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THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG
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From the glam-punk of Handbag to the ultra-mp Steve Elg, award-wng gay mic historian Darryl W Bullock picks out ep cuts to play at this year’s Pri celebratns * gay pride protest song *
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For Pri Month, TODAY Show partnered wh Spotify to create a LGBTQ pri playlist featurg upbeat pri songs by queer pop stars, gay ins to start your day * gay pride protest song *
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. 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 Gay Liberatn Front had been anisg diss and danc for 18 months prr to the march, and 1, 200 people scend on Kensgton town hall shortly before Christmas 1970 for Bra’s first publicly advertised gay dis, fillg the place to pacy, wh 500 revellers turned away at the door.
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