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The Magical Music of Moral Hazard:
A True Lesbian Legacy
KC Wildmoon, Jaen Black, JB Sapp, and Jan Gibson fortuitously met and came together as a personal protest to the election of Ronald Reagan in November 1980, forming the iconic band, Moral Hazard, one of the South’s first, out lesbian bands.
Moral Hazard started with legendary, creative performances, and they grew a colossal and loyal fan base in the Atlanta area and beyond. Reviews said they were a “sapphic frenzy.” At their early shows, lines formed down and around the block of people who wanted to see them.
Playing for dances and performing in women’s music festivals spread their notoriety further. Their recording, Step Over This Line, containing ten of their songs, is available online.
Jan, Jaen, JB, and KC all said that they could not explain how they wrote songs and clicked together so well as a band. As they began going their separate ways, the band gently untangled after nearly fifteen brilliantly successful years, leaving us a lesbian legacy and defining an era of Moral Hazard, lesbian band in the South, a touchstone for many of us.
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