Queer As Punk: 11 Queer Icons Of Punk Rock

Queer As Punk: 11 Queer Icons Of Punk Rock 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!