00:00 Who's somebody you can think of from a young age you were like, oh wait, am I? I'm queer.
00:04 Am I gay? I mean from a young age, Lady Gaga.
00:06 Lady Gaga.
00:07 For me it was Lady Gaga.
00:09 Oh, Gaga.
00:09 It's Tetris with Billboard News. We're here at the GLAAD Awards finding out which
00:17 artists represent the community the best and what are some of your favorite queer artists'
00:21 queer awakenings. What's an artist that you can think back to your childhood that made you say,
00:25 you know what, I might be queer?
00:26 Oh.
00:27 Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus.
00:28 I'm sorry that you're dating.
00:33 Currently G-Flip.
00:34 You used to call me baby, come over. Now I'm the worst person alive.
00:40 Love them so very much.
00:42 When you think of other queer music icons, who comes to your mind?
00:45 Oh, Kim Petras.
00:46 I've been trying to give it to you all night.
00:49 I really love her.
00:51 Her music is like perfection.
00:52 Yes.
00:53 So definitely she's top for me.
00:54 The only people that I really saw were probably Janet Jackson.
00:58 Miss Jackson, if you're nasty.
00:59 Nasty.
01:00 I'm nasty.
01:01 The Michael Jacksons and the Beyonces and the Tina Turners and the Anita Bakers.
01:06 I could go on for days. The Rolodex is going on in my head as he asks this question.
01:11 Madonna.
01:12 Absolutely, hands down, no question.
01:18 Me dancing to in my bedroom and my living room to Madonna on VHS, the Immaculate Collection VHS
01:25 with all of her music videos and me just doing everything that she did and being like,
01:30 "Huh, this feels too good."
01:32 The way that I danced to Britney Spears' music was very suggestive of my queerness.
01:36 Now I feel like the person that I am so inspired by is Chapel Rhone.
01:43 It's so queer, it's so exciting, and it feels like she's the next hit girl.
01:52 One band that we toured with a lot was Pansy Division.
01:55 Pioneers when it came to just straight queer punk rock. It was amazing.
02:01 I think for me it was like, Robin.
02:03 Her song "Handle Me" just did something to me.
02:08 Two people, Janelle Monae, who was a trendsetter in my mind because when she came out,
02:12 I was like, "What?" And Prince.
02:18 I dare anybody to say that you are more of an "man" than Prince.
02:25 Prince in six-inch heels would do a split, get back up, play the piano, the drums,
02:31 steal your girlfriend, get on his private jet, make a record,
02:35 go on tour, and beat your ass in basketball.
02:37 Absolutely.
02:38 Make you pancakes. Yeah, I dare you to beat that.
02:41 I was watching "Quit Playing Games" with my heart by the Backstreet Boys.
02:45 Quit playing games with my heart. With my heart.
02:50 You know, when they're wearing the white shirts and then it starts to rain,
02:52 that was my gay awakening.
02:53 It was always actors. It was like Chad Michael Murray is shirtless in this basketball scene.
02:57 That was a sexual awakening for me.
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