Gay Pri Anthems: Billboard Explas – Billboard

Contents:

• THE ARE THE 20 MOST IMPORTANT GAY ANTHEMS OF ALL TIME
• THE TOP 75 MOST INIC GAY ANTHEMS DERVG OF THE TLE OF BEG CALLED THE "GAY NATNAL ANTHEM"
• HAPPY PRIDE! HOW “Y.M.C.A.” BEME A GAY ANTHEM!
• BT GAY ANTHEMS 2023: LGBTQ PRI SONGS PLAYLIST
• CHER ‘BELIEVE’ AT 20: THE STORY BEHD THE WORLD’S MOST ENDURG GAY ANTHEM

THE ARE THE 20 MOST IMPORTANT GAY ANTHEMS OF ALL TIME

While new gay artists and empowerg anthems pop up daily, ’s important to honor the tried-and-te classics. Fun fact: this track was penned wh Miss Ross’ gay fans md.

While high-energy classics like Whney’s “I Wanna Dance Wh Someone” and CeCe Peniston’s “Fally” see heavy rotatn among gay clubs, Grace Jon’ laid back staple out-queers them all, wh eyebrow-raisg lyrics: “Pull up to my bumper baby / In your long black limoe / Pull up to my bumper baby / And drive between. Its ntroversial mic vio follows a young man kicked out of his hoe for beg gay and ultimately takg his life.

The Brish synth-pop tr regularly explored their sexualy throughout their talog (all three members were openly gay). As if this song wasn’t gay enough, the Glee rendn was a duet between the show’s rint lbian, Santana (Naya Rivera), and gut star Ida Menzel. Gloria Gaynor – “I Am What I Am”.

THE TOP 75 MOST INIC GAY ANTHEMS DERVG OF THE TLE OF BEG CALLED THE "GAY NATNAL ANTHEM"

While “I Will Survive” seems like the obv choice for a Gaynor classic, “I Am What I Am” has gayer origs: the song, penned by out poser Jerry Herman, was wrten as the fale performance to close out the uber-gay Broadway mil La Cage x Foll. This track may be ls than ten years old, but beme a gay classic upon arrival. Debutg at the top of charts across the world, the song is straightforward s tentn to empower the LGBTQ muny: “No matter gay, straight, or bi / Lbian, transgenred life / I’m on the right track, baby / I was born to survive, ” the superstar mands.

HAPPY PRIDE! HOW “Y.M.C.A.” BEME A GAY ANTHEM!

And like her smash rerd, Bean’s 1977 track (which was prevly rerd by fellow Motown rerdg artist Valento) was forthright s gay lyricism: “I’m happy / I’m reful / I’m gay, ” the cheery-voiced sger proclaims over a dis beat. 25 Gay Anthems We Need More Than Ever.

The inic ‘70s rock band led by gay superstar Freddie Mercury may be forever remembered for Bohemian Rhapsody, but this sexy, propulsive tune — that gleefully swaps male and female pronouns — perfectly ptur the spir of Pri.

This banned vio, set a gay leather bar, ptur the song’s lic bchery. Forty-four years ago, Reed had a mastream h wh this hypnotic tale of gay and transgenr streetwalkers, spired by Andy Warhol’s darlgs of the unrground.

BT GAY ANTHEMS 2023: LGBTQ PRI SONGS PLAYLIST

After transng om Disney kid to pop prcs, Aguilera got ser and spiratnal wh this anthem (and explicly gay-iendly vio) support of everyone who’s ever felt different.

The former Supreme allegedly rerd this jnty tune as a tribute to her legns of gay fans.

Before officially g out as gay a 1998 Advote terview, the ternatnal pop star rerd this song, which telegraphed his stggl wh his artistic and personal inty.

CHER ‘BELIEVE’ AT 20: THE STORY BEHD THE WORLD’S MOST ENDURG GAY ANTHEM

Out and proud before was remotely fashnable, the androgyno Sylvter created this dis anthem — which beme synonymo wh gay liberatn. The gay liberatn ‘70s and the age of dis (which was born gay clubs) created a bumper crop of gay anthems. The greatt and gayt novelty act of all time produced nothg but tongue--cheek gay anthems.

But the vio of this song, that’s been played for s at bar mzvahs, was filmed at New York’s most notor cisg grounds — makg s gay subtext perfectly clear. From s irristible tro to s lir vols, this dis h om Swen’s greatt import has spired generatns of gay fans to cut loose on the dance floor. The gay in took the vogue-g tradn out of New York’s unrground gay and drag clubs and thst to the pop mastream — wng extra pots for sly shout-outs to glam ins of the ‘30s, ‘40s and ‘50s.