Mighty Real

Barry Walters, veteran music critic and author, traces LGBTQ+ music's radical journey from the underground dancefloors of the Seventies through the global charts of today. Drawing on decades covering New York and San Francisco's music scenes, Walters examines how queer musicians, industry insiders, and fans reshaped the mainstream—from David Bowie's reinventions to Prince's boundary-shattering sexuality to the Indigo Girls' radical candor. This is music history as personal memoir: a page-turning love letter to the songs and artists that liberated generations and paved the way for today's unabashedly queer hits.