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Contents:

• THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG
• BT GAY ANTHEMS 2023: LGBTQ PRI SONGS PLAYLIST
• ULTIMATE PRI PLAYLIST: THE 50 BT GAY SONGS
• 55 BT GAY SONGS OF ALL TIME (LGBTQ PRI SONGS)
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• THE ARE THE 20 MOST IMPORTANT GAY ANTHEMS OF ALL TIME
• ‘PHILALPHIA FREEDOM’ ISN’T JT A GAY ANTHEM. IT’S A PRI ANTHEM.
• THE TOP 75 MOST INIC GAY ANTHEMS DERVG OF THE TLE OF BEG CALLED THE "GAY NATNAL ANTHEM"
• GAY ANTHEMS FOR A NEW GENERATN 2021 | MORN GAY ANTHEMS PUBLISHED JUNE 18, 2021 IN THE WAKE OF OUR 14TH GAY PRI ANNIVERSARY, PARTY FAVORZ PRENTS THE ANNUAL PILATN OF GAY ANTHEMS FOR A NEW GENERATN WH THE BIGGT MORN GAY ANTHEMS FOR 2021, MERGG PAST INIC CLASSICS WH THE BOLD TUN OF TOMORROW’S LGBTQ+ MIC SCENE. CHER’S ANTHEMIC TRACK “BELIEVE” LEADS THE LIST WH S MORN TOUCH BY LIAM PFEIFER, REMDG TO KEEP FAH OURSELV AND OUR JOURNEY. RIHANNA’S “WE FOUND LOVE” SPIR TO HOLD ONTO HOPE, EVEN THE DARKT TIM. THE TRACKS EMBODY THE SENCE OF MORN GAY ANTHEMS BY OFFERG SOLACE, JOY, AND AN AVENUE FOR SELF-EXPRSN TO THE LGBTQ+ MUNY. CLASSICS LIKE ULTRA NATé’S “FREE,” AND WHNEY HOTON’S “I WANNA DANCE WH SOMEBODY,” GIVEN A H SP, ARE TIMELS ANTHEMS THAT UPLIFT THE SPIR, EMBOLNG DIVIDUALS TO EMBRACE THEIR INTY FEARLSLY. THEY ENPSULATE THE STGGL, TRIUMPHS, AND RILIENCE OF THE GAY MUNY, SERVG AS POWERFUL RALLYG CRI AT PRI PARAS AND CELEBRATNS. LADY GAGA’S “BORN THIS WAY,” REMIXED BY LIAM PFEIFER, ECHO THE MSAGE OF ACCEPTANCE AND SELF-LOVE, RERCG S STAT AS A MORN GAY ANTHEM. SIARLY, ROBYN’S “DANCG ON MY OWN,” LIL NAS X’S “MONTERO CALL ME BY YOUR NAME,” AND MADONNA’S “VOGUE,” EACH WH THEIR UNIQUE REMIX, REPRENT THE MUNY’S JOURNEY TOWARDS SELF-EMPOWERMENT, CLIVY, AND LIBERATN. SEVERAL TRACKS ON THE LIST, LIKE “YMCA” BY VILLAGE PEOPLE, “WE ARE FAY” BY SISTER SLEDGE, AND “I WILL SURVIVE” BY GLORIA GAYNOR, HAVE BEEN PILLARS OF THE GAY MUNY FOR S. THE SONGS HAVE EVOLVED TO MORN GAY ANTHEMS, CELEBRATG THE DIVERSY AND UNY OF THE MUNY. MOREOVER, NEW ADDNS TO THE GAY ANTHEMS PANTHEON, LIKE DUA LIPA’S “LEVATG,” MILEY CYS’ “MIDNIGHT SKY,” AND AVA MAX’S “MY HEAD & MY HEART,” RPORATE NTEMPORARY SOUNDS AND THEM THAT RONATE WH YOUNGER LGBTQ+ GENERATNS. THEY RERCE THE CLIVY OF THE GAY MUNY, ENSURG S MIL HERAGE REMAS H AND RELEVANT. SONGS LIKE “DON’T LEAVE ME THIS WAY” BY THELMA HOTON AND “IT’S A S” BY YEARS & YEARS ADDRS THE PLEXI AND CHALLENG FACED BY THE LGBTQ+ MUNY, OFFERG SOLACE AND SOLIDARY. THEIR CLN THIS LIST ENSUR THE NARRATIV REMA CENTRAL TO THE DISURSE OF GAY ANTHEMS. IN NCLN, THE LLECTN OF MORN GAY ANTHEMS FOR 2021 BY PARTY FAVORZ IS A TTAMENT TO THE EVOLUTN OF GAY ANTHEMS. FROM NOSTALGIC CLASSICS REIMAGED TO NEW ANTHEMS WH THEIR FECT BEATS AND POWERFUL LYRICS, THEY UNRLE THE RILIENCE, DIVERSY, AND UNY OF THE LGBTQ+ MUNY. MIC NTU TO PLAY AN STMENTAL ROLE THIS JOURNEY TOWARDS ACCEPTANCE AND EQUALY, WH EACH SONG OFFERG AN ECHO OF THE MUNY’S PAST, A SNAPSHOT OF S PRENT, AND A GLIMPSE OF S PROMISG FUTURE. H A P P Y   P R I D E   E V E R Y O N E!
• GAY ANTHEMS
• THE ULTIMATE GAY ANTHEMS & PRIDE CLASSICS — VOLUME 1
• GAY ANTHEMS FOR A NEW GENERATN 2022 VOLUME 1
• HIGH URT’S ‘GAY WEDDG WEBSE’ CISN BRGS HOPE TO PHOTOGRAPHER, BAKER, OTHER CREATIV
• NO SHA, BUT THERE’S A WRONG WAY TO MAKE A GAY ANTHEM

THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG

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. The drag-centric mil took home six Tonys, cludg bt mil; bt sre (wh mic and lyrics by gay in Cyndi Lper); and outstandg actor a mil, for out-and-proud Billy Porter’s eback performance as Lola, a drag queen. In what appeared to be a rponse to the Brish ernment’s damng Sectn 28 act (which crimalized the promotn of homosexualy, rultg the closg of lbian, gay and bisexual support groups across Brish schools and lleg), the song qutns “What relign or reason uld drive a man to forsake his lover?

BT GAY ANTHEMS 2023: LGBTQ PRI SONGS PLAYLIST

Not only is Frozen’s Elsa the first Disney prcs whout a love tert, which has ved terpretatns of her beg gay or ace/aro, Elsa’s experience of isolatn and rejectn and her inty stggl are all too relatable to the movie’s queer dienc.

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. “I’m Comg Out” didn’t jt allu to the former Supreme’s dis makeover, was a sign of support to her gay fanbase (whether Diana Ross was overtly aware of or not) crafted by funk archects Nile Rodgers and Chic -founr Bernard Edwards.

ULTIMATE PRI PLAYLIST: THE 50 BT GAY SONGS

The inic ‘70s rock band led by gay superstar Freddie Mercury may be forever remembered for Bohemian Rhapsody, but this sexy, propulsive tune — that gleefully swaps male and female pronouns — perfectly ptur the spir of Pri. You may be able to fd the same ntent another format, or you may be able to fd more rmatn, at their web You Should Play It: Pull this out when you need to remd the room that one of the bt rock bands to exist was onted by a wildly talented volist who happened to be a gay Mgrav — “High Horse”This ntent is imported om Third party.

"20"I'm Comg Out" by Diana Ross20"I'm Comg Out" by Diana RossCred: AmazonApparently, Chic's Nile Rodgers was spired to wre this funky 1980 dance h for Diana Ross after seeg multiple drag queens drsed as the sger at a New York gay club. The Bay Area gay punk pneers found a ht of mastream fame when they toured wh Green Day on their Dookie n 1994, but was their sexy lyrics and who-giv-a-fuck attu that enared them to a generatn of queer kids – before that term was even fashnable.

It’s difficult to pick one song that f them – wh songs like “Dick of Death, ” “Groovy Unrwear” or their classic ver of Prce’s “Jack You Off” – but we went wh one that seems to fy the ia of a gay “anthem” no matter how you thk of . ” Sgg “No fay is safe when I sashay, ” he slks to a nference room and gyrat his hips for a room full of sus – a sly riposte to the legns of homophob who weaponize their fears agast LGBTQ people, om wh board rooms, Congrs, or out on the streets.

55 BT GAY SONGS OF ALL TIME (LGBTQ PRI SONGS)

While high-energy classics like Whney’s “I Wanna Dance Wh Someone” and CeCe Peniston’s “Fally” see heavy rotatn among gay clubs, Grace Jon’ laid back staple out-queers them all, wh eyebrow-raisg lyrics: “Pull up to my bumper baby / In your long black limoe / Pull up to my bumper baby / And drive between.

While “I Will Survive” seems like the obv choice for a Gaynor classic, “I Am What I Am” has gayer origs: the song, penned by out poser Jerry Herman, was wrten as the fale performance to close out the uber-gay Broadway mil La Cage x Foll.

Debutg at the top of charts across the world, the song is straightforward s tentn to empower the LGBTQ muny: “No matter gay, straight, or bi / Lbian, transgenred life / I’m on the right track, baby / I was born to survive, ” the superstar mands. And like her smash rerd, Bean’s 1977 track (which was prevly rerd by fellow Motown rerdg artist Valento) was forthright s gay lyricism: “I’m happy / I’m reful / I’m gay, ” the cheery-voiced sger proclaims over a dis beat. The cln of many ABBA tracks the drag masterpiece ‘Priscilla Queen of the Dert’ helped make ABBA a favore of the gay muny, wh ‘Dancg Queen’ beg the obv choice for cln on this list bee many a dancg queen have twirled the night away to this song and will ntue for generatns to e.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

“Erasure’s out gay ont-man Andy Bell sgs about breakg the chas that bd , enuragg the listener to feel ee to be who they are — to walk ‘hand hand hand, ’ ‘makg plans together, ’ ‘our sisters and our brothers.

“Milly and lyrilly an homage to Gloria Gaynor’s ‘I Will Survive, ’ this song is sung om the perspective of Cher to a cheatg lover, but one uld easily terpret the lyrics to be about a reprsive society that she is no longer willg to tolerate. Not necsarily a Pri anthem upon release, the song was always popular wh the LGBTQ+ muny, but after ’s proment cln the gay teen film ‘Love, Simon, ’ this song has bee a multi-generatnal anthem for young and old. “‘Betiful, ’ wh ’s msage of self-empowerment and dividualy was on track to bee an anthem for the LGBTQ+ muny, but after the vio me out and clud posive imag of gay and transgenr people, s distctn was guaranteed.

Of urse, morn-day divas like Mariah Carey, Madonna, Brney Spears and Christa Aguilera are gay ins, but isn’t jt pop sgers who soundtrack Pri Month — even Disney movi like Ennto and Frozen provi spiratn, as unnventnal of a choice as may seem. In the wake of our 14th Gay Pri anniversary, Party Favorz prents the annual pilatn of Gay Anthems For a new Generatn wh the biggt Morn Gay Anthems for 2021, mergg past inic classics wh the bold tun of tomorrow’s LGBTQ+ mic scene. Moreover, new addns to the gay anthems pantheon, like Dua Lipa’s “Levatg, ” Miley Cys’ “Midnight Sky, ” and Ava Max’s “My Head & My Heart, ” rporate ntemporary sounds and them that ronate wh younger LGBTQ+ generatns.

THE ARE THE 20 MOST IMPORTANT GAY ANTHEMS OF ALL TIME

Circu & Anthems Gay Anthems Pri Edn 2023 — The Biggt Gay Pri Circu Anthems Party Favorz is thrilled to return wh our annual Pri Edn for 2023, steppg back to the limelight wh the most heart-poundg Gay Pri circu anthems that are takg center stage at ftivals and gay events worldwi.

‘PHILALPHIA FREEDOM’ ISN’T JT A GAY ANTHEM. IT’S A PRI ANTHEM.

Unfortunately, we …Read More, Stream and Download Podst: DownloadListen on: Apple Podsts | Google Podsts | Amazon Mic | Android | iHeartRad | TuneIn | RSS | Donate Gay Anthems Gay Anthems For A New Generatn 2023 Volume 2 As the wave of Gay Pri celebratns swells across the globe, Party Favorz is set to keep the rabow nnectn alive and kickg wh the release of Volume 2 of the 2023 Gay Anthems For A New Generatn seri. This sequel pilatn is brimmg wh reimaged gay anthems by dtry legends such as Donna Summer, …Read More, Stream and Download Podst: DownloadListen on: Apple Podsts | Google Podsts | Amazon Mic | Android | iHeartRad | TuneIn | RSS | Donate Gay Anthems Gay Anthems For A New Generatn 2023 Volume 1 | Gay Pri Anthems 2023 Party Favorz returns wh our much-anticipated annual release: Gay Anthems For A New Generatn 2023!

THE TOP 75 MOST INIC GAY ANTHEMS DERVG OF THE TLE OF BEG CALLED THE "GAY NATNAL ANTHEM"

We brg you the most emblematic, …Read More, Stream and Download Podst: DownloadListen on: Apple Podsts | Google Podsts | Amazon Mic | Android | iHeartRad | TuneIn | RSS | Donate Circu & Anthems Gay Anthems Gay Anthems For A New Generatn 2022 Volume 3 We’ve reached the end of our 2022 Gay Anthems For A New Generatn seri, and this fal set is tly explosive. The cln of many ABBA tracks the drag masterpiece 'Priscilla Queen of the Dert' helped make ABBA a favore of the gay muny, wh 'Dancg Queen' beg the obv choice for cln on this list bee many a dancg queen have twirled the night away to this song and will ntue for generatns to e. ""Erasure's out gay ont-man Andy Bell sgs about breakg the chas that bd , enuragg the listener to feel ee to be who they are _ to walk 'hand hand hand, ' 'makg plans together, ' 'our sisters and our brothers.

GAY ANTHEMS FOR A NEW GENERATN 2021 | MORN GAY ANTHEMS PUBLISHED JUNE 18, 2021 IN THE WAKE OF OUR 14TH GAY PRI ANNIVERSARY, PARTY FAVORZ PRENTS THE ANNUAL PILATN OF GAY ANTHEMS FOR A NEW GENERATN WH THE BIGGT MORN GAY ANTHEMS FOR 2021, MERGG PAST INIC CLASSICS WH THE BOLD TUN OF TOMORROW’S LGBTQ+ MIC SCENE. CHER’S ANTHEMIC TRACK “BELIEVE” LEADS THE LIST WH S MORN TOUCH BY LIAM PFEIFER, REMDG TO KEEP FAH OURSELV AND OUR JOURNEY. RIHANNA’S “WE FOUND LOVE” SPIR TO HOLD ONTO HOPE, EVEN THE DARKT TIM. THE TRACKS EMBODY THE SENCE OF MORN GAY ANTHEMS BY OFFERG SOLACE, JOY, AND AN AVENUE FOR SELF-EXPRSN TO THE LGBTQ+ MUNY. CLASSICS LIKE ULTRA NATé’S “FREE,” AND WHNEY HOTON’S “I WANNA DANCE WH SOMEBODY,” GIVEN A H SP, ARE TIMELS ANTHEMS THAT UPLIFT THE SPIR, EMBOLNG DIVIDUALS TO EMBRACE THEIR INTY FEARLSLY. THEY ENPSULATE THE STGGL, TRIUMPHS, AND RILIENCE OF THE GAY MUNY, SERVG AS POWERFUL RALLYG CRI AT PRI PARAS AND CELEBRATNS. LADY GAGA’S “BORN THIS WAY,” REMIXED BY LIAM PFEIFER, ECHO THE MSAGE OF ACCEPTANCE AND SELF-LOVE, RERCG S STAT AS A MORN GAY ANTHEM. SIARLY, ROBYN’S “DANCG ON MY OWN,” LIL NAS X’S “MONTERO CALL ME BY YOUR NAME,” AND MADONNA’S “VOGUE,” EACH WH THEIR UNIQUE REMIX, REPRENT THE MUNY’S JOURNEY TOWARDS SELF-EMPOWERMENT, CLIVY, AND LIBERATN. SEVERAL TRACKS ON THE LIST, LIKE “YMCA” BY VILLAGE PEOPLE, “WE ARE FAY” BY SISTER SLEDGE, AND “I WILL SURVIVE” BY GLORIA GAYNOR, HAVE BEEN PILLARS OF THE GAY MUNY FOR S. THE SONGS HAVE EVOLVED TO MORN GAY ANTHEMS, CELEBRATG THE DIVERSY AND UNY OF THE MUNY. MOREOVER, NEW ADDNS TO THE GAY ANTHEMS PANTHEON, LIKE DUA LIPA’S “LEVATG,” MILEY CYS’ “MIDNIGHT SKY,” AND AVA MAX’S “MY HEAD & MY HEART,” RPORATE NTEMPORARY SOUNDS AND THEM THAT RONATE WH YOUNGER LGBTQ+ GENERATNS. THEY RERCE THE CLIVY OF THE GAY MUNY, ENSURG S MIL HERAGE REMAS H AND RELEVANT. SONGS LIKE “DON’T LEAVE ME THIS WAY” BY THELMA HOTON AND “IT’S A S” BY YEARS & YEARS ADDRS THE PLEXI AND CHALLENG FACED BY THE LGBTQ+ MUNY, OFFERG SOLACE AND SOLIDARY. THEIR CLN THIS LIST ENSUR THE NARRATIV REMA CENTRAL TO THE DISURSE OF GAY ANTHEMS. IN NCLN, THE LLECTN OF MORN GAY ANTHEMS FOR 2021 BY PARTY FAVORZ IS A TTAMENT TO THE EVOLUTN OF GAY ANTHEMS. FROM NOSTALGIC CLASSICS REIMAGED TO NEW ANTHEMS WH THEIR FECT BEATS AND POWERFUL LYRICS, THEY UNRLE THE RILIENCE, DIVERSY, AND UNY OF THE LGBTQ+ MUNY. MIC NTU TO PLAY AN STMENTAL ROLE THIS JOURNEY TOWARDS ACCEPTANCE AND EQUALY, WH EACH SONG OFFERG AN ECHO OF THE MUNY’S PAST, A SNAPSHOT OF S PRENT, AND A GLIMPSE OF S PROMISG FUTURE. H A P P Y   P R I D E   E V E R Y O N E!

Member Martha Wash has gone on to sg gay anthems wh Black Box, C&C Mic Factory, and her own solo Khan's song of female empowerment, later vered by Whney Hoton for 'The Bodyguard' soundtrack, has gone on to appeal to queer women and men due to s upliftg and posive lyrics about beg able do anythg you put your md to.

""Milly and lyrilly an homage to Gloria Gaynor's 'I Will Survive, ' this song is sung om the perspective of Cher to a cheatg lover, but one uld easily terpret the lyrics to be about a reprsive society that she is no longer willg to tolerate. Not necsarily a Pri anthem upon release, the song was always popular wh the LGBTQ+ muny, but after 's proment cln the gay teen film 'Love, Simon, ' this song has bee a multi-generatnal anthem for young and old.

""'Betiful, ' wh 's msage of self-empowerment and dividualy was on track to bee an anthem for the LGBTQ+ muny, but after the vio me out and clud posive imag of gay and transgenr people, s distctn was guaranteed. You may be able to fd the same ntent another format, or you may be able to fd more rmatn, at their web there anythg gayer than a bop about ltg over your csh om afar while you daydream ceaselsly about beg brave enough to make a move? You may be able to fd the same ntent another format, or you may be able to fd more rmatn, at their web Ocean did that, and by that, I mean me out as a queer Black man and then immediately released this inic, heartrendg—and explicly gay—o to lost love.

GAY ANTHEMS

Tradnally, gay anthems often me om straight artists, but as more and more queer artists are gettg a chance to wre and perform the kds of songs they want to, we’re gettg more explicly gay anthems, and we love are 20 Pri Anthems that are sential listeng this month! The Liverpool five-piece allowed the Midas touch of producer Trevor Horn to transform their urgent mo to a Hi-NRG supernova, offerg jt enough of a sniff of a thrillg gay subculture to potentially rpt the kids. Gettg ught ttagg a Los Angel public toilet isn’t the subtlt of ways to announce to the world you’re gay, but Gee Michael seized the moment and turned the tabloid sndal to somethg approachg a lculated masterstroke.

THE ULTIMATE GAY ANTHEMS & PRIDE CLASSICS — VOLUME 1

Bar the llaboratn wh MNDR on Swerlk, which was issued to memorate victims of the Orlando gay-club massacre of 2016, Let’s Have A Kiki signalled a lengthy hiat for the band, but we hope they’ll be back aga someday…. Brgg the Pri story almost bang up to date, the 2019 eyebrow-raiser Juice somehow transcends the standard parameters of a gay anthem while riffg on s 80s funk spiratn (most fabuloly the pop-culture smasbord of s vio). Cher had always been a gay in (those spectacular Bob Mackie outfs created for The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour – and the sp-off formats that followed – saw to that), but her forays onto the dancefloor were rare sce that brief flirtatn wh dis at the end of the 70s and hs like Take Me Home.

GAY ANTHEMS FOR A NEW GENERATN 2022 VOLUME 1

Its stat as one of the bt LGBTQ+ Pri songs is tged wh sadns – arguably a last stand agast the backlash of homophobia that would secure dis’s first mise and add so much extra sufferg to the HIV/AIDS epimic, then jt around the rner.

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. Although only reached number 46 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, was a number one h on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play, large part bee so many gay men loved the song — after all, was fun, sexy, danceable and mpy. For those unfaiar, the New York Cy ball scene was an LGBTQ subculture where different ho — mostly Black and Lat gay, bi, lbian and trans people — walked (or peted) for trophi tegori such as Face, Body, Butch Queen Realns, Femme Queen Realns, miscellaneo drag and Vogueg.

HIGH URT’S ‘GAY WEDDG WEBSE’ CISN BRGS HOPE TO PHOTOGRAPHER, BAKER, OTHER CREATIV

But I’m sure Ru uldn’t have imaged that 27 years later, not only would his song still be played gay bars, but people all over the world, both LGBTQ and our alli, would still be sayg l om this song, thanks to their cln a realy show lled RuPl’s Drag Race. Out lead sger Tom Robson penned this punk/new wave anthem for the London gay pri para and has sce been nsired Bra’s natnal gay anthem, even though was at one pot banned by the BBC Rad 1 on their Top 40 Chart Show. The origal versn of the song discs Bra’s treatment of the LGBTQ muny, cludg nouncg police raids on gay bars, but there have sce been 10 versns of the song released, wh Robson updatg the lyrics to reflect what was gog on the LGBTQ muny at the time (i.

NO SHA, BUT THERE’S A WRONG WAY TO MAKE A GAY ANTHEM

” Not only was that a ntroversial issue at the time — only six years after the Stonewall Rts, most straight people thought beg gay was a “choice” — but also was one of the first songs wrten for the LGBTQ muny.

Produced by famo dis pneers Grg Moror and Pete Bellotte, the song ronated wh a queer dience bee of s unabashed claratn about lovg your body and s sexual sir at a time when beg gay was still nsired a sexual viancy.