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Contents:

• THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG
• 60 SONGS THAT WILL CLEAR OUT THE BATHROOM AT ANY GAY BAR
• THE 42 BT GAY BARS AMERI
• THE BT GAY BARS AND CLUBS LOS ANGEL
• THE BT LGBTQ+ AND GAY CLUBS LONDON
• GAY LONDON

THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG

But when Orville Peck’s myster barone follows the twangy guar to “My mama told me when I was young/ We are all born superstars, ” brgs the gay anthem to another level. If you walk to a gay club wh the next few months and don’t hear the openg, heart-poundg stras of Vct’s “Kill My Heart, ” ll the police, bee a crime has been mted. 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 . Rodgers later told the Mail on Sunday that they wrote the track “bee of her gay followg, ” but fibbed a ltle to a sktish Ross.

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.

60 SONGS THAT WILL CLEAR OUT THE BATHROOM AT ANY GAY BAR

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. Ontman had long been a whe-hot sex symbol, role mol and trendsetter for gay men and other LGBTQ dividuals across the world.

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 . We’re not jt gay and micians, ” Jon Goli told Rollg Stone last year before the release of their latt album, Que Contrary.

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.

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When I me to the pot where I was actively gay took a b of time to get fortable and e out but I felt ready for whatever me my way. ” Although only a actn of the band’s succs Europe translated to the Uned Stat, “Take Your Mama” remas a staple gay bars across the untry.

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. You may be able to fd the same ntent another format, or you may be able to fd more rmatn, at their web Gaynor proved that overg adversy is possible wh her smash h, "I Will Survive. Why this song is on this list: Bee every sgle homosexual has had a "Dancg On My Own" *moment* at one time their life.

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Why this song is on this list: Bee Lady Gaga wasn't givg the gays what they wanted so an up-and-g artist named Ally did. Why this song is on this list: Bee I swear to God, when this song me out, beme every gays' missn to learn that part. Why this song is on this list: Bee there was a msy argument amongst gays about which Gaga song to put on this list, and I wanted "LoveGame, " but the majory wanted "Bad Romance.

Why this song is on this list: Bee I've never met a gay who don't love sgg that "whe trash versn of Shania karaoke" le. Why this song is on this list: Bee every lennial gay has gotten walked on by their parents lip syncg for their life to eher of the JoJo classics. Why this song is on this list: Bee the gays were there for Ariana before the general public got to her this past year.

Why this song is on this list: Bee every gay has spilled their drk mid-grd channelg their ner-Nile what's her face. Why this song is on this list: Bee I have never actually heard this song out, but I know many a gay who would prolapse at the sound of the "twkl" the begng. Why this song is on this list: Bee every time this song plays a baby gay gets s metaphoril, I have no ia what that means.

THE BT LGBTQ+ AND GAY CLUBS LONDON

While we did clu a few chill-out moments—no Pri anthem list would be plete whout Judy Garland's rendn of “Over the Rabow” or Cyndi Lper’s “Te Colors”—some great, gay-beloved songs didn't make the cut the tert of keepg the tempo up (apologi to Barbra Streisand and the Indigo Girls).Gay Pri don't have to be nfed to June, of urse.

So turn on, crank up and let your rabow flag fly.Wrten by Brent DiCrcenzo, Adam Feldman, Sophie Harris, Ethan LaCroix, Kris Vire and Kate Wertheimer.RECOMMENDED: Full gui to Gay Pri Chigo 201650–41“Relax” by Frankie Go to HollywoodThe BBC tried to ban this thumpg, boundary-phg 1984 but sgle by Brpop provotrs Frankie Go to Hollywood, for sexually suggtive (if nfg) lyrics like the: “Relax, don’t do / When you want to suck to / Relax, don’t do / When you want to e.” The song’s outré origal vio was a Felli-que fantasy volvg leathermen, drag queens, tiger wrtlg and an obe emperor a toga, all buildg to an even more over-the-top climax; the vio was banned by the BBC, too (and MTV). It's the stuff gay anthems are ma of, om the msage to the sheer jam-packedns of the mic—tap-dancg rhythms, inic film dialogue, Elton-like piano riffs and mpy vols all work together to create a joyo pop h.

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“Wut” by Le1fIt's a rare (and brave) thg to be a gay hip-hop artist, but Le1f is unabashedly queer—and also credibly talented.

My goal is always to make songs that a gay du or a straight du n listen to and jt thk, This du has swag." Missn acplished.—Kate Wertheimer. I want to take you to a gay bar.” Like many of the tracks on this Detro dance-rock outf’s 2003 but (Fire), “Gay Bar” is fect nonsense.

But s hand-clappy, surf-rock vibe is good fun, and a tongue--cheek vio, featurg sger Dick Valente vortg homoerotilly around the Whe Hoe wh a dre of sntily clad Gaybraham Llns, helped make the song a h at the…you know.—Kris Vire. 40–31“Hang wh Me” by RobynFuck buddi, open relatnships, one-night-stands…gays don't have the market on sual sexualy rnered, but we certaly have figured out a ltle better than our straight brethren. Crilly adored pop sensatn Robyn proved she uld hang wh the gays 2010 when she released this sgle spellg out the pros and ns of iends wh benefs.—Ethan LaCroix.