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:
- THE ARE THE 20 MOST IMPORTANT GAY ANTHEMS OF ALL TIME
- BT GAY ANTHEM: 'TE COLORS' OR 'OVER THE RABOW'? | THE TYLT
- BT GAY ANTHEM: 'I WILL SURVIVE' OR 'TE COLORS'? | THE TYLT
- 55 BT GAY SONGS OF ALL TIME (LGBTQ PRI SONGS)
- BT GAY ANTHEM: 'BETIFUL' OR 'BORN THIS WAY'? | THE TYLT
- S.F. GAY MEN'S CHOS MASH UP 'TE COLORS' AND 'BRAVE' FOR TRIBUTE TO HEALTH CARE WORKERS
THE ARE THE 20 MOST IMPORTANT GAY ANTHEMS OF ALL TIME
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While new gay artists and empowerg anthems pop up daily, ’s important to honor the tried-and-te classics.
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. Its ntroversial mic vio follows a young man kicked out of his hoe for beg gay and ultimately takg his life. The Brish synth-pop tr regularly explored their sexualy throughout their talog (all three members were openly gay).
As if this song wasn’t gay enough, the Glee rendn was a duet between the show’s rint lbian, Santana (Naya Rivera), and gut star Ida Menzel. 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.
BT GAY ANTHEM: 'TE COLORS' OR 'OVER THE RABOW'? | THE TYLT
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 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.
Forty-four years ago, Reed had a mastream h wh this hypnotic tale of gay and transgenr streetwalkers, spired by Andy Warhol’s darlgs of the unrground. After transng om Disney kid to pop prcs, Aguilera got ser and spiratnal wh this anthem (and explicly gay-iendly vio) support of everyone who’s ever felt different.
BT GAY ANTHEM: 'I WILL SURVIVE' OR 'TE COLORS'? | THE TYLT
Before officially g out as gay a 1998 Advote terview, the ternatnal pop star rerd this song, which telegraphed his stggl wh his artistic and personal inty. Out and proud before was remotely fashnable, the androgyno Sylvter created this dis anthem — which beme synonymo wh gay liberatn. The gay liberatn ‘70s and the age of dis (which was born gay clubs) created a bumper crop of gay anthems.
But the vio of this song, that’s been played for s at bar mzvahs, was filmed at New York’s most notor cisg grounds — makg s gay subtext perfectly clear. From s irristible tro to s lir vols, this dis h om Swen’s greatt import has spired generatns of gay fans to cut loose on the dance floor. The gay in took the vogue-g tradn out of New York’s unrground gay and drag clubs and thst to the pop mastream — wng extra pots for sly shout-outs to glam ins of the ‘30s, ‘40s and ‘50s.
Never one to simply put out a tune, Mother Monster giv an epic sci-fi tro to this electric anthem of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and ethnic self-assertn and pri.
55 BT GAY SONGS OF ALL TIME (LGBTQ PRI SONGS)
The ultimate gay anthem to burst out of the dis ‘70s is a song of fiance, pennce, and survival that speaks to anyone who ref to be held down. Cyndi Lper's "Te Colors" and Judy Garland's performance of "Over the Rabow" might be the most lorful gay anthems of all time. "Over the Rabow" has bee a not only a gay anthem sce 's 1939 release, but 's also regard as the most classic gay anthem ever.
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Rumors had been swirlg for years around Michael’s sexualy but nothg was ever nfirmed by him prr to this song’s release (shortly thereafter he me out as bisexual, before g out as gay further down the le). While there’s nothg explicly homosexual the play, many believe that the ma characters Vladimir and Estragon are an ageg homosexual uple, who are worn out and not engagg sexually any longer.
BT GAY ANTHEM: 'BETIFUL' OR 'BORN THIS WAY'? | THE TYLT
If you’ve ever wnsed eher of the played a gay club, you’d fely agree when you hear the entire place go crazy and sg along wh every word. 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.
The vio further solidified the song’s stat as a gay anthem, as featur all the members of the band cross-drsg. Group, Bronski Beat, released a gay anthem lled “Smalltown Boy” as the first sgle off their but album The Age of Consent. Unlike Queen, all three members of Bronski Beat were openly gay and their songs reflected this as well.
S.F. GAY MEN'S CHOS MASH UP 'TE COLORS' AND 'BRAVE' FOR TRIBUTE TO HEALTH CARE WORKERS
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. Dpe rampant homophobia tied to both the AIDS epimic and the nservative learship of Ronald Reagan the U.
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. Charts after a Facebook mpaign was lnched to get the song back on the charts rponse to a polician who blamed floodg and adverse weather on gay marriage.
Martha Wash and Izora Armstead may not be LGBTQ, but the duo, pecially Wash, are nsired to be gay ins today, thanks large part to “It’s Rag Men.