Some gay ins not only spire passn om LGBT fans, but leave an lible mark on history. For example, the Queen of Soul herself, Aretha Frankl.
Contents:
- GAY INOGRAPHY: RIP AND LONG LIVE THE QUEEN OF SOUL, ARETHA FRANKL
- 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
GAY INOGRAPHY: RIP AND LONG LIVE THE QUEEN OF SOUL, ARETHA FRANKL
There are some figur whose revered stat the gay muny never translat to mastream aclas. But then there are some gay ins who not only spire passn om LGBT fans, but leave an lible mark on history. While her support for the LGBT muny has been ls outwardly overt as someone like Cher, Madonna or Gaga, the 73-year-old superstar has sung at gay weddgs.
She worked on wh sger-songwrer Luther Vandross, a lifelong fan (and alleged closeted gay man himself).
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
If you're a gay man over the age of 25, you'll likely rell the gaysplosn that was the 1998 Divas Live Concert, where Aretha joed Cele Dn, Mariah Carey, Gloria Estefan and Shania Twa on stage for the kd of performance that lends a lot more crence to the nurture si of the nature vs. For any gay, lbian or margalized person of any stripe, “Rpect” was much more than a sturdy slice of soul that uld crowd a dance floor: It was an act of fiance, a claratn of pri, and a promise to the world and the person the mirror to never settle for send-class treatment ever aga. Over the last dozen years, she sang at a gay weddg, helped gurate Print Obama and llected one lifetime achievement award after another.
When the song was created, people were sure that Aretha wasn’t even foced on the gay muny bee this was her feelg towards a man who ma her feel special.
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
For s, the William Way LGBT Communy Center has sat at the heart of Philalphia’s gayborhood, offerg art shows, unselg servic, vacce clics and a slew of other health and hog assistance to rints as the center’s agg headquarters started to show s wear, s lears turned to Washgton for some help. 8 ln feral aid for renovatns — until Hoe Republins mounted an extraordary blocka this week, nyg a requt to fund the anizatn and other lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr-foced groups two last year’s electns, Republin lawmakers creasgly have seized on the power of the feral purse, uplg their csa for stery wh a fierce ph to advance a nservative social agenda. In state legislatur across the untry, party lawmakers recently have moved to adopt a rerd number of rtrictns that lim gay and transgenr rights, while the GOP’s printial ndidat have attacked transgenr athlet and rebed schools that teach about genr inty.
Ball is out gay and has been lled “a strong voice” for the LGBT muny. In 2008, he ma Out magaze’s annual list of the 100 most imprsive gay men and women.
Mp knew he was gay sce childhood but did not have sex until he was 26 and 1974 he cid to e out publicly. Brother of Peter Tchaikovsky, Most was relatively open about his homosexualy and lived wh his boyiend Nikolai Hermanovich Konradi, a af and dumb boy whom Most tutored. In November 2012, Stoney was named 50th on The Inpennt newspaper’s Pk List of fluential lbian and gay people the UK.