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In the late 1900s, popular music began to rise across the United States. Music before this time, like classical music, was associated with specific social classes. For instance, classical music was categorized as music for upper-class whites and it was restricted from the black community (Campbell, 2004). Popular music consists of genres including alternative, hip hop, and pop music, that are not ranked in a hierarchy of status, but could be enjoyed collectively. Contrasting from the previous art and traditional folk music, popular music encompasses a wide variety of genres that also appeals to the taste of large populations, regardless of class, race, and gender. In the 1970s, the United States was also transitioning to recording popular music with sound recording software on personal laptops that made it easy to both record and share popular music without the need to go to a fully equipped and expensive recording studio (Lashua, 2014).

As popular music was seen as music that was accessible to many people, the industry was seen as an opportunity to voice opinions on issues, particularly minority perspectives, in hopes to bring change to social culture. Society at the time was in a period of transitioning from conservative views and segregation in race to more flexible and liberal lives. Teenagers and young adults were especially part of this new movement that wanted to move away from the traditional middle-class office job and house-wife life and instead embrace gender equality, individuality, and experiment with sexuality, drugs, and religion (Hale, 2020). Therefore, music was one way in which these new views were voiced, popularized, and resonated with listeners.

In Atlanta alone, there were artists, particularly queer musicians and production teams, of the minority groups who created and used their platforms to make people more open-minded to liberal views. Queer artists of Atlanta voiced their opinions on queer life, whether it be explicity through their lyrics, music videos, and interviews, or implicity through their personalities and clothing. The artists strived to express their true personalities and be open about their sexuality in order to empower listeners who were struggling to come out about their sexuality to the public and to help those who are not queer to understand their perspective. Several music venues and concert halls showcased these queer artists and helped to further popularize the musicians and their queer influences. There was also a rise in television programs in Atlanta that showcased LGBTQ+ artists and their lives where people expressed queer views by mocking conservative ones.

Voicing the minority queer view was difficult to do especially in the late 1900s because although Georgia became more accepting, much of the public discriminated against queer people and the artists who advocated for their rights (Philips, 2018). Even within the music industry did queer artists experience rejection. For instance, Southern hip-hop is known to be developed by urban African Americans from the South, through which people rap about the hardships of being black and poor in cities of crime and drugs. Although they bring awareness to the minority black city life as queers bring awareness to sexuality, hip-hop is stereotyped as masculine music and has a history of being anti-gay (Philips, 2018). Therefore, there is also a rise in queer artists who try to transform the industry and listeners into a genre that transcends sexuality.

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Contrasting from the previous art and traditional folk music, popular music encompasses a wide variety of genres that also appeals to the taste of large populations, regardless of class, race, and gender. In the 1970s, the United States was also transitioning to recording popular music with sound recording software on personal laptops that made it easy to both record and share popular music without the need to go to a fully equipped and expensive recording studio (Lashua, 2014). As popular music was seen as music that was accessible to many people, the industry was seen as an opportunity to voice opinions on issues, particularly minority perspectives, in hopes to bring change to social culture. Society at the time was in a period of transitioning from conservative views and segregation in race to more flexible and liberal lives. Teenagers and young adults were especially part of this new movement that wanted to move away from the traditional middle-class office job and house-wife life and instead embrace gender equality, individuality, and experiment with sexuality, drugs, and religion (Hale, 2020). Therefore, music was one way in which these new views were voiced, popularized, and resonated with listeners. In Atlanta alone, there were artists, particularly queer musicians and production teams, of the minority groups who created and used their platforms to make people more open-minded to liberal views. Queer artists of Atlanta voiced their opinions on queer life, whether it be explicity through their lyrics, music videos, and interviews, or implicity through their personalities and clothing. The artists strived to express their true personalities and be open about their sexuality in order to empower listeners who were struggling to come out about their sexuality to the public and to help those who are not queer to understand their perspective. Several music venues and concert halls showcased these queer artists and helped to further popularize the musicians and their queer influences. There was also a rise in television programs in Atlanta that showcased LGBTQ+ artists and their lives where people expressed queer views by mocking conservative ones. Voicing the minority queer view was difficult to do especially in the late 1900s because although Georgia became more accepting, much of the public discriminated against queer people and the artists who advocated for their rights (Philips, 2018). Even within the music industry did queer artists experience rejection. 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The recording studio is significant because it helped to launch the career of Georgia-based rapper Montero Lamar Hill, also known as Lil Nas X. On one of CinCoYo’s “$20 Tuesdays” in December of 2018, Hill, an unemployed recent college dropout at the time, recorded the country-trap hit single, Old Time Road, in under an hour with a beat that he bought for thirty dollars (Music, 2019). Old Town Road was quickly popularized by trending on the social media app TikTok, where people posted videos of themselves dancing to the song. In 2019, the song took the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (CBS, 2019) and received over one billion plays on Spotify. At the peak of his career in 2019, Hill publicly came out as gay on the final day of Pride Month. This was significant because as a hip-hop and country artist, he did not fit the machismo stereotype. In response, gay platinum rapper iLoveMakonnen stated to the LA Times Magazine, “we are finally starting to see queer black men celebrated in the genre” (Music, 2019). Hill intentionally came out during the top of his fame with Old Country Road in order to encourage as many queer listeners to express their sexuality, as he states in his interview with BCC that, “I feel like I’m opening doors for more people…that they feel more comfortable, especially in the…hip hop community. It’s still not accepted” (Music, 2019). 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Of these artists was D. Smith, a two-time Grammy Award-winning producer and singer who is also a transgender woman (Media, 2016). Smith joined the cast of the “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” reality show in 2016 that showcased the lives of several people in Atlanta involved in Southern hip hop music (Media, 2016). This location is Tammy Rivera’s clothing workshop, where Smith was filmed a few times for the show because she helped to model Rivera’s clothing line. Throughout her time in Rivera’s workshop, Smith shares with Rivera her journey on transitioning into a woman, which began less than a year ago at the time, and addresses hate comments by hip hop artists, like Rivera’s own husband and rapper Waka Flocka Flame, against the transgender community (Bellino, 2016). Smith wanted to join the reality show because she thought it “was a great platform to educate people on the transgender community” (Bellino, 2016). She told the New York Post that, “I realized that the more trans people who are in the light will create awareness for trans people. We are all trying to live, and it’s great to have this platform” (Bellino, 2016). Through the show, Smith is an example of queer artists who strived to combat the stigma towards queer black hip-hop artists by using their platform.",33.8046892,-84.3938238,[239,240],"Tammy Rivera's workshop was a filming location for the reality show \"Love & Hop Hop: Atlanta\", starring transgender artist D. Smith.","In the dominantly machismo world of hip-hop, there were a few people who used their platform to fight the stereotype. Of these artists was D. Smith, a two-time Grammy Award-winning producer and singer who is also a transgender woman (Media, 2016). Smith joined the cast of the “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” reality show in 2016 that showcased the lives of several people in Atlanta involved in Southern hip hop music (Media, 2016). This location is Tammy Rivera’s clothing workshop, where Smith was filmed a few times for the show because she helped to model Rivera’s clothing line. Throughout her time in Rivera’s workshop, Smith shares with Rivera her journey on transitioning into a woman, which began less than a year ago at the time, and addresses hate comments by hip hop artists, like Rivera’s own husband and rapper Waka Flocka Flame, against the transgender community (Bellino, 2016). Smith wanted to join the reality show because she thought it “was a great platform to educate people on the transgender community” (Bellino, 2016). She told the New York Post that, “I realized that the more trans people who are in the light will create awareness for trans people. We are all trying to live, and it’s great to have this platform” (Bellino, 2016). Through the show, Smith is an example of queer artists who strived to combat the stigma towards queer black hip-hop artists by using their platform.",[131,18],{"_74":236,"_127":237,"_129":238},[],"D. Smith at Tammy Rivera's Workshop","D. Smith opens up to Tammy Rivera for the first time about being a recent transgender female on the show, \"Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta\". http://www.vh1.com/video-clips/o6kxaa/love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-d-smith-opens-up-to-tammy-rivera","https://api.opentour.site/atlanta-music-maps/v4/public/media/xuldg0d88s470k3j9d45j51we4sh?variant=desktop",{"_98":254,"_95":255,"_127":237,"_137":138,"_139":-5,"_140":-5,"_141":256,"_143":257,"_35":258,"_146":-5,"_147":148,"_149":256,"_150":151,"_152":153,"_74":236,"_155":-5},{"_98":241,"_95":135,"_127":242,"_137":167,"_139":243,"_140":244,"_141":245,"_143":246,"_35":247,"_146":173,"_147":148,"_149":245,"_150":174,"_152":175,"_74":248,"_155":244},229,"D.Smith tells her personal story, and why she's excited to use Love & Hip Hop as a platform to educate people on the diversity within the transgender community.\n\n#VH1 #LHH #LHHATL\n\nMore from Love & Hip Hop:\nOfficial Website: http://www.vh1.com/shows/love-and-hip-hop-atlanta\nLike Love & Hip Hop on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/loveandhiphop\nFollow Love & Hip Hop on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/loveandhiphop/\nFollow Love & Hip Hop on Twitter: https://twitter.com/loveandhiphop","//www.youtube.com/embed/yNdW9XSVSeE","yNdW9XSVSeE","yNdW9XSVSeE.jpg",{"_156":249,"_158":250,"_160":251,"_162":252,"_164":253},244,"D. 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L.A. Reid, previous record executive of Epic Records and LaFace Records, stated that, “the collective talent of Wondaland artists is awe-inspiring…I haven’t personally witnessed a collective that sounds and looks this special in quite a while” (Secrets, 2018). As Monae envisions for her company, the artists of Wondaland uses their voices, styles, and creativity to revolutionize the future of music, arts, and culture (Reed, 2015). One example of this vision being displayed in the record label is through Monae’s own concept album, Dirty Computer (2018). Themes of sex, sexuality, and personal liberation are emphasized in the futuristic emotion picture and songs of the album to show the world that “LGBTQ people, people of color, women, and too many other Americans are made to feel shame about the things that make them unique human beings” (Entertainment, 2019). Monae plays a “dirty computer” who undergoes deprogramming due to societal pressures that is designed to erase her past of nonconservative relationships with a woman, and sings songs about feminism, black pride, and liberation. Monae wishes that society will normalize black women who are not strictly heterosexual (Entertainment, 2019). One song from the album, “Crazy, Classic, Life”, expresses feelings of being unable to experience freedom under conservative “rulers” as she repeatedly states, “just let me live my life” (Reed, 2015). Monae wishes to share the hardships that minorities in race, gender, and sexuality experience from the perspective of the young, queer, black woman of a working-class family that she is (Secrets, 2018).",33.7074017,-84.5614251,[281,282],"CEO of Wondaland Records, Janelle Monae strives to revolutionize the arts and culture through creative voices and styles of the artists under the record label.","Wondaland Records is an Atlanta-based record label under the queer CEO Janelle Monae. L. A. Reid, previous record executive of Epic Records and LaFace Records, stated that, “the collective talent of Wondaland artists is awe-inspiring…I haven’t personally witnessed a collective that sounds and looks this special in quite a while” (Secrets, 2018). As Monae envisions for her company, the artists of Wondaland uses their voices, styles, and creativity to revolutionize the future of music, arts, and culture (Reed, 2015). One example of this vision being displayed in the record label is through Monae’s own concept album, Dirty Computer (2018). Themes of sex, sexuality, and personal liberation are emphasized in the futuristic emotion picture and songs of the album to show the world that “LGBTQ people, people of color, women, and too many other Americans are made to feel shame about the things that make them unique human beings” (Entertainment, 2019). Monae plays a “dirty computer” who undergoes deprogramming due to societal pressures that is designed to erase her past of nonconservative relationships with a woman, and sings songs about feminism, black pride, and liberation. Monae wishes that society will normalize black women who are not strictly heterosexual (Entertainment, 2019). One song from the album, “Crazy, Classic, Life”, expresses feelings of being unable to experience freedom under conservative “rulers” as she repeatedly states, “just let me live my life” (Reed, 2015). Monae wishes to share the hardships that minorities in race, gender, and sexuality experience from the perspective of the young, queer, black woman of a working-class family that she is (Secrets, 2018).",[131,264],{"_74":278,"_127":279,"_129":280},[],"Janelle Monáe - Crazy, Classic, Life [Official Music Video]","Janelle Monáe - Crazy, Classic, Life [Official Music Video]\n\nDirty Computer - an emotion picture* by Janelle Monáe Available Now:\nhttps://youtu.be/jdH2Sy-BlNE\n\n*EMOTION PICTURE (definition): a narrative film and accompanying musical album\n\nDirty Computer: The Album Available Now: https://janellemonae.lnk.to/dirtycomputer\n\nSubscribe for more official content from Janelle Monáe:\nhttps://JanelleMonae.lnk.to/JMsubscribe\n\nConnect with Janelle:\nhttp://jmonae.com\nhttp://instagram.com/janellemonae\nhttp://twitter.com/janellemonae\nhttp://facebook.com/janellemonae\n\nThe official YouTube channel of Janelle Monáe. Subscribe for the latest music videos, performances, and more.","https://api.opentour.site/atlanta-music-maps/v4/public/media/2ifg24n5ylphmvehi65crit207jv?variant=desktop",{"_98":294,"_95":24,"_127":279,"_137":167,"_139":295,"_140":296,"_141":297,"_143":298,"_35":299,"_146":173,"_147":148,"_149":297,"_150":174,"_152":175,"_74":278,"_155":296},{"_98":283,"_95":135,"_127":284,"_137":138,"_139":-5,"_140":-5,"_141":285,"_143":286,"_35":287,"_146":-5,"_147":148,"_149":285,"_150":151,"_152":153,"_74":288,"_155":-5},172,"Janelle Monáe (red dress) alongside her Wondaland Records artists. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/janelle-monaes-wondaland-records-and-epic-records-launch-landmark-joint-venture-partnership--300036772.html","16072200563.jpeg",{"_156":289,"_158":290,"_160":291,"_162":292,"_164":293},182,"Wondaland Records artists","https://api.opentour.site/atlanta-music-maps/v4/public/media/igipxjx52phjcx7658vvec1z4d03","https://api.opentour.site/atlanta-music-maps/v4/public/media/igipxjx52phjcx7658vvec1z4d03?variant=mobile","https://api.opentour.site/atlanta-music-maps/v4/public/media/igipxjx52phjcx7658vvec1z4d03?variant=tablet","https://api.opentour.site/atlanta-music-maps/v4/public/media/igipxjx52phjcx7658vvec1z4d03?variant=desktop","https://api.opentour.site/atlanta-music-maps/v4/public/media/igipxjx52phjcx7658vvec1z4d03?variant=lqip",171,"//www.youtube.com/embed/cx30_oXJDaY","cx30_oXJDaY","cx30_oXJDaY.jpg",{"_156":300,"_158":301,"_160":302,"_162":280,"_164":303},181,"https://api.opentour.site/atlanta-music-maps/v4/public/media/2ifg24n5ylphmvehi65crit207jv","https://api.opentour.site/atlanta-music-maps/v4/public/media/2ifg24n5ylphmvehi65crit207jv?variant=mobile","https://api.opentour.site/atlanta-music-maps/v4/public/media/2ifg24n5ylphmvehi65crit207jv?variant=tablet","https://api.opentour.site/atlanta-music-maps/v4/public/media/2ifg24n5ylphmvehi65crit207jv?variant=lqip",73,"the-dungeon","\"The Dungeon\"",{"_35":263,"_65":264,"_74":265},4,{"_35":378,"_65":379,"_74":380},"Lakewood Heights Atlanta, GA 30315","By the 1990s, the music scene was changing from alternative music to hip hop. With hip hop came the rise of Southern African American artists. The Dungeon Family, a collective of hip hop groups in Atlanta such as Goodie Mob and Outkast, was particularly popular during this time. The name refers to the dungeon because the group recorded in producer Rico Wade’s mother’s “unfinished basement with red clay dirt floors, creaky stairs, and lots of weed” (Aaron, 2000) in this neighborhood of Lakewood Heights. Although the exact house in which the songs were produced is not disclosed, the urban, poor, and ghetto neighborhood emulates the struggles that the artists expressed in their work. Although people were drawn to hip hop for its urban aesthetics like the baggy clothes, profanity, and rhythmic tunes, it also gained attention for the realistic and relatable societal issues that were addressed through the lyrics. Like alternative music, hip hop artists addressed the hardships and issues, particularly with living in ghettos, racism, poverty, and crime, experiences that many African Americans resonated with. For instance, through their song “Free”, Goodie Mob states that “it’s a constant struggle…every day” being a black man in the city, and that many people do not know that black people are suffering in the urban life (Atlanta, 2019). Artists highlighted that although Atlanta was known as the Black Mecca that drew in many African Americans for opportunities, racism and injustice still existed and African Americans struggled to deal with it on a daily basis. However, as people were in ghetto neighborhoods, many African American hip hop artists were anti-gay and often voiced their views in their lyrics. As the artists advocated for staying strong in the midst of drugs, crime, and poverty in the ghetto neighborhoods, hip-hop artists gave of a dominantly-masculine image that discriminated against those who did not fit their male standard. For instance, in Fly Away, Goodie Mob threatens those who advocate for gay rights through the lyrics, “pin the hollow point tip on this gay rights activists” (Goodie, 2008). Yet, these threats against the gay community were masked by other topics of racism, black culture, and poverty that were also sung, which attracted a growing audience. Therefore, as hip hop rose to fame, it naturally established a anti-gay stereotype on hip hop artists.",33.7048298,-84.3785372,[325,326,327,328],"LaFace Records, a record label based in Atlanta, Georgia, was best known for its major hip hop artists in the 1990s. ","By the 1990s, the music scene was changing from alternative music to hip hop. With hip hop came the rise of Southern African American artists. The Dungeon Family, a collective of hip hop groups in Atlanta such as Goodie Mob and Outkast, was particularly popular during this time. The name refers to the dungeon because the group recorded in producer Rico Wade’s mother’s “unfinished basement with red clay dirt floors, creaky stairs, and lots of weed” (Aaron, 2000) in this neighborhood of Lakewood Heights. Although the exact house in which the songs were produced is not disclosed, the urban, poor, and ghetto neighborhood emulates the struggles that the artists expressed in their work. Although people were drawn to hip hop for its urban aesthetics like the baggy clothes, profanity, and rhythmic tunes, it also gained attention for the realistic and relatable societal issues that were addressed through the lyrics. Like alternative music, hip hop artists addressed the hardships and issues, particularly with living in ghettos, racism, poverty, and crime, experiences that many African Americans resonated with. For instance, through their song “Free”, Goodie Mob states that “it’s a constant struggle…every day” being a black man in the city, and that many people do not know that black people are suffering in the urban life (Atlanta, 2019). Artists highlighted that although Atlanta was known as the Black Mecca that drew in many African Americans for opportunities, racism and injustice still existed and African Americans struggled to deal with it on a daily basis. However, as people were in ghetto neighborhoods, many African American hip hop artists were anti-gay and often voiced their views in their lyrics. As the artists advocated for staying strong in the midst of drugs, crime, and poverty in the ghetto neighborhoods, hip-hop artists gave of a dominantly-masculine image that discriminated against those who did not fit their male standard. For instance, in Fly Away, Goodie Mob threatens those who advocate for gay rights through the lyrics, “pin the hollow point tip on this gay rights activists” (Goodie, 2008). Yet, these threats against the gay community were masked by other topics of racism, black culture, and poverty that were also sung, which attracted a growing audience. Therefore, as hip hop rose to fame, it naturally established a anti-gay stereotype on hip hop artists.",[131,323,324,305],{"_74":320,"_127":321,"_129":322},[],"Goodie Mob - Fly Away","Fly Away by Atlanta hip hop quartet Goodie Mob\n\nFrom the album Still Standing\n\n© 1998 LaFace Records","https://api.opentour.site/atlanta-music-maps/v4/public/media/775d23gzf575tq7vn61nw9fozp5j?variant=desktop","laface-records","lakewood-heights",{"_98":368,"_95":24,"_127":321,"_137":167,"_139":369,"_140":370,"_141":371,"_143":372,"_35":373,"_146":173,"_147":148,"_149":371,"_150":174,"_152":175,"_74":320,"_155":370},{"_98":357,"_95":135,"_127":358,"_137":138,"_139":-5,"_140":-5,"_141":359,"_143":360,"_35":361,"_146":-5,"_147":148,"_149":359,"_150":151,"_152":153,"_74":362,"_155":-5},{"_98":342,"_95":343,"_127":344,"_137":345,"_139":-5,"_140":-5,"_141":346,"_143":347,"_35":348,"_146":-5,"_147":349,"_149":346,"_150":151,"_152":350,"_74":351,"_155":-5},{"_98":329,"_95":308,"_127":330,"_137":167,"_139":331,"_140":332,"_141":333,"_143":334,"_35":335,"_146":173,"_147":148,"_149":333,"_150":174,"_152":175,"_74":336,"_155":332},346,"Goodie Mobs Free, From Their Album Soul Food.\r\nI Love This Song","//www.youtube.com/embed/GgJG5S_zyiw","GgJG5S_zyiw","GgJG5S_zyiw.jpg",{"_156":337,"_158":338,"_160":339,"_162":340,"_164":341},364,"Goodie Mob - Free","https://api.opentour.site/atlanta-music-maps/v4/public/media/znei1i5noykgijbqgrgon8lr2i5m","https://api.opentour.site/atlanta-music-maps/v4/public/media/znei1i5noykgijbqgrgon8lr2i5m?variant=mobile","https://api.opentour.site/atlanta-music-maps/v4/public/media/znei1i5noykgijbqgrgon8lr2i5m?variant=tablet","https://api.opentour.site/atlanta-music-maps/v4/public/media/znei1i5noykgijbqgrgon8lr2i5m?variant=desktop","https://api.opentour.site/atlanta-music-maps/v4/public/media/znei1i5noykgijbqgrgon8lr2i5m?variant=lqip",299,3,"Okayplayer on Twitter posts that the producers of The Dungeon Family bought the iconic studio where they recorded the first albums of famous groups like OutKast and Goodie Mob in 2019. 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Dick Richards, David Goldman, Potsy Duncan, Bud Lowry, and James Bond were the producers of the show (Wussy, 2017). The episodes were filmed with a budget of $5 per episode in the Dick Richards's apartment of Inman Park or in parks like Piedmont Park to show audiences tours of cruising trails around Atlanta (Kingston, 2019). Many of TAMS creators were of the LGBTQ+ community. Therefore, though the show was not explicitly centered around queer life, TAMS was created with a queer aesthetic filled with cheap wigs, exaggerated makeup, and drag costumes. Drag queen and Emmy Award Winner RuPaul is one individual who started off his career at TAMS through skits and lip syncing to popular music (Terrell, 2018). Although he did not sing or write popular music himself, RuPaul's performances allowed the audience to see the production showcase the more liberal mindset that America began to strive for in the early 1980s. As TAMS had a similar outlook on conservative beliefs and customs as those in the alternative scene, skits would include mockery of stereotypical southern Christians as actors like Wanda and Starla Peek of the Peek Sisters would wear curly blond wigs and what resembled colorful church clothes while singing hymns off key (Reverend's, 2008). During the 80s, Atlanta was in the position of division, as the morals of the typical middle-class white person still existed, but some began using their voices to strive for social change. The episodes from TAMS captured sociopolitical struggles and embraced the LGBTQ+ Atlanta community. 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Many of TAMS creators were of the LGBTQ+ community. Therefore, though the show was not explicitly centered around queer life, TAMS was created with a queer aesthetic filled with cheap wigs, exaggerated makeup, and drag costumes. Drag queen and Emmy Award Winner RuPaul is one individual who started off his career at TAMS through skits and lip syncing to popular music (Terrell, 2018). Although he did not sing or write popular music himself, RuPaul's performances allowed the audience to see the production showcase the more liberal mindset that America began to strive for in the early 1980s. As TAMS had a similar outlook on conservative beliefs and customs as those in the alternative scene, skits would include mockery of stereotypical southern Christians as actors like Wanda and Starla Peek of the Peek Sisters would wear curly blond wigs and what resembled colorful church clothes while singing hymns off key (Reverend's, 2008). 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Michael Stipe, lead singer of R.E.M, had a “flamboyant stage persona and enigmatic personality” (News, 2019) that made people suspect that he was gay. Stipe never hid his true personality in public and state in a Billboard interview that, “any longstanding R.E.M. fan who had not figured out I was queer…wasn’t looking very hard” (News, 2019). Also the band’s music did not explicitly target the queer community, the ways in which Stipe freely expressed himself on stage encouraged his audience to do the same. Through the 40 Watt Club, Athens showed people that music making does not only happen in major cities, but even in a small city of the South. Without Athens influence, the alternative scene and its voice on queer life would not have been carried into Atlanta.",33.9581242,-83.3798988,[479,480],"The 40 Watt Club is a music venue that helped bring alternative music that emerged in Athens, Georgia to Atlanta, Georgia. 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