gender fluidity

It's perhaps not so surprising that the word

NEW YORK, N.Y. – It’s perhaps not so surprising that the word “androgynous” was spiking on the Merriam-Webster online dictionary after David Bowie’s death was announced, as people looked up a word so commonly mentioned in connection with the rock star’s blazingly unique style. But while the word aptly describes much of Bowie’s chameleon-like appeal, …

He was born David Jones, but Bowie had many alter egos, including Ziggy Stardust.Ziggy Stardust emerged in 1972 as one of Bowies most famous personas. The Page 2

"He was an artist that made me feel OK to be trans, bi, and an outsider."

The radical influence of the gender-bending chameleon on androgyny in fashion

David Bowie was a gender-bending, pan-sexual superstar, and his wide-ranging loves — romantic and artistic — paved the way for more modern would-be allies.

Bowie changed the way we thought about gender VIDEO

David Bowie's gender identity and expression, and even his sexual orientation, became like a series of different costumes for different roles.

Bowie was an inspiration: for making pop like it was art and giving boys the keys to the dressing-up box

From his scarlet red mullet to his piercing neon-blue eye makeup, Bowie revolutionised fashion in the 1970s, setting trends for both men and women alike.

Iconic musical superstar David Bowie has passed away from cancer at the age of 69. His birthday was January 8th, 1947 and I am convinced he held onto life until 2016 because he wanted “69” to show …

For all that Miley Cyrus’s cropped hair and crotch-clutching and “I don’t relate to being boy or girl” have inspired articles about gender fluidity as the new “in” thing, it’s hard not to see Cyrus’s “trailblazing” as derivative of David Bowie – a true icon in so many ways, not least in his defiant smashing of gender norm

David Bowie was a pioneer in every sense, absolutely unique in his distinctive style and trailblazing art.

David Bowie will also be remembered for his undeniable way of defying gender norms and sexuality.

David Jones, who would be known as David Bowie, left the world shortly after his album release Blackstar.  His last video that showed him dying in a bed was so disturbing; I had to turn it off halfway through the piece, as I couldn’t watch him take his last breath. It was typical Bowie-style, yet... Read more »

Scholars of David Bowie’s famed androgyny can trace its roots at least as far back as his teens. In 1964, the then-17-year-old spoke to BBC’s Tonight o ...

The “Thin White Duke” has left the world just as his visionary style has come to fruition

David Bowie’s gender-bending performances and cultural fluidity inspired a generation of gay, lesbian and transgender people.

Time and again, David Bowie has confounded us with enigmatic acts of gender transgression.

"I'm gay," declared David Bowie, "and always have been, even when I was David Jones." When he uttered these now-immortal words in the Jan. 22, 1972, issue of England's 'Melody Maker,' the fledgling starman had just released December 1971's 'Hunky Dory' and already was giving his interviewer a taste of his glam-rock milestone, June 1972's 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars.'

As many in the world mourn the passing of musical icon and innovator David Bowie from liver cancer on January 10, 2016, the influence of his 1970s, androgynous, glam rock alter ego, Ziggy Stardust, lives on in contemporary discussions about gender.   The Separation of Ge