“Enough of Beg Basely Tearful”: “Glter and Be Gay” and the Camp Polics of Queer Ristance - Volume 10 Issue 4
Contents:
- INSI THE FASCATG HISTORY OF GLTER AND GAY CULTURE
- GLTER AND BE GAYBARBARA COOKTRACK 6 ON CANDI (ORIGAL BROADWAY CAST RERDG) PRODUCED BYGODDARD LIEBERSONDEC. 31, 19561 VIEWER7.1K VIEWS3 CONTRIBUTORSGLTER AND BE GAY LYRICS[CUNEGONDE, SPOKEN]AND HERE I AM, MY HEART BREAKGFORCED TO GLTER, FORCED TO BE GAY(SUNG)GLTER AND BE GAYTHAT'S THE PART I PLAYHERE I AM PARIS, FRANCEFORCED TO BEND MY SOULTO A SORDID ROLEVICTIMIZED BY BTERBTER CIRCUMSTANCEALAS, FOR ME!HAD I REMAEDBI MY LADY MOTHERMY VIRTUE HAD REMAED UNSTAEDUNTIL MY MAIN HAND WAS GAEDBY SOME GRAND DE OR OTHERAH, 'TWAS NOT TO BEHARSH NECSYBROUGHT ME TO THIS GILD GEBORN TO HIGHER THGSHERE I DROP MY WGSAH!SGG OF A SORROWNOTHG N ASSUAGEYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEAND YET, OF URSE, I RATHER LIKE TO REVEL, HA HA!I HAVE NO STRONG OBJECTN TO CHAMPAGNE, HA HA!MY WARDROBE IS EXPENSIVE AS THE VIL, HA HA!PERHAPS IS IGNOBLE TO PLAENOUGH, ENOUGHOF BEG BASELY TEARFULI'LL SHOW MY NOBLE STUFFBY BEG BRIGHT AND CHEERFULHA HA HA HA HA!HA!HA HA HA HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA HA HA!HA HA, HA HA, HA HA HA HA HA HA!HA HA, HA HA, HA HA HA HA!HA! HA!HA HA HA HA HA HA!(SPOKEN)PEARLS AND BY RGSAH, HOW N WORLDLY THGSTAKE THE PLACE OF HONOR LOST?CAN THEY PENSATEFOR MY FALLEN STATE?PURCHASED AS THEY WERE AT SUCH A, AT SUCH AN AWFUL ST?BRACELETS, LAVALLIERCAN THEY DRY MY TEARS?CAN THEY BLD MY EY TO SHAME?CAN THE BRIGHTT BROOCHSHIELD ME OM REPROACH?CAN THE PURT DIAMOND PURIFY MY NAME?(SUNG)AND YET, OF URSE, THE TRKETS ARE ENARG, HA HA!I'M OH SO GLAD MY SAPPHIRE IS A STAR, HA HA!I RATHER LIKE A TWENTY RAT EARRG, HA HA!IF I'M NOT PURE AT LEAST MY JEWELS ARE!ENOUGH, ENOUGHI'LL TAKE THEIR DIAMOND NECKLACEAND SHOW MY NOBLE STUFFBY BEG GAY AND RECKLSHA HA HA HA HA!HA!HA HA HA HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA HA HA!HA HA, HA HA, HA HA HA HA HA HA!HA HA, HA HA, HA HA HA HA!OBSERVE HOW BRAVELY I NCEALTHE DREADFUL, DREADFUL SHAME I FEELHA HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA!HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA HA HA!HA! HA!HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA!HA!HA!HA HA!HA HA HA!EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *WHO PRODUCED “GLTER AND BE GAY” BY BARBARA COOK?WHEN DID BARBARA COOK RELEASE “GLTER AND BE GAY”?WHO WROTE “GLTER AND BE GAY” BY BARBARA COOK?CANDI (ORIGAL BROADWAY CAST RERDG) (1956)ORIGAL BROADWAY CAST OF CANDI1. OVERTURE2. THE BT OF ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS3. OH, HAPPY WE4. IT MT BE SO5. PARIS WALTZ6. GLTER AND BE GAY7. YOU WERE DEAD, YOU KNOW8. MY LOVE9. I AM EASILY ASSIATED10. FALE ACT 1 (QUARTET)11. QUIET12. ELDORADO13. BON VOYAGE14. WHAT’S THE USE?15. VENICE GAVOTTE16. MAKE OUR GARN GROWCREDSPRODUCED BYGODDARD LIEBERSONWRTEN BYLEONARD BERNSTE & RICHARD WILBURRELEASE DATEDECEMBER 31, 1956GLTER AND BE GAY COVERSGLTER AND BE GAY BY LISA VROMANTAGSPOPEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE
- “ENOUGH OF BEG BASELY TEARFUL”: “GLTER AND BE GAY” AND THE CAMP POLICS OF QUEER RISTANCE
- GLTER AND BE GAY
INSI THE FASCATG HISTORY OF GLTER AND GAY CULTURE
Read this fascatg, -pth look at this history of glter, glamour, and gay culture." emprop="scriptn * glitter and gay *
A more nontatnal versn of glter activism is the practice of “glter bombg, ” or showerg homophobic policians wh the sparkly stuff while shoutg LGBTQ+ rights slogans (such as “Stop the hate! Prr to the 2017 printial guratn, a queer street dance party was held outsi Mike Pence’s home to prott his homophobic polici—glter was a proment feature of many participants’ getups. [CUNEGONDE, spoken]And here I am, my heart breakgForced to glter, forced to be gay(sung)Glter and be gayThat's the part I playHere I am Paris, FranceForced to bend my soulTo a sordid roleVictimized by bterBter circumstanceAlas, for me!
Enough, enoughI'll take their diamond necklaceAnd show my noble stuffBy beg gay and recklsHa ha ha ha ha! After outlg mp as social crique, I turn to Cunégon's aria “Glter and Be Gay” and trace s path through mp's eways two different s: first, the Uned Stat of the 1950s, a perd marked by McCarthy's wch-hunts, Cold War anxieti, tense homophobia, and the poser's personal stggle to accept his homosexualy, and send, the late 1980s, when sger, songwrer, and AIDS activist Michael Callen (1955–1993) rerd his own mped-up versn of “Glter and Be Gay” for what would bee his last mil project, a posthumo double album entled Legacy (1996).
The Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Communy Center. “We Know Who We Are: Two Gay Men Declare War on Promiscuy. Gay New York: Genr, Urban Culture, and the Makg of the Gay Male World, 1890–1940.
GLTER AND BE GAYBARBARA COOKTRACK 6 ON CANDI (ORIGAL BROADWAY CAST RERDG) PRODUCED BYGODDARD LIEBERSONDEC. 31, 19561 VIEWER7.1K VIEWS3 CONTRIBUTORSGLTER AND BE GAY LYRICS[CUNEGONDE, SPOKEN]AND HERE I AM, MY HEART BREAKGFORCED TO GLTER, FORCED TO BE GAY(SUNG)GLTER AND BE GAYTHAT'S THE PART I PLAYHERE I AM PARIS, FRANCEFORCED TO BEND MY SOULTO A SORDID ROLEVICTIMIZED BY BTERBTER CIRCUMSTANCEALAS, FOR ME!HAD I REMAEDBI MY LADY MOTHERMY VIRTUE HAD REMAED UNSTAEDUNTIL MY MAIN HAND WAS GAEDBY SOME GRAND DE OR OTHERAH, 'TWAS NOT TO BEHARSH NECSYBROUGHT ME TO THIS GILD GEBORN TO HIGHER THGSHERE I DROP MY WGSAH!SGG OF A SORROWNOTHG N ASSUAGEYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEAND YET, OF URSE, I RATHER LIKE TO REVEL, HA HA!I HAVE NO STRONG OBJECTN TO CHAMPAGNE, HA HA!MY WARDROBE IS EXPENSIVE AS THE VIL, HA HA!PERHAPS IS IGNOBLE TO PLAENOUGH, ENOUGHOF BEG BASELY TEARFULI'LL SHOW MY NOBLE STUFFBY BEG BRIGHT AND CHEERFULHA HA HA HA HA!HA!HA HA HA HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA HA HA!HA HA, HA HA, HA HA HA HA HA HA!HA HA, HA HA, HA HA HA HA!HA! HA!HA HA HA HA HA HA!(SPOKEN)PEARLS AND BY RGSAH, HOW N WORLDLY THGSTAKE THE PLACE OF HONOR LOST?CAN THEY PENSATEFOR MY FALLEN STATE?PURCHASED AS THEY WERE AT SUCH A, AT SUCH AN AWFUL ST?BRACELETS, LAVALLIERCAN THEY DRY MY TEARS?CAN THEY BLD MY EY TO SHAME?CAN THE BRIGHTT BROOCHSHIELD ME OM REPROACH?CAN THE PURT DIAMOND PURIFY MY NAME?(SUNG)AND YET, OF URSE, THE TRKETS ARE ENARG, HA HA!I'M OH SO GLAD MY SAPPHIRE IS A STAR, HA HA!I RATHER LIKE A TWENTY RAT EARRG, HA HA!IF I'M NOT PURE AT LEAST MY JEWELS ARE!ENOUGH, ENOUGHI'LL TAKE THEIR DIAMOND NECKLACEAND SHOW MY NOBLE STUFFBY BEG GAY AND RECKLSHA HA HA HA HA!HA!HA HA HA HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA HA HA!HA HA, HA HA, HA HA HA HA HA HA!HA HA, HA HA, HA HA HA HA!OBSERVE HOW BRAVELY I NCEALTHE DREADFUL, DREADFUL SHAME I FEELHA HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA!HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA HA HA!HA! HA!HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!HA HA HA HA!HA!HA!HA HA!HA HA HA!EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *WHO PRODUCED “GLTER AND BE GAY” BY BARBARA COOK?WHEN DID BARBARA COOK RELEASE “GLTER AND BE GAY”?WHO WROTE “GLTER AND BE GAY” BY BARBARA COOK?CANDI (ORIGAL BROADWAY CAST RERDG) (1956)ORIGAL BROADWAY CAST OF CANDI1. OVERTURE2. THE BT OF ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS3. OH, HAPPY WE4. IT MT BE SO5. PARIS WALTZ6. GLTER AND BE GAY7. YOU WERE DEAD, YOU KNOW8. MY LOVE9. I AM EASILY ASSIATED10. FALE ACT 1 (QUARTET)11. QUIET12. ELDORADO13. BON VOYAGE14. WHAT’S THE USE?15. VENICE GAVOTTE16. MAKE OUR GARN GROWCREDSPRODUCED BYGODDARD LIEBERSONWRTEN BYLEONARD BERNSTE & RICHARD WILBURRELEASE DATEDECEMBER 31, 1956GLTER AND BE GAY COVERSGLTER AND BE GAY BY LISA VROMANTAGSPOPEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE
Glter and Be Gay Lyrics: And here I am, my heart breakg / Forced to glter, forced to be gay / (sung) / Glter and be gay / That's the part I play / Here I am Paris, France / Forced to bend my soul * glitter and gay *
How to Be Gay.
The Queen's Throat: Opera, Homosexualy, and the Mystery of Dire. Angels Ameri: A Gay Fantasia on Natnal Them.
Camp Comforts: Reparative Gay Lerature Tim of AIDS. Acts of Interventn: Performance, Gay Culture, and AIDS.
“ENOUGH OF BEG BASELY TEARFUL”: “GLTER AND BE GAY” AND THE CAMP POLICS OF QUEER RISTANCE
* glitter and gay *
The Celluloid Closet: Homosexualy the Movi, Rev. Glter bombg first beme a thg 2011, when Nick Esposa, a gay rights activist, dumped a Cheez-Its box full of glter all over erstwhile printial ndidate Newt Ggrich and his wife. From then on, was open season on what was billed as a non-vlent yet effective form of prott: Most targets were nservativ, and most bombers were gay or women’s rights activists.
GLTER AND BE GAY
For a brief wdow of time the 1930s, Hollywood was a place of permissivens toward the homosexualy of s leadg men, wh the movi’ first Ben-Hur, Ramon Novarro (Trey DeLuna) and the dashg MGM in Billy Ha (Adam Jenngs) throwg champagne parti on the lot and worshippg stud genue Lucille Le Sur, better known as Joan Crawford (Abby Lee).