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Contents:

• THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG
• LIL NAS X MAK HISTORY AS FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK ARTIST TO W AT CMA AWARDS
• 30 GAY LOVE SONGS: MEN SGG ABOUT MEN
• HE DIED HOMELS AND FOTTEN. NOW GAY BLACK POSER JULI EASTMAN FALLY GETS HIS DUE
• AMERI NEED A GAY, BLACK MAN TO TOP S UNTRY CHARTS. PROTECT LIL NAS X AT ALL STS

THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG

ILoveMakonneniLoveMakonnen follows one person on Instagram -- jt 12 ls than Kanye Shropshire via Getty ImagThe Atlanta native who embolned to thk clubbg on “Tuday” was acceptable 2014 performed a bolr act this January when he announced that he was gay. Given the hip-hop muny’s reputatn of homophobia, which is particularly geared towards gay men, iLoveMakkonen’s cisn to e out to the public was mendably unapologetic.

Followg the the mass shootg at Pulse nightclub, Ocean took Tumblr to share his experienc wh homophobia followg the horrific attack which targeted the LGBTQ muny last June.

Young hip-hop muny’s acceptance of gay rapper Young M. Syd the KidSyd the Kid was formerly a member of hip-hop group Odd Grimwa via Getty ImagThe only thg better than an artist beg openly gay is listeng to them croon about their same-sex attractns their mic.

LIL NAS X MAK HISTORY AS FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK ARTIST TO W AT CMA AWARDS

“I do regnize myself as a bisexual male & do & have always openly supported the gay muny & will keep dog so 2017.

” Through his chart-toppg songs, he explor trop – longg, dreams and dreams, pe – an explic manner, embracg his sir as a gay Black man. “I feel like that’s really important for reprentatn general, and this is gonna open more doors for one day when somebody says this, ’s like, ‘Oh, that person said that and I didn’t thk about , ’ ” Lil Nas X said earlier this year of his ambn to normalize gay sex, to vanquish mastream squeamishns about . The clip for “Montero” – the full name nods to the 2007 gay g-of-age novel and s breathtakg 2017 film adaptatn – is chockablock wh referenc to the Bible.

After the show, Lil Nas X snaps the vil’s neck and dons his horns – a lic subversn, a rollickg rebe of the hellfire that gay people are often promised: No weapon that is formed agast thee shall prosper, Lil Nas X seems to say, wh a wk. At night, he asks that God take away his gay thoughts. (Matt Wkelmeyer / Getty Imag) Lil Nas X ma history Wednday night at the 53rd CMA Awards when he beme the first openly gay black mician to take home a w om the Country Mic h “Old Town Road, ” a llaboratn wh veteran untry sger Billy Ray Cys, was named the mil event of the year.

30 GAY LOVE SONGS: MEN SGG ABOUT MEN

14, 2019An earlier versn of this article rrectly stated that Lil Nas X was the first openly gay artist to w a CMA Award. Country sgers Shane McAnally and Brandy Clark, both of whom are whe and openly gay, shared the 2014 song of the year CMA Award wh Kacey Mgrav for “Follow Your Arrow.

From steamy dance tracks to tenr pop ballads, gay love songs e all shap and siz. Wh so many gay love songs to choose om, Billboard cid to offer some help. Below, we list out 30 of our favore gay love songs — specifilly which men sg about lovg men — rangg om sensual dance bangers to tenr pop ballads.

The lyrics to Brockhampton’s electrifyg mic has never shied away om ontman Kev Abstract’s gayns. ” The track’s mandg melody perfectly ntrasts the head-over-heels emotn they portray through the lyrics, makg this a fun, strange trip through gay romance. ” The Brish star’s track employs his exuberant sexualy, a hard-htg beat and expertly-crafted melodi to make this one of the sexit songs about gay romance recent memory.

HE DIED HOMELS AND FOTTEN. NOW GAY BLACK POSER JULI EASTMAN FALLY GETS HIS DUE

K-pop stars don’t ually get opportuni to exprs their same-sex love thanks to Korea’s rigid anti-gay polici. But pop sger Holland fied expectatns wh his release of “Neverland, ” one of the first K-pop songs wh openly gay nnotatns.

But by the song’s send verse, the duo’s openly gay member, Chad Kg, chim to show that exact same sentiment to a boy, th showg once aga that pronouns matter when to penng a queer love song. Chartg the overtly queer story of two gay wboys makg off to the night, the song is as joyful as is almost hntg. While ’s impossible to fe exactly what mak a song “gay, ” this list fely isn’t straight.

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.

AMERI NEED A GAY, BLACK MAN TO TOP S UNTRY CHARTS. PROTECT LIL NAS X AT ALL STS

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. 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.

The gayt song om Queen’s talogue was surprisgly not wrten by Freddie Mercury, but rather bassist John Dean.

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.