![]() I cannot confirm any prominent lesbian jazz musicians, but they certainly exist. I am absolutely aware of musicians who are gay, but cannot find any verification of this online (beyond a comment or three in forums “X is gay!”) and I am not about to irresponsibly out someone for whom I have no idea if they are publically out or not. Even in the 21st century, not everyone is out and not everyone who is out with their friends and family is necessarily out to the public. ![]() The simple law of averages would confirm this. But of course this doesn’t mean that said folks didn’t exist in 1938. ![]() Partly in honor of Gay Pride Week in NYC (officially running from Saturday June 21st until Sunday June 29th) and partly as an excuse to talk about some very interesting jazz musicians, I want to bring our attention to both the issue of homosexuality-and bisexuality-in Jazz and to honor some great musicians who happen to be gay.Īs you might expect, we can find more out gay jazz musicians in the 21st century than we can from 1938. It is similar for homosexual Jazz musicians. I’ve already gone into the issue of women in jazz and clearly the past has some significant women in jazz and the present has many. Jazz has historically been dominated by men and at times has been a rather macho affair.
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