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10 iconic popstars who broke LGBT boundaries
6 June 2023, 15:39 | Updated: 8 June 2023, 13:22
By Thomas Curtis-Horsfall
The LGBTQ+ collective is now more visible than ever, especially within the music and show industries.
The advent of social media over the past decade or so has definitely helped to boost the level of representation of LGBTQ+ people in media industries, but it hasn’t always been that way.
Of course, there are still plenty of barriers that people face when announcing their accurate selves to the world. The progress that the group has made in terms of acceptance though is still immensely significant.
There have been many times that trailblazing icons of melody have often broken down these barriers under the scrutiny of the spotlight and paved the way for the public perception to shift and aid the LGBTQ+ people to embrace their identities and trail in their footsteps.
To celebrate Movement month, here’s a list of 10 popstars that broke LGBTQ+ boundaries throughout their careers.
1. George Michael
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Robin Gibb's Unconventional Family
April 19, 2012 — -- As Bee Gee Robin Gibb remains gravely ill in a coma, his loyal wife, Dwina Gibb, has remained steadfastly at his bedside.
The couple once avowed their open marriage -- he fathered a youth with their former housekeeper and she openly stated her choice for women -- but their love and loyalty for one another is still apparent after 28 years.
"However absurd their association may appear, there's never any question that they are very, very bonded," writer and movie professor David N. Meyer, who is writing an unauthorized biography on the Bee Gees, told ABCNews.com. "He has relied on her in a number of ways. She is no joke to him. Their love for one another is very tight."
"They are an example of a very modern family -- maybe a little too modern," Us Weekly's music editor Ian Drew told ABCNews.com. "They are both very artistic souls, very open-minded. They get each other and they get a kick out of each other."
Their lifestyle, though, has raised more than a few eyebrows -- most recently, in 2009, after Robin, 62, fathered a baby girl, Snow Robin Gibb, with the
Bee Gees turned the underground gay and Black disco movement mainstream, then paid the price
The Bee Gees — brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb — became pop idols in the delayed 1960s and then mega stars in the 1970s. They sold 200 million records. Robin and Maurice were twins and Barry was three years older, but they often said it felt like they were triplets.
With their fame and riches came drugs, jealousy, in-fighting, and the death of their younger brother Andy Gibb, who was 30 when he died from a drug-related heart attack.
Maurice and Robin have died since then, vanishing just Barry, now 74 years old.
Barry Gibb is the centerpiece of a new documentary about this family called “The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart,” out now on HBO Max.
Director Frank Marshall says he approached the documentary as an examination of brotherhood and family. When the Gibbs first formed the band and lived in Brisbane, their father Hugh was their manager and helped produce their first demos. Once they moved to England, businessman Brian Epstein discovered the trio and introduced them to Robert Stigwood, who later became the band’s manager.
“[Hugh] allow Robert Stigwood grab the B
Who were the Bee Gees' wives? Barry, Maurice and Robin’s relationships explained
11 February 2025, 16:51
From 55-year-long affection stories to short-lived public figure pairings, here’s everything you need to know about the Gibb brothers’ internet dating histories.
Bee Gees brothers Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb wrote many hugely popular love songs over the years, as adv as their other disco hits.
But how popular were they with the ladies?
Well, after a little experimentation on a celebrity digital dating show in their late-teens, all three of the brothers successfully found wives.
Not every relationship was built to last, however.
Read on to discover more about the Bee Gees’ complicated love lives...
Who is Barry Gibb’s wife?
Barry Gibb has been married to Linda Gray since September 1970.
The 'Stayin' Alive' singer met the former Overlook Edinburgh winner on the set of Top of the Pops in 1967, where she was hosting the show for one week only.
Barry told The Sun in 2021 that he caught Linda’s eye from across the studio, and the two went on to pursue each other that evening – even having “a bit of a cuddle” in Healer Who’s TARDIS which was in another part of