Scissor Sisters on being labeled a “gay band” 20 years ago: “It was rooted in homophobia”

I was looking at our straight counterparts, and, like, I had a bit of resentment that we sort of had this extra label that made it easier for some [people] to dismiss us. And I think I had a bit of a chip on my shoulder about that.

We used to say, ‘What is a gay band? Is it Village People?’ Because that’s not us.

It’s a lot less loaded now, but in that moment, I think there was a question of, like, ‘Are people saying that to put [the band] in its own little box?’ I don’t really know what it was supposed to say, except that we were open about who we were, and there were some themes [in our music] that were definitely queer

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