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Contents:
- THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG
- 60 SONGS THAT WILL CLEAR OUT THE BATHROOM AT ANY GAY BAR
- PATRICK COWLEY, THE GAY GENI OF HI-NRG
- DANCE PRI: THE GAY ORIGS OF DANCE MIC
THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG
Pri serv more than a month. The gay songs – om dis hs to club classics – are perfect for Pri year-round. * gay bar disco music *
“Straight people were clumsy and had no rhythm, whereas gay men were right on.
60 SONGS THAT WILL CLEAR OUT THE BATHROOM AT ANY GAY BAR
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PATRICK COWLEY, THE GAY GENI OF HI-NRG
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“I’m happy, I’m reee and I’m gay, ” the sger hollers over soulful stmentatn.
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DANCE PRI: THE GAY ORIGS OF DANCE MIC
Patrick Cowley, ‘Mutant Man’ (1982)Patrick Cowley fed his reputatn as one of the world’s most progrsive synthizer players durg rerdgs wh the dis pneer Sylvter, cludg “You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real), ” perhaps the ultimate gay male anthem. ”A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn D, Page 5 of the New York edn wh the headle: Sp Some Gay Dis. A uple years ago we ma a post of songs that make gay people scream every time you play them.
Why this song is on this list: Bee every gay unr the age of 26 would lerally murr me if was not on this list. Why this song is on this list: Bee every sgle homosexual has had a "Dancg On My Own" *moment* at one time their life.