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Contents:

• 20 BT SONGS ABOUT BEG GAY
• 55 BT GAY SONGS OF ALL TIME (LGBTQ+ PRI SONGS)
• GRACE’S FATHER--LAW IS GAY… AND ALSO DEAD SONG | DREW MACKIE & GLEN LAK / TABLECAK PRODUCTNS | GAYT EPISO EVER - SEASON - 3
• THE 21 GAYT CHRISTMAS SONGS
• GLORIA GAYNOR: 'I WILL SURVIVE' IS 'THE CORE OF MY PURPOSE'
• HOW HIGH SCHOOL MIL BLSED US WH DISNEY'S FIRST GAY LOVE SONG

20 BT SONGS ABOUT BEG GAY

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.

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.

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

The drag-centric mil took home six Tonys, cludg bt mil; bt sre (wh mic and lyrics by gay in Cyndi Lper); and outstandg actor a mil, for out-and-proud Billy Porter’s eback performance as Lola, a drag queen.

Self-scribed “rock’s tt fairy, ” Jobriath was the first openly gay mician to be signed to a major label (Elektra). Aguilera was given a GLAAD Media Award for the song’s acpanyg mic vio, which featured movg portrayals of a gay uple and a transgenr person. Will (Eric McCormack) is sgg the song the mirror while shavg, to which Grace (Debra Msg) quips, “We’re jt like 50 men and a mirrored ball away om beg a gay dis.

GRACE’S FATHER--LAW IS GAY… AND ALSO DEAD SONG | DREW MACKIE & GLEN LAK / TABLECAK PRODUCTNS | GAYT EPISO EVER - SEASON - 3

In what appeared to be a rponse to the Brish ernment’s damng Sectn 28 act (which crimalized the promotn of homosexualy, rultg the closg of lbian, gay and bisexual support groups across Brish schools and lleg), the song qutns “What relign or reason uld drive a man to forsake his lover?

Not only is Frozen’s Elsa the first Disney prcs whout a love tert, which has ved terpretatns of her beg gay or ace/aro, Elsa’s experience of isolatn and rejectn and her inty stggl are all too relatable to the movie’s queer dienc.

Datg back to at least World War II — when homosexual acts were illegal — the term “iend of Dorothy” was unrground slang for a gay man. While vtigatg homosexualy Chigo, the Naval Crimal Invtigative Service disvered that gay men ed this term to refer to themselv. They started a massive wch-hunt for the elive “Dorothy” hop that she would reveal nam of gay service members.

THE 21 GAYT CHRISTMAS SONGS

Lil Nas X’s flamen-spired “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” was a cultural ret – never had a gay hip-hop star so ostentatly mercialized his queerns and sexualy to such succs. The uber-fabulo Sylvter was so beloved by the San Francis gay muny that they gave him a standg ovatn at the 1988 Castro Street Fair that lasted more than 10 mut.

Controversy asi, this song’s stayg power is unniable: RuPl sent two queens packg on the same episo of RuPl’s Drag Race for not dog jtice to a lip sync of the gay staple. Even at s nceptn, this song was a gay anthem: After seeg three drag queens impersonate Ross at a New York distheque, Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards were spired to wre somethg for her gay fandom. ” She followed through, wh lyrics like, “No matter gay, straight or bi / Lbian, transgenred life / I’m on the right track, baby / I was born to survive.

GLORIA GAYNOR: 'I WILL SURVIVE' IS 'THE CORE OF MY PURPOSE'

” Though ’s slowly losg s stigma, there are still many people who feel unfortable or even threatened by homosexualy. But beg gay has been a part of human existence sce the begng of time, and whether ’s been seen as a bad thg or not, there have always been songs about the experience.

No matter what the emotn, though, the songs all reflect the plex realy of beg gay a world that isn’t always acceptg.

By the way, if you’re terted songs about beg gay, you may also be terted songs about beg bold, songs about disciple, and songs about endurance. Whether you’re gay or straight, young or old, Gaga’s spiratnal anthem is a remr to embrace who you are and celebrate your differenc. Is a song about beg gay, and highlights the stggl that members of the LGBTQ+ muny often face today’s society.

HOW HIGH SCHOOL MIL BLSED US WH DISNEY'S FIRST GAY LOVE SONG

This movg and emotnal ballad tells the story of g to terms wh one’s own inty, both as a gay man and as a talented artist who is stgglg to fd acceptance a world that often treats mori unfairly.

Betiful is one of Christa Aguilera’s most popular songs, and tells the story of beg gay a world that n be harsh and unwelg for people who don’t nform to society’s norms. Though the track was spired by Aguilera’s close iend Stt, who is openly gay, many other listeners have been able to draw spiratn om as well. This was a highly important piece of mic the LGBT+ muny, as s msage of pri and fiance helped to challenge long-held societal taboos around homosexualy.

The track opens wh a powerful bass le that quickly gets the listener’s attentn, followed by Ross’s melodic vols and emotive lyrics about beg gay.