Gender Fluidity in Rock and Roll

Throughout history there has been a strict rule of thumb, men are men and women are women. But in the early 1970s, Rock and Roll musicians broke that rule when they dipped their toes into the glittery waters of glam androgyny. Traditionally, Rock has always been on the cutting edge of cool and has characteristically been a patriarchal dominant genre. That tradition changed with Glam Rock. It ushered in a new generation of people breaking social and sexual norms by embracing femininity.

Glam Rock was a post-hippie phenomenon and antidote to all the earnest seriousness of the 1960s. Also known as "glitter rock," the gender-bending musical movement began in England in the early 1970s. It celebrated the spectacle of the "rock star" and performance. Originally, male musicians took the stage in women’s makeup and clothing, adopting gender-bending alter egos, and performed glamorous and outrageous musical productions. This often brought the topics of homosexuality and bisexuality into the mainstream and paved the way for change. Yes, Glam Rock was originally male dominated, but through musical evolution musicians, including women, said "fuck you" to gender roles and to the definition to what exactly sexuality is. Today we celebrate those artists that broke barriers and opened society’s blinders to what gender and sexuality are. There is no normal today. Today we are fluid and we should celebrate everyone. Here’s a list of Rock and Rollers that said "fuck you" to gender norms.