HAPPY PRIDE! How “Y.M.C.A.” Beme a Gay Anthem! | Now See Hear!

Contents:

• FED-UP OTTAWA RINTS USE PORNOGRAPHIC METAL SONG ABOUT GAY COWBOYS TO DISPT FREEDOM CONVOY
• THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG
• THE TOP 75 MOST INIC GAY ANTHEMS DERVG OF THE TLE OF BEG CALLED THE "GAY NATNAL ANTHEM"
• HAPPY PRIDE! HOW “Y.M.C.A.” BEME A GAY ANTHEM!
• 30 GAY LOVE SONGS: MEN SGG ABOUT MEN
• GAY METAL SONG AIMS TO SUBVERT CANADIAN TCK BLOCKA
• THE DIRECTOR OF "HIGH SCHOOL MIL" EXPLAED WHY RYAN WASN'T OPENLY GAY AND SAID HE WOULD "COME OUT IN COLLEGE"

FED-UP OTTAWA RINTS USE PORNOGRAPHIC METAL SONG ABOUT GAY COWBOYS TO DISPT FREEDOM CONVOY

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.

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THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG

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THE TOP 75 MOST INIC GAY ANTHEMS DERVG OF THE TLE OF BEG CALLED THE "GAY NATNAL ANTHEM"

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HAPPY PRIDE! HOW “Y.M.C.A.” BEME A GAY ANTHEM!

But 1973, a sger and actor named Bce Wayne Campbell beme what is believed to be the first openly gay rock mician signed to a major label when he buted as the outrageoly flashy Jobriath. Remarkably, another out gay man, Gary Floyd, also onted another of At’s first-rank punk bands, the Dicks, who would go on to be vered by the lik of The Butthole Surfers, J Lizard and Mudhoney.

30 GAY LOVE SONGS: MEN SGG ABOUT MEN

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GAY METAL SONG AIMS TO SUBVERT CANADIAN TCK BLOCKA

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THE DIRECTOR OF "HIGH SCHOOL MIL" EXPLAED WHY RYAN WASN'T OPENLY GAY AND SAID HE WOULD "COME OUT IN COLLEGE"

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Lambert, openly lbian sce before her fame, rose to promence after wrg the chos on Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' gay marriage anthem, "Same Love. The duo played the same game as the Pet Shop Boys for some time, alludg to their sexualy but not actually statg (sger Andy Bell me out two years before "Rpect" was released) all the while, their lyrics based on passn and love ronated powerfully wh and beyond their large gay fan base.