobkin
Alix Olson
Amanda Lepore
Amanda Palmer
American Music Club
Amy Campbell
Annah Moore
Andre Van Duin
Andy Bell
Andy Northrup
Andy Warhol
Ani DiFranco
Anika Moa
Anne Heaton
Anthony Callea
Anthony Rapp
Antony and the Johnsons
Anwar Robinson
Ari Gold
Aribert Reimann
Army of Lovers
Ashley MacIsaac
Aurist
Baltimora
Barão Vermelho
Barbados
Basil Hennely
Behead the Prophet No Lord Shall Live
Benjamin Britten
Berit Fridahl
Bessie Smith
Betty
Bif Naked
Big Brother & The Holding Company
Bikini Kill
Bimbo Boy
Bitch and Animal
Bitter HÆrvest
Bloc Party
Bob Mould
Bodies Without Organs
Bonfire Madigan
Boy George
Boyskout
Boyzone
Brady Earnhart
Brian Kent
Bronski Beat
Built to Spill
Burning Airlines
Buzzcocks
Cadallaca
Cansei de Ser Sexy
Cargo Cult
Carole Pope
Cássia Eller
Catie Curtis
Caught in the Act
Cazwell
Cazuza
Central Standard
Camille Saint-Saëns
Chavela Vargas
Chicks on Speed
Christopher Dallman
Clara Schumann
Coil
Cole Porter
Come
Creamy Goodness
Cris Williamson
Culture Club
CWA
Dame Ethel Smyth
Dan Hartman
Dana International
Daniel Cartier
Darren Hayes
Dave Davies
Dave Koz
David Del Tredici
David McAlmont
Dead or Alive
Deadlee
Death in June
Deep Dickollective
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft
DJ Irene
Dusty Springfield
Dusty Trails
Dylan in the Movies
Dylan Rice
Echobelly
Electrelane
Ellis
Elton John
Ember Swift
Erase Errata
Erasure
Eric Himan
Erin Hamilton
Erin McKeown
Ethel Waters
Eva Dahlgren
Ex-Boyfriends
Excuse 17
Extra Fancy
Fabulous Disaster
Fagatron
Faith No More
Ferron
Fidgital
Fierce Girl
Fight
Final Fantasy
firouz
Fischerspooner
Francis Poulenc
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Franz Schubert
Future Bible Heroes
Gayrilla Biscuits
Genesis P-Orridge
George Michael
Gian Carlo Menotti
Girlyman
Glamour to Kill
Glassjaw
Glen Meadmore
Go!
God Is My Co-Pilot
God-Des & She
Gordon Getty
Government Issue
Gravy Train!!!!
Green Day
Gregory Douglass
Gretchen Phillips
Grizzly Bear
Halcyon
Halford
HARBL
Harisu
Harry Partch
Hawney Troof
Hazel (band)
Head Automatica
Heatmiser
Heavens to Betsy
Hedwig & the Angry Inch
Henry Cowell
Hey Willpower
HIM
Hole
Holly Near
Homomilitia
House of Blow
Houston Bernard
Howard Devoto
Huggy Bear
Hüsker Dü
Ignitor
Imperial Teen
Indigo Girls
Jamie Blake
Jamie Stevens
Jane Hohenberger
Jane's Addiction
Janis Ian
Janis Joplin
Jason & deMarco
Jay Brannan
Jay Spears
Jayne County And The Electric Chairs
Jean Genet
Jeffree Star
Jeffrey Altergott
Jen Foster
JenRO
Jethro Tull
Jill Sobule
Jim Verraros
Jimmy Somerville
Joan Armatrading
Joan Baez
Joan Jett
Jobriath
Joe Jackson
John Cage
John Cameron Mitchell
John Corigliano
John Raymond Pollard
Johnnie Ray
Johnny Dangerous
Johnny Mathis
Jonny McGovern
Josephine Baker
Josh Zuckerman
Judas Priest
Junior Senior
Junior Vasquez
Justin Tranter
k.d. lang
Kaia Wilson
Kajagoogoo
Kaki King
katastrophe
Keo Nozari
Keoki
King Kobra
King Missile
Kinnie Starr
Kinsey Sicks
Kitchens of Distinction
Klaus Nomi
Kostars
K's Choice
L.P.
Labelle
Lady
Lance Bass
Laura Love
Laura Nyro
Laya Fisher
Le Tigre
Lea DeLaria
Leæther Strip
Leah Zicari
Legião Urbana
Leonard Bernstein
Les Reines Prochaines
Lesbians on Ecstasy
Lesley Gore
Leslie Nuchow
Limahl
Linda Perry
Limp Wrist
Lipkandy
Live Skull
Lowell Liebermann
Lucie Blue Tremblay
Luscious Jackson
Lust & Death
Luther Vandross
Luxuria
M. C. Brennan
Ma Rainey
Magazine
Magdalen Hsu-Li
Maggie Osterberg
Man 2 Man
Man Parrish
Marc Almond
Marc Blitzstein
Marc Weigle
Margie Adam
Marilyn
Marilyn Manson
Mark Eitzel
Mark Free
Marla Hooch
Marlene Dietrich
Marseilles
Martin 101
Mary Gauthier
Mathilde Santing
Matmos
Matt Zarley
Maurice Ravel
McAlmont & Butler
Meg Christian
Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Ferrick
Meryn Cadell
Me'Shell NdegéOcello
Michelle Malone
Mikhail Kuzmin
Mindless Self Indulgence
Mirah
Moby
Modest Mussorgsky
Mukilteo Fairies
My Bloody Valentine
My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult
Nell Carter
Nemesis
Ney Matogrosso
No. 2
Noël Coward
Nona Hendryx
Nomy Lamm
Now It's Overhead
Ocean Colour Scene
Otep
Owen Pallett
Pansy Division
Pants Avengers
Panty Raid
Parachute Club
Patricia Barber
Patrick Wolf
Paul Lekakis
Peaches
Peggy Glanville-Hicks
Pelvic Circus
Perry Farrell
Pet Shop Boys
Pete Burns
Pete Shelley
Peter Jöback
Peter Maxwell Davies
Phixx
Phranc
Pidgeon
Pie
Pink Steel
Placebo
Plastic Noise Experience
Porno for Pyros
Psi Com
Psychic TV
Psychotica
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Queen
Queen Pen
R.E.M.
Rachael Sage
Rae Spoon
Rahsaan Patterson
RBD
Renato Russo
Right Said Fred
RJ Helton
Romanovsky and Phillips
Rosenstolz
Rufus Wainwright
RuPaul
Sacha Sacket
Samantha Fox
Samwell
Sandra Bernhard
Sangeeta
Sarah Bettens
Savage Garden
Scissor Sisters
Scott Free
Scream Club
Seamus Stimpson & the Balaenoptera Musculus
Secos e Molhados
Serguei
Shelleydevoto
Shoplifting
Sigue Sigue Sputnik
Sigur Rós
Sin With Sebastian
Sinéad O'Connor
Sister Double Happiness
Sister George
Skin
Skinjobs
Skott Freedman
Skunk Anansie
Sleater-Kinney
Snowpony
Soft Cell
Sonia
Sophie B. Hawkins
Speedway
Stephen Gately
Stephen Hero
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Trask
Stephin Merritt
Steps
Stereolab
Stink Mitt
Strula med Siri
Styx
Suede
Sugar
Sugarland
Superchumbo
Sweet Honey in the Rock
Swine King
Sylvano Bussotti
Sylvester
Tami Hart
Tanita Tikaram
Team Dresch
Tegan and Sara
Tevin Campbell
texticulos de mary
Thalia Zedek
The 6ths
The Aluminum Group
The Anix
The Apostles
The Ark
The B-52's
The Bobbleheads
the bootLICKERs
The Breeders
The Bruises
The Butchies
The Cliks
The Communards
The Czars
The Dearly Beloved
The Degenerettes
The Ditty Bops
The Dresden Dolls
The Edgar Winter Group
The Faeries
The Feeling
The Geraldine Fibbers
The Germs
The Gerogerigegege
The Go-Go's
The Gossip
The Gothic Archies
The Haggard
The Hidden Cameras
The Josephine Wiggs Experience
The Judybats
The Kinks
The Left Rights
The Magnetic Fields
The Murmurs
The Need
The Ocean Blue
The Organ
The Others
The Plus Ones
The Pogues
The Promise Ring
The Rotten Fruits
The Runaways
The Shondes
The Soft Pink Truth
The Sounds
The Spinanes
The Syndicate
The Unicorns
Throbbing Gristle
tilligirl
Tom Robinson
Tom Robinson Band
Tori Fixx
Tracy + the Plastics
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Rice
Tret Fure
Tribe 8
Tricotic
Triple Creme
Tuxedomoon
Unit
UntterRock
Uzi
V
Vacuum
Village People
Ville Valo
Virgil Thomson
Visage
Vitapup
Vixtrola
Voice Farm
Wayne County
Wayne County and The Electric Chairs
Wendy Carlos
Westlife
Wham!
Will Young
Wool
Xiu Xiu
X-Models
If you know of more that I've missed, send me a message and I'll add them. Also, if there are ones that you think shouldn't be on this list, let me know so I can add links to more info.
For living people, this list is based on how they identify. If they've had same-sex experiences but say they're heterosexual, they won't be listed here. That also means that if they say they're bisexual but have never had a same-sex experience, they will be listed.
It's alphabetized by first letter, so if you can't find a band that should be here, try looking under "The."
The List:
*NSYNC
4 Non Blondes
A Lifeline Before Drowning
Aaron Copland
Academy 23
Adam Joseph
Alberta Hunter
Alcazar
Alex Parks
Alicia Bridges
Alix Dobkin
Alix Olson
Amanda Lepore
Amanda Palmer
American Music Club
Amy Campbell
Annah Moore
Andre Van Duin
Andy Bell
Andy Northrup
Andy Warhol
Ani DiFranco
Anika Moa
Anne Heaton
Anthony Callea
Anthony Rapp
Antony and the Johnsons
Anwar Robinson
Ari Gold
Aribert Reimann
Army of Lovers
Ashley MacIsaac
Aurist
Baltimora
Barão Vermelho
Barbados
Basil Hennely
Behead the Prophet No Lord Shall Live
Benjamin Britten
Berit Fridahl
Bessie Smith
Betty
Bif Naked
Big Brother & The Holding Company
Bikini Kill
Bimbo Boy
Bitch and Animal
Bitter HÆrvest
Bloc Party
Bob Mould
Bodies Without Organs
Bonfire Madigan
Boy George
Boyskout
Boyzone
Brady Earnhart
Brian Kent
Bronski Beat
Built to Spill
Burning Airlines
Buzzcocks
Cadallaca
Cansei de Ser Sexy
Cargo Cult
Carole Pope
Cássia Eller
Catie Curtis
Caught in the Act
Cazwell
Cazuza
Central Standard
Camille Saint-Saëns
Chavela Vargas
Chicks on Speed
Christopher Dallman
Clara Schumann
Coil
Cole Porter
Come
Creamy Goodness
Cris Williamson
Culture Club
CWA
Dame Ethel Smyth
Dan Hartman
Dana International
Daniel Cartier
Darren Hayes
Dave Davies
Dave Koz
David Del Tredici
David McAlmont
Dead or Alive
Deadlee
Death in June
Deep Dickollective
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft
DJ Irene
Dusty Springfield
Dusty Trails
Dylan in the Movies
Dylan Rice
Echobelly
Electrelane
Ellis
Elton John
Ember Swift
Erase Errata
Erasure
Eric Himan
Erin Hamilton
Erin McKeown
Ethel Waters
Eva Dahlgren
Ex-Boyfriends
Excuse 17
Extra Fancy
Fabulous Disaster
Fagatron
Faith No More
Ferron
Fidgital
Fierce Girl
Fight
Final Fantasy
firouz
Fischerspooner
Francis Poulenc
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Franz Schubert
Future Bible Heroes
Gayrilla Biscuits
Genesis P-Orridge
George Michael
Gian Carlo Menotti
Girlyman
Glamour to Kill
Glassjaw
Glen Meadmore
Go!
God Is My Co-Pilot
God-Des & She
Gordon Getty
Government Issue
Gravy Train!!!!
Green Day
Gregory Douglass
Gretchen Phillips
Grizzly Bear
Halcyon
Halford
HARBL
Harisu
Harry Partch
Hawney Troof
Hazel (band)
Head Automatica
Heatmiser
Heavens to Betsy
Hedwig & the Angry Inch
Henry Cowell
Hey Willpower
HIM
Hole
Holly Near
Homomilitia
House of Blow
Houston Bernard
Howard Devoto
Huggy Bear
Hüsker Dü
Ignitor
Imperial Teen
Indigo Girls
Jamie Blake
Jamie Stevens
Jane Hohenberger
Jane's Addiction
Janis Ian
Janis Joplin
Jason & deMarco
Jay Brannan
Jay Spears
Jayne County And The Electric Chairs
Jean Genet
Jeffree Star
Jeffrey Altergott
Jen Foster
JenRO
Jethro Tull
Jill Sobule
Jim Verraros
Jimmy Somerville
Joan Armatrading
Joan Baez
Joan Jett
Jobriath
Joe Jackson
John Cage
John Cameron Mitchell
John Corigliano
John Raymond Pollard
Johnnie Ray
Johnny Dangerous
Johnny Mathis
Jonny McGovern
Josephine Baker
Josh Zuckerman
Judas Priest
Junior Senior
Junior Vasquez
Justin Tranter
k.d. lang
Kaia Wilson
Kajagoogoo
Kaki King
katastrophe
Keo Nozari
Keoki
King Kobra
King Missile
Kinnie Starr
Kinsey Sicks
Kitchens of Distinction
Klaus Nomi
Kostars
K's Choice
L.P.
Labelle
Lady
Lance Bass
Laura Love
Laura Nyro
Laya Fisher
Le Tigre
Lea DeLaria
Leæther Strip
Leah Zicari
Legião Urbana
Leonard Bernstein
Les Reines Prochaines
Lesbians on Ecstasy
Lesley Gore
Leslie Nuchow
Limahl
Linda Perry
Limp Wrist
Lipkandy
Live Skull
Lowell Liebermann
Lucie Blue Tremblay
Luscious Jackson
Lust & Death
Luther Vandross
Luxuria
M. C. Brennan
Ma Rainey
Magazine
Magdalen Hsu-Li
Maggie Osterberg
Man 2 Man
Man Parrish
Marc Almond
Marc Blitzstein
Marc Weigle
Margie Adam
Marilyn
Marilyn Manson
Mark Eitzel
Mark Free
Marla Hooch
Marlene Dietrich
Marseilles
Martin 101
Mary Gauthier
Mathilde Santing
Matmos
Matt Zarley
Maurice Ravel
McAlmont & Butler
Meg Christian
Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Ferrick
Meryn Cadell
Me'Shell NdegéOcello
Michelle Malone
Mikhail Kuzmin
Mindless Self Indulgence
Mirah
Moby
Modest Mussorgsky
Mukilteo Fairies
My Bloody Valentine
My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult
Nell Carter
Nemesis
Ney Matogrosso
No. 2
Noël Coward
Nona Hendryx
Nomy Lamm
Now It's Overhead
Ocean Colour Scene
Otep
Owen Pallett
Pansy Division
Pants Avengers
Panty Raid
Parachute Club
Patricia Barber
Patrick Wolf
Paul Lekakis
Peaches
Peggy Glanville-Hicks
Pelvic Circus
Perry Farrell
Pet Shop Boys
Pete Burns
Pete Shelley
Peter Jöback
Peter Maxwell Davies
Phixx
Phranc
Pidgeon
Pie
Pink Steel
Placebo
Plastic Noise Experience
Porno for Pyros
Psi Com
Psychic TV
Psychotica
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Queen
Queen Pen
R.E.M.
Rachael Sage
Rae Spoon
Rahsaan Patterson
RBD
Renato Russo
Right Said Fred
RJ Helton
Romanovsky and Phillips
Rosenstolz
Rufus Wainwright
RuPaul
Sacha Sacket
Samantha Fox
Samwell
Sandra Bernhard
Sangeeta
Sarah Bettens
Savage Garden
Scissor Sisters
Scott Free
Scream Club
Seamus Stimpson & the Balaenoptera Musculus
Secos e Molhados
Serguei
Shelleydevoto
Shoplifting
Sigue Sigue Sputnik
Sigur Rós
Sin With Sebastian
Sinéad O'Connor
Sister Double Happiness
Sister George
Skin
Skinjobs
Skott Freedman
Skunk Anansie
Sleater-Kinney
Snowpony
Soft Cell
Sonia
Sophie B. Hawkins
Speedway
Stephen Gately
Stephen Hero
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Trask
Stephin Merritt
Steps
Stereolab
Stink Mitt
Strula med Siri
Styx
Suede
Sugar
Sugarland
Superchumbo
Sweet Honey in the Rock
Swine King
Sylvano Bussotti
Sylvester
Tami Hart
Tanita Tikaram
Team Dresch
Tegan and Sara
Tevin Campbell
texticulos de mary
Thalia Zedek
The 6ths
The Aluminum Group
The Anix
The Apostles
The Ark
The B-52's
The Bobbleheads
the bootLICKERs
The Breeders
The Bruises
The Butchies
The Cliks
The Communards
The Czars
The Dearly Beloved
The Degenerettes
The Ditty Bops
The Dresden Dolls
The Edgar Winter Group
The Faeries
The Feeling
The Geraldine Fibbers
The Germs
The Gerogerigegege
The Go-Go's
The Gossip
The Gothic Archies
The Haggard
The Hidden Cameras
The Josephine Wiggs Experience
The Judybats
The Kinks
The Left Rights
The Magnetic Fields
The Murmurs
The Need
The Ocean Blue
The Organ
The Others
The Plus Ones
The Pogues
The Promise Ring
The Rotten Fruits
The Runaways
The Shondes
The Soft Pink Truth
The Sounds
The Spinanes
The Syndicate
The Unicorns
Throbbing Gristle
tilligirl
Tom Robinson
Tom Robinson Band
Tori Fixx
Tracy + the Plastics
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Rice
Tret Fure
Tribe 8
Tricotic
Triple Creme
Tuxedomoon
Unit
UntterRock
Uzi
V
Vacuum
Village People
Ville Valo
Virgil Thomson
Visage
Vitapup
Vixtrola
Voice Farm
Wayne County
Wayne County and The Electric Chairs
Wendy Carlos
Westlife
Wham!
Will Young
Wool
Xiu Xiu
X-Models
