These essential reads about queer music show how queer people have always been at the forefront of progressiveness and music.

The author’s latest book, Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000, is a personal and cultural history that carves a new path through the canon of queer music, from Motown to Nirvana.

Rolling Stone writer Barry Walters, author of the music history "Mighty Real," says the latest ballad by British singer Sam Smith is a step forward from LGBTQ love songs being marginalized.

Listen to the official companion playlist for MIGHTY REAL with 100 songs hand-selected by the author, Barry Walters.

We talk to music critic Barry Walters about his new book, "Mighty Real," and hear from you: What’s a song that helped define queer culture for you?

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Music critic Barry Walters joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and Christian Barter to discuss his new book, Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music 1969-2000. Walters talks about how he chose the artists…

From Little Richard and Lesley Gore to Chappell Roan and Laura Jane Grace, queer people have made major contributions to American popular music.

A new book by veteran journalist Barry Walters covers LGBTQ and LGBTQ-adjacent musicians spanning the decades.

A new book by veteran journalist Barry Walters covers LGBTQ and LGBTQ-adjacent musicians spanning the decades.

Via press release from Penguin Random House: From the underground dancefloors of the Seventies to the global charts of the Nineties, LGBTQ artists and audiences shaped music’s sound, style, and spirit...

A comprehensive journey through the annals of LGBTQ+ music from the past four decades.