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Contents:
- THE 13 GAYT MIC VIOS OF THE '80S
- GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
- JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
- AS A GAY MAN, THE '80S CRIPPLED MY INTY
THE 13 GAYT MIC VIOS OF THE '80S
The 80s put the gay man ont and centre of pop. Then me the Aids crisis – and three s of monisatn, disrd and displacement. Now, wh Troye Sivan leadg a new wave of gay stars, has change tly arrived? * 80's gay *
The 1980s era saw a major shift society towards more morn global gay culture. However, there were still storms ahead for the battle of equaly seen amongst gay rights. The tholic church ntued their attack on the gays and legislatn plac like the UK and US surely didn’t help.
For example, the UK’s ernment add Sectn 28 to their Lol Government Act that ma illegal for lol thori to support anythg that promoted homosexual relatnships as an alternative to a heterosexual “fay life”. Furthermore, 1986 Pope John Pl II labelled beg gay as “evil” and orred the Church to whdraw all support om gay Catholic anizatns. Even the US army 1982, clared that homosexualy was “patible wh ary service”.
The 1980s, sentially, was a of sanctned homophobia.
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This era also marked the emergence of HIV and AIDS and the epimic was monly lked to gay men.
Bee no one really knew anythg about AIDS when spread like wildfire the 80s, many referred to as the “gay plague” and many wanted this to lead to a ban on homosexualy. Sensatnal reportg the prs beme creasgly homophobic and much of the media monized the LGBTQ muny. Many believed that AIDS was some form of punishment by God for homosexuals’ “ss”.
Reverenced Jerry Falwell once argued that “AIDS is not jt God’s punishment for homosexuals; is God’s punishment for the society that tolerat homosexuals”. Eric Jimenez-Ldmeier shar his experience growg up as a closeted teen the 80s: “Beg gay the 80s meant beg isolated om an inty.
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Lnchg Thursday is a brightly lored nned vodka and soda beverage lled Gay Water that proudly displays who ’s for, stead of backg off om support for the LGBTQ+ muny like Bud Light did. * 80's gay *
There was no discsn of homosexualy school… not even our year long “Health and Sexualy” class, even though we were the middle of the AIDS crisis”. Jimenez-Ldmeier shar more of his experience: “Worse yet, the 80’s no one talked about actually beg gay. One was picked on relentlsly for his “gay-soundg” voice, lack of sports abili, and unwillgns to stand up to his bulli”.
In 1980 the Uned Stat, Gay activists won support om the Democratic Party the party add to s platform a nondiscrimatn clse that clud sexual orientatn. This support, along wh the many LGBTQ activist mpaigns, urged gay men and women to “e out of the closet” and enter the polil field as ndidat.
AS A GAY MAN, THE '80S CRIPPLED MY INTY
* 80's gay *
Tammy Baldw also beme the first openly gay polician to be elected to both the US Hoe of Reprentativ and the Senate. Troye Sivan is the hottt gay pop star the world. For his legn lennial and Generatn Z fans, he’s among the first artists of their lifetime to ankly explore gay sex pop – notably on his recent send album, Bloom – and they’ve hailed him as a trailblazer.
Why has taken two s for the gay male experience to reclaim s place pop?
While there have, undoubtedly, been signifint ton LGBT history earlier s, I believe the Eighti was a particularly important perd. That saw a major shift towards the emergence of a global gay culture. The gay genie me right out of s ltle pk bottle and to the streets (and the * 80's gay *
The wds of the gay liberatn movement had been blowg strong for a : queer black men such as Sylvter had been at the heart of dis and the children of Bowie were g of age jt as MTV, a new medium that valued the high-energy visuals of queer nightclubs, was male pop artists were prevly few and far between: Ltle Richard’s lyrics about anal sex were cut om Tutti Ftti, and only took Bowie’s arm draped over the shoulr of Mick Ronson on Top of the Pops 1972 to send middle England reelg.
Come the 80s though, acts such as Bronski Beat and Frankie Go to Hollywood beme “the gay hero of the ”, says Pl Flynn, thor of Good As You: 30 Years of Gay Bra.
“There were stars the 80s who were pletely transparent about their sexualy om the start, and whose gayns was absolutely tegral to their mic. ”Synth-pop group Bronski Beat’s but sgle, Smalltown Boy, about a gay man leavg his homophobic home town, charted globally 1984.