Pet Shop Boys

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Animal rights defender LGBTQ+ ally LGBTQ+ representation Physical health awareness
Genre
Disco · Electronic ›House · Pop ›Synth pop
Country
United Kingdom

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Several Pet Shop Boys songs addressed the AIDS crisis, drawing on Neil Tennant's experience of friends becoming ill and dying from AIDS. Tennant has described spending time with a close friend in an AIDS ward before his death in 1989. Source
2009 PETA asked the Pet Shop Boys to change their name to “Rescue Shelter Boys” to draw attention to cruelty in the pet trade. The duo declined but published PETA's letter on their website and said the issue was worth considering, helping bring attention to the campaign. Source
Pet Shop Boys performed at anti-Section 28 concerts during the band's early career, opposing legislation that restricted the promotion of homosexuality. Neil Tennant later came out publicly as gay. Source

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