no one's saying these artists have to represent the queer experience. but for some people it's nice to see yourself represented. some people do care if the grizzly bear dude is gay. for some people it means a lot.

If you want to listen to artists who sing about the queer experience specifically, that's fine and you can seek those out.

but i mean, isn't it nice for at least some sort of guide to help? i mean, this list isn't necessarily tailored toward artists speaking specifically to the queer experience or whatnot (and even that's a bit reductive--you mention car seat headrest, whose music i know has certainly helped young queer people, even if not all of it is capital q queer), and that sort of list would be nice, but along with the comment section it can at least help people find what they're looking for.

Sometimes these attempts to fight ignorance, prejudices and xenophobia almost seem as bad as the people committing the injustices, in the way they stereotype and separate and lump people into one-dimensional categories.

again, this isn't doing that. it's just a list. and speaking as a queer person, it is not "almost as bad" by any means. there are problems that arise of course but c'mon.

If I were queer and in a band, I'd want my music to be valued on its own terms instead of being championed because I'm gay or whatever.

nobody's championing here. it's a list made to let people know that these queer artists exist. and for the part about pwr bttm speaking for queerness... i haven't listened to their music, but it seems like for a lot of people it did speak strongly to their queerness. all this list is is a resource for people to find artists that possibly can do that too, in whatever way. there's no monolithic response to art, or to identity and the way it manifests itself in art.