Unknown to many, this hilar slice of high mp 60s psychelia is a sought-after cult classic, ma when beg gay was still taboo. Its secret creators speak for the very first time
Contents:
- ‘NUNS QUIVERED AT THE NGHTY BS!’ THE STORY OF TRAILBLAZG GAY POP SONG KAY, WHY?
- THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG
- THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG
‘NUNS QUIVERED AT THE NGHTY BS!’ THE STORY OF TRAILBLAZG GAY POP SONG KAY, WHY?
* kai is gay song *
For LGBTQ+ people, and pecially for gay men, the summer of 1967 offered much promise.
THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG
Pri serv more than a month. The gay songs – om dis hs to club classics – are perfect for Pri year-round. * kai is gay song *
The Sexual Offenc Act had jt been passed, meang that homosexualy – at least, homosexual acts private between two nsentg adult mal aged over 21 – was no longer a crimal offence, and the atmosphere was filled wh a palpable sense of change. – vioDpe turng up on var llectns over the years, cludg the Jon Savage-piled Queer Nois 1961-1978: From the Closet to the Charts, no one has been able to unver any of the people volved; sce was issued at a time when an admissn of homosexualy would badly damage a reer, ’s hardly surprisg that they chose to rema anonymo – until, Why?
THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG
Arrts for importung, or “ttagg” public toilets creased, and pla-cloth police officers took to hangg around gay-iendly pubs, procurg arrts through entrapment. But such an obvly gay song as Kay, Why?
“Our dienc were by no means only gay; wherever we went, we played to people of all backgrounds.