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“Now that’s my kind of poker face,” the singer said during a recent performance. By John Russell for LGBTQ Nation – Lady Gaga’s 2008 hit “Poker Face” has a surprising queer origin. During a recent performance of the song at her long-running Las Vegas residency, “Lady Gaga Jazz & Piano” at the Dolby Live Theater in the Park MGM, which ended last month, the pop star let fans in on a little secret. READ MORE H

With music from queer artists going more mainstream than ever, Billboard staff picks their 25 favorite examples from 2024 thus far. By Hannah Dailey, Stephen Daw, Kyle Denis, Lyndsey Havens, Joe Lynch, Taylor Mims, Andrew Unterberger At a time of year where calls for increased representation reach a fever pitch, the LGBTQ+ community is especially in need of greater depiction in the music business. As a recent survey

Maxine FeldmanPhoto: YouTube screenshot With lesbian music booming, which artists paved the way for the sapphic musicians of today? By Emily Chudy for LGBTQ Nation – So how did queer women become the artists everyone’s watching? Here, LGBTQ Nation charts a brief history of the lesbian music scene, from its beginnings to the out, proud, and absolutely wild sapphic pop boom of today. From Reneé Rapp to Chappell R

Ericka Andersen, who self identifies as a Christian mom & Bible study leader, apologized for her attacking the Country Icon By Brody Levesque for the LA Blade – Freelance writer Ericka Andersen, who self identifies as a Christian mom and Bible study leader, in an interview with Yahoo Entertainment apologized for her attacking Country Icon, singer-songwriter Dolly Parton over her allyship and advocacy for th

The Philadelphia Ten were a group of ten women artists who, in 1923, rebelled against the male-dominated Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts by organizing their own exhibition in Philadelphia.The group, consisting of painters and sculptors, including Alexandra Newman, Eleanor Abrams, Katharine Marie Barker, Katharine Hood McCormick, Lucile Howard, Margaret Ralston Gest, Marietta Wharton, Mary Smith Prize, Mildred v

“Some artists are forgotten for their achievements as time passes. Today, we’d like to acknowledge one of these artists on her birthday. Linda Martell, once called “Country’s Lost Pioneer” by Rolling Stone, was the first commercially successful Black female artist. Linda was born Thelma Bynem on June 4, 1941, in Leesville, South Carolina. Her father was a sharecropper and a pastor. Her l

2022 hasn’t been an easy year for the LGBTQ community, and in a time where our rights are under attack, Pride is more important than ever. With that in mind, GLAAD believes this June was all about celebrating queer joy! Fortunately, there are countless LGBTQ artists living their truth and uplifting the community while doing so. To help kick off Pride Month here are 10 LGBTQ women in music you need to be listening to:

The story behind “Lesbian Seagull”: A song of love and controversy Though the 1996 “Beavis and Butthead” film made the song more well-known, it has an older and more interesting history. By Daniel Villarreal and Ian Helms for LGBTQ Nation – “Lesbian Seagull” is a song that has intrigued and entertained listeners for decades. Originally written by Tom Wilson Weinberg and later popularized by Engelber

Jennifer Lopez Pays Loving Tribute to Invasive Technology in Atlas By Jesse Hassenger for Paste – Suggesting that a movie was written by AI has already become a tired critical cliché, which therefore means describing Atlas, a new science-fiction movie starring Jennifer Lopez, requires additional care. Yes, the lazy critic could probably say that Atlas feels as if someone fed I, Robot (the 2004 feature, not the

Billie Eilish Tightens Her Commanding Grip on Pop Music on HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Working again with the instrumental talents of her brother Finneas, Eilish’s third album yanks her out of her former teen stardom and gives her the space to reckon with the complexities of her own confusing and liberating adulthood. By Matt Mitchell for Paste – Billie Eilish’s awaited third LP, HIT ME HARD AND SOFT, is exactly the k