industrial music started with working class and often queer artists: throbbing gristle had a nonbinary frontperson, coil were two life partners, most of the british power electronics scene was dirt poor and used whatever synths or pedals they could get etc
Anothet thing to add with Throbbing Gristle/Coil is Peter Christopherson was a member of Hipgnosis, the artists that created album art for bands like Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel, and more.