3. 音樂作為特定文化的再現 再現（Representation）：Representation is the use of signs that stand in for and take the place of something else. It is through representation that people organize the world and reality through the act of naming its elements. 文化認同/身份（Cultural identity）：是對一個群體或文化的身份認同(感), 又或者是指個人受其所屬的群體或文化影響，而對該群體或文化產生的認同感。 cf.身分政治（Identity politics） ：political arguments that focus upon the self interest and perspectives of self-identified social interest groups and ways in which people's politics may be shaped by aspects of their identity through race, class, religion, sexual orientation or traditional dominance. Not all members of any given group are necessarily involved in identity politics.
4. 酷兒是什麼？ 酷兒（Queer）：Queer is an umbrella term for sexual minorities that are not heterosexual, heteronormative, or gender-binary. 原指怪異的，無價值的，是貶低性用語。 在同志運動者的倡導下反用歧視語作為自我命名（self-naming） cf.「腐女」的自嘲 酷兒文化：酷兒群體產生的次文化
5. 性、性別，與性傾向 性（Sex）：In biology, sex is a process of combining and mixing genetic traits, often resulting in the specialization of organisms into a male or female variety (each known as a sex). KEY WORD：性交、生物性別(基因、環境、兩性並存) 性別（Gender）：Gender is a range of characteristics distinguishing between male and female, particularly in the cases of men and women and the masculine and feminine attributes assigned to them. A gender identity is the way in which an individual identifies with a gender category, for example, as being either a man or a woman, or in some cases being neither, which can be distinct from biological sex. KEY WORD：(性別可指生理性，也可指社會性別)男性氣質、女性氣質、跨性別、性別認同(gender role) 性傾向（Sexuality）：Sexual orientation describes a pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attractions to the opposite sex, the same sex, both, or neither, and the genders that accompany them. KEY WORD：性向、同性戀、異性戀、雙性戀、無性戀、戀物、動物戀
8. 中性(Middlesex)、陰陽莫辨(Androgyny) 陰陽同體（Androgyny）Androgyny refers to the combination of masculine and feminine characteristics. K.D.Lang《Sexuality》 水象徵情慾的意象(cf.Rocky Horror show)、中性扮裝 Madonna《Vogue》 好萊塢的中性裝扮潮流，比起女同志的中性裝扮多了 更多嬌媚跟美感，男同志蔚為經典 Julie Andrews《Victor and Victoria》 第十二夜的仿製，Julie Andrews東山再起之作 Bee Gees《Too much heaven》 Prince《Kiss》 男性以假音唱情歌以及迪斯可樂曲在70年代很受歡迎 Cf. 足球尤物和第十二夜：「陰陽同體打破了性與性別的一致性……性慾是流動的……一個人唯有具備雙性的特質才是完整的」
9. Cher《Strong enough》 Auto-tuned voice, gay men’s favorite, 裝扮比起美感更加的前衛和酷異，女性裝扮、中性男性聲音(或說無性) Kylie Minogue 《Your disco needs you》 刻意嬌柔女性化的歌聲，電子音，酷異的裝扮，性解放 Jessie J《Do it like a dude》 Auto-tuned voice, masculine accessories Lady Gaga《You and I》 Creating two figures of opposite sex， 酷異外表最大代言人， 歌曲有較強烈訴求《Born this way》 後現代的性別操演
10. 扮裝(drag) Drag queen：A drag queen is a man who dresses, and usually acts, like a caricature woman often for the purpose of entertaining.(Tom Boy, drag queen) Queen《I want to break free》 Freddie Mercury, masculine gay man who drags. 4 non blonde《What's up》 聲音上的扮裝(搖滾)(也可視之為Androgyny) 《Go West》(Priscilla queen of the desert) 翻唱同志經典GoWest(Pet shop boy)，直接以女性裝扮唱 《I will survive》(Priscilla queen of the desert) 扮裝皇后無法以女音歌唱，因此有Divas(女神，泛指歌聲宏亮動人的女歌手，通常為黑人)，同志偶像Gloria Gaynor就是其中代表之一
11. 欲望對象的再現 Village People《YMCA》 將自我裝扮為慾望的對象。工人、軍警、印地安人、牛仔等等是美國文化中陽剛氣質的象徵。 cf. Macho：Machismo, or machoism, is a word of Spanish and Portuguese origin that describes prominently exhibited or excessive masculinity.[1] As an attitude, machismo ranges from a personal sense of virility to a more extreme male chauvinism. Characteristics include domineering, fierceness, bravado, etc., in ways that are showily and histrionically tough. Pet shop Boy《Domino dancing》 凝視/被凝視對象的轉換，性別符號，歌手歌聲的androgyny
12. Judy Garland《Over the rainbow》 其死導致最大也是最早的同志運動之一，石牆事件(Stonewall riot) Wicked 《Defying gravity》 酷異的女巫遭到迫害的故事，在百老匯大受歡迎 Billy Elliot the musical《Electricity》 Diana Ross《I’m coming out》 Aretha Franklin ft. Eurythmics 《Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves》 女性的樣貌多元化 Barbra streisand《Don't rain on my road》 Joss Stone《It's a man's, man's, man's world》 白人“反串”黑人，女人抗議男人 Alanis Morissette 西方目前女性歌手普遍都有具代表性的反男性傳統沙文主義的歌曲，包括Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson, Beyonce,Britney Spears, 勵志歌曲，認同的對象，女性主義，同志國歌
13. Adam Lambert Freddie Mercury Elton John David Bowie George Michael Ricky Martin Linda Perry K.D.Lang Lady Gaga(Bisexual) Madonna(Bisexual) 為什麼出櫃的女同志流行歌手比較少？ 出櫃流行歌手
