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Contents:
- 69 SONGS THAT ARE CERTIFIED GAY ANTHEMS WHETHER STRAIGHT PEOPLE KNOW IT OR NOT
- THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG
- SGG AS IF YOU'RE STRAIGHT... WHEN YOU'RE GAY
- NO SHA, BUT THERE’S A WRONG WAY TO MAKE A GAY ANTHEM
69 SONGS THAT ARE CERTIFIED GAY ANTHEMS WHETHER STRAIGHT PEOPLE KNOW IT OR NOT
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Here aga, Swift do what she did on “Drs, ” where she perfectly enpsulated an credibly gay experience. On “betty, ” ’s the ls pleasant feelg of beg queer and closeted and nyg mors of your gayns even though you know you’re lyg.
(If you don’t believe me please go directly to Twter or Tumblr and search “betty gay. Maybe she’s gay.
Maybe she wrote this one for the gays.
THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG
More and more artists are openly sgg about the gay experience after years of warblg love songs aimed at the oppose sex. * is dress a gay song *
How do a song bee a gay anthem? While ’s impossible to fe exactly what mak a song “gay, ” this list fely isn’t straight.
Wh two gay ins on one song, “No More Tears” opens wh Streisand croong “It’s rag, ’s pourg/ My love life is borg me to tears.
This song, wh lyrics like “this is the life that we choose” and “e out, e out if you dare, ” add sparks to mors that Clarkson uld be gay. Bh, the song took on a bigger meang after Prop 8 — an anti-gay marriage state nstutnal amendment — was passed California.
SGG AS IF YOU'RE STRAIGHT... WHEN YOU'RE GAY
For her sophomore album, Mariah Carey enlisted the help of Robert Clivill and David Cole (the lears of C+C Mic Factory) who -wrote and -produced the gospel fluenced dance track “Make It Happen.
While the four members of Sister Sledge are actual sisters, the song took on a eper meang wh the gay muny beg one big fay. The gayt song om Queen’s talogue was surprisgly not wrten by Freddie Mercury, but rather bassist John Dean.
NO SHA, BUT THERE’S A WRONG WAY TO MAKE A GAY ANTHEM
While her one-two punch of her femme-bashg “Ur So Gay” and her exhibnist fx-lbian “I Kissed A Girl” haven’t aged well, Perry has bee more progrsive and would be hard to fd a Pri para not playg this boomg (pun tend) anthem. The phoric gay staple — which reached No. Mogue rerd this jovial anthem specifilly as an homage to her large gay fan base.
The drag-centric mil took home six Tonys, cludg bt mil; bt sre (wh mic and lyrics by gay in Cyndi Lper); and outstandg actor a mil, for out-and-proud Billy Porter’s eback performance as Lola, a drag queen. Self-scribed “rock’s tt fairy, ” Jobriath was the first openly gay mician to be signed to a major label (Elektra).