I was 7, gay and an outst. Helen Reddy's songs were a lifele

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• I WAS 7, GAY AND AN OUTST. HELEN REDDY’S SONGS WERE A LIFELE
• I WAS 7, GAY AND AN OUTST. HELEN REDDY'S SONGS WERE A LIFELE
• THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
• THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
• IS HELEN REDDY GAY?

I WAS 7, GAY AND AN OUTST. HELEN REDDY’S SONGS WERE A LIFELE

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I WAS 7, GAY AND AN OUTST. HELEN REDDY'S SONGS WERE A LIFELE

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While the Osrs are the Gay Superbowl, the Grammys have not always been the queert awards show.

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IS HELEN REDDY GAY?

Though he was up for several awards that night, cludg album of the year for The Marshall Mathers LP, his often homophobic and misogynistic lyrics st a long shadow over his end up happeng beme not only one of the Grammys gayt moments, but one of the most inic moments mic history. Annie Lennox's androgyno look bed wh the Eurythmics' sound ma her a gay in the 1980s. Take two gay ins (Queen Latifah and Madonna), an out lbian sger (Mary Lambert), and add a song about marriage equaly ("Same Love").

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