Maxine Feldman
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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 Roan, sapphic artists are rightfully claiming their space in 2024, with influence spanning genres from indie to hyperpop.
And while it can seem as if the “sapphic pop boom” sprang into being from our TikTok algorithms into our Spotify playlists, queer musicians have been grafting for generations – from Ma Rainey in the 1920s to Skunk Anansie headlining Glastonbury in the 1990s – to work through the institutionalized homophobia and misogyny of the music scene and make their mark.
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