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
Contents:
- THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG
- 21 LGBT, GAY & LBIAN LOVE SONGS TO MAKE YOU SWOON
- ULTIMATE PRI PLAYLIST: THE 50 BT GAY SONGS
THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG
The rerd pany was formed 1973 wh the goals of tellg queer women’s stori and puttg profs the pockets of gay artists workg outsi the mastream mic dtry. * lesbian and gay song album *
But when Orville Peck’s myster barone follows the twangy guar to “My mama told me when I was young/ We are all born superstars, ” brgs the gay anthem to another level. If you walk to a gay club wh the next few months and don’t hear the openg, heart-poundg stras of Vct’s “Kill My Heart, ” ll the police, bee a crime has been mted.
How do a song bee a gay anthem?
21 LGBT, GAY & LBIAN LOVE SONGS TO MAKE YOU SWOON
Pri serv more than a month. The gay songs – om dis hs to club classics – are perfect for Pri year-round. * lesbian and gay song album *
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. 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.
ULTIMATE PRI PLAYLIST: THE 50 BT GAY SONGS
* lesbian and gay song album *
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.
Lookg for LGBT songs about love? Want gay or lbian love songs that will really speak to you? The 21 gay love songs prove love really is love. * lesbian and gay song album *
The phoric gay staple — which reached No. Mogue rerd this jovial anthem specifilly as an homage to her large gay fan base. 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.
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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.
This heartbreakg piece of ‘80s synth-pop tells the story of a naway whose fay rejects him for beg gay. 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.