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Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong Criticizes Transphobia, Supports LGBTQ+ in New Album

The upcoming album, Saviors, features a 'queer singalong' song that challenges traditional gender roles.

  • Billie Joe Armstrong, the lead singer of Green Day, has criticized people who are transphobic, calling them 'close-minded'.
  • Armstrong, who is bisexual, expressed his support for the LGBTQ+ community in an interview with the Los Angeles Times.
  • In the band's upcoming album, Saviors, a new song titled 'Bobby Sox' is described as a 'queer singalong'.
  • The song's lyrics challenge traditional gender roles, with Armstrong singing about a woman being his girlfriend and a man being his boyfriend.
  • Saviors, Green Day's 14th studio album, is set to be released on January 19.
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