From Lady Gaga and Christa Aguilera, to Elton John and Gloria Gaynor, we rank the 50 most spiratnal LGBTQ+ songs to uplift the queer muny
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ULTIMATE PRI PLAYLIST: THE 50 BT GAY SONGS
* best gay songs 2018 *
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55 BT GAY SONGS OF ALL TIME (LGBTQ+ PRI SONGS)
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The Kks – Lola (1970)Ray Davi’s empathetic, and acceptg, story of a cross-drser proved so pellg, beme a top 10 smash, even an fely more homophobic time.
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Photograph: PAJt as Stt McKenzie’s San Francis (Be Sure to Wear Flowers Your Hair) lured hippi wt 1967, this Village People classic functned as a wele mat for gay people at the muny’s adopted homeland by the bay. Elton John – Elton’s Song (1979)At the mercial nadir of his reer – five years after he me out as bisexual and more than a before he e out as a gay man – Elton released the most poignant queer song of his reer.
Pete Townshend – Rough Boys (1980)Townshend’s randy song, which ught him longg to “be and kiss” a rough tra punk, exposed the homoeroticism that unrli so much rock’n’roll.