Art Quote by Beth Ditto

I think that for a lot of us gay people, we do feel that pop is our music. We identify with it and its…

— Rostam Batmanglij

Pop music has a pretty good track record of embracing queer culture.

— Olly Alexander

It's tragic that you can define a whole movement in music by gender alone. People are like, 'Oh, look, another quirky girl.'

— Paloma Faith

I'm not saying that hip-hop needs gay rappers or anything, but they need to stop being so close-minded because that will just cause the…

— ASAP Rocky

There are female artists I can look at that I find more in common with than the male artists, because they're blending the pop,…

— Adam Lambert

I always think it's a little bit of a challenge when people sort of associate female artists as their own genre.

— Grace Potter

I have always felt one of the things dance should do - its business being so clearly physical - is challenge the culture's gender…

— Twyla Tharp

Is the mainstream becoming more queer? Or is it the opposite? That artists like me are mainstreaming queer music?

— Shura

The snappy way I would sum it up is not everyone is queer, but everyone has felt different. And I think that is something…

— Liv Bruce

I think celebrity culture and sexuality in pop music is really important, but I want there to be an alternative for people.

— Marina and the Diamonds

There are so many amazing out, gay, black artists who are really great in their own fields, but they aren't necessarily trying to make…

— MNEK

A lot of artists I like end up being queer. Or maybe it's a subconscious thing that you can identify of, like, 'Oh this…

— Julien Baker