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May 14, 2013
Bonnie Tyler: Gays watch Eurovision? I might win

'Holding Out For A Hero' pop star says now she knows that gay people watch the Eurovision Song Contest, she might stand a chance of winning it

Bonnie Tyler has said if gay people watch the Eurovision Song Contest, she might stand a chance of winning it.

The Welsh singer, famous for 80s hit ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’, will be representing the UK this year in Malmö, Sweden.

Speaking to London’s Metro newspaper, she said she had no idea Eurovision is a ‘big gay thing’.

April 23, 2013
Amy Grant is a Christian singer who makes no apology for embracing her gay fan base

'What I've always wanted to do is have a message of honesty and welcoming'

Amy Grant, the most successful Christian music recording artist of all time, says she has always embraced her gay following.

The singer says she never felt the need to reconcile her faith with her acceptance of gay people.

March 30, 2013
American rapper Snoop Dogg weighs in on gay marriage

The iconic West-Coast rapper gave another interview where he speaks openly about his support for same-sex marriage


Legendary rapper Snoop Dogg has again spoken out in support of gay marriage.

In an interview with the Huffington Post, the artist now known as Snoop Lion discussed his new documentary, a new upcoming album and his take on the Supreme Court hearings on California’s Prop. 8 legislation that bans gay marriage.

One of the founders of West-Coast hip-hop, Snoop said in his interview: ‘People can do what they want and as they please’.

March 12, 2013
Glam rocker Adam Lambert calls David Bowie a 'key inspiration'

'I wanted to express my gender and artistic identity differently than the mainstream'

When Adam Lambert was about 8 years old, he took a look at his dad's David Bowie album, Diamond Dogs, and thought it 'cool and trippy and weird.'

Little did he know then that Bowie would end up being one of his biggest influences when Lambert himself became a star.

February 25, 2013
Elton John 'psyched' to release new country album

Gay superstar calls new album 'the most exciting solo record I've done in a long, long time'

Gay superstar Elton John has announced he will release his new album 'The Diving Board' in September this year.

January 29, 2013
Queer filmmaker directs video for The Knife's new single

Marit Östberg, queer feminist porn director, creates the video for the new single from Swedish electronic music duo The Knife

Swedish queer feminist filmmaker Marit Östberg has directed the video for the new single from The Knife, released yesterday.

The video for the single Full of Fire features queer elements and female couples including a flirtation between an 'occupy' protestor and an army officer.

'The film Full of Fire started to grow as an embryo in the song's lines "who looks after my story?",' said Östberg.

January 8, 2013
Malaysian trans singer-actress says she's not discouraged by criticism

Jessie Chung says she is serious about her career in showbiz despite transphobic criticism

Malaysian transgender singer-actress Jessie Chung has said in the interview that the criticism she's faced over her singing has not put her off performing.

Chung, known as Zhong Jie Xi in Chinese, said that she is serious about being a successful actress and singer.

But the album she released last year as a Chinese New Year special album was met with a lot of criticism online.

December 9, 2012
Parrot loves Beth Ditto, Carla Bruni

The Gossip lead singer join's France's first lady in an ad campaign for 'the most advanced headphones'

Beth Ditto is the latest muse for the Parrot wireless headphones by Zik.

Joining Carla Bruni in an ad campaign that celebrates 'women like no other', the American singer-songwriter is photographed by Richard Dumas.

The Parrot Zik headphones designed by Philippe Starck bring a new sensorial experience with active noise control, head detection sensor and five microphones.

November 28, 2012
Singer Christina Aguilera says she is grateful for loyalty of her gay fans

'Even when I felt I couldn’t stand, they held me up and supported me'

While NBC's The Voice has dominated Christina Aguilera's career in recent years, the singer is putting the focus more on her own music again these days with the release of her fifth studio album, Lotus.

She's had her career ups and downs but Aguilera has come to know that she can count on her LGBT fan base.

November 13, 2012
Bi pop star Kesha dedicates album to gay fans

'Tik Tok' singer said she wanted to write a record about 'love and acceptance'

Bisexual pop star Kesha has dedicated her new album to her gay fans.

Born Kesha Rose Sebert, the 25-year-old American singer-songwriter said many of the songs were about standing up against adversity.

November 12, 2012
Lesbian musician Heather Peace announces new tour

BBC Lip Service TV star and musician has revealed she will perform at the legendary gay festival Sydney Mardi Gras

British lesbian musician and actress Heather Peace has announced she will perform down under at the world famous Sydney Mardi Gras.

The performance, which has been headlined by gay icons like Kylie Minogue, will be the beginning of a tour which will take Peace across Australia.

Touring from10 – 24 February, Peace said it was a ‘dream come true’.

‘It’s been a dream of mine to perform at Sydney Mardi Gras and I’ve also had so many requests on social media from Australian fans for me to come over and play,’ she said.

October 24, 2012
Singer Missy Higgins praises Australian high school’s ban of ‘it's gay’

Australian singer says she’s ‘really proud’ of kids pledging not to use ‘gay’ as an insult

Australian singer-songwriter Missy Higgins said she was ‘really proud’ of hundreds of students at a high school in Adelaide, South Australia who have signed a pledge promising they won’t use ‘gay’ as an insult.

Higgins, who has released three number one albums in Australia since 2004, said to the Southern Times:

October 10, 2012
Out and proud Mika 'not sick' of gay question

Singing sensation Mika releases his most intimate album yet, featuring material about his 'horrific breakup' with his boyfriend

Recently out singing sensation Mika says he's 'not sick' of being asked about his sexuality.

The 29-year-old pop star, who has always claimed he was bisexual and could fall in love with anybody, revealed he was gay in an interview with magazine Instinct in August.

'What am I supposed to say, "No, I'm not bisexual?" If I'm gonna talk about it, I'll leave it until I talk about my sexuality in an open, confident and unpressured way,' Mika told Pride Source website.

September 25, 2012
Kylie Minogue premieres new single 'Flower' music video

Pop icon Kylie Minogue is offering the track as a free download on her new album which features orchestral reworkings of her hits

Gay Australian pop icon Kylie Minogue has premiered her new music video today (25 September).

The ‘Can’t Get You Out Of My Head’ singer has released ‘Flower’ as the lead track from her upcoming celebration album The Abbey Road Sessions.

Minogue is offering the new song as a free download for fans who pre-order the album on iTunes.

Shot in black and white, it shows the singer getting in touch with nature as she walks through woods, and wades through water.

September 18, 2012
Gay singer Sam Buttery on proving himself after The Voice

In an interview with HomoLAB, the reality show contestant describes how he had to go bald for his role in Boy George musical Taboo

Gay singer Sam Buttery has spoken out on proving himself as a musical performer after starring on the UK version of The Voice.

The 20-year-old British singer is currently performing as 80s legend Leigh Bowery in the Boy George musical Taboo.

Speaking to Amy Lamé for HomoLAB, Buttery said: ‘It feels really exciting. It feels really scary, and it feels like I want to prove myself because I haven’t been to drama school.

‘I’ve been in a reality TV program, and people go “Oh no”.'

September 10, 2012
Out pop singer Joe McElderry dismisses anti-gay Twitter abuse

British gay X Factor winner Joe McElderry reveals new album was inspired by relationship break-ups

Gay X Factor winner Joe McElderry says he doesn't take homophobic abuse on the internet 'too seriously'.

The singer, who won the UK version of the talent show in 2009, came out as a result of his Twitter account being hacked but told the Sunday Sun that anti-gay taunts on the social network doesn't bother him.

'I think Twitter is great because you get a lot of response from it,' he said.

'When it comes to the trolls, I try not to take it all too seriously, good or bad.'

August 31, 2012
Stevie Wonder is wondering if R&B singer Frank Ocean is really gay

Stevie Wonder is wondering about Frank Ocean

R&B singer Frank Ocean has seen his popularity soar since coming out publicly as a gay man earlier this summer.

But now he's got fellow singer Stevie Wonder speculating about whether Ocean really is gay.

In an interview with the UK's Guardian, Wonder was asked if he was surprised that there could still be such a furor, in the year 2012, about a performer such as Ocean coming out as gay.

August 29, 2012
Lesbian X Factor contestant’s hit removed from iTunes

Lucy Spraggan, the breakout star from the British reality show, took down 'Last Night' after a producer request

A lesbian singer-songwriter’s hit original song Last Night, which she performed for her audition on The X Factor, was removed from iTunes yesterday (28 August).

British 20-year-old singer Lucy Spraggan, whose audition has been watched by nearly three million people, said she was happy to withdraw the song after a sudden ‘rule change’.

'Last Night' had reached the top 2 spot on the online chart, just one behind last year's winner Little Mix.

August 24, 2012
Barbra Streisand to release new songs from the vault

Gay icon Barbra Streisand surprises fans by announcing the release of previously unheard music

Barbra Streisand is set to release an album of previously unreleased material from her personal vault next month.

The 11-track album, titled Release Me, will be available on vinyl from 25 September and on CD on 9 October and will feature tracks from right across the 70-year-old’s career from 1963 to the present day.

In a press release, a spokesperson said: 'Many of the sessions for these albums yielded extra recordings, which weren’t included on the albums they were intended for.'

August 21, 2012
Cher tweets she 'got a colonic' for Madonna's birthday

Believe singer fuels speculation of a spat between her and Material Girl after tweeting joke about gay icon's 54th birthday

Gay icon Cher fuelled rumors of a spat between her and Madonna after joking on Twitter that she 'got a colonic' for the Material Girl's birthday.

But not everyone saw the funny side of the Believe singer's gag today (21 August), with followers accusing her of hating Madge, who celebrated turning 54 last week.

Cher was forced to explain herself, tweeting: 'Ok i know you guys r going 2 go all "oh yeah Cher hates Madge" Thats NOT TRUE! just couldn't let Joke go by! It was Funny 2 ME. Don't B babies X'

August 17, 2012
Christina Aguilera goes from Xtina to X-treme

Pop diva Christina Aguilera shows off a new look for forthcoming album

Burlesque star Christina Aguilera has tweeted a teaser pic from the photoshoot of her forthcoming album.

The photo suggests that a real change of direction is on the cards for the blonde bombshell after her lowest performing album to date, Bionic, was released in 2010.

Aguilera has remained tight-lipped about the project, despite her high-profile appearances on US talent show The Voice.

August 15, 2012
Lady Gaga accused of turning kids gay – again

Anti-gay pundit Linda Harvey has called the song Born This Way 'demonic' and her foundation 'total lies'

Pop icon Lady Gaga is being accused of turning kids gay again after a US pundit ranted on her radio show.

Right Wing Watch reports Mission America’s Linda Harvey said the entertainer’s Born This Way Foundation is leading children to a ‘self-destructive path’ by ‘embracing homosexuality’ as part of its anti-bullying efforts.

August 12, 2012
Gay talent George Michael, Jessie J and Pet Shop Boys help close Olympics

London closes 2012 Summer Olympic games with a celebration of British music talent including top gay and bisexual names

Gay pop stars George Michael, Jessie J and Neil Tennant were part of the line-up of British singing talent given the honor of closing the London 2012 Olympics today (12 August).

Tennant, half of 80s pop group Pet Shop Boys with Chris Lowe, performed their classic West End Girls as part of a medley of music celebrating London. The scene was set a backdrop of the UK capital’s famous landmarks, covered in newsprint with celebrated quotes from British literature.

August 10, 2012
Gay pop star Mika unveils video for comeback single Celebrate

Newly out and proud singer suffers from a serious case of writer's block in video for first track from new album The Origin of Love

Gay pop singer Mika, who finally came out last week, has unveiled the music video for his comeback single Celebrate.

The song, which is a collaboration with hip-hop star Pharrell, is taken from his new album The Origin of Love.

In the video released today (10 August), Mika is seen suffering from a serious case of writers block.

After throwing a small forest's worth of musical scribblings on to the floor around him, he heads off into the night looking for inspiration at various parties and nightclubs.

August 9, 2012
Lady Gaga leaks photos of new Vogue cover

Wearing a dress by Marc Jacobs and hair honoring Ru Paul, Lady Gaga tweets: 'totally channeling fozzibear'.

Lady Gaga tweeted today a preview of her new Vogue cover.

Hailed as the most important issue of the year, so important a documentary about it was made in 2010, the September 2012 issue of Vogue features Mother Monster wearing a magenta Marc Jacobs gown and hair looking like legendary drag queen Ru Paul.