'Every single lyric I suggest comes from my queer experience because that's exactly who I am' -- LGBTQ songwriters tell their stories at Billboard PrideSummit
"Every single lyric I suggest comes from my queer experience because that's exactly who I am," they continued. "We all want to relate to the underdog story...The queer superpower is understanding the underdog story more than anyone.'s "Bad at Love," and how a "bisexual smash" like that one gives them hope for the future of LGBTQ-centered songs. "When it comes to young people, it almost didn’t even register--in a good way.
"I was secretly writing about women for so long," she continued. "And now I feel like I can write for a guy who is straight and I feel like I can openly write better for males because I’ve experienced women too."hit-writer Teddy Geiger was "entirely surprised by the support" following her coming out as transgender on Instagram. "I was so scared for so long as to what that would mean and everyone was fine," she explained.
"I think [coming out] changes how I interact with this world and I don’t feel like I have this big secret shadowed with this black cloud of shame." McAnally, who is faced with the unique situation of being an LGBTQ member of the country community, expressed some guilt over not speaking up sooner after hearing some questionable expressions in sessions before coming out. "I’m glad I’m on the other side. People have come up to me and apologized, and I think that takes a lot of courage," he explained. "Nashville, it's a different world there. I’ve been surprised over and over and over.
Tranter said it best when expressing excitement over the increasing number of people music industry feeling comfortable openly being who they are. ""I freaked out with joy," they exclaimed. "There are so many LGBTQ people killing it in our songwriting work and I didn’t realize because you beautiful people didn’t tell anyone. We run this shit!"
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