Gender Benders Episode 6 - Lou Reed

Lou Reed's classic 'Take a Walk on the Wild Side' famously explores forbidden topics of New York's underground scene. He sang about the lives of queer and transgender friends whose stories went otherwise untold in mainstream culture.

He is quoted as having said to art critic Anthony DeCurtis: “Maybe listening to my music is not the best idea if you live a very constricted life (Kitty Empire, Guardian). Lou Reed wasn't afraid of speculation about his gender or sexuality, which served him and the queer community well when it came to interviewers with a more... constricted view on things!