Token Gay of the Day: Harry 'Mamma Mia'
Contents:
- IS HARRY FROM MAMMA MIA GAY?
- THE SURPRISG STORY OF HOW ABBA BEME BELOVED GAY INS
- MAMMA MIA! I'M GAY FOR THOMAS! OH NO! TM GAY FOR MARIO!!!
- TOKEN GAY OF THE DAY: HARRY ‘MAMMA MIA’
IS HARRY FROM MAMMA MIA GAY?
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THE SURPRISG STORY OF HOW ABBA BEME BELOVED GAY INS
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MAMMA MIA! I'M GAY FOR THOMAS! OH NO! TM GAY FOR MARIO!!!
Back when Donna Summer reigned as disputable dancg queen, ABBA didn’t get much gay club play, not even you-know-what.
Y, there were exceptns: Larry Levan — the fluential gay Black DJ at New York’s legendary and largely Black/LGBTQ Paradise Garage — adored Cher’s “Take Me Home. ” But gay DJs and their dienc mostly favored unrground divas and obscure orchtral matros they disvered and popularized, not succsful pop acts plucked om AM changed the early ’80s when the U.
TOKEN GAY OF THE DAY: HARRY ‘MAMMA MIA’
Straight clubs shifted to eclectic funk and new wave, but the well of speedy gay dancefloor arias nearly ran dry.
” “The first time he did that, was a mistake, ” rells Robbie Llie, DJ veteran of New York Cy’s the Sat, the ultimate ’80s gay dis.
”Like Llie’s siarly beloved mix of Jimmy Ruff’s “Hold on to My Love, ” Rodriguez’s ABBA transformatn appeared only on Dis, a gay-owned subscriptn remix service.