Future LGBTQ History Month: How Tegan and Sara Take Representation a Step Further

Fuse is celebrating Pride Month by looking at a variety of rising forces who are creating Future LGBTQ History before our eyes. For years, Tegan and Sara represented a very unique but important voice in music with their pop prominence somewhat mirroring the gay rights movement. Their necessary voice in music has only grown more powerful, making them a continuously important figure in the past, present and future of LGBTQ history.

While they initially hit the scene as the independent vocal duo, Tegan and Sara earned a passionate, underground following thanks to intense love and heartbreak songs that were universal to get under anyone's skin even if the twins were singing about women. Even as the group began a mainstream crossover with 2013's synthpop–focused Heartthrob—which debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and marked their best showing yet), they never forgot their roots or the causes that were important to them. As seen in the throwback interview video above from 2013, both women spoke honestly and candidly about the then-contentious issue of Prop 8 which was blocking marriage equality in California. Both women interpreted what the issue meant to them as gay people and what their role could be in choosing to or not choosing to get married.