Jazz: Gay Men Jazz

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JAZZ: GAY MEN JAZZ

It has been more than 50 years sce the rts at the Stonewall Inn the Wt Village area of Manhattan begng on June 28, 1969 — the first time that members of the gay muny stood up to the abive treatment they’d received at the hands of thori. Strayhorn’s sexualy was known by those the bs at a time when beg openly gay certaly wasn’t monplace.

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” The torch song, wh s strong theme of unrequed love, is a proment one gay culture, and Lh Life checks that box a big way. It’s performed here by Chris Connor, a sger known for her “ol” sound, who was eventually revealed as beg gay only her obuary. The nnectn between Dorothy’s pe story and the one experienced by so many closeted dividuals clearly pots to how easily Over the Rabow — the theme om that movie — uld bee an anthem for the gay muny.

Gay men began intifyg not only wh the song, but also wh the character that sang , often referrg to themselv as “iends of Dorothy. This song om The Kg and I may not have an overtly gay nnectn, but the lyrics are key to beg embraced by the LGBTQ muny.

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