Find the queer artist you'll play on repeat.
Rainbows In Revolt is a queer-run creative collective backing emerging LGBTQ+ musicians and mapping safe spaces for our community.
The Queer Music Mix Tape
Start your mixtape
Swipe through queer artists one card at a time and build a tape of new favorites. Most of the deck is emerging artists you haven't heard yet.
Try it with our five artists. No audio in this preview, and picks here stay on this page.
Listen
Tap play on the first card to start the music. It follows along as you swipe.
Keep or skip
Swipe right or tap Keep. Swipe left or tap Skip.
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Meet the artists
hit play. right here. right now.BombÖ
Taylor makes dark pop in a game room outside Little Rock and named the project after bombogenesis, a storm that intensifies fast. She chases tornadoes, and her sense of melody goes back to the late-night Weather Channel forecasts she grew up on.
Listen: Start with her debut EP, Under
Open in SpotifyLily Erin
Neo-folk that lands softly and cuts deep. Lily writes quiet, poetic songs that meet you where you are, and she's a 2026 ICMA Finalist and a HIMA nominee.
Listen: For fans of The Lumineers, Lucy Dacus and boygenius
Open in SpotifyHannahLuv
Queer indie folk recorded in a bedroom closet in Harlem, with the room noise left in. Her songs are whispered close, like they're meant for just you.
Listen: For fans of Tyler Childers and Jaymes Young
Open in SpotifyEmma Jean Oakley
Nineties country radio sharpened on pop-punk. Emma Jean writes her life one voice memo at a time; her debut EP, Throw Me a Bone, came out in 2025 with producer Tom LeBeau.
Listen: For fans of Lucinda Williams, The 1975 and Boys Like Girls
Open in SpotifyRandy Beth
Acoustic folk-pop with emotionally raw storytelling. After years of performing covers, Randy started writing her own songs, and she speaks up as a mental health and LGBTQ+ advocate.
Listen: Try her 2024 single Passenger Princess
Open in SpotifyPlayers load from Spotify only when you tap Play. Nothing plays on its own.
Safe Space Maps
71 free guides to LGBTQ+ affirming places, care and community, and counting.
The interactive map needs JavaScript. Every guide is listed below.
Tap a dot to open its guide. Yellow lines join a route's mapped stops; they don't mean every road in between is covered.
What each kind of guide covers
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Safe Space Cities
City and metro guides, block by block, from the neighborhoods people actually use: affirming bars and cafes, health and gender-affirming care, community centers, faith communities and queer-owned spots.
Safe Space Maps by City →College Town Safe Space Maps
Guides built around a campus and the town around it, made for queer students: on-campus resources, health care and where to hang out.
College Town Safe Space Maps →Travel Regions and Corridors
Guides that cover several communities at once: a stretch of coast, or a route between towns. They sit alongside the city maps on our site.
Find them with the city maps →Every guide as a list
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Cities
- AtlantaGA
- AustinTX
- BostonMA
- CharlotteNC
- ChicagoIL
- Dallas and DFWTX
- DenverCO
- El Paso and the BorderlandsTX
- HartfordCT
- HoustonTX
- Las VegasNV
- Los AngelesCA
- LouisvilleKY
- Mobile and Baldwin CountyAL
- NashvilleTN
- New OrleansLA
- New York CityNY
- Oklahoma CityOK
- OlympiaWA
- Orlando and Central FloridaFL
- PhiladelphiaPA
- PhoenixAZ
- PortlandOR
- RichmondVA
- San Francisco Bay AreaCA
- SeattleWA
- Terre HauteIN
- TulsaOK
- Twin CitiesMN
- Washington, DCDC
College towns
SEC
- Auburn UniversityAuburn, AL
- LSUBaton Rouge, LA
- Mississippi StateStarkville, MS
- Ole MissOxford, MS
- Texas A&MCollege Station, TX
- University of AlabamaTuscaloosa, AL
- University of ArkansasFayetteville, AR
- University of FloridaGainesville, FL
- University of GeorgiaAthens, GA
- University of KentuckyLexington, KY
- University of MissouriColumbia, MO
- University of OklahomaNorman, OK
- University of South CarolinaColumbia, SC
- University of TennesseeKnoxville, TN
- UT AustinAustin, TX
- VanderbiltNashville, TN
ACC
Big 12
A-10
- Davidson CollegeDavidson, NC
- Duquesne UniversityPittsburgh, PA
- Fordham UniversityThe Bronx, NY
- George Mason UniversityFairfax, VA
- George Washington UniversityWashington, DC
- La Salle UniversityPhiladelphia, PA
- Loyola University ChicagoChicago, IL
- Saint Joseph's UniversityPhiladelphia, PA
- Saint Louis UniversitySt. Louis, MO
- St. Bonaventure UniversitySt. Bonaventure, NY
- University of DaytonDayton, OH
- University of Rhode IslandKingston, RI
- University of RichmondRichmond, VA
- VCURichmond, VA
Wear your support.
help keep the music moving.Every shirt, sticker and design helps put money into the musicians we spotlight: promotion, recording and studio time, and getting them on the road. It also keeps our Safe Space Maps free and growing.
- 20%of profits from Rainbows In Revolt merch go to LGBTQ+ community work: 10% to Whitman-Walker and 10% to LGBTQ+ organizations in need. The rest keeps the artists supported and the maps growing.
- Artist merchis made with the artist. 10% of profits go to Whitman-Walker, 10% to an LGBTQ+ charity the artist picks, and the artist keeps most of what's left to put into recording, production and creative tools.
Rainbows In Revolt is a queer-owned business, not a nonprofit. Purchases are not tax-deductible donations.
