The 100 Greatt, Gayt Albums (of All Time)

Contents:

• THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG
• 55 BT GAY SONGS OF ALL TIME (LGBTQ+ PRI SONGS)
• 55 BT GAY SONGS OF ALL TIME (LGBTQ PRI SONGS)
• 35 BT GAY SGERS OF ALL TIME (LGBTQ+ SGERS)
• ULTIMATE PRI PLAYLIST: THE 50 BT GAY SONGS

THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG

How do a song bee a gay anthem? 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.

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

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. The gayt song om Queen’s talogue was surprisgly not wrten by Freddie Mercury, but rather bassist John Dean.

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

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 phoric gay staple — which reached No. Mogue rerd this jovial anthem specifilly as an homage to her large gay fan base.

35 BT GAY SGERS OF ALL TIME (LGBTQ+ SGERS)

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. 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. 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?

ULTIMATE PRI PLAYLIST: THE 50 BT GAY SONGS

1 December 2010 and featur scen om a gay marriage s mic vio, spired by her bt iend’s weddg. It’s impossible to put a fger on when Cher beme a gay in, but this mic vio didn’t hurt her reputatn. 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. They started a massive wch-hunt for the elive “Dorothy” hop that she would reveal nam of gay service members. 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.