The Real Story Of The YMCA That Inspired The Village People's Gay Anthem - Gothamist

Contents:

• THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG
• HAPPY PRIDE! HOW “Y.M.C.A.” BEME A GAY ANTHEM!
• THE REAL STORY OF THE YMCA THAT INSPIRED THE VILLAGE PEOPLE'S GAY ANTHEM
• 55 BT GAY SONGS OF ALL TIME (LGBTQ+ PRI SONGS)
• IS Y.M.C.A. REALLY A GAY SONG? THE MEANG OF THE LYRICS
• THE GAY SONGJENNA ANNEFEB. 18, 20161 VIEWER41.9K VIEWS4 CONTRIBUTORSTHE GAY SONG LYRICS[VERSE 1]HEYI'M G OUT, THE CLOSET KEPT ME IN TERMS OF GAYTHERE'S SO MUCH, DON'T KNOW WHERE TO BEGNOI DON'T LIKE BOYS, THEY'RE TOO MUCH MAN MENI'LL ADM THAT I'M A GIRL THAT WANTS GIRLS FOR THE WSUE ME IF I'M DIFFERENT, OR SUE ME IF YOU NSORRY THAT I'D PICK KSTEW OVER ANY MANI'M ELLEN WHEN SHE'S YOUNGER, I'M LDSAY WHOUT SAMI'M ROSI'S HOMO FANNY PACK, I'M SPASHLEY'S BIGGT FAN[CHOS]I'M GAY, I'M REALLY GAY, I'M SUPER DUPER GAYI'M GAYER THAN A RABOW, I'M GAYER THAN I'LL SAYGAY, I'M REALLY GAY, I'M TLY VERY GAYYOU UGHT ME, I'M A LBIAN AND I LIKE THAT WAY[VERSE 2]GIRLSI LOVE THEIR HAIR, I LOVE THE WAY THEY MOVENOPENOT QUTN', I'VE GOT NOTHG TO PROVEWHYFORCE MYSELF TO FET WHY I LOVE?I'M HERE, I'M QUEER, DYKE PNEERI'M ALL OF THE ABOVEYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEMAYBE I'M NOT A HIPSTER BUT BOY DO I LOVE TSTHERE'S LTLE THGS LEZZI DO NO MATTER WHERE WE'RE ATLIKE TELL OURSELV THAT MAYBE STRAIGHT GIRLS MT BE GAYAND WE WON'T BUY NIAL, NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY[CHOS]I'M GAY, I'M REALLY GAY, I'M SUPER DUPER GAYI'M GAYER THAN A RABOW, I'M GAYER THAN I'LL SAYGAY, I'M REALLY GAY, I'M TLY VERY GAYYOU UGHT ME, I'M A LBIAN AND I LIKE THAT WAY[BRIDGE]I HOPE BY NOW YOU REALIZE I HOPE I'VE MA CLEARMY GAYDAR BOUNC OF THE CHARTS, I'M LEZ OM EAR TO EARTHIS MAY BE MUCH TOO HOMO, BUT DARLG, GAY MEANS CHEERSO SE IF YOU'RE LBIAN, HELL, SE IF YOU'RE QUEER[CHOS]I'M GAY, I'M REALLY GAY, I'M SUPER DUPER GAYI'M GAYER THAN A RABOW, I'M GAYER THAN I'LL SAYGAY, I'M REALLY GAY, I'M TLY VERY GAYYOU UGHT ME, I'M A LBIAN AND I LIKE THAT WAY[OUTRO]I'M GAYI'M GAYI'M GAY1EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌WHEN DID JENNA ANNE RELEASE “THE GAY SONG”?WHO WROTE “THE GAY SONG” BY JENNA ANNE?CREDSWRTEN BYJENNA ANNERELEASE DATEFEBARY 18, 2016TAGSPOPLGBTQ+EXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE
• ULTIMATE PRI PLAYLIST: THE 50 BT GAY SONGS

THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG

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.

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

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THE REAL STORY OF THE YMCA THAT INSPIRED THE VILLAGE PEOPLE'S GAY ANTHEM

Rodgers later told the Mail on Sunday that they wrote the track “bee of her gay followg, ” but fibbed a ltle to a sktish Ross. “A DJ told her [the song] was gog to her reer – people would thk she was gay, ” Rodgers said. The lyrics e om the out-and-proud Brish punk rocker Tom Robson, who had a h of his own wh “Glad to be Gay.

Much of Erasure’s disgraphy embodi not precisely celebratory gay pri but gay romantic realy – a ankns about the emotnal, if not overtly sexual, liv of gay men toward the end of the 20th century. So when out Brish duo Andy Bell and Vce Clarke’s plative yet buoyant sgle beme a worldwi h gay-uniendly 1988, felt quietly revolutnary to anyone the know. Ontman had long been a whe-hot sex symbol, role mol and trendsetter for gay men and other LGBTQ dividuals across the world.

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55 BT GAY SONGS OF ALL TIME (LGBTQ+ PRI SONGS)

We’re not jt gay and micians, ” Jon Goli told Rollg Stone last year before the release of their latt album, Que Contrary. I thk, over time, some of them are ls specifilly gay than they were at first bee seemed like, when we had the chance that was really what we wanted to sg about and that was really unique.

Ltle did she know that her wgirl blu would not only w her the Grammy for Bt Female Rock Vol Performance but would also yield an empowerg theme for the gay muny. As both voutly straight edge and proudly homosexual, their substance-ee stance ma them stand out a time when bars, clubs and other toxitg spac prised the few safe havens for LGBTQ people. When I me to the pot where I was actively gay took a b of time to get fortable and e out but I felt ready for whatever me my way.

IS Y.M.C.A. REALLY A GAY SONG? THE MEANG OF THE LYRICS

” Although only a actn of the band’s succs Europe translated to the Uned Stat, “Take Your Mama” remas a staple gay bars across the untry. Butler later told The New York Tim that “Bld” relled “growg up a gay kid, my immediate fay and social group rejectg me, and askg why I was born to this suatn. The tr would later make headl after the 2014 Grammy Awards, where their landmark performance of the song would soundtrack a mass weddg between 33 gay and straight upl.

THE GAY SONGJENNA ANNEFEB. 18, 20161 VIEWER41.9K VIEWS4 CONTRIBUTORSTHE GAY SONG LYRICS[VERSE 1]HEYI'M G OUT, THE CLOSET KEPT ME IN TERMS OF GAYTHERE'S SO MUCH, DON'T KNOW WHERE TO BEGNOI DON'T LIKE BOYS, THEY'RE TOO MUCH MAN MENI'LL ADM THAT I'M A GIRL THAT WANTS GIRLS FOR THE WSUE ME IF I'M DIFFERENT, OR SUE ME IF YOU NSORRY THAT I'D PICK KSTEW OVER ANY MANI'M ELLEN WHEN SHE'S YOUNGER, I'M LDSAY WHOUT SAMI'M ROSI'S HOMO FANNY PACK, I'M SPASHLEY'S BIGGT FAN[CHOS]I'M GAY, I'M REALLY GAY, I'M SUPER DUPER GAYI'M GAYER THAN A RABOW, I'M GAYER THAN I'LL SAYGAY, I'M REALLY GAY, I'M TLY VERY GAYYOU UGHT ME, I'M A LBIAN AND I LIKE THAT WAY[VERSE 2]GIRLSI LOVE THEIR HAIR, I LOVE THE WAY THEY MOVENOPENOT QUTN', I'VE GOT NOTHG TO PROVEWHYFORCE MYSELF TO FET WHY I LOVE?I'M HERE, I'M QUEER, DYKE PNEERI'M ALL OF THE ABOVEYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEMAYBE I'M NOT A HIPSTER BUT BOY DO I LOVE TSTHERE'S LTLE THGS LEZZI DO NO MATTER WHERE WE'RE ATLIKE TELL OURSELV THAT MAYBE STRAIGHT GIRLS MT BE GAYAND WE WON'T BUY NIAL, NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY[CHOS]I'M GAY, I'M REALLY GAY, I'M SUPER DUPER GAYI'M GAYER THAN A RABOW, I'M GAYER THAN I'LL SAYGAY, I'M REALLY GAY, I'M TLY VERY GAYYOU UGHT ME, I'M A LBIAN AND I LIKE THAT WAY[BRIDGE]I HOPE BY NOW YOU REALIZE I HOPE I'VE MA CLEARMY GAYDAR BOUNC OF THE CHARTS, I'M LEZ OM EAR TO EARTHIS MAY BE MUCH TOO HOMO, BUT DARLG, GAY MEANS CHEERSO SE IF YOU'RE LBIAN, HELL, SE IF YOU'RE QUEER[CHOS]I'M GAY, I'M REALLY GAY, I'M SUPER DUPER GAYI'M GAYER THAN A RABOW, I'M GAYER THAN I'LL SAYGAY, I'M REALLY GAY, I'M TLY VERY GAYYOU UGHT ME, I'M A LBIAN AND I LIKE THAT WAY[OUTRO]I'M GAYI'M GAYI'M GAY1EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌WHEN DID JENNA ANNE RELEASE “THE GAY SONG”?WHO WROTE “THE GAY SONG” BY JENNA ANNE?CREDSWRTEN BYJENNA ANNERELEASE DATEFEBARY 18, 2016TAGSPOPLGBTQ+EXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE

” Sgg “No fay is safe when I sashay, ” he slks to a nference room and gyrat his hips for a room full of sus – a sly riposte to the legns of homophob who weaponize their fears agast LGBTQ people, om wh board rooms, Congrs, or out on the streets.

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. Bh, the song took on a bigger meang after Prop 8 — an anti-gay marriage state nstutnal amendment — was passed California.

ULTIMATE PRI PLAYLIST: THE 50 BT GAY SONGS

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.

Mogue rerd this jovial anthem specifilly as an homage to her large gay fan base.