25 Gay Anthems We Need More Than Ever

Contents:

• THE ARE THE 20 MOST IMPORTANT GAY ANTHEMS OF ALL TIME
• THE TOP 75 MOST INIC GAY ANTHEMS DERVG OF THE TLE OF BEG CALLED THE "GAY NATNAL ANTHEM"
• ULTIMATE PRI PLAYLIST: THE 50 BT GAY SONGS
• 55 BT GAY SONGS OF ALL TIME (LGBTQ PRI SONGS)
• THE GLARG OMISSN ON BILLBOARD’S “TOP 50 GAY ANTHEMS OF ALL TIME” PLAYLIST

THE ARE THE 20 MOST IMPORTANT GAY ANTHEMS OF ALL TIME

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.

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. 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.

THE TOP 75 MOST INIC GAY ANTHEMS DERVG OF THE TLE OF BEG CALLED THE "GAY NATNAL ANTHEM"

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. 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. 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.

ULTIMATE PRI PLAYLIST: THE 50 BT GAY SONGS

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. While there have been many inic anthems to soundtrack Pri parti and gay gathergs alike, there are equally as many songs to turn to the more trospective moments of life.

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

TJ Osborne wrote “Younger Me” wh his bandmate brother, John, and Kenll Marvel about his own experience as a closeted gay teenager. Released 1984, Bronski Beat’s breakout sgle, “Smalltown Boy, ” was the bold, semi-tobgraphil story of s openly gay lead volist Jimmy Somerville — a tale of homophobia, a hate crime, and eventual liberatn. Long before the “Padam”-ic took over gay bars and Pri celebratns everywhere, Mogue offered this phoric o to dancg your fears away.

THE GLARG OMISSN ON BILLBOARD’S “TOP 50 GAY ANTHEMS OF ALL TIME” PLAYLIST

In fact, Mogue closed her set at WorldPri 2023 wh the song, turng to a surprise duet wh her sister — and fellow gay in — Danni. From “Soulmate” to “Everybody’s Gay, ” Lizzo is no stranger to wrg songs that are about unapologetilly embracg who you are.

Released the midst of Pri month 2019, “You Need to Calm Down” tak aim at anti-gay protters s lyrics and s vio, which featur a lorful st of LGBTQ celebri cludg the st of Queer Eye and Hayley Kiyoko. As the lead sgle om Renaissance — the 2022 album dited to Beyoncé’s gay uncle Jonny — “Break My Soul” is nately a self-empowerment hoe anthem and o to the Black, queer muny. Inspired by safe havens like Stud 54, Diana Ross’ “I’m Comg Out” is the greatt pro-gay anthem of the dis era, and a turng pot the history of cln pop mic.

Songwrers Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards of Chic have always been somewhat gey about the song’s origs gay culture. While high-energy classics like Whney’s “I Wanna Dance Wh Someone” and CeCe Peniston’s “Fally” see heavy rotatn among gay clubs, Grace Jon’ laid back staple out-queers them all, wh eyebrow-raisg lyrics: “Pull up to my bumper baby / In your long black limoe / Pull up to my bumper baby / And drive between. As if this song wasn’t gay enough, the Glee rendn was a duet between the show’s rint lbian, Santana (Naya Rivera), and gut star Ida Menzel.