Gay Love Songs: Men Sgg About Men – Billboard

Contents:

• 30 SONGS FROM THE EARLY 2000S THAT ONLY GAY PEOPLE AND WOKE STRAIGHTS WILL REMEMBER
• 55 BT GAY SONGS OF ALL TIME (LGBTQ+ PRI SONGS)
• 30 GAY LOVE SONGS: MEN SGG ABOUT MEN
• 20 BT SONGS ABOUT BEG GAY

30 SONGS FROM THE EARLY 2000S THAT ONLY GAY PEOPLE AND WOKE STRAIGHTS WILL REMEMBER

While some classics do appear on our list, others do not – sorry, Gloria Gaynor, Kylie Mogue, RuPl, Brney and Cher, we still adore you — here are 25 sential pri songs om the 1970s to today. Somewhat rctively lled the “Queen of Dis, ” the virtuosic, openly gay sger approached genr ( his performative and private liv) as a fluid, non-bary ncept a pre–Judh Butler era. Although seems most of Queen’s fans were cluels as to how openly gay and subversive ontman Freddie Mercury was – spe the unabashed swank of his stage prence – he also never really tried to hi .

55 BT GAY SONGS OF ALL TIME (LGBTQ+ PRI SONGS)

Much of Erasure’s disgraphy embodi not precisely celebratory gay pri but gay romantic realy – a ankns about the emotnal, if not overtly sexual, liv of gay men toward the end of the 20th century. So when out Brish duo Andy Bell and Vce Clarke’s plative yet buoyant sgle beme a worldwi h gay-uniendly 1988, felt quietly revolutnary to anyone the know. The Bay Area gay punk pneers found a ht of mastream fame when they toured wh Green Day on their Dookie n 1994, but was their sexy lyrics and who-giv-a-fuck attu that enared them to a generatn of queer kids – before that term was even fashnable.

It’s difficult to pick one song that f them – wh songs like “Dick of Death, ” “Groovy Unrwear” or their classic ver of Prce’s “Jack You Off” – but we went wh one that seems to fy the ia of a gay “anthem” no matter how you thk of .

I thk, over time, some of them are ls specifilly gay than they were at first bee seemed like, when we had the chance that was really what we wanted to sg about and that was really unique. Ltle did she know that her wgirl blu would not only w her the Grammy for Bt Female Rock Vol Performance but would also yield an empowerg theme for the gay muny. As both voutly straight edge and proudly homosexual, their substance-ee stance ma them stand out a time when bars, clubs and other toxitg spac prised the few safe havens for LGBTQ people.

30 GAY LOVE SONGS: MEN SGG ABOUT MEN

Butler later told The New York Tim that “Bld” relled “growg up a gay kid, my immediate fay and social group rejectg me, and askg why I was born to this suatn.

The tr would later make headl after the 2014 Grammy Awards, where their landmark performance of the song would soundtrack a mass weddg between 33 gay and straight upl. ” Sgg “No fay is safe when I sashay, ” he slks to a nference room and gyrat his hips for a room full of sus – a sly riposte to the legns of homophob who weaponize their fears agast LGBTQ people, om wh board rooms, Congrs, or out on the streets.

Whether we were gettg over a bad breakup ourselv or lookg for spiratn to stand up to the bigots and homophob, the lyrics of “Stronger” and Spears’ nvictn liverg them really h home. Who would have thought that Swedish pop star Robyn, whose 1997 h “Show Me Love” me out when she was jt 18, would bee a gay in a ltle more than a later.

20 BT SONGS ABOUT BEG GAY

However, s stat as an LGBTQ anthem was solidified by out gay dancer Mark Kanemura, who you may regnize om his time on So You Thk You Can Dance or as a backup dancer for Lady Gaga. And Jepsen was on too, brgg Kanemura up on stage wh her at numero ncerts when she performed “Cut to the Feelg” so he uld brg his Gay Pri to life ont of live dienc. She and her hband Jay-Z were honored by GLAAD (Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn) earlier this year wh the Vanguard Award for beg LGBTQ alli.