LGBTQIA+ in Rock: Home

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Gay discotheques
Gay musicians
Gay singers
Gays and rock music
Gender identity in music
Homosexuality and popular music
Lesbian musicians
Transgender musicians
Transgender singers

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Interview with Melissa Etheridge

Laura Jane Grace Tells the Story of Burning Her Birth Certificate in North Carolina

Listed below are some notable artists as well as archival collections related to LGBTQIA+ issues and history. Check out our online catalog for these materials and more!

BY ARTIST

Against Me!

• Cleveland Scene Photographs >> Series I: Artist and Subject Files
• Lindsey Kuhn Collection

Melissa Etheridge

• Melissa Etheridge "Refugee" Video Storyboard
• MTV Networks VH1 Video >> Series I: Betacam SP 60 Minute >> Duets
• R. Todd Richards Collection

Indigo Girls

• Austin City Limits/KLRU Collection >> Series I: Documents >> Subseries 2: ACL Lickona Vision >> Sub-subseries A: Season Files
  • ACL 17
  • ACL 23
• Lee Berry Collection of Promotional Posters and Flyers

Elton John

• Connie Hillman Collection of Elton John Tour Itineraries and Programs
• Jeff Gold Collection >> Series I: Artist Files
• Joseph Mackto Elton John Flyer
• Michael Ochs Collection >> Series I: Business Papers >> Subseries 1: Artist Files

George Michael

• Jerry Wexler Papers >> Series I: Correspondence
• MTV Networks VH1 Video >> Series II: Betacam SP 30 Minute >> Video Timeline

Freddie Mercury

• East Baton Rouge Parish Library Advocate Historical Archive Photographs and Clippings
• Fred Masciarelli Photographs

Queen Latifah

• Cleveland Scene Photographs >> Series I: Artist and Subject Files
• Greg Kot Papers

BY COLLECTION

Kill Rock Stars Collection

• Series I: Artist Files >> Phranc

Radley D. Hirsch Collection

• Series I: Audio Recordings >> Subseries I: Other Recordings >> Lesbian and Gay Freedom Day (Tribe 8, Pansy Division, Malibu Barbie), Polk & McCallister Civic Center, 1992 June 28

Rolling Stone Collection

• Series I: Artist Files >> Etheridge, Melissa
• Series I: Artist Files >> Michael, George
• Series II: Artist, Reference, and Record Company Files >> Subseries 1: Artist Files
  • Glitter Rock
  • Indigo Girls
  • Queen Latifah 
  • Sylvester
• Series III: Copy and research files >> Subseries 2: Subject files >> Gay politics, 1980