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The Most Important Queer Music Moments of the 21st Century
Billboard takes a look back at the most important moments in queer music from the 21st century. Get the details.
Performing Macklemore & Lewis’ “Same Love” and Madonna’s “Open Your Heart” at the annual ceremony, the quintet made more than a statement — they showed by example what real marriage equality could look like one year before the Supreme Court would finally grant same-sex couples the right to wed. With the release of her debut album Oil of Every Pearl’s Uninsides, the patron saint of hyperpop brought her singular vision to life, including the first time she offered audiences a taste of her own ethereal voice on “ It’s Okay to Cry.” That video also saw SOPHIE use her own image, a first for the producer that led to the public at long last acknowledging her trans identity. Just weeks after the state of Tennessee passed two bills that attempted to ban public drag performances and limit access to gender-affirming care for minors, artists including Maren Morris, Allison Russell, Sheryl Crowe and dozens more put on Love Rising, a benefit concert held at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena to raise over $500,000 for local organizations fighting back against the harmful legislation.
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