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musician services and educational resources
LGBTQ+ Musicians
Pop/Rock/Rap/Country
Jazz & Blues
Miley Cyrus
Lil Nas X
JoJo Siwa
Elton John
George Michael
Melissa Ethridge
Tegan & Sara
Hayley Kiyoko
Keiynan Lonsdale
Linda Perry
Shea Diamond
Freddie Mercury
Halsey
Big Freedia
Janelle Monae
Ashnikko
Doja Cat
Rob Halford
Melanie Martinez
Troye Sivan
Shane McAnally
Sam Smith
Jason Mraz
Orville Peck
Frank Ocean
Adam Lambert
Lady Gaga
David Bowie
Kim Petris
Pabllo Vittar
Sinead O'Connor
Demi Lovato
Fergie
Donna Missal
Ricky Martin
Queen Latifa
Brandi Carlile
Mykki Blanco
Sophie B. Hawkins
Resources for helping LGBTQ+ students
The Trevor Project (suicide prevention focused on LGBTQ youth)
1.866.4.U.TREVOR (488.7386)
LGBT National Youth Talk Line
1.800.246.7743
Trans Lifeline
(staffed by transgender people for transgender people in crisis)
1.877.565.8860
Ma Rainey
Lea DeLaria
Kristy Norter
Sherrie Maricle
Fred Hersch
Stephane Grappelli
Billy Strayhorn
Bessie Smith
Shawn Goodman-Royer
Gary Burton
Cecil Taylor
Dave Koz
Johnny Mathis
Ethel Waters
LGBTQ+ Composers
Classical, Modern, & Wind Band
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Jean Baptiste de Lully
George F. Handel
Camille Saint-Saens
Ethel Smyth
Francis Poulenc
Aaron Copland
Samuel Barber
Benjamin Britten
Lou Harrison
Leonard Bernstein
Pauline Oliveros
Wendy Carlos
Jennifer Higdon
Michael Tilson Thomas
Alex Temple
Frederic Chopin
John Cage
Franz Schubert
Nico Muhly
Arcangelo Corelli
Frederick the Great
Gian Carlo Menotti
Steven Reineke
Julie Giroux
Chrysanthe Tan
Conrad Cummings
Eve Beglarian
Mohammed Fairouz
Andrew Norman
Have names or resources to add to our lists? Please email them to shawn@shawngoodmanjazz.com.
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