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Contents:
- I MISS MID TO LATE 80S/EARLY 90S GAY BAR DANCE MIC. COME SHARE AND GET DOWN! PRI REWD
- THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG
- THE 13 GAYT MIC VIOS OF THE '80S
- DANCE PRI: THE GAY ORIGS OF DANCE MIC
- PATRICK COWLEY, THE GAY GENI OF HI-NRG
- RYM ULTIMATE BOX SET > 80'S GAY SYNTHPOP
- ULTIMATE PRI PLAYLIST: THE 50 BT GAY SONGS
- THE 13 GAYT MIC VIOS OF THE '80S
I MISS MID TO LATE 80S/EARLY 90S GAY BAR DANCE MIC. COME SHARE AND GET DOWN! PRI REWD
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THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG
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THE 13 GAYT MIC VIOS OF THE '80S
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The overall queerns of pop 2020 has thkg back to the gayt pop mic ever experienced: the ‘80s. The ‘80s had all, and today we celebrate the moments where the gay really jumped OUT the ’s foremost art form: the mic vio.
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Ins like Whney and Madonna turned out plenty of hs durg the ‘80s that are today nsired gay anthems, but the classic vios—eher by LGBTQ+ artists or featurg queer subject matter—are gay a more leral sense. BRONSKI BEAT - “SMALLTOWN BOY” (1984)This ‘80s dance h and s explicly queer vio about a smalltown gay boy the big cy broke new ground for LGBTQ+ visibily—and reached the top of the charts the procs. MARC ALMOND - “RUBY RED” (1987)Few ‘80s pop stars were more -your-face about their sexualy than Soft Cell ontman Marc Almond, and this kky Kenh Anger-spired visual is as gay as gets.
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THE B-52s - “LOVE SHACK” (1989)As if The B-52’s John Waters-spired athetic and out-and-proud ontman Fred Schneir weren’t gay enough for you, this mpy vid for their late-’80s h featur a pre-fame meo by the one and only RuPl.
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- “CLUB TROPICANA” (1983)It would be another 15 years before he formally me out, but if Gee Michael a whe speedo vampg to this breezy 1983 bop don’t set off your gaydar…nothg will.
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THE 13 GAYT MIC VIOS OF THE '80S
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