Pansy Division

Pansy Division
Pansy Division
	Pansy Division performing in 2016
Background information
Origin	San Francisco, California, U.S.
Genres	Pop punk; power pop; queercore;
Years active	1991–present
Labels	Outpunk; Alternative Tentacles; Mint; Lookout;
Members	Jon Ginoli; Chris Freeman; Luis Illades; Joel Reader;
Website	www.pansydivision.com

Pansy Division is an American queercore band formed in San Francisco, California, in 1991 by guitarist/singer/songwriter Jon Ginoli along with bassist Chris Freeman.^[1]

Conceived as the first openly gay rock band featuring predominantly gay musicians, Pansy Division's music, a mix of pop punk^[2] and power pop, focuses mainly on LGBT issues, sex and relationships, often presented in a humorous light.^[3] In 1992, the band signed to punk label Lookout! Records and received international notoriety touring with Green Day in 1994, becoming the most commercially successful band of the queercore movement which began in the 1980s.^[4]

Pansy Division has released seven studio albums and three B-side compilations, among other recordings. In 2008, the band was the subject of a documentary film entitled Pansy Division: Life in a Gay Rock Band.

^ Bagby, Dyana (April 4, 2024). "Deflowered Power: Gay punk band Pansy Division plays Atlanta on Friday". Rough Draft Atlanta. Archived from the original on April 16, 2024. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
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- Julie River (July 10, 2023). "Queer Punk Icon Jon Ginoli Talks 30 Years of Pansy Division". Our Front Magazine. Archived from the original on July 18, 2023.
- Byrom, Cory D. (March 5, 2006). "Pansy Division – The Essential". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
- Thompson, Stephen (September 16, 1998). "Pansy Division". The A.V. Club. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
^ DeChaine, D. Robert (1997). "Mapping subversion: Queercore music's playful discourse of resistance". Popular Music & Society. 21 (4): 7–37. doi:10.1080/03007769708591686.
^ Papa, Rocco (April 20, 2023). "Green Day Risked Their Mainstream Success By Insisting This Underground Pop Punk Band Open For Them On Tour". The Things. Archived from the original on April 22, 2023. Retrieved April 22, 2023.

[1] Bagby, Dyana (April 4, 2024). "Deflowered Power: Gay punk band Pansy Division plays Atlanta on Friday". Rough Draft Atlanta. Archived from the original on April 16, 2024. Retrieved May 16, 2024.

[2] 
Julie River (July 10, 2023). "Queer Punk Icon Jon Ginoli Talks 30 Years of Pansy Division". Our Front Magazine. Archived from the original on July 18, 2023.

Byrom, Cory D. (March 5, 2006). "Pansy Division – The Essential". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved December 29, 2015.

Thompson, Stephen (September 16, 1998). "Pansy Division". The A.V. Club. Retrieved December 29, 2015.

[3] Julie River (July 10, 2023). "Queer Punk Icon Jon Ginoli Talks 30 Years of Pansy Division". Our Front Magazine. Archived from the original on July 18, 2023.

[4] Byrom, Cory D. (March 5, 2006). "Pansy Division – The Essential". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved December 29, 2015.

[5] Thompson, Stephen (September 16, 1998). "Pansy Division". The A.V. Club. Retrieved December 29, 2015.

[3] DeChaine, D. Robert (1997). "Mapping subversion: Queercore music's playful discourse of resistance". Popular Music & Society. 21 (4): 7–37. doi:10.1080/03007769708591686.

[4] Papa, Rocco (April 20, 2023). "Green Day Risked Their Mainstream Success By Insisting This Underground Pop Punk Band Open For Them On Tour". The Things. Archived from the original on April 22, 2023. Retrieved April 22, 2023.

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