From Lady Gaga and Christa Aguilera, to Elton John and Gloria Gaynor, we rank the 50 most spiratnal LGBTQ+ songs to uplift the queer muny
Contents:
- BT GAY ANTHEMS 2023: LGBTQ PRI SONGS PLAYLIST
- THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG
- THE ARE THE 20 MOST IMPORTANT GAY ANTHEMS OF ALL TIME
- HAPPY PRIDE! HOW “Y.M.C.A.” BEME A GAY ANTHEM!
BT GAY ANTHEMS 2023: LGBTQ PRI SONGS PLAYLIST
Get ready for Pri wh our bt gay anthems and top LGBTQ songs for Pri playlist. This is sure to get you on your feet and feelg proud. * gay anthem song *
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.” Here shall stand for “Ra On Me” for now, as we see if the latter n whstand the tt of time. 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.
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.” The song reached No. 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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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 anthem song *
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THE ARE THE 20 MOST IMPORTANT GAY ANTHEMS OF ALL TIME
Billboard Explas div to what mak a gay pri anthem, and discsed the hs that has ntribut to the LGBTQ+ muny. * gay anthem song *
While vtigatg homosexualy Chigo, the Naval Crimal Invtigative Service disvered that gay men ed this term to refer to themselv. Lil Nas X’s flamen-spired “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” was a cultural ret – never had a gay hip-hop star so ostentatly mercialized his queerns and sexualy to such succs. The uber-fabulo Sylvter was so beloved by the San Francis gay muny that they gave him a standg ovatn at the 1988 Castro Street Fair that lasted more than 10 mut.
Controversy asi, this song’s stayg power is unniable: RuPl sent two queens packg on the same episo of RuPl’s Drag Race for not dog jtice to a lip sync of the gay staple. Even at s nceptn, this song was a gay anthem: After seeg three drag queens impersonate Ross at a New York distheque, Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards were spired to wre somethg for her gay fandom.
HAPPY PRIDE! HOW “Y.M.C.A.” BEME A GAY ANTHEM!
Punk rock. Dis. Folk. Jt as the muny is all-clive, the songs that shaped span across several genr. While new gay artists and empowerg anthems pop up daily, ’s important to honor the tried-and-te classics. * gay anthem song *
Inspired by the empowerg mic of the ‘90s, Gaga told Billboard that she wanted to create a “eedom rerd” that didn’t beat around the bh: “I want to wre my this-is-who-the-f–k-I-am anthem, but I don’t want to be hidn poetic wizardry and metaphors.” She followed through, wh lyrics like, “No matter gay, straight or bi / Lbian, transgenred life / I’m on the right track, baby / I was born to survive.” Fans rpond posively, as the song buted at No.1 on the Hot 100 and remaed there for six weeks. Among her imprsive talogue of dance-pop gems, “All The Lovers” marked the first time the sger seemed to directly addrs her gay fanbase, along wh the acpanyg vio that featur a mass of upl of all strip makg out around her. From the song’s openg synths and Jimmy Somerville’s unmistakable falsetto, “Smalltown Boy” marked a historic moment pop mic, pecially g om an openly gay group durg the peak of the AIDS crisis.
Co-wrten by Tom Robson (who gave “Glad To Be Gay”), ’s one of the rare LGBTQ songs that chews the dancefloor for a more tenr moment.