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Gay Iconography: Beth Ditto, Punk Icon

Bobby Hankinson April 5, 2014

 

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Formed in 1999, the three founding members of Gossip (then The Gossip) were all originally from Arkansas. The trio moved to Olympia, Washington — ground zero for the riot grrrl movement — and joined with other prominent LGBT-aligned bands like Sleater-Kinney and Le Tigre. They started to see some mainstream success with their 2006 album Standing In the Way of Control, featuring the gay anthem of the same name. (Sample lyrics: "Live your life/Survive the only way that you know.") The album went on to be certified gold in the UK.

 

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The band continued their success overseas. Their next album, 2009's Music For Men, produced a record-breaking single, "Heavy Cross," which spent 82 consecutive weeks within the German Top 100 and reached triple gold status. Their latest album, A Joyful Noise, reached the top five in Austria, Germany and France, as well as number one in Switzerland.

 

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While enjoying increased prominence in Europe, Ditto gained the attention of the fashion industry. She's walked the runway for Jean Paul Gaultier, became the spokesmodel for Donatella Versace's Versus line and appeared on several magazine covers (sometimes naked). She even launched a line of plus-sized fashion for Evans in 2009. See her walk the runway in the foreign news clip, above. 

 

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Ditto released a soulful solo EP (titled simply Beth Ditto EP) in 2011. The video for lead single "I Wrote the Book" is inspired by Madonna (but it's got nothing on Ditto's underwear-clad performance of "Vogue"). In 2012, she released her memoir Coal to Diamonds.

 

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Gossip was one of the artists featured on Cyndi Lauper's inaugural True Colors Tour in 2007. The band was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award in 2010. Ditto married her partner Kristin Ogata last year in Hawaii.

Are you a Ditto fan? What's your favorite Gossip track?

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