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* Music/SaaraAalto, Finnish musician known for competing on ''Series/TheXFactor UK'', is a lesbian.
* Music/AdeemTheArtist, a non-binary and pansexual country singer.
* Creator/OllyAlexander, an openly gay singer.
* Music/AlexanderJamesAdams, a transgender singer who previously went by "Heather Alexander". He's known for his folk, filk, and Celtic music.
* Music/ChinoAmobi, a Nigerian Igbo-American electronic musician who identifies as queer.
* Anne-Marie, English singer who revealed she was attracted to men and women in 2018 but doesn't like to identify herself as bisexual.
* Music/OmarApollo, an openly gay R&B singer-songwriter.
* Music/{{Arca}}, an openly trans and non-binary producer and singer.
* Music/DavidArchuleta, an American singer-songwriter and former ''Series/AmericanIdol'' runner-up, identifies himself as queer.
* Creator/HowardAshman, a gay lyricist known for collaborating with Music/AlanMenken on ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'', ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}''. Cited as the one man most responsible for the Disney Renaissance. Died of AIDS in 1991.
* Music/TomAspaul, gay singer-songwriter.
* Music/{{Aurora|Singer}}, Norwegian singer-songwriter who has described dating both men and women.
* Music/EmilieAutumn, American singer-songwriter and violinist, is asexual.
* Music/{{Backxwash}}, Zambian-born Canadian rapper and producer, is a transgender female.
* Creator/LongJohnBaldry, a British musician and actor, was gay.
* Music/AzealiaBanks, openly bisexual rapper known for hits such as "212" and "Anna Wintour".
* Music/WilliamBasinki, gay American avant-garde composer best known for his "The Disintegration Loops" series of albums.
* Creator/LanceBass is a member of boy band Music/{{NSYNC}} and is also a film and TV producer. He came out as gay in 2006 and has written a memoir titled ''Out of Sync.''
* Creator/JoshuaBassett, singer and actor with a starring role in ''Series/HighSchoolMusicalTheMusicalTheSeries'', came out as queer in 2021.
* Music/BeSteadwell is a queer musician who does a mix of soul, folk, and pop. Most of her songs are about romantic relationships between women.
* Music/TaylorBennett, rapper and younger brother of Music/ChanceTheRapper, is bisexual.
* Music/LeonardBernstein, bisexual American composer and conductor of the 20th century.
* [[/index]] Sam Bettens, Belgian musician best known for his work as lead singer of K's Choice, came out as a transgender man in 2019.[[index]]
* Music/BigFreedia, rapper best known for popularizing the bounce music genre. Self-describes as "gender nonconforming, fluid, non-binary" and doesn’t have any preferred pronouns.
* Music/RebeccaBlack, American singer known for her hit "Music/{{Friday}}" came out as queer in 2020.
* Music/LydiaGraceBlezard, pansexual trans woman known for her band Different Devils, among others.
* Music/DavidBowie, singer and actor known for such hits as "Space Oddity", "Life on Mars" and "Ashes to Ashes". Infamously flip-flopped on his sexuality over the years, describing himself as gay, bisexual, and "a closet heterosexual" in that order, but was described by his first wife as bisexual.
* Music/PhoebeBridgers, American singer-songwriter, is bisexual.
* Music/{{Cacola}}, American electronic musician known for her 2021 album ''A Gift to Us All'', is transfeminine and uses she/it pronouns.
* Music/JohnCage, bisexual American experimental composer of the 20th century.
* Music/EthelCain, American singer-songwriter, is a bisexual transgender woman.
* Music/CakesDaKilla, an openly gay East Coast rapper.
* Music/TevinCampbell, R&B singer known for hits like "Can We Talk" and "Tell Me What You Want Me to Do", as well as voicing Powerline in ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie'', came out as gay in August 2022.
* Music/CardiB, Grammy award-winning rapper, is openly bisexual.
* Music/BrandiCarlile, Grammy award-winning American singer-songwriter, is openly lesbian.
* Music/WendyCarlos, legendary synth pioneer best known for helping develop the Moog synthesizer, is a trans woman and one of the first celebrities to disclose having undergone gender-reassignment surgery. She's perhaps best known for reworking famous ClassicalMusic pieces into the soundtrack of ''Film/AClockworkOrange''.
* Music/VanessaCarlton, bisexual singer known for her hit "A Thousand Miles".
* Music/AaronCarter, American singer, came out as bisexual in 2019.
* Music/{{Cavetown}}, English indie pop singer-songwriter, has identified as being on the asexual and aromantic spectrums and had at least one boyfriend. He also came out as transgender in 2020 (though he transitioned prior to becoming famous).
* Music/{{Cazwell}}, an openly gay rapper.
* Music/ElenaCharbila, AKA Kid Moxie, a Greek-born synthpop musician and actress, is a lesbian.
* Music/ChristineAndTheQueens, French singer, is pansexual and genderqueer.
* Music/Club69, real name Peter Rauhofer, was an openly gay Austrian-American DJ known for his remixes for various musicians, including Madonna, Cher, and Whitney Houston.
* Music/AmyCook, American singer-songwriter, is a lesbian.
* Music/JayneCounty, former frontwoman of pro-punk band Wayne County and the Electric Chairs, and the first openly trans rock singer.
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* Simon Curtis[[note]]not to be confused with the filmmaker with the same name[[/note]], an openly gay singer-songwriter, record producer, actor and novelist, known for appearing in the Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} TV Movie, ''Spectacular!''.
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* Music/MileyCyrus, former child actress and ChildPopstar, who starred in Disney Channel TV show ''Hannah Montana''. She describes herself as pansexual and genderfluid and is an outspoken LGBT activist.
* Music/AngelOlsen, American singer-songwriter, is pansexual.
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* Music/LucyDacus, American singer-songwriter, says that the terms bisexual or pansexual come closest to describing her sexuality.
* Music/{{Daphnis}} ([[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCidh1IO3jjrg0ZzJ7XKC9gQ channel]]), a Canadian transgender woman and a [=YouTube=] singer and lyricist who is best known for her French covers of songs in the ''Music/EvilliousChronicles''.
* Music/{{Daya}}, best known for her 2016 smash "Sit Still, Look Pretty", came out as bisexual in October 2018.
* Music/AniDifranco, American singer-songwriter, is bisexual and sings about LGBT issues in her songs.
* Music/HoneyDijon, American House musician and DJ, is a trans woman.
* Music/BethDitto, American singer and member of Music/{{Gossip}}. Openly lesbian but has also been in relationships with trans men.
* [[{{WebVideo/Doddleoddle}} dodie]], English singer-songwriter and [=YouTuber=], is bisexual.
* Music/DojaCat, American rapper, has stated that she is attracted to both men and women.
* Music/DorianElectra, genderqueer (goes by they/them/their pronouns) singer, songwriter and performance artist with many, many songs which deconstruct gender, sexuality and homophobia.
* Music/{{Dreamcrusher}}, real name Luwayne Glass, is a black non-binary noise musician.
* Music/BillieEilish, American singer, came out in 2023 by stating her attraction to men and women.
* Music/{{ElyOtto}}, Canadian Hyperpop musician, is a transgender male.
* Creator/CynthiaErivo, English singer-songwriter and actress, came out as bisexual in 2022.
* Creator/LauraFares, professionally known as LAU, Argentina-born lesbian UsefulNotes/{{Synthwave}} singer-songwriter and producer.
* Music/{{Fletcher}}, American singer-songwriter, identifies as queer.
* Music/{{Fergie}}, American singer known for being part of Music/TheBlackEyedPeas and for her solo career, is bisexual.
* Music/SawyerFredericks, who competed in a 2015 season of ''The Voice'' and won, came out as bisexual in 2022.
* Music/GFlip, non-binary lesbian Australian musician. They are in a relationship with the above-mentioned Chrishell Strause.
* Music/OrlaGartland, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist, came out as bisexual in 2021.
* Music/TeddyGeiger, singer known for the hit "For You I Will (Confidence)", came out as a trans woman in October 2017.
* Music/BoyGeorge, a British singer, songwriter and fashion designer. Was the lead singer of 80s band, Music/CultureClub and is well-known for his androgynous style. He first came out as bisexual; however, in his autobiography, he stated he was gay and had been in a relationship with the drummer for Culture Club in secret.
* Music/GirlInRed, aka Marie Ulven, is a Norwegian indie singer-songwriter who identifies as queer.
* Music/JessGlynne, English singer who is bisexual.
* Music/LesleyGore, American singer-songwriter best known for her songs "It's My Party", "You Don't Own Me" and "Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows", was a lesbian.
* Music/SteveGrand, an openly gay indie country/pop artist who went viral with his song and video for "All American Boy".
* Music/JohnGrant, American musician and former member of Music/TheCzars, is gay.
* Music/{{Grimes}}, bisexual musician best known for "Flesh Without Blood" and "Oblivion".
* Music/{{Halsey}}, bisexual American alternative singer and LGBT activist known for her romantic songs about men and women. She also uses she/they pronouns.
* Creator/AiHaruna, a Japanese transgender singer and TV personality.
* [[Creator/SophieBHawkins Sophie B. Hawkins]], a singer-songwriter best known for her hit "I Wish I Was Your Lover", identified as omnisexual.
* Music/DarrenHayes, lead singer of Music/SavageGarden, came out as gay shortly after the band parted ways.
* Music/TyHerndon, American country music artist who came out as gay in a 2014 ''People'' interview.
* Music/AllyHills, a lesbian indie-pop musician and Website/{{YouTube}}r.
* [[https://hinchy.co/ Hinchy]], a member of Music/SiIvaGunner known for the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKDlqdsw1i8 CG Rap]], is a transgender woman.
* Music/BillieHoliday, a jazz singer who is best known for "Strange Fruit." Throughout her career, Holiday was openly bisexual and many of her female relationships were with stage and film actresses.
* Music/{{Holland|Musician}}, gay singer notable as one of very few openly LGBT K-pop stars.
* Music/HoneyDijon, a transgender female HouseMusic DJ.
* Music/WhitneyHouston, prolific African-American singer, actress, and producer. She was never out in her lifetime, but the 2018 documentary ''Whitney'' (approved by her family members and estate) described her as "sexually fluid" and she had a long-time romance with another woman, Robyn Crawford, who confirmed it in her 2019 memoir.
* Music/DevHynes is a Black British singer, songwriter and music producer. He has described himself as fluid and has also said he is "not gay, but not straight".
* Music/IceSpice, American rapper known for her songs "Munch (Feeling U)" and "Bikini Bottom", is bisexual.
* Music/{{iLoveMakonnen}}, American rapper known for his hit "Tuesday", is gay.
* Music/{{Infurnopawz}}, openly gay composer, singer-songwriter, and part-time red cat.
* Music/DanaInternational, Israeli singer who won the ''Series/EurovisionSongContest'' in 1998, is a trans woman.
* Music/{{IOTA}}, Australian musician. Probably best known as the Doof Warrior in ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad''. Openly gay.
* Music/JoeJackson, British singer-songwriter most successful in the {{New Wave|Music}} era, best known for "Is She Really Going Out With Him?", "It's Different for Girls", "Always Breaking Us in Two", and "Steppin' Out", came out as bisexual in 1999.
* Music/FelixJaehn, German DJ best known for his remix of OMI’s "Cheerleader", came out as bisexual in 2018.
* Music/JoanJett, American guitarist of Music/TheRunaways and founder of Blackheart Records. Has had relationships with both women and men.
* Music/EltonJohn, prolific gay English singer/songwriter of pop and soul who is also an LGBT activist and humanitarian.
* Music/{{Jonsi}}, gay Icelandic musician best known as the frontman of Music/SigurRos.
* Music/JanisJoplin, American rock, soul, and blues singer-songwriter, one of the most successful and widely known musicians of the '60s. She was also bisexual, with ''many'' male and female lovers.
* Music/{{Katastrophe}}, a transgender male rapper.
* Music/{{Kaytranada}}, Haitian-Canadian DJ and rapper, came out as gay in 2016.
* Music/{{Kehlani}}, American R&B singer, songwriter and dancer. Previously came out as queer and pansexual in 2018, before coming out as a lesbian in 2021. Kehlani is also nonbinary and uses she/they pronouns.
* Music/{{Kesha}}, pop singer, came out as bisexual in 2013.
* Creator/KingPrincess, American pop musician, is genderqueer and gay. Much of her work is influenced by this.
* Music/HayleyKiyoko, American singer, actress, and former Creator/DisneyChannel personality, is openly lesbian.
* Music/FrankieKnuckles, American Chicagoan DJ known for developing and popularizing HouseMusic, was gay.
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* Music/LadyGaga, bisexual pop artist, known for her outrageous stage persona and LGBT+ activism.
* Music/{{Ladyhawke}}, New Zealand indie pop singer-songwriter, is a lesbian.
* Music/LadySovereign, an English rapper. Came out as lesbian in 2010.
* Music/DuncanLaurence, Dutch singer-songwriter and winner of the Series/EurovisionSongContest 2019 with the song "Arcade", who identifies as bisexual
* Music/AdamLambert, openly gay pop singer, musician and ''Series/AmericanIdol'' season 8 runner-up.
* Music/MaryLambert, singer-songwriter best known for singing the chorus to Music/{{Macklemore}}'s "Same Love," is a lesbian.
* [[Music/KDLang k.d. lang]], Canadian lesbian country and pop singer-songwriter.
* Låpsley, English bisexual indie pop singer-songwriter.
* Music/LeftAtLondon, real name Nat Puff, is a non-binary trans lesbian singer-songwriter and online comedian.
* Music/PaulLekakis, American singer and actor, is gay.
* Music/{{Liberace}}, singer and pianist known for his flamboyant personality. [[ClosetGay Never came out during his lifetime]], but his life was later dramatized for the film ''Film/BehindTheCandelabra'' based on his male lover's memoirs.
* Music/{{Lights}}, Canadian singer-songwriter, came out as bisexual in 2017.
* Music/MaggieLindemann, American singer-songwriter, came out as bisexual in 2019.
* Music/LilPeep, rapper known for fusing TrapMusic and EmoMusic, was bisexual.
* Creator/BifNaked, bisexual Indo-Canadian singer-songwriter and actress.
* Music/LilNasX, rapper best known for his 2019 number one hit "Old Town Road", came out as gay in June 2019.
* Music/LittleRichard, singer and muscian and known as one of the architects of rock and roll; Richard had a complicated (to say the least) relationship with his own sexuality, but it's generally accepted that he was into both women and men.
* [[https://livvy94.neocities.org/ Livvy94]] is a transgender woman who has contributed to the Music/SiIvaGunner parody channel.
* Music/DemiLovato, singer and actor, describes herself as sexually fluid and pansexual. They later came out as non-binary in 2021, using she/they pronouns. Later switched to using only "they"; re-added "she" in mid-2023.
* Music/ToveLo, Swedish singer/songwriter. She stated in 2016 that she was openly bisexual and later on in 2017 claimed that she was lucky to live in a liberal country.
* Music/MadTsai, an indie pop singer/songwriter is openly bisexual.
* Music/BarryManilow, singer/songwriter of disco and pop music. Came out as gay in 2017 after years of speculation.
* Music/RickyMartin, Puerto Rican pop star known for being in BoyBand Music/{{Menudo}} and his smash hit "Livin' la Vida Loca''. Came out as gay in 2010.
* Music/MelanieMartinez, a singer known for first appearing on the third season of ''Series/TheVoice'', came out as bisexual in June 2018.
* Music/JohnnyMathis, American traditional pop singer who was outed as gay in 1982, eventually confirming it in 2017.
* Music/MCChris, {{nerdcore}} rapper, voice actor, and comedian is bisexual.
* Music/JoeMcElderry, English singer who won the sixth season of ''Series/TheXFactor''. Came out as gay in 2010.
* Music/FreddieMercury, British Parsi lead singer of Music/{{Queen|Band}}, known for his flamboyant stage persona, was acknowledged as being bisexual.
* Music/GeorgeMichael, English Pop/R&B singer who broke out from his former group Music/{{Wham}}, was ForcedOutOfTheCloset in 1998 and came out as gay.
* Music/{{Mika}}, a gay Lebanese-born British pop singer/songwriter.
* Music/{{MNEK}}, LGBT English singer/songwriter and producer.
* Music/JanelleMonae, Black American singer, musician, acting performer and activist, came out as pansexual in 2018 and nonbinary in 2020.
* Music/VictoriaMonet, ContemporaryRAndB singer is openly bisexual.
* Music/{{Morrissey}}, former frontman of Music/TheSmiths and now solo artist, considers himself as 'humasexual' (functionally pansexual).
* Music/JasonMraz: Pop/alternative singer-songwriter who came out as bisexual in 2018.
* Music/{{MtH}}, transgender female member of Music/SiIvaGunner who also has her own music.
* Music/AvaMax, known for her song "Sweet But Psycho" said that she was in relationships with both men and women and that the song was inspired by one of her girlfriends.
* Music/TovaNadja, Swedish trans woman {{vaporwave}} artist primarily known as [[https://www.discogs.com/artist/4863940-Stevia-Sphere?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAs6-sBhBmEiwA1Nl8s-gur4DCOUS3Y_I-ztWVuYIe1CjRvUyXQzyNgBb54X3eA5JLZplfGhoCtVAQAvD_BwE Stevia Sphere]], but also goes by [[IHaveManyNames Glaciære, Tovatronica, Dreams On Diskette, 3次元Disco, Y2Kassette, etc.]]
* Music/AtaruNakamura, a Japanese singer-songwriter and actress. She came out as a transgender woman on her official website on 11 September 2006.
* Music/KlausNomi, German singer and artist, was gay.
* Music/LauraNyro, a bisexual American singer-songwriter.
* Music/FrankOcean, Black American R&B singer/songwriter and member of Music/{{OFWGKTA}} who came out on his debut album, singing about his unrequited love to another man.
* Music/SineadOConnor, Irish singer and songwriter. She stated that she was a lesbian who had been dating men as she was uncomfortable being 'out' in 2000. In 2003, she stated in an interview that most of her relationships had been with men but she'd had relationships with women too.
* Music/OctoOcta, a HouseMusic DJ, came out as a transgender female in 2016.
* Music/PaulineOliveros, American composer and central figure of the development of experimental and electronic music, was openly lesbian.
* Music/RitaOra, singer and actress, came out as bisexual in 2018.
* Music/JohnOttman, composer and editor is gay.
* Music/OwenPallett, a gay BaroquePop artist.
* Music/AmandaPalmer, a bisexual American singer.
* Music/{{Peaches}}, a bisexual Canadian electroclash musician.
* Music/OrvillePeck, a gay country musician.
* Music/PerfumeGenius, an American Baroque Pop artist, is gay.
* Music/KatyPerry, American singer, stated that her sexuality is fluid and she had been in relationships with women before.
* Music/LindaPerry, lesbian singer-songwriter, initially lead singer for all-lesbian OneHitWonder rock group 4 Non Blondes (their only hit single being "What's Up"), later a pop songwriter for performers including Music/{{Pink}} ("Get the Party Started"), Music/GwenStefani ("What You Waiting For") and Music/ChristinaAguilera ("Beautiful").
* Music/KimPetras, a German singer and transgender woman.
* Music/{{Planningtorock}}, a non-binary and genderqueer synthpop musician.
* Music/ColePorter, an American composer and songwriter, was gay. Though he was married to socialite Linda Lee Thomas, it was mostly so that Porter could hide his homosexuality (though they did care about each other).
* Music/BillyPreston, Black American rock, R&B, soul, gospel musician and songwriter who most famously worked alongside Music/TheBeatles for their ''Music/LetItBe'' album (frequently being dubbed "the Fifth Beatle"), publicly revealed he was gay shortly before his death in 2006.
* Music/QueenLatifah, rapper, singer, and actor has long been rumored to a lesbian (and she herself has alluded to this cheekily on occasion) and officially thanked her female partner onstage at the BET Awards in 2021.
* Music/LenaRaine, transgender video game composer best known for her work on ''VideoGame/GuildWars2'', ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Celeste}}'', ''VideoGame/ChicoryAColorfulTale'', and ''VideoGame/MoonglowBay''.
* Music/MaRainey, bisexual blues singer.
* Music/MalindaKathleenReese, an American SingerSongwriter most famous for her comedy series, ''WebVideo/TwistedTranslations''. Came out as bisexual in late 2022.
* Music/LouReed, American singer-songwriter, known for his work as part of the pioneering rock band the Music/TheVelvetUnderground and his solo career, was bisexual.
* Music/JaneRemover (formerly known as Dltzk), American digicore musician and pioneer of the "Dariacore" microgenre (a sample-based offshoot of hyperpop), is a trans woman.
* Music/BebeRexha, American-Albanian pop singer, has described her sexuality as fluid.
* Music/{{Rezz}}, Canadian DJ and EDM producer, has dated another woman.
* Music/SamanthaRonson, English DJ and singer, is lesbian.
* Music/LaRoux, real name Elly Jackson, came out as gay in 2020.
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* Music/EmeliSande, Scottish singer, revealed in 2022 that she was in a relationship with a woman after having previously been in a relationship with a man for over a decade. She has not used any labels.
* Music/SaucySantana, openly gay rapper.
* Music/RinaSawayama, Japanese-British SingerSongwriter who identified as both bisexual and pansexual in 2018, though she later stated that she identifies as pansexual over bisexual.
* Music/CalumScott, British singer and Series/BritainsGotTalent finalist, is gay.
* Music/{{serpentwithfeet}}, moniker for African-American musician Josiah Wise, is gay.
* Music/{{Sia}}, Australian singer-songwriter, is queer. She describes herself as liking any gender.
* Creator/AzukiShibuya, Japanese DJ, Leader of D-Selections, former member of i★Ris and voice actress of Dorothy West and Pitsuji in ''VideoGame/PriPara'' [[note]] as well as Luu Asuka and Inuko in ''Anime/KirattoPriChan'' and Dorothy's expy, Kirari Saionji in ''Anime/KingOfPrism'' [[/note]], revealed that [[https://twitter.com/canicuIa/status/1089849597067853830 she is pansexual in 2019]].
* Music/TroyeSivan, gay South African-born Australian musician and actor.
* Music/BessieSmith, bisexual jazz/blues singer.
* Music/SamSmith, English R&B singer/songwriter who is gay and genderqueer.
* Creator/WillowSmith, singer and actress who is the daughter of Creator/WillSmith and Creator/JadaPinkettSmith and sister of Creator/JadenSmith. Came out as bisexual in 2019.
* Music/SnowThaProduct, rapper and actress, is bisexual, and married to actress Julissa.
* {{Creator/Soko}}, French singer-songwriter/actress/fashion model, is bisexual.
* Music/StephenSondheim, American composer and lyricist of numerous classic Broadway musicals, was gay.
* Music/{{Sophie}}, a Scottish trans female electronic music producer and musician.
* Music/LucySpraggan, an English singer who participated in ''Series/TheXFactor''. Came out as lesbian when she was 14 years old.
* Music/DustySpringfield, bisexual British soul singer who came out in a 1970 interview, although her sexuality was not widely publicly known until after her death.
* [[/index]]Jessa Stebbins, {{Eurobeat}} artist known by the aliases Odyssey, Mortimer, Ken Blast, Eurobeat Brony, etc., came out as a trans woman in May 2021.[[index]]
* Music/TheStupendium, London-based nerdcore musician, artist, and [=YouTuber=], publicly came out as pansexual on May 24, 2021, and non-binary in 2022. They use they/them pronouns.
* Music/StVincent, American indie singer who has dated both men and women and is open to dating any gender but has refused to label herself.
* Music/MosesSumney. A Ghanian-American experimental musician who is aromantic.
* Music/PyotrIlyichTchaikovsky, gay Russian composer of the Romantic era, considered by many to be one of the greatest composers in history.
* Music/{{Tinashe}} (bisexual R&B artist)
* Music/TanitaTikaram, British pop/folk singer-songwriter, is gay.
* Music/YvesTumor, a non-binary gay musician known for experimental electronic music. Uses they/them and sometimes "it" as pronouns -- live performances are sometimes credited as "Yves Tumor and its Band".
* Music/HikaruUtada, Japanese-American singer-songwriter, came out as nonbinary in 2021.
* Music/LilUziVert, rapper and singer came out as non-binary in 2022.
* Music/LutherVandross, influential {{soul}} singer throughout the '80s and '90s. Never came out as gay during his lifetime; his close friends Bruce Vilanch and Patti [=LaBelle=] confirmed that he was in the closet his entire life.
* Music/{{Vektroid}}, electronic musician and {{vaporwave}} pioneer, is a transgender woman.
* Music/JackVidgen, Australian singer and media personality, came out publicly as gay in 2019.
* Music/PablloVittar, gay Brazilian drag queen and pop singer.
* Music/RufusWainwright, gay American-Canadian singer-songwriter.
* Music/TrevorWhatevr, real name Tre Lyerly, describes himself as "some permutation of ace" and uses he/they pronouns.
* Music/DomoWilson, bisexual singer/songwriter and rapper and is known for the song "Bisexual Anthem" and other songs that discuss LGBT issues, mental health, and motherhood.
* Music/PatrickWolf, British singer-songwriter who has stated himself to be bisexual.
* Music/ChelyWright, American country music singer notable for being one of the very few who is openly a lesbian.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKSqApQ4Ue7NAy0Z58xy4Aw Xerokina]], an X-gender singer.
* Music/VyletPony, a transfem[[note]]leans towards female pronouns and presentation[[/note]] nonbinary electronic musician; uses the neopronouns "pony" and "sea" in addition to "she/her", "they/them", and "it/its". Also identifies as pansexual, acespec, and sapphic.
* Music/{{Yeule}}, Singaporean singer-songwriter, is non-binary.
* Music/KyounosukeYoshitate, Japanese freelance singer and the voice provider of [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Nekomura Iroha]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvLZqVaCCCk came out]] as a transgender man in 2020. He has since been very open about his struggles as a trans man living in Japan.
* Music/WillYoung, an English singer and actor who won the first season of ''Series/PopIdol'', the UK version of ''Series/AmericanIdol''. He came out publicly as gay in 2002.
* Music/{{YUNGBLUD}}, English alt-rock and pop punk singer, identifies as pansexual.
* Music/JakeZyrus, Filipino pop singer and actor known for his song "Pyramid" and playing Sunshine Corazon on ''Series/{{Glee}}'', came out as a lesbian in 2013, then as a transgender man in 2017.
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* Music/HundredGecs: Laura Les is a transgender woman.
* Music/{{AAA}}: Japanese co-ed dance vocal group. Shinjiro Atae came out as gay in 2023.
* Music/AgainstMe: Punk rock band led by trans woman Laura Jane Grace. Of particular note is their album ''Transgender Dysphoria Blues'', which encapsulates the feeling of being transgender (specifically, a trans girl) and the problems that come with it.
* Music/{{Alustrium}}: Bassist Kevin Penny is gay.
* Music/AnohniAndTheJohnsons: Lead singer Anohni is a trans woman.
* [[/index]] The Ark: Swedish glam rock band whose lead singer, Ola Salo, is openly bisexual.[[index]]
* Music/{{Atheist}}: Bassist Yoav Ruiz-Feingold is asexual, while guitarist Jerry Witunsky is bisexual.
* Music/{{Austra}}, Latvian-Canadian synthpop project fronted by lesbian Katie Stelmanis.
* Music/TheAxisOfAwesome: Lead singer Jordan Raskopoulos is a trans lesbian.
* Music/BayCityRollers: The late Les McKeown was bisexual.
* Music/BeastieBoys: Founding drummer Kate Schellenbach is openly lesbian.
* (English) Beat and General Public frontman Dave Wakeling is bisexual.
* Music/TheB52s: [[TheEighties 80s]] new wave band consisting mostly of gay [[note]] Fred Schneider, Ricky Wilson, and Keith Strickland [[/note]] and bisexual [[note]] Kate Pierson [[/note]] members.
* Music/BlackDresses: Canadian noise pop duo consisting of trans women Ada Rook and Devi McCallion.
* Music/BlackLeatherJesus: American harsh noise wall group led by married gay couple Richard Ramirez and Sean E. Matzus.
* Music/BlocParty: Lead singer and rhythm guitarist Kele Okereke is gay.
* Music/{{Blondie|Band}}: Frontwoman Debbie Harry is bisexual.
* Music/{{Blue}}: Duncan James came out as bisexual in 2009 and as gay in 2014. Lee Ryan also said that he dated men and women.
* Music/{{boygenius}}: Indie rock supergroup consisting of the aforementioned Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus, and the lesbian Julien Baker.
* Music/{{Boyzone}}: The late Stephen Gately was gay.
* Music/TheBreeders: Kim Deal is asexual, while bassist Josephine Wiggs is a lesbian.
* Music/{{BROCKHAMPTON}}: Founding member Kevin Abstract is gay, which he explores in his second solo album ''American Boyfriend: A Suburban Love Story.''
* Music/BronskiBeat: 80’s English synth-pop group. All main members identified as gay.
* Music/BrothersOsborne: Lead singer T.J. Osborne came out as gay in 2021.
* Music/{{Buzzcocks}}: Frontman Pete Shelley was bisexual.
* Music/CabRideHome: Frontwoman Danica Roem is a panromantic trans woman.
* Music/TheCars: Ric Ocasek quietly came out as bisexual during a 1986 radio interview.
* Music/CarSeatHeadrest: While frontman Will Toledo has not publicly specified an exact label, he has been candid about having same-sex relationships and attraction in both interviews and his lyrics.
* Music/ChristianDeath: Late founding singer Rozz Williams was somewhere along the LGBTQ+ spectrum (he referred to himself as gay, but made it apparent that it was inaccurate but convenient), but would have likely identified as genderqueer had the term existed at the time.
* Music/ClimbingPoeTree: A sociopolitical rap duo who've performed songs about loving women.
* Music/{{Cognitive}}: Bassist Tyler Capone-Vitale is openly bisexual.
* Music/{{Coil}}: Both of the band's core members, John Balance and Peter Christopherson, were openly gay.
* Creeping Death: Vocalist Reese Alavi is genderfluid.
* Music/{{Cretin}}: Lead singer and guitarist Marissa Martinez is a transgender woman.
* Music/CultureClub: The aforementioned lead singer, Boy George, is openly gay. At the time of the band's popularity, he was in a secret relationship with the drummer, Jon Moss. A lot of the band's songs were written about this relationship.
* Music/{{Cynic}}: Frontman and guitarist Paul Masvidal and former drummer Sean Reinert are both gay.
* Music/DeadOrAlive: Frontman Pete Burns was married to a woman and in a civil partnership with a man during his lifetime. However, he never identified as a specific sexuality, saying, "[People] always want to know -- am I gay, bi, trans or what? I say, forget all that. There's got to be a completely different terminology and I'm not aware if it's been invented yet. I'm just Pete." Regarding gender, he identified as a man.
* Music/{{Deerhunter|Band}}: Lead singer and guitarist Bradford Cox is asexual and non-binary.
* Music/{{Erasure}}: Andy Bell is openly gay and is an icon for the LGBT+ community.
* Escuela Grind: Guitarist Krissy Morash is a trans woman, while vocalist Katerinha Skatoula is nonbinary.
* Music/{{Exhumed}}: Bass player and low vocalist Ross Sewage came out as genderfluid and bisexual in 2023.
* Music/FaithNoMore: Keyboardist Roddy Bottum is gay, and started a music project called Man on Man with his boyfriend Joey Holman. Also founded indie-pop band Imperial Teen, which counts the gay Will Schwartz among its members.
* Music/TheFeeling: Lead singer Dan Gillespie Sells is openly gay.
* Music/FifthHarmony: Member Lauren Jauregui is bisexual.
* Music/FourNonBlondes: Vocalist Linda Perry is lesbian.
* Music/FrankieGoesToHollywood: Frontman and lead vocalist Holly Johnson and backing vocalist, dancer and occasional keyboardist Paul Rutherford are both gay.
* Music/{{Goldfrapp}}: Frontwoman Alison Goldfrapp began dating a woman, Lisa Gunning, in 2010, having only been romantically involved with men beforehand. She has refused to label her sexuality.
* Music/TheGoGos: Rhythm guitarist Jane Wiedlin is bisexual and was in a relationship with drummer Gina Schock
* Music/GreenDay: Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong is openly bisexual.
* Music/GretaVanFleet: Lead singer Josh Kiszka revealed in 2023 that he had been in a relationship with a man since 2015.
* Music/{{GTM}}: A Japanese band consisting of three transgender men and one X-gender person.
* Music/{{Halestorm}}: Lzzy Hale is bisexual.
* Music/{{Himitsu no Otome}}: A Japanese idol group consisting of transgender women.
* Music/{{Hole}}: Patty Schemel, drummer during the ''Music/LiveThroughThis'' and ''Music/CelebritySkin'' eras, is a lesbian.
* Music/HuskerDu: Frontman Bob Mould is gay, and drummer/vocalist Grant Hart was bisexual.
* Music/{{Idles}}: Frontman Joe Talbot is bisexual.
* Music/IndigoGirls: Both members, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, are lesbians, with the former also identifying as genderqueer, and have been active advocates for LGBT rights.
* Music/{{Issues}}: Former lead singer Tyler Carter is bisexual.
* Music/JackOffJill: Lead singer Jessicka Addams is bisexual.
* Music/JapaneseBreakfast: Frontwoman Michelle Zauner is bisexual.
* Music/JethroTull: Former member Dee Palmer is an intersex trans woman who transitioned in 1998.
* Music/JudasPriest: Lead singer Rob Halford famously came out as gay in 1998. Drummer Dave Holland also came out as bisexual while being prosecuted for attempting to rape a mentally disabled teenage boy.
* Music/{{Judicator}}: Main founder, former member, and current associate Alicia Cordisco is a trans woman.
* Music/JuniorSenior: Lead vocalist Jeppe Laursen is openly gay.
* Music/KingsX: Bassist Doug Pinnick is openly gay.
* Music/TheKinks: Guitarist Dave Davies is bisexual.
* Music/TheKnife: Karin Dreijer, also known as Fever Ray in their solo career, is genderfluid and uses they/them pronouns.
* Music/LegiaoUrbana: Renato Russo identified himself as pansexual.
* Life of Agony: Vocalist Mina Caputo is a trans woman.
* Music/{{Liturgy}}: Lead singer and guitarist Haela Hunt-Hendrix came out as a trans woman in 2020.
* Music/LowerDens: Led by non-binary transmasculine Jana Hunter, [[IAmTheBand the only constant member through the band's history]]. Hunter has also dated people of all genders, stating "I truly don’t give a fuck when it comes to the gender of the person I’m dating" but has not used a specific label for his sexuality.
* Music/TheMagneticFields: Frontman Stephin Merritt is openly gay, and a number of his associates in the band are LGBT+ as well.
* Music/{{Maneskin}}: Bassist Victoria De Angelis is bisexual, and drummer Ethan Torchio is "sexually free".
* {{Music/Matmos}}: A married gay couple consisting of Drew Daniel and Martin "M.C." Schmidt.
* Music/MindlessSelfIndulgence: Bassist Lyn-Z has admitted her first love was a woman. Lead singer Jimmy Urine has admitted that he finds some men attractive.
* Music/{{Muna}}: An indie pop trio where all three members identify as queer, with Naomi [=McPherson=] being non-binary.
* Music/MyBloodyValentine: Bassist Debbie Googe is lesbian.
* Music/{{NSYNC}}: Lance Bass came out as gay, though after the group broke up.
* Music/NeonTrees: Lead singer Tyler Glenn is gay.
* Music/NeutralMilkHotel: Member Julian Koster came out as "not straight" in a bonus episode of ''Podcast/TheOrbitingHumanCircusOfTheAir''.
* Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock: Member Jonathan Knight is gay.
* Music/NinaSky: Nicole Albino is married to a woman.
* Music/{{OFWGKTA}}/Odd Future: Includes the aforementioned queer Frank Ocean and the band Music/TheInternet, which has the bisexual Steve Lacy and lesbian Syd the Kid as members.
* Music/OfMontreal: Kevin Barnes is bisexual and genderqueer.
* Music/OutlineInColor: Michael Skaggs is non-binary.
* Music/PanicAtTheDisco: Frontman Brendon Urie is openly pansexual.
* Music/PansyDivision: Punk rock band and best-known example of the {{Queercore}} sub-genre.
* Music/PassionPit: Lead singer Michael Angelakos is bisexual.
* Music/PetShopBoys: British pop duo featuring the openly gay Neil Tennant.
* Music/{{Pixies}}: Kim Deal is asexual.
* Music/{{Placebo}}: Stefan Olsdal is gay and Brian Molko is bisexual.
* Music/{{PVRIS}}: Lead singer Lynn Gunn is lesbian.
* Music/{{Queen|Band}}: Frontman Music/FreddieMercury is acknowledged as bisexual.
* Music/QueenBee: Lead vocalist and songwriter Avu-chan identifies as non-binary.
* Music/{{REM}}: Frontman Michael Stipe identifies as queer.
* Music/TheResidents: Hardy Fox, a co-founding member of the band (and the only member to have publicly confirmed his identity), was gay.
* Music/RightSaidFred: Lead singer Richard Fairbrass is bisexual.
* Rumpelstiltskin Grinder: Guitarist and founding member Melissa Moore is a trans woman.
* Music/TheRunaways: Lead singer Cherie Currie and rhythm guitarist Music/JoanJett briefly dated each other and drummer Sandy West was a lesbian.
* Music/{{Sanguisugabogg}}: Founder and former guitarist and bandleader Cameron Boggs is openly nonbinary.
* Music/ScissorSisters: An American pop/rock band full of LGBT individuals. Specifically, Jake Shears, Babydaddy and Del Marquis are gay, while Ana Matronic has been involved with both men and women but doesn't label herself. Only two members, Paddy Boom and Randy Real, do not publicly identify as LGBT.
* Music/SecretGuyz: A Japanese idol group consisting of transgender men.
* Music/SeeYouSpaceCowboy: Vocalist Connie Sgarbossa is a trans woman.
* Music/SemiPreciousWeapons: Justin Tranter, former lead singer of the band and songwriter of numerous songs to various artists, is bisexual and nonbinary using "they/them" pronouns.
* Music/SigurRos: Frontman Music/{{Jonsi}} is gay.
* Music/SimonAndGarfunkel: Art Garfunkel came out as bisexual in his 2017 memoir ''What is it All But Luminous: Notes From An Underground Man'', in which he described himself as a "lover of all beautiful asses, beautiful faces, beautiful bodies, boys and girls."
* Music/SiouxsieAndTheBanshees: Frontwoman Siouxsie Sioux is attracted to multiple genders but doesn't identify herself under a particular sexuality.
** Music/TheCreatures
* Music/SixPackBand: Consists of transgender Indian musicians.
* Music/SkunkAnansie: Lead singer Skin is openly bisexual.
* Music/SleaterKinney: Members Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker are both bisexual. Prior to 2010, Brownstein had incorrectly been labeled as gay by the media.
* Music/TheSmiths: Frontman Music/{{Morrissey}} identifies as "humasexual" (functionally pansexual).
* Music/SofiTukker: Sophie Hawley-Weld is AmbiguouslyBi, saying that she's still figuring out what label to apply to herself.
* Music/SoftCell: Frontman Marc Almond is gay.
* Music/SpiceGirls: Member Melanie Brown has been in relationships with men and women but doesn't label herself.
* Music/SteamPoweredGiraffe: Musical comedy project. One of the members, Isabella "Bunny" Bennett, is transgender.
* Music/{{Steps}}: Ian 'H' Watkins is openly gay after coming out in 2007.
* Music/StrawberryPrince: Rinu came out as a transgender man on Website/{{Twitter}} in 2017.
* Music/{{Styx}}: Bassist Chuck Panozzo is gay and HIV-positive.
* Music/SubRadio: vocalist Adam Bradley and former bassist Barry Siford are bisexual.
* Music/{{Suede}}: Lead singer Brett Anderson has in the past identified as bisexual (although how seriously is disputed), and drummer Simon Gilbert is gay.
* Music/{{Tatu}}: While the duo was ''promoted'' as a lesbian couple, member Yulia Volkova [[QueerCharacterQueerActor is bisexual in real life]].
* Music/TeganAndSara: Identical twin musicians who are both lesbians.
* Music/ThrobbingGristle: In addition to the gay Peter Christopherson, also a member of the aforementioned Creator/{{Hipgnosis}} and Music/{{Coil}}, the band's vocalist Genesis Breyer P-Orridge was non-binary, identifying as "pandrogynous" and using not only "they/them" pronouns, but also the neopronouns "s/he", "h/er", and "h/erself".
* Music/LeTigre: Sadie Benning and their successor JD Samson are both non-binary, with the latter also identifying as a lesbian.
* Music/TokioHotel: Lead singer Bill Kaulitz has not labeled his sexuality, writing in 2014 "Maybe I'm just about to meet someone who changes my life forever and, if that happens, does it really matter what gender they are?" He has also stated that he was once in a polyamorous relationship with his male best friend and the latter's girlfriend.
* Music/VillagePeople: Victor Willis was the only member of the original lineup who wasn't gay.
* Music/TheVelvetUnderground: Frontman Music/LouReed was bisexual.
* Music/VenusFlytrap: Consists of transgender Thai musicians.
* Music/TheVeronicas: Jessica Origliasso is sexually fluid.
* Music/{{Visage|Band}}: Steve Strange, the band's frontman, was bisexual.
* Music/WendyAndLisa: Musical duo made up of members of Music/{{Prince}}'s backing band the Revolution who acknowledged in 2009 that they had been in a lesbian relationship.
* Music/{{Westlife}}: Member Markus Feehily is gay.
* Music/TheWho: Guitarist Pete Townshend is bisexual.
* Music/XiuXiu: Lead member Jamie Stewart is openly bisexual, and in 2023 came out as non-binary.
* Music/TheXX: While some listeners have assumed that vocalists Oliver Sim and Romy Madley Croft are a CreatorCouple, both are involved with same-sex partners, and in her case married.
* Music/YearsAndYears: Lead member (and eventually sole member) Olly Alexander is openly gay.
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[[folder:Musicians and Singers A-C]]
* Music/SaaraAalto, Finnish musician known for competing on ''Series/TheXFactor UK'', is a lesbian.
* Music/AdeemTheArtist, a non-binary and pansexual country singer.
* Creator/OllyAlexander, an openly gay singer.
* Music/AlexanderJamesAdams, a transgender singer who previously went by "Heather Alexander". He's known for his folk, filk, and Celtic music.
* Music/ChinoAmobi, a Nigerian Igbo-American electronic musician who identifies as queer.
* Anne-Marie, English singer who revealed she was attracted to men and women in 2018 but doesn't like to identify herself as bisexual.
* Music/OmarApollo, an openly gay R&B singer-songwriter.
* Music/{{Arca}}, an openly trans and non-binary producer and singer.
* Music/DavidArchuleta, an American singer-songwriter and former ''Series/AmericanIdol'' runner-up, identifies himself as queer.
* Creator/HowardAshman, a gay lyricist known for collaborating with Music/AlanMenken on ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'', ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}''. Cited as the one man most responsible for the Disney Renaissance. Died of AIDS in 1991.
* Music/TomAspaul, gay singer-songwriter.
* Music/{{Aurora|Singer}}, Norwegian singer-songwriter who has described dating both men and women.
* Music/EmilieAutumn, American singer-songwriter and violinist, is asexual.
* Music/{{Backxwash}}, Zambian-born Canadian rapper and producer, is a transgender female.
* Creator/LongJohnBaldry, a British musician and actor, was gay.
* Music/AzealiaBanks, openly bisexual rapper known for hits such as "212" and "Anna Wintour".
* Music/WilliamBasinki, gay American avant-garde composer best known for his "The Disintegration Loops" series of albums.
* Creator/LanceBass is a member of boy band Music/{{NSYNC}} and is also a film and TV producer. He came out as gay in 2006 and has written a memoir titled ''Out of Sync.''
* Creator/JoshuaBassett, singer and actor with a starring role in ''Series/HighSchoolMusicalTheMusicalTheSeries'', came out as queer in 2021.
* Music/BeSteadwell is a queer musician who does a mix of soul, folk, and pop. Most of her songs are about romantic relationships between women.
* Music/TaylorBennett, rapper and younger brother of Music/ChanceTheRapper, is bisexual.
* Music/LeonardBernstein, bisexual American composer and conductor of the 20th century.
* [[/index]] Sam Bettens, Belgian musician best known for his work as lead singer of K's Choice, came out as a transgender man in 2019.[[index]]
* Music/BigFreedia, rapper best known for popularizing the bounce music genre. Self-describes as "gender nonconforming, fluid, non-binary" and doesn’t have any preferred pronouns.
* Music/RebeccaBlack, American singer known for her hit "Music/{{Friday}}" came out as queer in 2020.
* Music/LydiaGraceBlezard, pansexual trans woman known for her band Different Devils, among others.
* Music/DavidBowie, singer and actor known for such hits as "Space Oddity", "Life on Mars" and "Ashes to Ashes". Infamously flip-flopped on his sexuality over the years, describing himself as gay, bisexual, and "a closet heterosexual" in that order, but was described by his first wife as bisexual.
* Music/PhoebeBridgers, American singer-songwriter, is bisexual.
* Music/{{Cacola}}, American electronic musician known for her 2021 album ''A Gift to Us All'', is transfeminine and uses she/it pronouns.
* Music/JohnCage, bisexual American experimental composer of the 20th century.
* Music/EthelCain, American singer-songwriter, is a bisexual transgender woman.
* Music/CakesDaKilla, an openly gay East Coast rapper.
* Music/TevinCampbell, R&B singer known for hits like "Can We Talk" and "Tell Me What You Want Me to Do", as well as voicing Powerline in ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie'', came out as gay in August 2022.
* Music/CardiB, Grammy award-winning rapper, is openly bisexual.
* Music/BrandiCarlile, Grammy award-winning American singer-songwriter, is openly lesbian.
* Music/WendyCarlos, legendary synth pioneer best known for helping develop the Moog synthesizer, is a trans woman and one of the first celebrities to disclose having undergone gender-reassignment surgery. She's perhaps best known for reworking famous ClassicalMusic pieces into the soundtrack of ''Film/AClockworkOrange''.
* Music/VanessaCarlton, bisexual singer known for her hit "A Thousand Miles".
* Music/AaronCarter, American singer, came out as bisexual in 2019.
* Music/{{Cavetown}}, English indie pop singer-songwriter, has identified as being on the asexual and aromantic spectrums and had at least one boyfriend. He also came out as transgender in 2020 (though he transitioned prior to becoming famous).
* Music/{{Cazwell}}, an openly gay rapper.
* Music/ElenaCharbila, AKA Kid Moxie, a Greek-born synthpop musician and actress, is a lesbian.
* Music/ChristineAndTheQueens, French singer, is pansexual and genderqueer.
* Music/Club69, real name Peter Rauhofer, was an openly gay Austrian-American DJ known for his remixes for various musicians, including Madonna, Cher, and Whitney Houston.
* Music/AmyCook, American singer-songwriter, is a lesbian.
* Music/JayneCounty, former frontwoman of pro-punk band Wayne County and the Electric Chairs, and the first openly trans rock singer.
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* Simon Curtis[[note]]not to be confused with the filmmaker with the same name[[/note]], an openly gay singer-songwriter, record producer, actor and novelist, known for appearing in the Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} TV Movie, ''Spectacular!''.
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* Music/MileyCyrus, former child actress and ChildPopstar, who starred in Disney Channel TV show ''Hannah Montana''. She describes herself as pansexual and genderfluid and is an outspoken LGBT activist.
* Music/AngelOlsen, American singer-songwriter, is pansexual.
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[[folder:Musicians and Singers D-K]]
* Music/LucyDacus, American singer-songwriter, says that the terms bisexual or pansexual come closest to describing her sexuality.
* Music/{{Daphnis}} ([[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCidh1IO3jjrg0ZzJ7XKC9gQ channel]]), a Canadian transgender woman and a [=YouTube=] singer and lyricist who is best known for her French covers of songs in the ''Music/EvilliousChronicles''.
* Music/{{Daya}}, best known for her 2016 smash "Sit Still, Look Pretty", came out as bisexual in October 2018.
* Music/AniDifranco, American singer-songwriter, is bisexual and sings about LGBT issues in her songs.
* Music/HoneyDijon, American House musician and DJ, is a trans woman.
* Music/BethDitto, American singer and member of Music/{{Gossip}}. Openly lesbian but has also been in relationships with trans men.
* [[{{WebVideo/Doddleoddle}} dodie]], English singer-songwriter and [=YouTuber=], is bisexual.
* Music/DojaCat, American rapper, has stated that she is attracted to both men and women.
* Music/DorianElectra, genderqueer (goes by they/them/their pronouns) singer, songwriter and performance artist with many, many songs which deconstruct gender, sexuality and homophobia.
* Music/{{Dreamcrusher}}, real name Luwayne Glass, is a black non-binary noise musician.
* Music/BillieEilish, American singer, came out in 2023 by stating her attraction to men and women.
* Music/{{ElyOtto}}, Canadian Hyperpop musician, is a transgender male.
* Creator/CynthiaErivo, English singer-songwriter and actress, came out as bisexual in 2022.
* Creator/LauraFares, professionally known as LAU, Argentina-born lesbian UsefulNotes/{{Synthwave}} singer-songwriter and producer.
* Music/{{Fletcher}}, American singer-songwriter, identifies as queer.
* Music/{{Fergie}}, American singer known for being part of Music/TheBlackEyedPeas and for her solo career, is bisexual.
* Music/SawyerFredericks, who competed in a 2015 season of ''The Voice'' and won, came out as bisexual in 2022.
* Music/GFlip, non-binary lesbian Australian musician. They are in a relationship with the above-mentioned Chrishell Strause.
* Music/OrlaGartland, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist, came out as bisexual in 2021.
* Music/TeddyGeiger, singer known for the hit "For You I Will (Confidence)", came out as a trans woman in October 2017.
* Music/BoyGeorge, a British singer, songwriter and fashion designer. Was the lead singer of 80s band, Music/CultureClub and is well-known for his androgynous style. He first came out as bisexual; however, in his autobiography, he stated he was gay and had been in a relationship with the drummer for Culture Club in secret.
* Music/GirlInRed, aka Marie Ulven, is a Norwegian indie singer-songwriter who identifies as queer.
* Music/JessGlynne, English singer who is bisexual.
* Music/LesleyGore, American singer-songwriter best known for her songs "It's My Party", "You Don't Own Me" and "Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows", was a lesbian.
* Music/SteveGrand, an openly gay indie country/pop artist who went viral with his song and video for "All American Boy".
* Music/JohnGrant, American musician and former member of Music/TheCzars, is gay.
* Music/{{Grimes}}, bisexual musician best known for "Flesh Without Blood" and "Oblivion".
* Music/{{Halsey}}, bisexual American alternative singer and LGBT activist known for her romantic songs about men and women. She also uses she/they pronouns.
* Creator/AiHaruna, a Japanese transgender singer and TV personality.
* [[Creator/SophieBHawkins Sophie B. Hawkins]], a singer-songwriter best known for her hit "I Wish I Was Your Lover", identified as omnisexual.
* Music/DarrenHayes, lead singer of Music/SavageGarden, came out as gay shortly after the band parted ways.
* Music/TyHerndon, American country music artist who came out as gay in a 2014 ''People'' interview.
* Music/AllyHills, a lesbian indie-pop musician and Website/{{YouTube}}r.
* [[https://hinchy.co/ Hinchy]], a member of Music/SiIvaGunner known for the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKDlqdsw1i8 CG Rap]], is a transgender woman.
* Music/BillieHoliday, a jazz singer who is best known for "Strange Fruit." Throughout her career, Holiday was openly bisexual and many of her female relationships were with stage and film actresses.
* Music/{{Holland|Musician}}, gay singer notable as one of very few openly LGBT K-pop stars.
* Music/HoneyDijon, a transgender female HouseMusic DJ.
* Music/WhitneyHouston, prolific African-American singer, actress, and producer. She was never out in her lifetime, but the 2018 documentary ''Whitney'' (approved by her family members and estate) described her as "sexually fluid" and she had a long-time romance with another woman, Robyn Crawford, who confirmed it in her 2019 memoir.
* Music/DevHynes is a Black British singer, songwriter and music producer. He has described himself as fluid and has also said he is "not gay, but not straight".
* Music/IceSpice, American rapper known for her songs "Munch (Feeling U)" and "Bikini Bottom", is bisexual.
* Music/{{iLoveMakonnen}}, American rapper known for his hit "Tuesday", is gay.
* Music/{{Infurnopawz}}, openly gay composer, singer-songwriter, and part-time red cat.
* Music/DanaInternational, Israeli singer who won the ''Series/EurovisionSongContest'' in 1998, is a trans woman.
* Music/{{IOTA}}, Australian musician. Probably best known as the Doof Warrior in ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad''. Openly gay.
* Music/JoeJackson, British singer-songwriter most successful in the {{New Wave|Music}} era, best known for "Is She Really Going Out With Him?", "It's Different for Girls", "Always Breaking Us in Two", and "Steppin' Out", came out as bisexual in 1999.
* Music/FelixJaehn, German DJ best known for his remix of OMI’s "Cheerleader", came out as bisexual in 2018.
* Music/JoanJett, American guitarist of Music/TheRunaways and founder of Blackheart Records. Has had relationships with both women and men.
* Music/EltonJohn, prolific gay English singer/songwriter of pop and soul who is also an LGBT activist and humanitarian.
* Music/{{Jonsi}}, gay Icelandic musician best known as the frontman of Music/SigurRos.
* Music/JanisJoplin, American rock, soul, and blues singer-songwriter, one of the most successful and widely known musicians of the '60s. She was also bisexual, with ''many'' male and female lovers.
* Music/{{Katastrophe}}, a transgender male rapper.
* Music/{{Kaytranada}}, Haitian-Canadian DJ and rapper, came out as gay in 2016.
* Music/{{Kehlani}}, American R&B singer, songwriter and dancer. Previously came out as queer and pansexual in 2018, before coming out as a lesbian in 2021. Kehlani is also nonbinary and uses she/they pronouns.
* Music/{{Kesha}}, pop singer, came out as bisexual in 2013.
* Creator/KingPrincess, American pop musician, is genderqueer and gay. Much of her work is influenced by this.
* Music/HayleyKiyoko, American singer, actress, and former Creator/DisneyChannel personality, is openly lesbian.
* Music/FrankieKnuckles, American Chicagoan DJ known for developing and popularizing HouseMusic, was gay.
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[[folder:Musicians and Singers L-R]]
* Music/LadyGaga, bisexual pop artist, known for her outrageous stage persona and LGBT+ activism.
* Music/{{Ladyhawke}}, New Zealand indie pop singer-songwriter, is a lesbian.
* Music/LadySovereign, an English rapper. Came out as lesbian in 2010.
* Music/DuncanLaurence, Dutch singer-songwriter and winner of the Series/EurovisionSongContest 2019 with the song "Arcade", who identifies as bisexual
* Music/AdamLambert, openly gay pop singer, musician and ''Series/AmericanIdol'' season 8 runner-up.
* Music/MaryLambert, singer-songwriter best known for singing the chorus to Music/{{Macklemore}}'s "Same Love," is a lesbian.
* [[Music/KDLang k.d. lang]], Canadian lesbian country and pop singer-songwriter.
* Låpsley, English bisexual indie pop singer-songwriter.
* Music/LeftAtLondon, real name Nat Puff, is a non-binary trans lesbian singer-songwriter and online comedian.
* Music/PaulLekakis, American singer and actor, is gay.
* Music/{{Liberace}}, singer and pianist known for his flamboyant personality. [[ClosetGay Never came out during his lifetime]], but his life was later dramatized for the film ''Film/BehindTheCandelabra'' based on his male lover's memoirs.
* Music/{{Lights}}, Canadian singer-songwriter, came out as bisexual in 2017.
* Music/MaggieLindemann, American singer-songwriter, came out as bisexual in 2019.
* Music/LilPeep, rapper known for fusing TrapMusic and EmoMusic, was bisexual.
* Creator/BifNaked, bisexual Indo-Canadian singer-songwriter and actress.
* Music/LilNasX, rapper best known for his 2019 number one hit "Old Town Road", came out as gay in June 2019.
* Music/LittleRichard, singer and muscian and known as one of the architects of rock and roll; Richard had a complicated (to say the least) relationship with his own sexuality, but it's generally accepted that he was into both women and men.
* [[https://livvy94.neocities.org/ Livvy94]] is a transgender woman who has contributed to the Music/SiIvaGunner parody channel.
* Music/DemiLovato, singer and actor, describes herself as sexually fluid and pansexual. They later came out as non-binary in 2021, using she/they pronouns. Later switched to using only "they"; re-added "she" in mid-2023.
* Music/ToveLo, Swedish singer/songwriter. She stated in 2016 that she was openly bisexual and later on in 2017 claimed that she was lucky to live in a liberal country.
* Music/MadTsai, an indie pop singer/songwriter is openly bisexual.
* Music/BarryManilow, singer/songwriter of disco and pop music. Came out as gay in 2017 after years of speculation.
* Music/RickyMartin, Puerto Rican pop star known for being in BoyBand Music/{{Menudo}} and his smash hit "Livin' la Vida Loca''. Came out as gay in 2010.
* Music/MelanieMartinez, a singer known for first appearing on the third season of ''Series/TheVoice'', came out as bisexual in June 2018.
* Music/JohnnyMathis, American traditional pop singer who was outed as gay in 1982, eventually confirming it in 2017.
* Music/MCChris, {{nerdcore}} rapper, voice actor, and comedian is bisexual.
* Music/JoeMcElderry, English singer who won the sixth season of ''Series/TheXFactor''. Came out as gay in 2010.
* Music/FreddieMercury, British Parsi lead singer of Music/{{Queen|Band}}, known for his flamboyant stage persona, was acknowledged as being bisexual.
* Music/GeorgeMichael, English Pop/R&B singer who broke out from his former group Music/{{Wham}}, was ForcedOutOfTheCloset in 1998 and came out as gay.
* Music/{{Mika}}, a gay Lebanese-born British pop singer/songwriter.
* Music/{{MNEK}}, LGBT English singer/songwriter and producer.
* Music/JanelleMonae, Black American singer, musician, acting performer and activist, came out as pansexual in 2018 and nonbinary in 2020.
* Music/VictoriaMonet, ContemporaryRAndB singer is openly bisexual.
* Music/{{Morrissey}}, former frontman of Music/TheSmiths and now solo artist, considers himself as 'humasexual' (functionally pansexual).
* Music/JasonMraz: Pop/alternative singer-songwriter who came out as bisexual in 2018.
* Music/{{MtH}}, transgender female member of Music/SiIvaGunner who also has her own music.
* Music/AvaMax, known for her song "Sweet But Psycho" said that she was in relationships with both men and women and that the song was inspired by one of her girlfriends.
* Music/TovaNadja, Swedish trans woman {{vaporwave}} artist primarily known as [[https://www.discogs.com/artist/4863940-Stevia-Sphere?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAs6-sBhBmEiwA1Nl8s-gur4DCOUS3Y_I-ztWVuYIe1CjRvUyXQzyNgBb54X3eA5JLZplfGhoCtVAQAvD_BwE Stevia Sphere]], but also goes by [[IHaveManyNames Glaciære, Tovatronica, Dreams On Diskette, 3次元Disco, Y2Kassette, etc.]]
* Music/AtaruNakamura, a Japanese singer-songwriter and actress. She came out as a transgender woman on her official website on 11 September 2006.
* Music/KlausNomi, German singer and artist, was gay.
* Music/LauraNyro, a bisexual American singer-songwriter.
* Music/FrankOcean, Black American R&B singer/songwriter and member of Music/{{OFWGKTA}} who came out on his debut album, singing about his unrequited love to another man.
* Music/SineadOConnor, Irish singer and songwriter. She stated that she was a lesbian who had been dating men as she was uncomfortable being 'out' in 2000. In 2003, she stated in an interview that most of her relationships had been with men but she'd had relationships with women too.
* Music/OctoOcta, a HouseMusic DJ, came out as a transgender female in 2016.
* Music/PaulineOliveros, American composer and central figure of the development of experimental and electronic music, was openly lesbian.
* Music/RitaOra, singer and actress, came out as bisexual in 2018.
* Music/JohnOttman, composer and editor is gay.
* Music/OwenPallett, a gay BaroquePop artist.
* Music/AmandaPalmer, a bisexual American singer.
* Music/{{Peaches}}, a bisexual Canadian electroclash musician.
* Music/OrvillePeck, a gay country musician.
* Music/PerfumeGenius, an American Baroque Pop artist, is gay.
* Music/KatyPerry, American singer, stated that her sexuality is fluid and she had been in relationships with women before.
* Music/LindaPerry, lesbian singer-songwriter, initially lead singer for all-lesbian OneHitWonder rock group 4 Non Blondes (their only hit single being "What's Up"), later a pop songwriter for performers including Music/{{Pink}} ("Get the Party Started"), Music/GwenStefani ("What You Waiting For") and Music/ChristinaAguilera ("Beautiful").
* Music/KimPetras, a German singer and transgender woman.
* Music/{{Planningtorock}}, a non-binary and genderqueer synthpop musician.
* Music/ColePorter, an American composer and songwriter, was gay. Though he was married to socialite Linda Lee Thomas, it was mostly so that Porter could hide his homosexuality (though they did care about each other).
* Music/BillyPreston, Black American rock, R&B, soul, gospel musician and songwriter who most famously worked alongside Music/TheBeatles for their ''Music/LetItBe'' album (frequently being dubbed "the Fifth Beatle"), publicly revealed he was gay shortly before his death in 2006.
* Music/QueenLatifah, rapper, singer, and actor has long been rumored to a lesbian (and she herself has alluded to this cheekily on occasion) and officially thanked her female partner onstage at the BET Awards in 2021.
* Music/LenaRaine, transgender video game composer best known for her work on ''VideoGame/GuildWars2'', ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Celeste}}'', ''VideoGame/ChicoryAColorfulTale'', and ''VideoGame/MoonglowBay''.
* Music/MaRainey, bisexual blues singer.
* Music/MalindaKathleenReese, an American SingerSongwriter most famous for her comedy series, ''WebVideo/TwistedTranslations''. Came out as bisexual in late 2022.
* Music/LouReed, American singer-songwriter, known for his work as part of the pioneering rock band the Music/TheVelvetUnderground and his solo career, was bisexual.
* Music/JaneRemover (formerly known as Dltzk), American digicore musician and pioneer of the "Dariacore" microgenre (a sample-based offshoot of hyperpop), is a trans woman.
* Music/BebeRexha, American-Albanian pop singer, has described her sexuality as fluid.
* Music/{{Rezz}}, Canadian DJ and EDM producer, has dated another woman.
* Music/SamanthaRonson, English DJ and singer, is lesbian.
* Music/LaRoux, real name Elly Jackson, came out as gay in 2020.
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[[folder:Musicians and Singers S-Z]]
* Music/EmeliSande, Scottish singer, revealed in 2022 that she was in a relationship with a woman after having previously been in a relationship with a man for over a decade. She has not used any labels.
* Music/SaucySantana, openly gay rapper.
* Music/RinaSawayama, Japanese-British SingerSongwriter who identified as both bisexual and pansexual in 2018, though she later stated that she identifies as pansexual over bisexual.
* Music/CalumScott, British singer and Series/BritainsGotTalent finalist, is gay.
* Music/{{serpentwithfeet}}, moniker for African-American musician Josiah Wise, is gay.
* Music/{{Sia}}, Australian singer-songwriter, is queer. She describes herself as liking any gender.
* Creator/AzukiShibuya, Japanese DJ, Leader of D-Selections, former member of i★Ris and voice actress of Dorothy West and Pitsuji in ''VideoGame/PriPara'' [[note]] as well as Luu Asuka and Inuko in ''Anime/KirattoPriChan'' and Dorothy's expy, Kirari Saionji in ''Anime/KingOfPrism'' [[/note]], revealed that [[https://twitter.com/canicuIa/status/1089849597067853830 she is pansexual in 2019]].
* Music/TroyeSivan, gay South African-born Australian musician and actor.
* Music/BessieSmith, bisexual jazz/blues singer.
* Music/SamSmith, English R&B singer/songwriter who is gay and genderqueer.
* Creator/WillowSmith, singer and actress who is the daughter of Creator/WillSmith and Creator/JadaPinkettSmith and sister of Creator/JadenSmith. Came out as bisexual in 2019.
* Music/SnowThaProduct, rapper and actress, is bisexual, and married to actress Julissa.
* {{Creator/Soko}}, French singer-songwriter/actress/fashion model, is bisexual.
* Music/StephenSondheim, American composer and lyricist of numerous classic Broadway musicals, was gay.
* Music/{{Sophie}}, a Scottish trans female electronic music producer and musician.
* Music/LucySpraggan, an English singer who participated in ''Series/TheXFactor''. Came out as lesbian when she was 14 years old.
* Music/DustySpringfield, bisexual British soul singer who came out in a 1970 interview, although her sexuality was not widely publicly known until after her death.
* [[/index]]Jessa Stebbins, {{Eurobeat}} artist known by the aliases Odyssey, Mortimer, Ken Blast, Eurobeat Brony, etc., came out as a trans woman in May 2021.[[index]]
* Music/TheStupendium, London-based nerdcore musician, artist, and [=YouTuber=], publicly came out as pansexual on May 24, 2021, and non-binary in 2022. They use they/them pronouns.
* Music/StVincent, American indie singer who has dated both men and women and is open to dating any gender but has refused to label herself.
* Music/MosesSumney. A Ghanian-American experimental musician who is aromantic.
* Music/PyotrIlyichTchaikovsky, gay Russian composer of the Romantic era, considered by many to be one of the greatest composers in history.
* Music/{{Tinashe}} (bisexual R&B artist)
* Music/TanitaTikaram, British pop/folk singer-songwriter, is gay.
* Music/YvesTumor, a non-binary gay musician known for experimental electronic music. Uses they/them and sometimes "it" as pronouns -- live performances are sometimes credited as "Yves Tumor and its Band".
* Music/HikaruUtada, Japanese-American singer-songwriter, came out as nonbinary in 2021.
* Music/LilUziVert, rapper and singer came out as non-binary in 2022.
* Music/LutherVandross, influential {{soul}} singer throughout the '80s and '90s. Never came out as gay during his lifetime; his close friends Bruce Vilanch and Patti [=LaBelle=] confirmed that he was in the closet his entire life.
* Music/{{Vektroid}}, electronic musician and {{vaporwave}} pioneer, is a transgender woman.
* Music/JackVidgen, Australian singer and media personality, came out publicly as gay in 2019.
* Music/PablloVittar, gay Brazilian drag queen and pop singer.
* Music/RufusWainwright, gay American-Canadian singer-songwriter.
* Music/TrevorWhatevr, real name Tre Lyerly, describes himself as "some permutation of ace" and uses he/they pronouns.
* Music/DomoWilson, bisexual singer/songwriter and rapper and is known for the song "Bisexual Anthem" and other songs that discuss LGBT issues, mental health, and motherhood.
* Music/PatrickWolf, British singer-songwriter who has stated himself to be bisexual.
* Music/ChelyWright, American country music singer notable for being one of the very few who is openly a lesbian.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKSqApQ4Ue7NAy0Z58xy4Aw Xerokina]], an X-gender singer.
* Music/VyletPony, a transfem[[note]]leans towards female pronouns and presentation[[/note]] nonbinary electronic musician; uses the neopronouns "pony" and "sea" in addition to "she/her", "they/them", and "it/its". Also identifies as pansexual, acespec, and sapphic.
* Music/{{Yeule}}, Singaporean singer-songwriter, is non-binary.
* Music/KyounosukeYoshitate, Japanese freelance singer and the voice provider of [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Nekomura Iroha]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvLZqVaCCCk came out]] as a transgender man in 2020. He has since been very open about his struggles as a trans man living in Japan.
* Music/WillYoung, an English singer and actor who won the first season of ''Series/PopIdol'', the UK version of ''Series/AmericanIdol''. He came out publicly as gay in 2002.
* Music/{{YUNGBLUD}}, English alt-rock and pop punk singer, identifies as pansexual.
* Music/JakeZyrus, Filipino pop singer and actor known for his song "Pyramid" and playing Sunshine Corazon on ''Series/{{Glee}}'', came out as a lesbian in 2013, then as a transgender man in 2017.
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[[folder:Bands]]
* Music/HundredGecs: Laura Les is a transgender woman.
* Music/{{AAA}}: Japanese co-ed dance vocal group. Shinjiro Atae came out as gay in 2023.
* Music/AgainstMe: Punk rock band led by trans woman Laura Jane Grace. Of particular note is their album ''Transgender Dysphoria Blues'', which encapsulates the feeling of being transgender (specifically, a trans girl) and the problems that come with it.
* Music/{{Alustrium}}: Bassist Kevin Penny is gay.
* Music/AnohniAndTheJohnsons: Lead singer Anohni is a trans woman.
* [[/index]] The Ark: Swedish glam rock band whose lead singer, Ola Salo, is openly bisexual.[[index]]
* Music/{{Atheist}}: Bassist Yoav Ruiz-Feingold is asexual, while guitarist Jerry Witunsky is bisexual.
* Music/{{Austra}}, Latvian-Canadian synthpop project fronted by lesbian Katie Stelmanis.
* Music/TheAxisOfAwesome: Lead singer Jordan Raskopoulos is a trans lesbian.
* Music/BayCityRollers: The late Les McKeown was bisexual.
* Music/BeastieBoys: Founding drummer Kate Schellenbach is openly lesbian.
* (English) Beat and General Public frontman Dave Wakeling is bisexual.
* Music/TheB52s: [[TheEighties 80s]] new wave band consisting mostly of gay [[note]] Fred Schneider, Ricky Wilson, and Keith Strickland [[/note]] and bisexual [[note]] Kate Pierson [[/note]] members.
* Music/BlackDresses: Canadian noise pop duo consisting of trans women Ada Rook and Devi McCallion.
* Music/BlackLeatherJesus: American harsh noise wall group led by married gay couple Richard Ramirez and Sean E. Matzus.
* Music/BlocParty: Lead singer and rhythm guitarist Kele Okereke is gay.
* Music/{{Blondie|Band}}: Frontwoman Debbie Harry is bisexual.
* Music/{{Blue}}: Duncan James came out as bisexual in 2009 and as gay in 2014. Lee Ryan also said that he dated men and women.
* Music/{{boygenius}}: Indie rock supergroup consisting of the aforementioned Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus, and the lesbian Julien Baker.
* Music/{{Boyzone}}: The late Stephen Gately was gay.
* Music/TheBreeders: Kim Deal is asexual, while bassist Josephine Wiggs is a lesbian.
* Music/{{BROCKHAMPTON}}: Founding member Kevin Abstract is gay, which he explores in his second solo album ''American Boyfriend: A Suburban Love Story.''
* Music/BronskiBeat: 80’s English synth-pop group. All main members identified as gay.
* Music/BrothersOsborne: Lead singer T.J. Osborne came out as gay in 2021.
* Music/{{Buzzcocks}}: Frontman Pete Shelley was bisexual.
* Music/CabRideHome: Frontwoman Danica Roem is a panromantic trans woman.
* Music/TheCars: Ric Ocasek quietly came out as bisexual during a 1986 radio interview.
* Music/CarSeatHeadrest: While frontman Will Toledo has not publicly specified an exact label, he has been candid about having same-sex relationships and attraction in both interviews and his lyrics.
* Music/ChristianDeath: Late founding singer Rozz Williams was somewhere along the LGBTQ+ spectrum (he referred to himself as gay, but made it apparent that it was inaccurate but convenient), but would have likely identified as genderqueer had the term existed at the time.
* Music/ClimbingPoeTree: A sociopolitical rap duo who've performed songs about loving women.
* Music/{{Cognitive}}: Bassist Tyler Capone-Vitale is openly bisexual.
* Music/{{Coil}}: Both of the band's core members, John Balance and Peter Christopherson, were openly gay.
* Creeping Death: Vocalist Reese Alavi is genderfluid.
* Music/{{Cretin}}: Lead singer and guitarist Marissa Martinez is a transgender woman.
* Music/CultureClub: The aforementioned lead singer, Boy George, is openly gay. At the time of the band's popularity, he was in a secret relationship with the drummer, Jon Moss. A lot of the band's songs were written about this relationship.
* Music/{{Cynic}}: Frontman and guitarist Paul Masvidal and former drummer Sean Reinert are both gay.
* Music/DeadOrAlive: Frontman Pete Burns was married to a woman and in a civil partnership with a man during his lifetime. However, he never identified as a specific sexuality, saying, "[People] always want to know -- am I gay, bi, trans or what? I say, forget all that. There's got to be a completely different terminology and I'm not aware if it's been invented yet. I'm just Pete." Regarding gender, he identified as a man.
* Music/{{Deerhunter|Band}}: Lead singer and guitarist Bradford Cox is asexual and non-binary.
* Music/{{Erasure}}: Andy Bell is openly gay and is an icon for the LGBT+ community.
* Escuela Grind: Guitarist Krissy Morash is a trans woman, while vocalist Katerinha Skatoula is nonbinary.
* Music/{{Exhumed}}: Bass player and low vocalist Ross Sewage came out as genderfluid and bisexual in 2023.
* Music/FaithNoMore: Keyboardist Roddy Bottum is gay, and started a music project called Man on Man with his boyfriend Joey Holman. Also founded indie-pop band Imperial Teen, which counts the gay Will Schwartz among its members.
* Music/TheFeeling: Lead singer Dan Gillespie Sells is openly gay.
* Music/FifthHarmony: Member Lauren Jauregui is bisexual.
* Music/FourNonBlondes: Vocalist Linda Perry is lesbian.
* Music/FrankieGoesToHollywood: Frontman and lead vocalist Holly Johnson and backing vocalist, dancer and occasional keyboardist Paul Rutherford are both gay.
* Music/{{Goldfrapp}}: Frontwoman Alison Goldfrapp began dating a woman, Lisa Gunning, in 2010, having only been romantically involved with men beforehand. She has refused to label her sexuality.
* Music/TheGoGos: Rhythm guitarist Jane Wiedlin is bisexual and was in a relationship with drummer Gina Schock
* Music/GreenDay: Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong is openly bisexual.
* Music/GretaVanFleet: Lead singer Josh Kiszka revealed in 2023 that he had been in a relationship with a man since 2015.
* Music/{{GTM}}: A Japanese band consisting of three transgender men and one X-gender person.
* Music/{{Halestorm}}: Lzzy Hale is bisexual.
* Music/{{Himitsu no Otome}}: A Japanese idol group consisting of transgender women.
* Music/{{Hole}}: Patty Schemel, drummer during the ''Music/LiveThroughThis'' and ''Music/CelebritySkin'' eras, is a lesbian.
* Music/HuskerDu: Frontman Bob Mould is gay, and drummer/vocalist Grant Hart was bisexual.
* Music/{{Idles}}: Frontman Joe Talbot is bisexual.
* Music/IndigoGirls: Both members, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, are lesbians, with the former also identifying as genderqueer, and have been active advocates for LGBT rights.
* Music/{{Issues}}: Former lead singer Tyler Carter is bisexual.
* Music/JackOffJill: Lead singer Jessicka Addams is bisexual.
* Music/JapaneseBreakfast: Frontwoman Michelle Zauner is bisexual.
* Music/JethroTull: Former member Dee Palmer is an intersex trans woman who transitioned in 1998.
* Music/JudasPriest: Lead singer Rob Halford famously came out as gay in 1998. Drummer Dave Holland also came out as bisexual while being prosecuted for attempting to rape a mentally disabled teenage boy.
* Music/{{Judicator}}: Main founder, former member, and current associate Alicia Cordisco is a trans woman.
* Music/JuniorSenior: Lead vocalist Jeppe Laursen is openly gay.
* Music/KingsX: Bassist Doug Pinnick is openly gay.
* Music/TheKinks: Guitarist Dave Davies is bisexual.
* Music/TheKnife: Karin Dreijer, also known as Fever Ray in their solo career, is genderfluid and uses they/them pronouns.
* Music/LegiaoUrbana: Renato Russo identified himself as pansexual.
* Life of Agony: Vocalist Mina Caputo is a trans woman.
* Music/{{Liturgy}}: Lead singer and guitarist Haela Hunt-Hendrix came out as a trans woman in 2020.
* Music/LowerDens: Led by non-binary transmasculine Jana Hunter, [[IAmTheBand the only constant member through the band's history]]. Hunter has also dated people of all genders, stating "I truly don’t give a fuck when it comes to the gender of the person I’m dating" but has not used a specific label for his sexuality.
* Music/TheMagneticFields: Frontman Stephin Merritt is openly gay, and a number of his associates in the band are LGBT+ as well.
* Music/{{Maneskin}}: Bassist Victoria De Angelis is bisexual, and drummer Ethan Torchio is "sexually free".
* {{Music/Matmos}}: A married gay couple consisting of Drew Daniel and Martin "M.C." Schmidt.
* Music/MindlessSelfIndulgence: Bassist Lyn-Z has admitted her first love was a woman. Lead singer Jimmy Urine has admitted that he finds some men attractive.
* Music/{{Muna}}: An indie pop trio where all three members identify as queer, with Naomi [=McPherson=] being non-binary.
* Music/MyBloodyValentine: Bassist Debbie Googe is lesbian.
* Music/{{NSYNC}}: Lance Bass came out as gay, though after the group broke up.
* Music/NeonTrees: Lead singer Tyler Glenn is gay.
* Music/NeutralMilkHotel: Member Julian Koster came out as "not straight" in a bonus episode of ''Podcast/TheOrbitingHumanCircusOfTheAir''.
* Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock: Member Jonathan Knight is gay.
* Music/NinaSky: Nicole Albino is married to a woman.
* Music/{{OFWGKTA}}/Odd Future: Includes the aforementioned queer Frank Ocean and the band Music/TheInternet, which has the bisexual Steve Lacy and lesbian Syd the Kid as members.
* Music/OfMontreal: Kevin Barnes is bisexual and genderqueer.
* Music/OutlineInColor: Michael Skaggs is non-binary.
* Music/PanicAtTheDisco: Frontman Brendon Urie is openly pansexual.
* Music/PansyDivision: Punk rock band and best-known example of the {{Queercore}} sub-genre.
* Music/PassionPit: Lead singer Michael Angelakos is bisexual.
* Music/PetShopBoys: British pop duo featuring the openly gay Neil Tennant.
* Music/{{Pixies}}: Kim Deal is asexual.
* Music/{{Placebo}}: Stefan Olsdal is gay and Brian Molko is bisexual.
* Music/{{PVRIS}}: Lead singer Lynn Gunn is lesbian.
* Music/{{Queen|Band}}: Frontman Music/FreddieMercury is acknowledged as bisexual.
* Music/QueenBee: Lead vocalist and songwriter Avu-chan identifies as non-binary.
* Music/{{REM}}: Frontman Michael Stipe identifies as queer.
* Music/TheResidents: Hardy Fox, a co-founding member of the band (and the only member to have publicly confirmed his identity), was gay.
* Music/RightSaidFred: Lead singer Richard Fairbrass is bisexual.
* Rumpelstiltskin Grinder: Guitarist and founding member Melissa Moore is a trans woman.
* Music/TheRunaways: Lead singer Cherie Currie and rhythm guitarist Music/JoanJett briefly dated each other and drummer Sandy West was a lesbian.
* Music/{{Sanguisugabogg}}: Founder and former guitarist and bandleader Cameron Boggs is openly nonbinary.
* Music/ScissorSisters: An American pop/rock band full of LGBT individuals. Specifically, Jake Shears, Babydaddy and Del Marquis are gay, while Ana Matronic has been involved with both men and women but doesn't label herself. Only two members, Paddy Boom and Randy Real, do not publicly identify as LGBT.
* Music/SecretGuyz: A Japanese idol group consisting of transgender men.
* Music/SeeYouSpaceCowboy: Vocalist Connie Sgarbossa is a trans woman.
* Music/SemiPreciousWeapons: Justin Tranter, former lead singer of the band and songwriter of numerous songs to various artists, is bisexual and nonbinary using "they/them" pronouns.
* Music/SigurRos: Frontman Music/{{Jonsi}} is gay.
* Music/SimonAndGarfunkel: Art Garfunkel came out as bisexual in his 2017 memoir ''What is it All But Luminous: Notes From An Underground Man'', in which he described himself as a "lover of all beautiful asses, beautiful faces, beautiful bodies, boys and girls."
* Music/SiouxsieAndTheBanshees: Frontwoman Siouxsie Sioux is attracted to multiple genders but doesn't identify herself under a particular sexuality.
** Music/TheCreatures
* Music/SixPackBand: Consists of transgender Indian musicians.
* Music/SkunkAnansie: Lead singer Skin is openly bisexual.
* Music/SleaterKinney: Members Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker are both bisexual. Prior to 2010, Brownstein had incorrectly been labeled as gay by the media.
* Music/TheSmiths: Frontman Music/{{Morrissey}} identifies as "humasexual" (functionally pansexual).
* Music/SofiTukker: Sophie Hawley-Weld is AmbiguouslyBi, saying that she's still figuring out what label to apply to herself.
* Music/SoftCell: Frontman Marc Almond is gay.
* Music/SpiceGirls: Member Melanie Brown has been in relationships with men and women but doesn't label herself.
* Music/SteamPoweredGiraffe: Musical comedy project. One of the members, Isabella "Bunny" Bennett, is transgender.
* Music/{{Steps}}: Ian 'H' Watkins is openly gay after coming out in 2007.
* Music/StrawberryPrince: Rinu came out as a transgender man on Website/{{Twitter}} in 2017.
* Music/{{Styx}}: Bassist Chuck Panozzo is gay and HIV-positive.
* Music/SubRadio: vocalist Adam Bradley and former bassist Barry Siford are bisexual.
* Music/{{Suede}}: Lead singer Brett Anderson has in the past identified as bisexual (although how seriously is disputed), and drummer Simon Gilbert is gay.
* Music/{{Tatu}}: While the duo was ''promoted'' as a lesbian couple, member Yulia Volkova [[QueerCharacterQueerActor is bisexual in real life]].
* Music/TeganAndSara: Identical twin musicians who are both lesbians.
* Music/ThrobbingGristle: In addition to the gay Peter Christopherson, also a member of the aforementioned Creator/{{Hipgnosis}} and Music/{{Coil}}, the band's vocalist Genesis Breyer P-Orridge was non-binary, identifying as "pandrogynous" and using not only "they/them" pronouns, but also the neopronouns "s/he", "h/er", and "h/erself".
* Music/LeTigre: Sadie Benning and their successor JD Samson are both non-binary, with the latter also identifying as a lesbian.
* Music/TokioHotel: Lead singer Bill Kaulitz has not labeled his sexuality, writing in 2014 "Maybe I'm just about to meet someone who changes my life forever and, if that happens, does it really matter what gender they are?" He has also stated that he was once in a polyamorous relationship with his male best friend and the latter's girlfriend.
* Music/VillagePeople: Victor Willis was the only member of the original lineup who wasn't gay.
* Music/TheVelvetUnderground: Frontman Music/LouReed was bisexual.
* Music/VenusFlytrap: Consists of transgender Thai musicians.
* Music/TheVeronicas: Jessica Origliasso is sexually fluid.
* Music/{{Visage|Band}}: Steve Strange, the band's frontman, was bisexual.
* Music/WendyAndLisa: Musical duo made up of members of Music/{{Prince}}'s backing band the Revolution who acknowledged in 2009 that they had been in a lesbian relationship.
* Music/{{Westlife}}: Member Markus Feehily is gay.
* Music/TheWho: Guitarist Pete Townshend is bisexual.
* Music/XiuXiu: Lead member Jamie Stewart is openly bisexual, and in 2023 came out as non-binary.
* Music/TheXX: While some listeners have assumed that vocalists Oliver Sim and Romy Madley Croft are a CreatorCouple, both are involved with same-sex partners, and in her case married.
* Music/YearsAndYears: Lead member (and eventually sole member) Olly Alexander is openly gay.
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