What Mak a Song a Gay Anthem? — Sydney Yaeko

cut to the feeling gay pride

17 Dec 2024

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.

I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN

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.

IN A FIRST FOR THE NFL, JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY

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.

WHAT MAK A SONG A GAY ANTHEM?

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.

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