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We hope you're having a great Pride Month! Legendary musicians who have inspired, advocated, and conquered. We not only salute these musicians during Pride Month, but every day. Without further ado, here are our honorees. Oh, and her song "Born This Way" is one of the greatest Pride anthems ever made.

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Sylvester James was in some ways an unlikely star: an androgynous, cross-dressing, openly gay, African American, falsetto-singing, unapologetically flaming man-diva influenced primarily by church women, black blues singers, drag queens, hippies, and homosexuals. In the s and 80s, Sylvester rode his marginality right into the mainstream--a star not despite the boundaries of race, gender, and sexuality he crossed but because of them--becoming an international disco sensation and an enduring icon of queer self-determination.

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They used their platforms to speak out against discrimination and fight for equal rights for all. Now, let's turn our attention back to musicians like Jobriath, who are or were openly gay in the music industry. They serve as a reminder that it is possible to thrive as a musician while being true to oneself.

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Michael Stipe. Village People. Village People - Go West Why they inspire us: While not every member of the Village People identifies themselves as homosexual, the group was a strong advocate for gay rights and identified as a gay group. Adam Lambert. Boy George Culture Club.