Ultimate Pri playlist: The 50 bt gay songs

Contents:

• THE 13 GAYT MIC VIOS OF THE '80S
• THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG
• ULTIMATE PRI PLAYLIST: THE 50 BT GAY SONGS
• RYM ULTIMATE BOX SET > 80'S GAY SYNTHPOP

THE 13 GAYT MIC VIOS OF THE '80S

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THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG

Valento, ‘I Was Born This Way’ (1975)The first rerd to feature lyrics about beg an out-and-proud gay man me om the mil performer Charl “Valento” Harris, who released “I Was Born This Way” as an apparently one-off release on Gaiee. “I’m happy, I’m reee and I’m gay, ” the sger hollers over soulful stmentatn.

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ULTIMATE PRI PLAYLIST: THE 50 BT GAY SONGS

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BRONSKI BEAT - “SMALLTOWN BOY” (1984)This ‘80s dance h and s explicly queer vio about a smalltown gay boy the big cy broke new ground for LGBTQ+ visibily—and reached the top of the charts the procs. MARC ALMOND - “RUBY RED” (1987)Few ‘80s pop stars were more -your-face about their sexualy than Soft Cell ontman Marc Almond, and this kky Kenh Anger-spired visual is as gay as B-52s - “LOVE SHACK” (1989)As if The B-52’s John Waters-spired athetic and out-and-proud ontman Fred Schneir weren’t gay enough for you, this mpy vid for their late-’80s h featur a pre-fame meo by the one and only RuPl.

RYM ULTIMATE BOX SET > 80'S GAY SYNTHPOP

- “CLUB TROPICANA” (1983)It would be another 15 years before he formally me out, but if Gee Michael a whe speedo vampg to this breezy 1983 bop don’t set off your gaydar…nothg will. ERASURE - “CHAINS OF LOVE” (1988)If seeg Andy Bell spend om chas jt BASKING his gayns don’t make you feel like you’re an episo of Queer as Folk, you’ve got some homework to do. While some have looked on wh a cril eye, we’ve cid to celebrate , along wh all the gay anthems that me before .

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