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.
Contents:
- GAY HISTORY – JANUARY 20, 1979: GLORIA GAYNOR’S GAY ANTHEM “I WILL SURVIVE” RELEASED – FIVE FACTS YOU DIDN’T KNOW
- THE ARE THE 20 MOST IMPORTANT GAY ANTHEMS OF ALL TIME
- GLORIA GAYNOR -- I'M NOT HOMOPHOBIC ... JT REALLY RELIG
- I WILL SURVIVE SGER WANTS TO ‘LEAD GAYS TO CHRIST’
GAY HISTORY – JANUARY 20, 1979: GLORIA GAYNOR’S GAY ANTHEM “I WILL SURVIVE” RELEASED – FIVE FACTS YOU DIDN’T KNOW
On January 20, 1979 Gloria Gaynor’s rerdg of I Will Survive was released and started s way up the mic charts.”I Will Survive” beme one of the qutsential anthems for the gay Pri that year and has held strong as a favore of gay men * gloria gay anthem *
On January 20, 1979 Gloria Gaynor’s rerdg of I Will Survive was released and started s way up the mic charts.
THE ARE THE 20 MOST IMPORTANT GAY ANTHEMS OF ALL TIME
* gloria gay anthem *
“I Will Survive” beme one of the qutsential anthems for the Gay Pri that year and has held strong as a favore of gay men everywhere.
Gaynor origally released “I Will Survive” as the B-si to her ver of the Righteo Brothers’ “Substute” 1978.
GLORIA GAYNOR -- I'M NOT HOMOPHOBIC ... JT REALLY RELIG
Powerful and spirg songs by Lat acts such as Gloria Trevi, Los Tigr l Norte and Alex Anwandter have bee anthems to the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muny. * gloria gay anthem *
Gaynor won the only Dis Grammy. Gloria Gaynor won the Grammy award for Bt Dis Rerdg 1980 for “I Will Survive. Gaynor also rerd the song at a higher vol register than she normally sgs and the track wasn’t overproduced like her earlier hs.
Dozens of artists have vered Gaynor’s h anthem, helpg achieve a timels stat on the charts.
It not only serv as a break-up anthem for women that ro up strength and power to move on om a relatnship, but as the qutsential empowerment song the gay muny to those who leave them behd, and even to Gaynor herself. Jt before rerdg “I Will Survive, ” Gaynor spent six months the hospal om a back jury and the song served as her own source of motivatn to survive and overe the jury.
I WILL SURVIVE SGER WANTS TO ‘LEAD GAYS TO CHRIST’
Gloria Gaynor requted no shirtls men be her le of sight durg her performance at a gay bar Thursday night ... but not bee she's homophobic -- her people say the sger is jt eply relig. * gloria gay anthem *
Now that you know a ltle more behd the tune, watch and sg along wh Gloria Gaynor’s timels PRIDE anthem below. 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.