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GAY AND STRAIGHT TOGETHER
* gay protest music *
After police nverged on the bar to arrt and harass the LGBTQ atten, as was ctomary, the patrons fought back, sparkg what would spire the gay liberatn movement. The rult was Gossip’s “Standg the Way of Control, ” an angry kiss-off to policians, homophob and anyone else who wanted to keep queer people down. Tom Robson Band, “Glad to be Gay”.
Long nsired to be the “gay natnal anthem” of Bra, Tom Robson Band don’t hold back on the 1978 track. While the song may not have the fiery energy of other prott songs, the lyrics directly ll out police btaly, homophobic vlence and the sistence that queer people are ls than human.
The group then sps the face of all that vlence, directg their dience to “sg if you’re glad to be gay. Dis has always been a mil movement embraced by the gay muny.