weelittledrummer: That is true. However, write and sing the songs. If the songs express the emotions that result from relationships or sexuality--hey, folk is diverse enough to handle it all. I appeared and sang for gay groups--male and female--in the late '60s and early '70s--before it became a fashionable thing to do. I am a hetero. Yes, people--all people--have a history to tell. So, tell it. But, asking if gays have a place in folk: What the hell does that mean? Make a place. It is NOT a closed community.