8) Do you think the mainstream rap/hip hop music community will accept GLBT performers?

Deadlee: I really believe they would. I just think a popular producer or rapper needs to give their stamp of approval and everyone else will follow.

Tori Fixx: No, but some of us are still trying to be accepted by the GLBT community, before we try tackling the mainstream.

Foxxjazell: Of course, look at Dabrat and Queen Latifah. No, seriously yes, we will be accepted cause we refuse to go unheard and unseen.

Melange Lavonne: I really don't care what mainstream hip-hop thinks.  You're asking me if I care about the opinion of guys who can't speak fluent English, and the only part of the song you can understand is their chorus, think their only way out of the ghetto is be a rapper or an athlete, or sell drugs, and to justify their manhood is pulling out an AK-47 on the cover of Vibe or Source magazine. That's like asking me if George Bush's opinion about any subject matter has any credibility.

Shorty Roc: At the end of the day, it’s about great music.  People weren’t ready for homosexuality to be shown on television, now look, it’s all over the place.  Respect goes a long way and if your music is tight and you’re real with yourself, people have no choice but to respect it.  In my experience, most straight people I know they say my music is hot and they like it, despite if they don’t agree with everything that I'm talking, but if the beat knocks and the lyrics and flows rock, its hot!

9) How are you treated by the overall GLBT community?

Deadlee: The GLBT community is happy to have rappers that tell their stories and who they can relate to—They were very receptive and the best crowds to perform for!

Tori Fixx: So-so. I think the "mainstream" GLBT community is still a bit apprehensive to GLBT Hip-Hop. It's better than it used to be but we still have a very long way to go.

Foxxjazell: At first, everybody saw me as a joke because most T-girls that entertain lip sync. Now, some people are feelin' me and some aren't. It's cool because my music is not 4 everyone.

Melange Lavonne: My peers treat me great, the higher ups treat me like sh*t and don’t respect my fight and cause. They ignore me and to them its all about if I’m on their social or economic level which is rich power gays and lesbians who have the power to change views in American society but would rather befriend the mainstream entertainment industry to keep their title. That's why I represent myself.  I’ve had more closed doors in my face from the GLBT than the straight.  Listen to the messages in my music and then ask me how hard it is for me to perform at a Pride event in my home state, just to even be considered?

Shorty Roc: I must say that I am blessed and the LGBT community has embraced me and my music, they give me the courage and power to continue on cause I know they have my back, they’re rooting for me.