As a queer metalhead, this is my song. I've gone through so many aspects of LGBTQ+ struggle, such as being stuck in the closet, facing bigotry from others both in and outside of the community, struggling to accept myself, going through harsh internalized bigotry, feeling out of place with society, and every other kind of bullshit that us queer people sadly often face on a daily basis, so I see myself as a rainbow in the dark!

As of late, I've been going a lot more into the light, though, which is good, even if I can't say that I see all of the sunshine there is to see right now. At the very least, a little bit of it is creeping into my dark corner, and that's significantly better than when all I could see was nothing, due to the total darkness.

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[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Hell yeah Dio. His upbeat passion for music is just so wonderful and you can see it in the way people talked about him after he passed. He also just exuded this energy that said "yeah society might think you are weird but you're actually really cool so let's storm the castle and slay the dragon together" which is a corny but endearing way of empowering people.

We need more Queer metal. Rob Halford will forever be a legend but he is 72, we need to let him retire.

[–] Tunnelvision@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

Rob will probably die as a touring musician. Dude is still belting high notes to this day with as much passion as he can.