Queer As Punk: 11 Queer Icons Of Punk Rock

Queer As Punk: 11 Queer Icons Of Punk Rock
CHICAGO, IL - OCTOBER 16: Laura Jane Grace of Against Me! performs on stage at Aragon Ballroom on October 16, 2014 in Chicago, United States. (Photo by Daniel Boczarski/Redferns via Getty Images)
CHICAGO, IL - OCTOBER 16: Laura Jane Grace of Against Me! performs on stage at Aragon Ballroom on October 16, 2014 in Chicago, United States. (Photo by Daniel Boczarski/Redferns via Getty Images)

The Grammys are February 8, and while LGBT artists have always been well-represented in music, there are some genres that don’t get their due. Take punk rock—born out of 1970s teen angst, it combined music with politics, anger and music in a way the world had never seen before. And, naturally, us gays were there.

Below, we celebrate 11 queers (and queer-adjacents) who helped mold the punk-rock genre.

Let’s get to it; oi oi oi!

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