Breaking Down the Walls of Heartache

Popular music''s gay DNA is inarguable, from Elvis in eye shadow and Little Richard''s ''Tutti Frutti'' to The Velvet Underground''s subversive rock''n''roll and Bowie''s ambisexual alien Ziggy Stardust; from kd lang''s female Elvis to Kurt Cobain in a dress; from Noughties lesbian icon Beth Ditto to Lady Gaga''s ''Born This Way'' manifesto.

But if collected essays and/or features have addressed g...