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Contents:
- THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG
- THE 13 GAYT MIC VIOS OF THE '80S
- THE ARE THE 20 MOST IMPORTANT GAY ANTHEMS OF ALL TIME
THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG
Pri serv more than a month. The gay songs – om dis hs to club classics – are perfect for Pri year-round. * gay anthems of the 80s *
How do a song bee a gay anthem? While ’s impossible to fe exactly what mak a song “gay, ” this list fely isn’t straight.
Wh two gay ins on one song, “No More Tears” opens wh Streisand croong “It’s rag, ’s pourg/ My love life is borg me to tears. This song, wh lyrics like “this is the life that we choose” and “e out, e out if you dare, ” add sparks to mors that Clarkson uld be gay. Bh, the song took on a bigger meang after Prop 8 — an anti-gay marriage state nstutnal amendment — was passed California.
For her sophomore album, Mariah Carey enlisted the help of Robert Clivill and David Cole (the lears of C+C Mic Factory) who -wrote and -produced the gospel fluenced dance track “Make It Happen. While the four members of Sister Sledge are actual sisters, the song took on a eper meang wh the gay muny beg one big fay.
THE 13 GAYT MIC VIOS OF THE '80S
* gay anthems of the 80s *
The gayt song om Queen’s talogue was surprisgly not wrten by Freddie Mercury, but rather bassist John Dean. While her one-two punch of her femme-bashg “Ur So Gay” and her exhibnist fx-lbian “I Kissed A Girl” haven’t aged well, Perry has bee more progrsive and would be hard to fd a Pri para not playg this boomg (pun tend) anthem.
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Mogue rerd this jovial anthem specifilly as an homage to her large gay fan base. The drag-centric mil took home six Tonys, cludg bt mil; bt sre (wh mic and lyrics by gay in Cyndi Lper); and outstandg actor a mil, for out-and-proud Billy Porter’s eback performance as Lola, a drag queen.
THE ARE THE 20 MOST IMPORTANT GAY ANTHEMS OF ALL TIME
Self-scribed “rock’s tt fairy, ” Jobriath was the first openly gay mician to be signed to a major label (Elektra). Aguilera was given a GLAAD Media Award for the song’s acpanyg mic vio, which featured movg portrayals of a gay uple and a transgenr person. This heartbreakg piece of ‘80s synth-pop tells the story of a naway whose fay rejects him for beg gay.