Joan Jett's sexual orientation is one of rock music's most enduring open questions. Born Joan Marie Larkin on 22 September 1958, the Godmother of Punk has never publicly declared a label — yet she has accumulated the symbols, the history, and the community devotion that define a genuine LGBTQ+ icon. Her defiant refusal to be categorised is, in many ways, the most punk answer of all.
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Singer, songwriter, guitarist, record producer, actress
Jett had, for years, refused to either confirm or deny rumours that she is lesbian or bisexual. In a 1994 interview with Out magazine she said, "I'm not saying no, I'm not saying yes, I'm saying believe what you want. Assume away — go ahead."
That approach never really changed. In 2006, she responded to an interviewer who had asked her when she had "come out" as a lesbian by saying, "I never made any kind of statement about my personal life on any level. I never made any proclamations."
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The most revealing — and revealing by deliberate understatement — exchange came in 2018.
