Little Mix’s dedication to being allies is unprecedented – whichever girl band comes next, take note

metro.co.uk:

X Factor in 2011, Little Mix’s dedication to supporting the LGBTQ+ community has been extraordinary.While many pop kings and queens will wave a rainbow flag and make a surprise appearance at G-A-Y, the three-piece – now consisting of Jade, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Perrie Edwards – have arguably done more to champion their queer fans than any girl group before them, even if Spice Girls, Girls Aloud and Sugababes are, undoubtedly, LGBT heroes in their own right.I’m a Little Mix superfan.

Barely an hour goes by when I don’t impose my Little Mix wisdom and adoration onto someone – colleague, friend, innocent bystander.Of course their bops are unbeatable.

Few artists have a near perfect back catalogue that can make me dance, cry and lose my voice with quite the same gumption. Hence them being one of the very rare acts to begin their career on a reality TV show to be shifting millions of albums a decade after their inception.Their legacy, however, will be the sincere and impassioned pledge they gave to the LGBTQ+ community, knowing their fanbase faces a daily upheaval to be recognised, accepted and heard.To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 videoFor better or worse, I was pretty much raised by popstars of the 90s.By day, I was the biggest Sum 41 fan, scribbling ‘Papa Roach’ or ‘Slipknot’ as visibly as possible on every school book, folder and pencil case.By night, however, the school tie would come off, my VHS recording of Britney Spears at the VMAs (’99, ’00 and ’01, obviously) would go on and I would unleash my inner pop princess.My bedroom not only became a stage but a sanctuary to be completely me (and Britney).But even the young pop icons of the 90s and.