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THE ULTIMATE QUEER CHRISTMAS VIO PLAYLIST FOR A GAY OL’ HOLIDAY AT HOME
Last week an elementary school teacher Michigan me unr fire when she cid to remove the word "gay" om the classic Christmas rol "Deck The Halls."She claimed that the word ma her stunts giggle and that quickly beme a distractn for the first and send grars she teach. After parents and others the muny got wd of the change -- and outrage ensued -- the teacher re-serted the supposedly troublome word back to the song.We here at HuffPost Gay Voic believe that when people are aaid of or unfortable wh LGBT people or issu or even words (whether or not the word qutn is actually beg ed relatn to the LGBT muny), sometim the bt tactic is ph for an even greater prence hop of showg we won't be timidated, terred, or erased.So, we dug through our rerd llectns (and YouTube) -- to fd the gayt Christmas songs we uld get our hands (and ears) on a lighthearted effort to make thgs a ltle merrier -- and gayer -- this December.From mpy offergs om The Weather Girls and Lady Gaga to songs by gay artists and ins like Gee Michael and Dolly Parton, this is our ltle gift to you this holiday season -- and the perfect playlist for a ftive gay get-together.Check out our selectns the followg slishow, rank them om rnit to most classic, and tell if we missed one of your favor the ments sectn below.Popular the CommunyYou May Like.
They say Christmas is jt 'Straight Halloween, ' but the gays also do our fair share of celebratg! From classics to brand new songs, om tradnal vers to the gayt lyrics you n thk of, here are 23 of our favore Christmas songs by LGBTQ+ artists to get you the spir this holiday season! The ultimate gay Christmas classic.
It n be clever and morn and tchy and even a ltle rnchy (a sample le om Big Freedia's "Santa Is a Gay Man": "I'd love to grab ahold of that belly / And make jiggle like a bowl of K-Y Jelly") bt Christmas jams rejigger tired old standards to somethg marveloly origal, or they go back to the drawg board and dream up somethg entirely new--a h yuleti tune that be s own light of that, we've stng together some of our ftive favor. In this massive 70-track playlist, you'll fd mic om the past seven s--om the ridiculo (Pansy Divisn's "Homo Christmas, " an o to gay sex unr the tree) to the sublime (Joni Mchell's "Blue, " perhaps the greatt untentnal Christmas song of all time).