Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer+ (LGBTQ+) music is music that focuses on the experiences of gender and sexual minorities as a product of the broad gay liberation movement.

LGBTQ+ music spans the entire spectrum of popular music. Lyricism and song content typically express the frustration, anxiety, and hope associated with non-normative sexual and gender identities, offering marginalized groups a vital platform for expression. Recently, popular music has "provided an arena where marginalized voices can be heard and sexual identities shaped, challenged, and renegotiated". Mainstream music has begun to reflect acceptance of LGBTQ+ musicianship. Some queer icons are openly queer identifying and have made impactful changes in the world for LGBTQ+ people. Others are straight allies that have expressed their support for the community. (Full article...)

Eilish in 2023

Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell (/ˈaɪlɪʃ/ EYE-lish; born December 18, 2001) is an American singer-songwriter. She first gained public attention in 2015 with her debut single "Ocean Eyes", written and produced by her brother Finneas O'Connell, with whom she collaborates on music and live shows. In 2017, she released her debut extended play (EP), Don't Smile at Me. Commercially successful, it reached the top 15 of record charts in numerous countries, including the US, UK, Canada, and Australia.

Eilish's debut studio album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019), debuted atop the US Billboard 200 and UK Albums Chart and was one of the year's best-selling albums. Its single "Bad Guy" became the first by an artist born in the 21st century to top the US Billboard Hot 100 and be certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The next year, Eilish performed the theme song "No Time to Die" for the James Bond film No Time to Die, which topped the UK Singles Chart and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2022. Her subsequent singles "Everything I Wanted", "My Future", "Therefore I Am", and "Your Power", each peaked within the top ten in the US and UK. (Full article...)

• 28 June 2024: On the campaign trail in the USA, May 2024
• 5 July 2023: Germany: Esslingen am Neckar hosts first Christopher Street Day
• 27 June 2023: France: Quimper, Finistère hosts second pride festival
• 22 June 2023: Estonian parliament passes legalization of same-sex marriage
• 20 June 2023: Wikinews interviews Tom Pashby, leader of campaign group Include Mx
• 12 June 2023: Tens of thousands march in 25th Tel Aviv Pride parade

• ...that Mohamed Camara's 1997 film Dakan was the first West African film to explore homosexuality?
• ... that for the 1967 television documentary CBS Reports: The Homosexuals, the network concealed the identity of one of the gay interview subjects by seating him behind a potted palm tree?
• ... that Vanessa Redgrave's portrayal of transsexual Renée Richards in the 1986 biopic Second Serve was praised as embodying "every internal contradiction of the polymorphously perverse"?
• ... that the author of Hollywood Undercover posed as an aspiring gay actor while investigating claims of a Church of Scientology "cure" for homosexuality?

• 1 – Gina Ortiz Jones (1981–), American intelligence officer and politician
• 3 – Gertrude Stein (1874–1946), American expatriate writer
• 3 – Helen Stephens (1918–1994), American sprinter, two-time 1936 Olympic Gold Medalist
• 3 – Li Yinhe (1952–), Chinese sociologist, sexologist, and LGBT activist
• 5 – William S. Burroughs (1914–1997), American novelist and poet
• 6 – Ramón Novarro (1899–1968), Mexican Hollywood actor and sex symbol
• 6 – Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665–1714), English royalty
• 7 – Mark Tewksbury (1968–), Canadian Olympic swimmer and LGBT rights activist
• 8 – James Dean (1931–1955), American film actor and cultural icon
• 9 – Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (1989–), Finnish swimmer
• 9 – Amy Lowell (1874–1925), American poet
• 10 – Bill Tilden (1893–1953), American tennis player
• 11 – Tammy Baldwin (1962–), American politician and first openly gay U.S. Senator
• 12 – Patricia Field (1941–), American costume designer, stylist & fashion designer.
• 12 – Philip, Prince of Eulenburg (1847–1921), German politician and diplomat
• 12 – George Smitherman (1964–), Canadian politician, former Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)
• 16 – John Schlesinger (1926–2003), English film and stage director
• 17 – Peter Karlsson (1966–1995), Swedish hockey player
• 18 – Audre Lorde (1934–1992), American writer and civil rights activist
• 18 – Jillian Michaels (1974–), American personal trainer, TV personality and author
• 19 – F. O. Matthiessen (1902–1950), American historian and literary critic
• 19 – Beth Ditto (1981–), American singer-songwriter
• 19 – Liz Carmouche (1984–), American mixed martial arts fighter
• 20 – William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp (1872–1938), British politician
• 20 – Roy Cohn (1927–1986), American attorney during the McCarthy era
• 20 – John Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley (1948–), English business executive
• 21 – W. H. Auden (1907–1973), Anglo-American poet
• 21 – Hubert de Givenchy (1927–2018), French fashion designer
• 21 – David Geffen (1943–), American record executive and film producer
• 21 – Anaïs Nin (1903–1977), French writer
• 21 – Elliot Page (1987–), Canadian actor and film producer
• 22 – Jane Bowles (1917–1973), American writer and playwright
• 22 – Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950), American poet and playwright
• 26 – Mabel Dodge Luhan (1879–1962), American heiress and patron of the arts
• 26 – Jenna Wolfe (1974–), Jamaican-American anchor/correspondent and fitness expert
• 27 – Libby Davies (1953–), Canadian politician, first openly lesbian Canadian Member of Parliament
• 28 – Stephen Spender (1909–1995), English poet, novelist, and essayist

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