Music
This is just a few of the many impactful LGBTQIA+ musicians over the last several decades.
For bands listed at least one member is part of the LGBTQIA+ community. Utah based artists are labeled with a * .
Don't forget to listen to our Rainbow Alliance playlist!
WARNING: While these are all important pieces of LGBTQIA+ history, some may come with parental advisory warnings and may contain material inappropriate for younger viewers.
This is just a few of the many impactful LGBTQIA+ musicians over the last several decades.
For bands listed at least one member is part of the LGBTQIA+ community. Utah based artists are labeled with a * .
Don't forget to listen to our Rainbow Alliance playlist!
WARNING: While these are all important pieces of LGBTQIA+ history, some may come with parental advisory warnings and may contain material inappropriate for younger viewers.
The Aces*
Genre: Indiepop + alternative pop
Addison Grace*
Genre: Indie pop + bedroom pop
Against Me!
Genre: Punk rock + anarcho-punk
Angel Olsen
Genre: Indie folk + alternative country
Arlo Parks
Genre: Indie pop + R&B
Ashnikko
Genre: Hip hop + pop
The B-52s
Genre: New wave + dance-rock
Barry Manilow
Genre: Adult contemporary
Billie Eilish
Genre: Alt-pop + dark pop
Bloc Party
Genre: Indie rock + post-Britpop
boygenius
Genre: Indie + folk rock
Brandi Carlile
Genre: Americana + folk rock
Cavetown
Genre: Indie pop + bedroom pop
Chappell Roan
Genre: Glam pop + dark pop
Chrissy Chlapecka
Genre: Hyperpop
Christine and the Queens
Genre: Pop + synthpop
Clairo
Genre: Bedroom pop + lo-fi
David Bowie
Genre: Art rock + pop
dodie
Genre: Indie pop + folk
Dove Cameron
Genre: Pop + goth-pop
Dusty Springfield
Genre: Pop + R&B
Elton John
Genre: Pop rock + glam rock
Ethel Cain
Genre: Gothic rock + folk
Frances Forever
Genre: Bedroom pop + indie pop
Goldfrapp
Genre: Electronic + synth-pop
Green Day
Genre: Punk rock + skate punk
GRiZ
Genre: Electronic + trip-hop
Girl In Red
Genre: Indie pop
Halsey
Genre: Alternative pop + R&B
Haley Kiyoko
Genre: Dream pop + electro-pop
IDLES
Genre: Post hardcore + hardcore punk
Indigo Girls
Genre: Folk rock
Janelle Monáe
Genre: R&B + funk
Japanese Breakfast
Genre: Alternative pop + indie rock
Julien Baker
Genre: Alternative rock + indie folk
k.d. lang
Genre: Country + folk
Kehlani
Genre: R&B + pop
Kesha
Genre: Electropop + dancepop
Kim Petras
Genre: Pop + EDM
King Princess
Genre: Indie pop + pop-rock
Lady Gaga
Genre: Pop + dance
Labi Siffre
Genre: Soul + funk
Lesley Gore
Genre: Pop
Lil Nas X
Genre: Pop rap + hip hop
Lucy Dacus
Genre: Indie rock + indie folk
The Magnetic Fields
Genre: Indie pop + experimental pop
Mal Blum
Genre: Indie rock + Americana
Mary Lambert
Genre: Pop + spoken-word
Meet Me @ The Altar
Genre: Pop punk and easycore
Mika
Genre: Glam pop + power pop
Miley Cyrus
Genre: Rock + country pop
Moses Sumney
Genre: Indie rock + electric soul
MUNA
Genre: Indie pop + synthpop
Orville Peck
Genre: Country + alternative rock
Passion Pit
Genre: Electropop + alternative dance
Perfume Genius
Genre: Art pop + baroque pop
Pet Shop Boys
Genre: Synth-pop and dance pop
Phoebe Bridgers
Genre: Indie rock + indie folk
Queen
Genre: Glam rock
Raveena
Genre: Pop + experimental
Rebecca Black
Genre: Pop
R.E.M.
Genre: Alternative rock + folk rock
Reneé Rapp
Genre: Pop + pop rock
Ricky Martin
Genre: Latin pop + dance
Rina Sawayama
Genre: Dance-pop + R&B
RuPaul
Genre: Dance-pop +eurodance
Rufus Wainwright
Genre: Baroque pop + indie pop
Sam Smith
Genre: Pop + R&B
Scissor Sisters
Genre: Pop rock + nu-disco
Shamir
Genre: Hip-house + dance pop
Sigur Rós
Genre: Art rock + dream pop
Sinéad O'Connor
Genre: Alternative rock + folk
Sleater-Kinney
Genre: Indie rock + punk rock
SOPHIE
Genre: Experimental pop + hyperpop
Sufjan Stevens
Genre: Indie folk + baroque pop
St. Vincent
Genre: Pop + art rock
Sylvan Esso
Genre: Electropop + synthpop
Sylvester
Genre: Dance + disco
Tegan and Sara
Genre: Indie pop + indie folk
Tove Lo
Genre: Electropop + synthpop
Trixie Mattel
Genre: Country folk + americana
Troye Sivan
Genre: Synthpop + electropop
Vanessa Carlton
Genre: Pop rock
Victoria Monét
Genre: R&B + pop
WILLOW
Genre: Pop + rock
Xiu Xiu
Genre: Experimental rock + noise pop
Years & Years
Genre: Electropop + synthpop
This is just a few of the many impactful LGBTQIA+ musicals over the last several decades.
WARNING: While these are all important pieces of LGBTQIA+ history, some may come with parental advisory warnings and may contain material inappropriate for younger viewers.
WARNING: While these are all important pieces of LGBTQIA+ history, some may come with parental advisory warnings and may contain material inappropriate for younger viewers.
Avenue Q
Original Broadway Production: 2003
Cabaret
Original Broadway Production: 1966
The Book of Mormon
Original Broadway Production: 2011
The Color Purple
Original Broadway Production: 2005
The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals
Original Los Angeles Production: 2012
Falsettos
Original Broadway Production: 2012
Firebringer
Original Chicago Production: 2016
Fun Home
Original Broadway Production: 2015
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Original Off-Broadway Production: 1998
& Juliet
Original Manchester Production: 2015
A New Brain
Original Off-Broadway Production: 1998
Nerdy Prudes Must Die
Original Los Angeles Production: 2023
The Prom
Original Atlanta Production: 2016
Rent
Original Broadway Production: 1996
Some Like It Hot
Original Broadway Production: 2022