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.
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THE ARE THE 20 MOST IMPORTANT GAY ANTHEMS OF ALL TIME
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Nile Rodgers (om the band Chic), who was workg wh Ross on material for her album Diana, got the spiratn for the song after seeg multiple drag queens drsed as Ross at a gay-iendly New York Cy club. Freddie Mercury was fely a rd-rryg member of the LGBTQ muny, although there is some bate about whether he intified as gay or bisexual.
It was the semi-tobgraphil story of lead sger Jimmy Somerville about the opprsn of homosexuals the early ’80s provcial Stland. It showed Somerville beg attacked by a homophobic gang before beg brought home by police to the fay whom he is tryg to n away om. Sure, RuPl had already broken before this song and movie (see our number one song) and the mid-’90s were surprisgly gay-iendly — To Wong Foo was sandwiched between the release of two other celebrated and succsful mastream LGBTQ films, The Adventur of Priscilla, Queen of the Dert 1994 and The Birdge 1996.