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Contents:
- DO THE ‘PROUD BOYS’ KNOW THEIR ANTHEM WAS WRTEN BY A GAY JEW?
- THE ARE THE 20 MOST IMPORTANT GAY ANTHEMS OF ALL TIME
- ALMIGHTY GAY ANTHEMS: PROUD
DO THE ‘PROUD BOYS’ KNOW THEIR ANTHEM WAS WRTEN BY A GAY JEW?
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THE ARE THE 20 MOST IMPORTANT GAY ANTHEMS OF ALL TIME
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ALMIGHTY GAY ANTHEMS: PROUD
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. When Lady Gaga penned her bombastic o to self-love, her words cemented a greater shift cultural attus around homosexualy.
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