Editing Glam rock (section)

==Relationship to the LGBT community==

The glam rock scene that emerged in early 1970s London included numerous openly bisexual musicians, including Queen's Freddie Mercury, Elton John, and David Bowie.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.berklee.edu/berklee-now/news/queer-artists-who-shaped-music-history |title=Queer artists who shaped music history |last=Parys |first=Bryan |date=12 June 2023 |website=Berklee |access-date=11 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230617140242/https://www.berklee.edu/berklee-now/news/queer-artists-who-shaped-music-history |archive-date=June 17, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://thedailyaztec.com/105614/artsandculture/a-timeline-of-lgbtq-influence-in-music/ |title=A timeline of LGBTQ+ influence in music |last1=Hardison |first1=Ryan |last2=Sullivan |first2=Jacob |date=27 April 2021 |website=Daily Aztec |access-date=11 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428230150/https://thedailyaztec.com/105614/artsandculture/a-timeline-of-lgbtq-influence-in-music/ |archive-date=28 April 2021}}</ref> [[Medium (website)|Medium]]'s Claudia Perry felt that "Glam rock was a queer paradise of sorts. Watching [[Mick Ronson]] and Bowie frolic onstage gave hope to every queer kid in the world. John's flamboyancy was also of great comfort. Marc Bolan of T. Rex is still the subject of speculation (a friend who worked at Creem remembers him coming on to just about everyone when he came through Detroit, but this clearly isn't definitive)." Glam rock also helped to normalise androgynous fashion.<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 October 2014|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/04/fashion/mens-style/growing-up-gay-glam-rock-queen-bowie-freddie-mercury.html|access-date=15 October 2023 |title=Growing up Gay to a Glam Rock Soundtrack |work=The New York Times |last1=Farber |first1=Jim }}</ref> Jobriath, the rock scene's first openly gay star, was also part of the glam rock scene.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/the-tragedy-of-jobriath-the-worlds-first-openly-gay-rock-star/ |title=The tragedy of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star |last=Megarry |first=Daniel |website=Gay Times |date=2 May 2018 |access-date=11 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203071402/https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/the-tragedy-of-jobriath-the-worlds-first-openly-gay-rock-star/ |archive-date=December 3, 2020}}</ref>

Glam rock hits "[[Walk on the Wild Side (Lou Reed song)|Walk on the Wild Side]]" by Lou Reed and "[[Rebel Rebel]]" by David Bowie also brought attention to non-heteronormative situations in the world of rock.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Einav |first=Dan |date=May 20, 2019 |title=Lola — The Kinks' 1970 hit was controversial for its risqué lyrics, and its reference to a soft drink |url=https://ig.ft.com/life-of-a-song/lola.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190919030055/https://ig.ft.com/life-of-a-song/lola.html |archive-date=September 19, 2019 |website=[[Financial Times]]}}</ref> When discussing "Rebel Rebel", Tim Bowers of ''[[The New York Times]]'' recalls that "glam's vocals had a fruity theatricality, supporting lyrics that presented as a boast: 'Your mother can't tell if you're a boy or a girl.' Glam was butch and femme at once: bisexuality in sound."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/04/fashion/mens-style/growing-up-gay-glam-rock-queen-bowie-freddie-mercury.html |title=Growing up gay to a glam rock soundtrack |last=Farber |first=Jim |date=3 November 2016 |website=The New York Times |access-date=11 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107015723/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/04/fashion/mens-style/growing-up-gay-glam-rock-queen-bowie-freddie-mercury.html |archive-date=November 7, 2016}}</ref>

''The Rocky Horror Show'', soundtracked by primarily glam rock, was a keystone of LGBTQ media in the 1970s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://storymaps.com/stories/159acb4ce570425d9d070b5d0f55a5ff.html |title=The Rocky Horror Picture Show's Impact on Queer Communities |last=Roach |first=Jackie |date=25 April 2023 |website=Storymaps|access-date=31 October 2024}}</ref> A song from the show, "[[Sweet Transvestite]]", was noted as "the first big, glam rock aria of the musical" and that glam rock "was a [[queering]] (or [[Camp (style)|camping]]) of the genre of rock music" in the book ''Trans Representations in Contemporary, Popular Cinema''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Richardson |first1=Niall |last2=Smith |first2=Frances |title=Trans Representations in Contemporary, Popular Cinema: The Transgender Tipping Point |date=23 August 2022 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-000-61877-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dcx0EAAAQBAJ |access-date=31 October 2024}}</ref> The musical ''[[Hedwig and the Angry Inch (musical)|Hedwig and the Angry Inch]]'' (1998) also used glam rock to tell the story of a [[gender-affirming surgery]] gone awry. In discussing why glam rock was used for Hedwig, the article goes on to say "by showcasing a more fluid approach to gender expression, glam rock artists like David Bowie, Marc Bolan, and Freddie Mercury became icons for the LGBTQ+ community. They helped pave the way for greater acceptance and understanding."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Guzzanti |first1=Flor |title=Hedwig And The Angry Inch: Celebrating 22 Years Of Glam Rock And Gender Identity |url=https://www.rockandart.org/hedwig-and-the-angry-inch-gender-identity/ |website=rockandart.org |access-date=31 October 2024 |date=28 June 2023}}</ref>