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Contents:
- THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG
- ULTIMATE PRI PLAYLIST: THE 50 BT GAY SONGS
- THE ULTIMATE GAY ANTHEMS & PRIDE CLASSICS — VOLUME 1
THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG
* disco gay anthems *
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.
While many pot to the ballroom culture-spired “Vogue” as her pivotal LGBTQ anthem, “Exprs Yourself” and s homoerotic visual was a siren ll to fans, enuragg them to have tonomy over their needs and sir. Inspired by “sad, gay dis anthems by Sylvter and Donna Summer, ” Swedish pop in Robyn turned an observatn on club culture to somethg much larger. Des before Gaga’s gay anthem and pre-datg The Village People, Carl Bean brought gay pri to the clubs (and charts) on the 1977 Motown smash “I Was Born This Way.
” Origally released as a dis sgle by Valento, Bean brought his gospel-powered vols to the track, as he proclaims, “I’m happy, I’m reee and I’m gay/I was born this way. “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
Get ready to celebrate wh our list of gay anthems to stir the heart and move the hips. Happy Pri, everyone! * disco gay anthems *
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. 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 ULTIMATE GAY ANTHEMS & PRIDE CLASSICS — VOLUME 1
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. 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.