View source for LGBTQ Record and Video Music Producers

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Music unites communities and represents them to the world, and the LGBTQ community is no different.  It is important to have a group of LGBTQ professional music producers to represent the community, support it, and encourage its development through the creation of role models and mentors.  This is especially true in geographic areas that are not accepting of the community itself.  

Several record labels have been created specifically for the LGBTQ community.  These include Camp Records (1960s), Chainsaw Records (1991-present), Outpunk (1992-1997), and Megatone Records (1981-1995).  

Though records and compact discs are somewhat passe today (perhaps relegated to niche collectors and music aficionados), online demand for music through social media channels has replaced this demand.  Music producers are responding to this changed demographic.  Spotify, AppleMusic, YouTube and other digital suppliers of music are now the channel through which most music flows in the developed world.  

There are several LGBTQ icons that made their careers as music producers.  Most notable among these are Americans [[Clive Davis]] (Arista Records/Columbia Records, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame), [[David Lawrence Geffen]] (Asylum Records/Geffen Records), and [[Benny Medina]] (Motown Records/Warner Brothers).  In Australia, producer [[Molly Meldrum]] received the prestigious Order of Australia for his contribution to the profession.  American [[Judy Dlugacz]], founder of Olivia Records, was a huge producer of lesbian musicians.  The legendary British [[Brian Epstein]] produced and managed the Beatles.

We have identified notable LGBTQ record and video music producers from Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, Great Britain, Iceland, Sweden and the United States.  To read their fascinating biographies, simply click on their names. 

'''Australia'''

* [[Molly Meldrum]]

'''Brazil'''

* [[Adreano Cintra]]

'''Canada'''

* [[Kaytranada]]
* [[Socalled]]

'''China'''

* [[Anthony Wong]]

'''Germany'''

* [[Felix Jaehn]]

'''Great Britain'''

* [[Steve Bronski]]
* [[Richard Cullen]]
* [[Brian Epstein]]
* [[John Maybury]]
* [[Joe Meek]]
* [[Simon Napier-Bell]]
* [[Dee Palmer]]
* [[Sophie]]

'''Iceland'''

* [[Chris Albertson]]

'''Sweden'''

* [[Stefan Olsdal]]

'''United States'''

* [[Paris Barclay]]
* [[Ginny Berson]]
* [[Mister Cee]]
* [[Patrick Cowley]]
* [[Clive Davis]]
* [[Judy Dlugacz]]
* [[David Lawrence Geffen]]
* [[Lucas Keller]]
* [[Frankie Knuckles]]
* [[Benny Medina]]
* [[Tyler Okonma]], aka Tyler the Creator
* [[Craig Taro Gold]]
* [[Luther Vandross]]
* [[Jennifer Witcher]], aka DJ Minx

==See Also==

* [[Transgender Singers, Musicians and Composers]]
* [[LGBTQ Rock Musicians]]
* [[LGBTQ Classical Music Composers]]
* [[Boy Band Members Who Are Out As Gay, Bisexual or Queer]]
* [[LGBTQ Folk Music Singers]]
* [[LGBTQ Opera Singers]]
* [[Christian Singers Who Identify as LGBTQ]]
* [[Electronic and Synthetic Music Performers Who Identify as LGBTQ]]
* [[LGBTQ Country & Western Singers]]
* [[The LGBTQ Presence in the Disc Jockey Profession]]
* [[Popular LGBTQ Radio Hosts]]
* [[Popular LGBTQ Podcast Producers and Hosts]]
* [[Popular LGBTQ Blog Writers and Their Blogs]]

==Further Reading/Research==

* http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/36518/1/lgbtq-artists-making-music-where-its-dangerous-to-be-gay

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