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Contents:
- 40 BT GAY SGERS & MICIANS OF ALL TIME (LGBTQ+ SGERS)
- LGBTQ+ BANDS: OUR TOP 10 FAVORE GAY BANDS
- IS THERE A ‘GAY ATHETIC’ TO POP MIC?
40 BT GAY SGERS & MICIANS OF ALL TIME (LGBTQ+ SGERS)
LGBTQ mic history is so much more than a timele of who me out when and which songs beme gay anthems -- ’s also about the artists who weren’t aaid to be themselv eras when dog so often had real risks attached. * gay music genre *
LGBTQ mic history is so much more than a timele of who me out when and which songs beme gay anthems -- 's also about the artists who weren't aaid to be themselv eras when dog so….
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LGBTQ+ BANDS: OUR TOP 10 FAVORE GAY BANDS
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IS THERE A ‘GAY ATHETIC’ TO POP MIC?
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‘A Ltle Rpect’ by Erasure‘What relign or reason uld drive a man to forsake his lover?’ sgs Andy Bell on this stirrg synth-pop classic — a h for Brish duo Erasure 1988, and a perfect, piquant rponse to the Brish ernment’s outrageoly homophobic Sectn 28 legislatn. Word is that at the time, Bell would troduce the song onstage sayg, ‘When I was a ltle girl, I asked my mummy, ‘Can I be gay when I grow up?’ She replied, ‘Y, if you show a ltle rpect.’’Image: Capol Rerds11. ‘Y.M.C.A.’ by Village PeopleFor any guy who’s ever wanted to be (or sleep wh) a wboy, p or leather-clad biker, the Village People reign supreme as gay-anthem chart toppers.
‘It’s Rag Men’ by the Weather GirlsGay ins Diana Ross, Donna Summer, Cher and Barbra Streisand all turned down Pl Jabara and Pl Shaffer’s mpy posn before the Weather Girls snapped up 1982. Mogue herself has said that the vio is an homage to her gay dience; featur a human pyramid of pansexual smoochg ( the style of naked-stallatn artist Spencer Tunick).