Ultimate Pri playlist: The 50 bt gay songs

Contents:

• THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG
• ULTIMATE PRI PLAYLIST: THE 50 BT GAY SONGS
• 20 BT SONGS ABOUT BEG GAY
• TAG ARCHIV: GAY BT FRIEND
• 55 BT GAY SONGS OF ALL TIME (LGBTQ+ PRI SONGS)
• 55 BT GAY SONGS OF ALL TIME (LGBTQ PRI SONGS)

THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG

From label-chewg artists like Kehlani and Frank Ocean to proudly gay creators like Kev Abstract and Hayley Kiyoko, queer mic is takg up more space than ever before. In wrg her but sgle, Kg Prcs was spired by queer lerature and generatns of hidn gay '50s are famo for valug a nuclear fay stcture and clean-cut genr rol. "Somebody's givg you the ld shoulr to brg you more, and how that looks very siar to the way people once uldn't be gay public.

ULTIMATE PRI PLAYLIST: THE 50 BT GAY SONGS

BROCKHAMPTON ontman Kev Abstract, born Clifford Ian Simpson, is known for dissectg tolerance and homophobia his mic, particularly his solo "Somethg About Him" b Abstract's knack for disarmg, open-hearted lyricism wh BROCKHAMPTON's bright, othy productn. Of wrg his sophomore album.

"Die 4 You" by Perfume Geni is "gay magic. Perfume Geni, aka Mike Hadreas, may have ed the term "gay magic" as a joke a 2017 terview wh The Guardian, but 's the perfect way to scribe so much of his mic.

20 BT SONGS ABOUT BEG GAY

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TJ Osborne wrote “Younger Me” wh his bandmate brother, John, and Kenll Marvel about his own experience as a closeted gay teenager. Not long after s 2012 release, Gouldg’s upliftg electro-pop anthem “Anythg Could Happen” beme a gay club anthem. Released 1984, Bronski Beat’s breakout sgle, “Smalltown Boy, ” was the bold, semi-tobgraphil story of s openly gay lead volist Jimmy Somerville — a tale of homophobia, a hate crime, and eventual liberatn.

Long before the “Padam”-ic took over gay bars and Pri celebratns everywhere, Mogue offered this phoric o to dancg your fears away. In fact, Mogue closed her set at WorldPri 2023 wh the song, turng to a surprise duet wh her sister — and fellow gay in — Danni. From “Soulmate” to “Everybody’s Gay, ” Lizzo is no stranger to wrg songs that are about unapologetilly embracg who you are.

TAG ARCHIV: GAY BT FRIEND

Released the midst of Pri month 2019, “You Need to Calm Down” tak aim at anti-gay protters s lyrics and s vio, which featur a lorful st of LGBTQ celebri cludg the st of Queer Eye and Hayley Kiyoko. As the lead sgle om Renaissance — the 2022 album dited to Beyoncé’s gay uncle Jonny — “Break My Soul” is nately a self-empowerment hoe anthem and o to the Black, queer muny. Inspired by safe havens like Stud 54, Diana Ross’ “I’m Comg Out” is the greatt pro-gay anthem of the dis era, and a turng pot the history of cln pop mic.

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

Songwrers Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards of Chic have always been somewhat gey about the song’s origs gay culture.

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

Gloria Gaynor. 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. gay clubs but, wh a strg of hs, expand to natnal tours and TV.

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