This section of the resource features queer artists you can support including writers, singers, and painters. The focus of this section will be on supporting small queer artists over mainstream queer artists. This section may also include works about queer people, such as books that talk about queer history.
Music
Addison Grace:
Listen on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3C0hVyB
Autoheart:
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Lm1CMoa8VOCBCLZesAcvc?si=E3Cxyt9eReG4FuZYjRRWWQ
Beetlebug:
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1VT3v8pPYq1Y8yeVxRKAyM?si=Xd3oqBkDT7uVTRTEA2OAAQ
dacelynn:
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4HcCn0kCOvr5D6BItsWVFh?si=P3XP-DbZTbmurjUGelReNA
Denseboy:
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2mRPfjLyd0ozLQ9jiCqIiV?si=EwRHHbplRxWBAFXTimE4mg
Emma Viivaca:
Listen on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3C1Tcd8
Indigo De Souza:
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3ir2pF2mkiEWqyPenKTh5e?si=W48RfSfBRvyCY1bN7nZGwA
kmoe:
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/48wt14F9gzlkNDRdXyJTQz?si=xxjwLgEyR8WCjd10L40Ggg
La Bruja De Texcoco:
Listen on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3fyVQjg
Left At London:
Listen on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3dSL9rm
Leith Ross:
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4nxKz1dRYXnsGzN1lUURtG?si=GLhkDxD1SBG8GR4z7-DhbA
lovemikaelaliz:
Listen on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3rnPExe
The Magnetic Fields:
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6RWjTQqILL7a1tQ0VapyLK?si=60VtMJz8S6S3JUJaqX-4UA
Men I Trust:
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3zmfs9cQwzJl575W1ZYXeT?si=Xu9Aow2XRpyFbghEQruttw
Rio Romeo:
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/22y08IZx7u6SWpsfap1Cub?si=mNr-DWgvSaWLelrM2o0uKg
SuperKnova:
Listen Here: https://vibe.to/superknova
Violet Stanza:
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6tMwjcoulkuM8TLbgOvEuj?si=gG3G82T3T0WLnLGDvmtkeA
Weyes Blood:
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3Uqu1mEdkUJxPe7s31n1M9?si=rO5m-wkJQemXUca8Y-7_GQ
Will Wood:
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1VQ8riQ31zVHtlxiCC9EZE?si=7NWd-YNQQpqJ3CofAw6OXw
Podcasts
Cruising
Cruising is a podcast about the last lesbian bars left in the United States. It features interviews with the staff, owners, and community members to paint a picture of these bars and the communities which surround them. Their website includes links to the podcasts, a map of the lesbian bars in the United States, transcripts of the episodes, and more.
Cruising Podcast Website: https://www.cruisingpod.com/
Art
Abnormal Chaos
Chaos is an artist who does storyboards, animations and character designs. A large majority of her work is posted to Tik Tok, but she also has a YouTube account and a Twitch account where she creates videos.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AbnormalChaos
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/abnormalchaos
Theater
How to Come Out (But Not, Like, In a Gay Way Or Anything) – Gabriel Fallen
Read the Full Script: HTCO Fifth Draft
Watch the Performance: https://www.youtube.com/live/m66jnnF65_8?feature=share
Literature
The Mayor of Castro Street – Randy Shilts
Quick Summary: The Mayor of Castro Street is the story of Harvey Milk – a gay politician in the 1970s who was the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California. Randy Shilts, who was a prominent openly gay journalist and author, tells the story of Milk’s private life, public career, and his assassination in 1978.
Key Billman: Writing Portfolio
Description: Key Billman is a queer writer with a penchant for all that is gothic, visceral, beyond comprehension, and all that is human. Their flash fiction piece “I Was Never There” was published as part of the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards in its senior year of highschool.
Writing Portfolio: https://wholesaledestructi.wixsite.com/the-keyring
She Gets the Girl – Rachel Lippincott and Alyson Derrick
Quick Summary: She Gets The Girl is a dual-pov rom com about Alex Blackwood and Molly Parker; two girls who meet at college and begin working together to try to win over the girls they’re interested in. As they embark on their plan, however, they both begin to wonder if perhaps they’re the ones falling for each other.
Alok Menon (They/Them)
Alok is an internationally acclaimed author, poet, comedian, and public speaker. Their work explores themes of trauma, belonging, and the human condition. They are the author of Femme in Public (2017), Beyond The Gender Binary (2020), and Your Wound/My Garden (2021).
Artist Website: https://www.alokvmenon.com/about
Queer Artists and Content Creators
Humble Tortoise
Description: Parker is a queer artist and musician.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7fuw6EBMERhWxEpNVzr7vF
Kaz Rowe
Description: Kaz Rowe is a queer content creator who creates YouTube videos on topics in history, including queer history.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/c/KazRowe
Lochlan O’ Neil
Description: Lochlan O’ Neil is a queer model, actress, and costume designer.
Website: https://lochlanoneil.com/
Maybe Burke
Description: Maybe Burke is an artist, educator, published author, and public speaker.
Website: https://www.maybeburke.com/
Comedians
Rob Anderson
Rob Anderson is a gay comedian and content creator best known for his short form sketches, parodies, and comedic series.
Artist Website: https://heartthrobanderson.com/
Sunny Laprade
Sunny Laprade is a trans comedian who creates content on TikTok. Her debut stand up comedy show Queer Enough (2022) is available to watch on her YouTube account.
Queer Enough: https://youtu.be/mR_hm2GPOC0