Introducing our inaugural Pride List of industry-shaping LGBTQ executives 👏
Most Important Issue:GRAHAM PARKERUnder the leadership of Parker, 49, Universal Music Classics artistdoubled his streaming revenue. “Thinking globally, of music without borders, is really exciting,” says Parker. “Max is signed to Deutsche Grammophon, but we saw the potential for him in the U.S. and went for it. Music doesn’t need a translation.”“I’m very proud of who I am as a gay man, a gay husband, a gay father and a gay employee. I am a complete human.
Pride Today Is: “Being my true self at all times. I have a wife. We’ve been together for 20 years, and we have two boys and [are] showing them that we’re confident. I never want my kids to feel any shame or fear about their moms being gay.”“I am, in a way, the conductor of the orchestra, organizing the chaos from the top down,” says Scott, 30, who oversaw Buku Music + Art Project’s biggest year in history, welcoming over 20,000 attendees a day in New Orleans during Mardi Gras.
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