lazycrockett said:

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ThruTheEyesOfWonder said:

lazycrockett said:

Still hands down Cole Porter wins.

Cole Porter was a bisexual too, wasn't he?

Porter was never asked.

Mr Mercury for the 1/2 regardless

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Freddie has been disqualified. sorry.

lazycrockett said:

Also refresh my memory didn't Freddie consider himself Bi, thus removing him from this list?

Yes, Freddie said that he liked attractive people.
In his youth he more than seven years lived with Mary in a civil marriage, she was his best friend until the end of his life.

I would say that Freddie, George and Elton - the greatest artists in this category, and among the greatest of all time

Thats great, the response, but as great as Freddie was, he was in the closet up to his death, so does he count and Michael Stipe only came out in the late 90s after REM's heyday.

Still good to get Cole Porter and Noel Coward, now they had talent.

lazycrockett said:

N if this guy makes it. We have it.

Oh god yes!

I don't have one that is of all time, but some favourites are

George Michael

Boy George

Freddie Mercury

I don't really know if Madonna, Janet and Gaga are bi or not or if it's just for publicity, but if so, then yeah I count them too.

lazycrockett said:

Oh lordy me how could I forget Jimmy Sommervile.

bad gay bad.

I consider this to be one of the most impotant songs of gay culture.

Something I love about Bronski Beat is how open they were, George Michael, Elton, Michael Stipe and Freddie were all closeted in their peaks when they could have sent a really great message.

Don't know if he's the best, but...

Don't know why I forgot to mention Boy George.

But:

Michael Stipe - bisexual

Antony Hegarty - transgender (last I checked)

doesnt gay mean happy

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Michael Stipe of R.E.M[even though disqualified]

Doug Pinnick of Kings X

Rob Halford of Judas Priest

George Michael

Sylvester

Elton John

Freddie Mercury, George Michael, Boy George, k.d. Lang, Elton John

Gunsnhalen said:

Michael Stipe of R.E.M[even though disqualified]

Doug Pinnick of Kings X

Rob Halford of Judas Priest

George Michael

Sylvester

Elton John

Yay! Sylvester! YOU know it!

sfinky1 said:

Freddie Mercury One of the greatest vocalist/performer/songwriter/musicians ever Very few come anywhere near his level of greatness

I agree with this totally , I love freddie , A rare talent !

Marvin??

whodknee said:

Marvin??

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Michael Jackson

Timmy84 said:

Don't know why I forgot to mention Boy George.

But:

Michael Stipe - bisexual

Antony Hegarty - transgender (last I checked)

My vote's for Antony. If only because his voice & singing style is so unique and beautiful.

Another person I'd add to the contender's list is Alejandro Fernandez.

Elton John and Pet shop Boys

George Michael by far. His music takes me to another place. Only about a handful of other artists can do that. Still amazed that hid it for so long. Sure had us fooled with I Want Your Sex.

whodknee said:

Marvin??

Oh no you didn't!!

I did allow transgender and intersex people as well, so yes they count. Freddie I thought I have been too harsh, yes he did only explore his gay side from about 1980 onwards (I am not 100% sure) and he had Mary Austin, but he also became gayer and more proud as the 80s wore on. He had a partner Graham Hutton (An Irish Hairdresser) who loved him for the last 6 years of his life and at that stage, Mary was merely executor of the will (Hutton wrote a tell all book called "Mercury and Me"). By 1986 Freddy was at Garden Lodge (His home) and living with Graham and his own gay friends Joe Fannelli, Peter Freestone (A jovial gay giant he called Phoebe), and ever increasing number of pampered felines (The song Delilah is about his favourite Garden Lodge feline) and had gay parties and get togethers. He got AIDS that year and that was part of the reason the touring stopped. Freddie knew a lot of Queens fans were macho types and would not like a coming out announcemnet. But technically he died gay.

Same with Stype, apparently he went off girls. However the rest of REM are straight as far as I know, so they do not really count.

For the purists who would exclude Mercury, it seems George Michael is easily #1, with Mercury he is #1 and Michael #2.

Good to see people mentioning Indigo girls, Cole Porter and Turkish singer Zeki Muran (I had heard of him).

Michael Jackson

Tevin Campbell

Dan Hartman

Carolyn Franklin

Jermaine Stewart

Elton John

Mahalia Jackson

Albertina Walker

Shirley Ceasar

James Cleveland

Billy Preston

Taylor Dane

Queen Latifah

Will Smith

MC Lyte

Missy Elliott

Dr. Dre

Bow Wow

Luther Vandross

Ray Parker, Jr.

Keith Washington

Donny Hathaway

Freddie Jackson

Nona Hendryx

Sylvester

Buddy Miles

Whether they admit it, or try experiments with the opposite sex to throw off suspicion, homosexual or lesbian it what it is. WTH is bi-sexual anyway? A sex act does not necessarily determine one's sexuality.

Adorecream said:

I am curious, I can not remember a time anyone has dealt with this top, all of that talent out there. Of course there are some rules.

1. The person must either be a singer, songwriter, artist, musician and band member, no groupies or publishers only. Groups with more than half of their members LGBT are fine.

2. They must have had at least some minor hits (Like at least one chart entry), not just as a drag talent at some clubs only, must be a proper artist.

3. Anywhere in the world is fine (If some one suggests an Egyptian drag queen, it would be pretty cool)

4. They can be gay, lesbian, transgender, transvestite, but I prefer not bisexuals or people who have switched sides like David Bowie (He's great but hes not really a 'gay artist' after the Ziggy period). Same for those who tried it for a while as a fashion accesory like Madonna

5. They have to self identified themselves as LGBT, so we can use ones who were speculated on like Prince or Michael Jackson.

6. Please no hate or Christian right wingers or anyone else being facetious.

7. This is for gay artists only, not gay appeal artists like Lady Gaga (She would be nowhere near the top anyway, her music is childish and frothy pop).

8. They can be dead as well, so Sylvester and others are fine.

9. I will allow the Village people as at least 4 of the 6 were openly gay.

Explain who you think it is and why they are the one.

Some of mine

Boy George

Rufus Wainwright

Sylvester

Village People (See above)

Scissor sisters

KD Lang

Topp Twins (NZ based Lesbian yodelling sisters and country music singers)

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I don't think there's just one, but I do have my favorites...

Johnny Mathis

Billy Preston

Luther

George Michael & Freddie Mercury hands down!

don't forget about Bob Mould - tho being closeted so long loses him some points