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Disver Strong Love: Songs of Gay Liberatn 1972-1981 by Var Artists released 2012. Fd album reviews, track lists, creds, awards and more at AllMic.

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STRONG LOVE - SONGS OF GAY LIBERATN 1972-81

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“Strong Love — Songs of Gay Liberatn 1972-81” Rurrects a Fotten Era of Queer Mic.

At a thrift store the ‘90s, Ben O’Connor—who -found the Atralian label Chapter Mic wh his boyiend Guy Blackman—sred a 1973 rerd by gay folk sger Michael Cohen lled What Did You Expect?

The uple was enamored wh the paful, poetic songs of this proud gay songwrer, out at a time when that felt unthkable to many. Blackman foced on mostly gay male micians.

STRONG LOVE: SONGS OF GAY LIBERATN 1972-1981

”) The rult, Strong Love — Songs of Gay Liberatn 1972-81, spans genr and artists makg mic about g out the ‘70s and early ‘80s, “a really hopeful, optimistic era that me to a close as the AIDS crisis began. Take joyful opener “A Gay Song” by Everyone Involved, sung by people affirmg the goodns of beg gay.

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Folkie, Charlie Murphy, on “A Gay Spir, ” croons about outlawed sire sweepg the land, movg humany om reprsn and hatred toward thenticy and love. The Internatnal Gay Society’s soulful song “Stand Up for Your Rights, ” uld soundtrack any gay liberatn prott.

Other tobgraphil songs clu Cohen’s tragic “Evil & Lty, ” chroniclg his pe om evangelil ercn toward self-love; Steven Grossman’s “Out, ” an empathetic msage to his homophobic parents; and Conan’s “Tell Ol’ Ana, ” a gentle love song makg actrs Ana Bryant’s media-grabbg hatemongerg look downright absurd the face of Conan’s sweet love.

For Blackman—who was trated wh the lack of attentn the pilatn received when dropped as a CD May of 2012 and is re-releasg the project on vyl 2021—Strong Love pays homage to those who ma easier to e out of the closet, who may have been crilly panned their day, but were a cril part of gay liberatn history.

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