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A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
Lookg at gay and transgenr narrativ lyrics and mic vios throughout history, we n see that the trajectory towards all typ of relatnships and inti beg clud mic hasn’t necsarily been a straight path. The mic and visuals of the era helped to beg a more noticeable reprentatn of LGBTQ+ people the mastream, but still wh a gree of hatn to be overtly gay for fear of persecutn and public backlash. The blurrg of genr boundari by Bowie, Freddie Mercury’s visuals ‘I Want To Break Free’, and the ambiguo “somebody” of Whney Hoton’s ‘I Wanna Dance wh Somebody’ allowed for gay and trans people to fd themselv songs.
This song, part, n be seen as ak to that of straight, cisgenr gay ins such as Madonna, Cher and Ja Jackson and their activist stanc, regnisg they have benefed om the support of the LGBTQ+ muny.
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