Artistic Androgyny

An androgynous person is one to have physical traits that causes confusion and inaccuracy towards the comprehension of their actual sex/gender. Here, I bring an specific topic, not about androginy itself, but its expression through art and for the sake of artistic bias. Therefore, most people mentioned below are not genderqueer and didn't necessarily intend to break gender norms, they're just performing. YES, this is mostly related to Glam Rock lol. Have my favoritess:

Musicians

Secos & Molhados and Ney Matogrosso

An brazilian band formed in 1971. Painted faces, fancy clothing and really invested in hyped dancing on stage, mostly from its most iconic member, who left after their second album's release; Ney Matogrosso stated "I wasn't after the feminine, I wanted to be an animal", "I pretended I didn't understand anything, but I understood perfectly. I knew the country I lived in and the time I was living in" (if you don't know, Brazil had a military dictatorship). Way more impressive than his looks is his soft and powerful voice - when I heard it at younger years, I legit thought it was a woman singing. It's madness, and it's so beautiful. Check it out.

KISS

(Firstly, there's no proof that KISS, from '73, copied the band above's makeup, ok? And I'm almost sure both weren't the OGs on this) Oh I love the long boots with tall heels so much I had to mention it straight up. As it probably can be stated with one glance, KISS's members are very much intended to be and look like superheroes, something you could associate to 80s cartoons and comics - from left to right: Spaceman, Catman, Starchild and Demon (but no one ever calls them like this, neither do I). I mean, these are the original members, who I like the most. Ace Frehley (Starman) looks the coolest to me.

Twisted Sister, mooostly Dee Snider (pink)

Dee stated: "In the early days of Twisted Sister, we fought every night.[...] Look, if I'm crazy enough to wear women's lingerie on stage at a biker bar, do you honestly think I'm not going to walk into the audience and find you when you yell 'f*gg**!' at me?". I would tottaly dress like him. The band genuinely loved their style and fought for their right to keep it.    To the haters, WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT!!!

David Bowie

 

I couldn't just leave this legend, pioneer of this shrine's topic and in western culture, left out. Once he was wearing a silk dress in Texas's streets when a guy pointed a gun at him and called him a f*g - he calmly responded, "I think I look beautiful". Well, there's so much to say about Bowie, and there's mostly the fact that he didn't hold his creativity and authenticity back, being commonly described as a chameleon. Also, he was a bi icon at times when so much misconception was spread about it.