A look to the history of how past gay anthems were born
Contents:
- WHY I'M NOT PROUD OF BEG GAY
- I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN
- IN A FIRST FOR THE NFL, JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY
- WHAT MAK A SONG A GAY ANTHEM?
WHY I'M NOT PROUD OF BEG GAY
‘In gay years, you’re rather past your sell-by date, aren’t you?’ the person ont of me said, raisg an eyebrow. * cut to the feeling gay pride *
*extreme Kathare McPhee voice* Hi my gay boys (and gals and really every human regardls of how you intify) are the facts: It's Pri Month, you serve nice thgs, and Carly Rae Jepsen's songs are bops that make happy. 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.
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.
I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN
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. 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 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.
IN A FIRST FOR THE NFL, JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY
Aguilera was given a GLAAD Media Award for the song’s acpanyg mic vio, which featured movg portrayals of a gay uple and a transgenr person.
WHAT MAK A SONG A GAY ANTHEM?
Will (Eric McCormack) is sgg the song the mirror while shavg, to which Grace (Debra Msg) quips, “We’re jt like 50 men and a mirrored ball away om beg a gay dis.
In what appeared to be a rponse to the Brish ernment’s damng Sectn 28 act (which crimalized the promotn of homosexualy, rultg the closg of lbian, gay and bisexual support groups across Brish schools and lleg), the song qutns “What relign or reason uld drive a man to forsake his lover?