BBC World Service - Outlook, Glad to be gay: The surprise h that beme a pri anthem

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• GLAD TO BE GAYTOM ROBSON BANDTRACK 13 ON POWER THE DARKNS “(SG IF YOU’RE) GLAD TO BE GAY,” ORIGALLY RELEASED 1978 AS PART OF THE BUT EP OF THE GROUP TOM ROBSON BAND IS NOT ONLY ONE OF THE MOST FG SONGS OF THE BAND… READ MORE 1 VIEWER23.3K VIEWS12 CONTRIBUTORSGLAD TO BE GAY LYRICS[SPOKEN WORD INTRO]THIS SONG IS DITED TO THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATN, ’S A MEDIL SONG AND NCERNS A DISEASE WHOSE CLASSIFITN ACRDG TO THE INTERNATNAL CLASSIFITN OF DISEAS IS 302.0[VERSE 1]THE BRISH POLICE ARE THE BT THE WORLDI DON'T BELIEVE ONE OF THE STORI I'VE HEARD'BOUT THEM RAIDG OUR PUBS FOR NO REASON AT ALLLG THE CTOMERS UP BY THE WALLPICKG OUT PEOPLE AND KNOCKG THEM DOWNRISTG ARRT AS THEY'RE KICKED ON THE GROUNDSEARCHG THEIR HO AND LLG THEM QUEERI DON'T BELIEVE THAT SORT OF THG HAPPENS HERE[CHOS]SG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAY(HEY!) SG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAY[VERSE 2]PICTUR OF NAKED YOUNG WOMEN ARE FUNIN TBS AND PLAYBOY, PAGE THREE OF THE SUNTHERE'S NO NUS GAY NEWS, OUR ONE MAGAZEBUT THEY STILL FD EXC TO LL OBSCENEREAD HOW DISGTG WE ARE THE PRSTHE TELEGRAPH, PEOPLE AND SUNDAY EXPRSMOLTERS OF CHILDREN, RPTORS OF YOUTHIT'S THERE THE PAPER, MT BE THE TTHYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[CHOS](TRY AND) SG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAY(HEY!) SG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAY[VERSE 3]DON'T TRY TO KID THAT IF YOU'RE DISCREETYOU'RE PERFECTLY SAFE AS YOU WALK DOWN THE STREETYOU DON'T HAVE TO MCE OR MAKE BCHY REMARKSTO GET BEATEN UNNSC AND LEFT THE DARKI HAD A IEND WHO WAS GENTLE AND SHORTHE WAS LONELY ONE EVENG AND WENT FOR A WALKQUEERBASHERS UGHT HIM, KICKED HIS TEETHHE WAS ONLY HOSPALISED FOR A WEEK(AND HE STILL BEARS THE SRS)[CHOS]SG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAY(HEY!) SG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAY[VERSE 4]AND S BACK AND WATCH AS THEY CLOSE DOWN OUR CLUBSARRT FOR MEETG AND RAID ALL OUR PUBSMAKE SURE YOUR BOYIEND'S AT LEAST 21SO ONLY YOUR IENDS AND YOUR BROTHERS GET DONELIE TO YOUR WORKMAT, LIE TO YOUR FOLKSPUT DOWN THE QUEENS, TELL ANTI-QUEER JOKGAY LIB'S RIDICULO, JO THEIR LGHTER'THE BUGGERS ARE LEGAL NOW, WHAT MORE ARE THEY AFTER?'(TELL THEM!)[CHOS]SG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAY(HEY!) SG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAYSG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAY(HEY!) SG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THIS WAY3EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT
• GLAD TO BE GAY: THE SURPRISE H THAT BEME A PRI ANTHEM
• HOW WE MA: TOM ROBSON AND NICK MOBBS ON GLAD TO BE GAY
• GLAD TO BE GAY ’97TOM ROBSONTRACK 14 ON CABARET ’79 1 VIEWER1 CONTRIBUTORGLAD TO BE GAY ’97 LYRICSTHE BRISH POLICE ARE THE BT THE WORLDI DON'T BELIEVE ONE OF THE STORI I'VE HEARD'BOUT THEM SPENDG THREE LN TO BT UP A RGOF NSENTG LEATHERMEN DOG THEIR THG;IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN PRIVATEWHERE NO-ONE PLAEDBUT THE JUDGE PUT AN END TO THEIR FUN AND THEIR GAMHE SENTENCED THE MEMBERS TO FOUR OR FIVE YEARSI N'T BELIEVE THAT SORT OF THG HAPPENS HERESG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAY, HEYTHE LIARS OF WAPPG ARE REALLY THE PSCOMMISSNED BY BIGOTS AND WRTEN BY SHSTHEY PLASTER THEIR PAG WH BGO AND TSTHEN ADD ALL THE SNDAL AND SLANR THAT FSTHEY PICK OUT THEIR VICTIMS, STROYG THEIR LIVTHEY SNEER AS THEY SMEAR AS THEY DAMN AND SPISEIF 'S PAEDOPHILE TEACHERS OR LBIAN NUNSIF 'S FILTH AND 'S FICTN... 'S THERE THE SUNAND NOW THERE'S A NIGHTMARETHEY BLAME ON THE GAYSIT'S BTAL AND LETHAL AND SLOWLY VASTHE MEDIL FACTS ARE IGNORED OR FOTBY THE BIGOTS WHO THKIT'S THE JUDGEMENT OF GODATTACKED BY THE VATIN, BASHED BY THE BILLWH CHEAP POLICIANS ALL MAKG A KILLTHE MSAGE IS SIMPLE AND OBV, PLEASEJT LAY OFF THE PATIENTS AND LET'S FIGHT THE DISEASEYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEFOR 21 YEARS NOW I'VE FOUGHT FOR THE RIGHTFOR PEOPLE TO LOVE JT WHOEVER THEY LIKEBUT THE RIGHT-ON AND RIGHTEO ARE OUT FOR MY BLOODNOW I LIVE WH MY KID AND A WOMAN I LOVEWELL IF GAY LIBERATN MEANS EEDOM FOR ALLA LABEL IS NO LIBERATN AT ALLI'M HERE AND I'M QUEER AND I DO WHAT I DOAND I'M NOT GONNA WEAR... A STRAJACKET FOR YOUSG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAYEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌CABARET ’79 (1982)TOM ROBSON1. PUB HASSLE2. COLDHARBOUR LANE3. BABY YOU’RE AN ANGEL4. GLAD TO BE GAY ’795. STAND TOGETHER6. EASY STREET7. TCE8. CLOSG A DOOR9. 1967 (SO LONG AGO)10. EVEN STEVEN11. SARTORIAL ELOQUENCE12. MAD ABOUT THE BOY13. GOOD TO BE GAY14. GLAD TO BE GAY ’9715. LAST R16. GAY SWCHBOARD JGLECREDSTAGSROCKEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE
• GLAD TO BE GAY
• GLAD TO BE GAY ’79TOM ROBSONTRACK 4 ON CABARET ’79 1 VIEWER1 CONTRIBUTORGLAD TO BE GAY ’79 LYRICSTHE BRISH POLICE ARE THE BT THE WORLDI DON'T BELIEVE ONE OF THE STORI I'VE HEARD'BOUT THEM RAIDG OUR PUBS FOR NO REASON AT ALLLG THE CTOMERS UP BY THE WALLPICKG OUT PEOPLE AND KNOCKG THEM DOWNRISTG ARRT AS THEY'RE KICKED ON THE GROUNDSEARCHG THEIR HO AND LLG THEM QUEERI DON'T BELIEVE THAT SORT OF THG HAPPENS HERESG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THIS WAYPICTUR OF NAKED YOUNG WOMEN ARE FUNIN TBS AND PLAYBOY, PAGE THREE OF THE SUNTHERE'S NO NUS GAY NEWS OUR LAST MAGAZEBUT THEY STILL FD EXC TO LL OBSCENEREAD HOW DISGTG WE ARE THE PRSTHE NEWS OF THE WORLD AND THE SUNDAY EXPRSMOLTERS OF CHILDREN, RPTORS OF YOUTHIT'S THERE THE PAPER, MT BE THE TTHSG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THIS WAYHAVE YOU HEARD THE STORY ABOUT PETER WELLSWHO ONE DAY WAS ARRTED AND DRAGGED TO THE CELLSFOR BEG LOVE WH A MAN OF 18THE VIR FOUND OUT THEY'D BEEN HAVG A SCENETHE MAGISTRATE SENT HIM FOR TRIAL BY THE CROWNHE EVEN APPEALED, BUT THEY STILL SENT HIM DOWNHE WAS ONLY MISTREATED A UPLE OF YEARS'CSE EVEN PRISON THEY...LOOK AFTER THE QUEERSYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKESG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THIS WAYSO S BACK AND WATCH AS THEY CLOSE ALL OUR CLUBSARRT FOR MEETG AND RAID ALL OUR PUBSMAKE SURE YOUR BOYIEND'S AT LEAST 21SO ONLY YOUR IENDS AND YOUR BROTHERS GET DONELIE TO YOUR WORKMAT, LIE TO YOUR FOLKSPUT DOWN THE QUEENS AND TELL ANTI-QUEER JOKGAY LIB'S RIDICULO, JO THEIR LGHTER'THE BUGGERS ARE LEGAL NOW -WHAT MORE ARE THEY AFTER?'SG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THIS WAYEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌CABARET ’79 (1982)TOM ROBSON1. PUB HASSLE2. COLDHARBOUR LANE3. BABY YOU’RE AN ANGEL4. GLAD TO BE GAY ’795. STAND TOGETHER6. EASY STREET7. TCE8. CLOSG A DOOR9. 1967 (SO LONG AGO)10. EVEN STEVEN11. SARTORIAL ELOQUENCE12. MAD ABOUT THE BOY13. GOOD TO BE GAY14. GLAD TO BE GAY ’9715. LAST R16. GAY SWCHBOARD JGLECREDSTAGSROCKEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE
• GLAD TO BE GAY
• "GLAD TO BE GAY" LYRICS

GLAD TO BE GAYTOM ROBSON BANDTRACK 13 ON POWER THE DARKNS “(SG IF YOU’RE) GLAD TO BE GAY,” ORIGALLY RELEASED 1978 AS PART OF THE BUT EP OF THE GROUP TOM ROBSON BAND IS NOT ONLY ONE OF THE MOST FG SONGS OF THE BAND… READ MORE 1 VIEWER23.3K VIEWS12 CONTRIBUTORSGLAD TO BE GAY LYRICS[SPOKEN WORD INTRO]THIS SONG IS DITED TO THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATN, ’S A MEDIL SONG AND NCERNS A DISEASE WHOSE CLASSIFITN ACRDG TO THE INTERNATNAL CLASSIFITN OF DISEAS IS 302.0[VERSE 1]THE BRISH POLICE ARE THE BT THE WORLDI DON'T BELIEVE ONE OF THE STORI I'VE HEARD'BOUT THEM RAIDG OUR PUBS FOR NO REASON AT ALLLG THE CTOMERS UP BY THE WALLPICKG OUT PEOPLE AND KNOCKG THEM DOWNRISTG ARRT AS THEY'RE KICKED ON THE GROUNDSEARCHG THEIR HO AND LLG THEM QUEERI DON'T BELIEVE THAT SORT OF THG HAPPENS HERE[CHOS]SG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAY(HEY!) SG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAY[VERSE 2]PICTUR OF NAKED YOUNG WOMEN ARE FUNIN TBS AND PLAYBOY, PAGE THREE OF THE SUNTHERE'S NO NUS GAY NEWS, OUR ONE MAGAZEBUT THEY STILL FD EXC TO LL OBSCENEREAD HOW DISGTG WE ARE THE PRSTHE TELEGRAPH, PEOPLE AND SUNDAY EXPRSMOLTERS OF CHILDREN, RPTORS OF YOUTHIT'S THERE THE PAPER, MT BE THE TTHYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[CHOS](TRY AND) SG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAY(HEY!) SG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAY[VERSE 3]DON'T TRY TO KID THAT IF YOU'RE DISCREETYOU'RE PERFECTLY SAFE AS YOU WALK DOWN THE STREETYOU DON'T HAVE TO MCE OR MAKE BCHY REMARKSTO GET BEATEN UNNSC AND LEFT THE DARKI HAD A IEND WHO WAS GENTLE AND SHORTHE WAS LONELY ONE EVENG AND WENT FOR A WALKQUEERBASHERS UGHT HIM, KICKED HIS TEETHHE WAS ONLY HOSPALISED FOR A WEEK(AND HE STILL BEARS THE SRS)[CHOS]SG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAY(HEY!) SG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAY[VERSE 4]AND S BACK AND WATCH AS THEY CLOSE DOWN OUR CLUBSARRT FOR MEETG AND RAID ALL OUR PUBSMAKE SURE YOUR BOYIEND'S AT LEAST 21SO ONLY YOUR IENDS AND YOUR BROTHERS GET DONELIE TO YOUR WORKMAT, LIE TO YOUR FOLKSPUT DOWN THE QUEENS, TELL ANTI-QUEER JOKGAY LIB'S RIDICULO, JO THEIR LGHTER'THE BUGGERS ARE LEGAL NOW, WHAT MORE ARE THEY AFTER?'(TELL THEM!)[CHOS]SG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAY(HEY!) SG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAYSG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAY(HEY!) SG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THIS WAY3EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT

Glad to Be Gay Lyrics[Spoken Word Intro]This song is dited to the World Health Organizatn, ’s a medil song and ncerns a disease whose classifitn acrdg to the Internatnal Classifitn of Diseas is 302. 0[Verse 1]The Brish Police are the bt the worldI don't believe one of the stori I've heard'Bout them raidg our pubs for no reason at allLg the ctomers up by the wallPickg out people and knockg them downRistg arrt as they're kicked on the groundSearchg their ho and llg them queerI don't believe that sort of thg happens here[Chos]Sg if you're glad to be gaySg if you're happy that way(Hey!

GLAD TO BE GAY: THE SURPRISE H THAT BEME A PRI ANTHEM

) Sg if you're glad to be gaySg if you're happy that way[Verse 2]Pictur of naked young women are funIn Tbs and Playboy, page three of The SunThere's no nus Gay News, our one magazeBut they still fd exc to ll obsceneRead how disgtg we are the prsThe Telegraph, People and Sunday ExprsMolters of children, rptors of youthIt's there the paper, mt be the tth[Chos](Try and) Sg if you're glad to be gaySg if you're happy that way(Hey!

) Sg if you're glad to be gaySg if you're happy that way[Verse 3]Don't try to kid that if you're discreetYou're perfectly safe as you walk down the streetYou don't have to mce or make bchy remarksTo get beaten unnsc and left the darkI had a iend who was gentle and shortHe was lonely one eveng and went for a walkQueerbashers ught him, kicked his teethHe was only hospalised for a week(And he still bears the srs)[Chos]Sg if you're glad to be gaySg if you're happy that way(Hey!

) Sg if you're glad to be gaySg if you're happy that way[Verse 4]And s back and watch as they close down our clubsArrt for meetg and raid all our pubsMake sure your boyiend's at least 21So only your iends and your brothers get doneLie to your workmat, lie to your folksPut down the queens, tell anti-queer jokGay Lib's ridiculo, jo their lghter'The buggers are legal now, what more are they after?

HOW WE MA: TOM ROBSON AND NICK MOBBS ON GLAD TO BE GAY

)[Chos]Sg if you're glad to be gaySg if you're happy that way(Hey! ) Sg if you're glad to be gaySg if you're happy that waySg if you're glad to be gaySg if you're happy that way(Hey!

GLAD TO BE GAY ’97TOM ROBSONTRACK 14 ON CABARET ’79 1 VIEWER1 CONTRIBUTORGLAD TO BE GAY ’97 LYRICSTHE BRISH POLICE ARE THE BT THE WORLDI DON'T BELIEVE ONE OF THE STORI I'VE HEARD'BOUT THEM SPENDG THREE LN TO BT UP A RGOF NSENTG LEATHERMEN DOG THEIR THG;IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN PRIVATEWHERE NO-ONE PLAEDBUT THE JUDGE PUT AN END TO THEIR FUN AND THEIR GAMHE SENTENCED THE MEMBERS TO FOUR OR FIVE YEARSI N'T BELIEVE THAT SORT OF THG HAPPENS HERESG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAY, HEYTHE LIARS OF WAPPG ARE REALLY THE PSCOMMISSNED BY BIGOTS AND WRTEN BY SHSTHEY PLASTER THEIR PAG WH BGO AND TSTHEN ADD ALL THE SNDAL AND SLANR THAT FSTHEY PICK OUT THEIR VICTIMS, STROYG THEIR LIVTHEY SNEER AS THEY SMEAR AS THEY DAMN AND SPISEIF 'S PAEDOPHILE TEACHERS OR LBIAN NUNSIF 'S FILTH AND 'S FICTN... 'S THERE THE SUNAND NOW THERE'S A NIGHTMARETHEY BLAME ON THE GAYSIT'S BTAL AND LETHAL AND SLOWLY VASTHE MEDIL FACTS ARE IGNORED OR FOTBY THE BIGOTS WHO THKIT'S THE JUDGEMENT OF GODATTACKED BY THE VATIN, BASHED BY THE BILLWH CHEAP POLICIANS ALL MAKG A KILLTHE MSAGE IS SIMPLE AND OBV, PLEASEJT LAY OFF THE PATIENTS AND LET'S FIGHT THE DISEASEYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEFOR 21 YEARS NOW I'VE FOUGHT FOR THE RIGHTFOR PEOPLE TO LOVE JT WHOEVER THEY LIKEBUT THE RIGHT-ON AND RIGHTEO ARE OUT FOR MY BLOODNOW I LIVE WH MY KID AND A WOMAN I LOVEWELL IF GAY LIBERATN MEANS EEDOM FOR ALLA LABEL IS NO LIBERATN AT ALLI'M HERE AND I'M QUEER AND I DO WHAT I DOAND I'M NOT GONNA WEAR... A STRAJACKET FOR YOUSG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAYEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌CABARET ’79 (1982)TOM ROBSON1. PUB HASSLE2. COLDHARBOUR LANE3. BABY YOU’RE AN ANGEL4. GLAD TO BE GAY ’795. STAND TOGETHER6. EASY STREET7. TCE8. CLOSG A DOOR9. 1967 (SO LONG AGO)10. EVEN STEVEN11. SARTORIAL ELOQUENCE12. MAD ABOUT THE BOY13. GOOD TO BE GAY14. GLAD TO BE GAY ’9715. LAST R16. GAY SWCHBOARD JGLECREDSTAGSROCKEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE

) Sg if you're glad to be gaySg if you're happy this way.

BBC World Service - Outlook, Glad to be gay: The surprise h that beme a pri anthem. Glad to be gay: The surprise h that beme a pri anthem. Tom Robson beme a Pri in wh his top 20 h Glad to be Gay but takg the spotlight also me at a personal st.

When Tom Robson realised he was gay, as a lonely boy at boardg school Bra the 1960s, homosexualy was a crimal offence. Salvatn appeared the form of an unlikely school for ‘disturbed and disturbg’ boys the English untrysi, and later, London, Tom disvered his tw passns: mic and gay activism.

GLAD TO BE GAY

When police harassment of gay men rose sharply the mid-70s, Tom wrote Glad to be Gay as a bterly sarstic rponse. Tom Robson, sger, songwrerI had a nervo breakdown when I was 16, largely due to the strs of growg up gay, which was illegal back then.

It also exposed me to all sorts of the 60s, there wasn't a sgle public figure who was openly gay, so we had no role mols, no mentns of homosexualy.

"I wrote a song lled Good to Be Gay for the Campaign For Homosexual Equaly 1975.

GLAD TO BE GAY ’79TOM ROBSONTRACK 4 ON CABARET ’79 1 VIEWER1 CONTRIBUTORGLAD TO BE GAY ’79 LYRICSTHE BRISH POLICE ARE THE BT THE WORLDI DON'T BELIEVE ONE OF THE STORI I'VE HEARD'BOUT THEM RAIDG OUR PUBS FOR NO REASON AT ALLLG THE CTOMERS UP BY THE WALLPICKG OUT PEOPLE AND KNOCKG THEM DOWNRISTG ARRT AS THEY'RE KICKED ON THE GROUNDSEARCHG THEIR HO AND LLG THEM QUEERI DON'T BELIEVE THAT SORT OF THG HAPPENS HERESG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THIS WAYPICTUR OF NAKED YOUNG WOMEN ARE FUNIN TBS AND PLAYBOY, PAGE THREE OF THE SUNTHERE'S NO NUS GAY NEWS OUR LAST MAGAZEBUT THEY STILL FD EXC TO LL OBSCENEREAD HOW DISGTG WE ARE THE PRSTHE NEWS OF THE WORLD AND THE SUNDAY EXPRSMOLTERS OF CHILDREN, RPTORS OF YOUTHIT'S THERE THE PAPER, MT BE THE TTHSG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THIS WAYHAVE YOU HEARD THE STORY ABOUT PETER WELLSWHO ONE DAY WAS ARRTED AND DRAGGED TO THE CELLSFOR BEG LOVE WH A MAN OF 18THE VIR FOUND OUT THEY'D BEEN HAVG A SCENETHE MAGISTRATE SENT HIM FOR TRIAL BY THE CROWNHE EVEN APPEALED, BUT THEY STILL SENT HIM DOWNHE WAS ONLY MISTREATED A UPLE OF YEARS'CSE EVEN PRISON THEY...LOOK AFTER THE QUEERSYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKESG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THIS WAYSO S BACK AND WATCH AS THEY CLOSE ALL OUR CLUBSARRT FOR MEETG AND RAID ALL OUR PUBSMAKE SURE YOUR BOYIEND'S AT LEAST 21SO ONLY YOUR IENDS AND YOUR BROTHERS GET DONELIE TO YOUR WORKMAT, LIE TO YOUR FOLKSPUT DOWN THE QUEENS AND TELL ANTI-QUEER JOKGAY LIB'S RIDICULO, JO THEIR LGHTER'THE BUGGERS ARE LEGAL NOW -WHAT MORE ARE THEY AFTER?'SG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THIS WAYEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌CABARET ’79 (1982)TOM ROBSON1. PUB HASSLE2. COLDHARBOUR LANE3. BABY YOU’RE AN ANGEL4. GLAD TO BE GAY ’795. STAND TOGETHER6. EASY STREET7. TCE8. CLOSG A DOOR9. 1967 (SO LONG AGO)10. EVEN STEVEN11. SARTORIAL ELOQUENCE12. MAD ABOUT THE BOY13. GOOD TO BE GAY14. GLAD TO BE GAY ’9715. LAST R16. GAY SWCHBOARD JGLECREDSTAGSROCKEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE

They exposed me to the notn of beg proud of beg gay.

At the time, the police were regularly targetg London's olst gay pub, the Coleherne Earls Court, on a regular basis. When the edor of Gay News famoly tried to take a photograph of one raid, he was charged and fed for the fluenc me together the long, hot summer of 1976.

GLAD TO BE GAY

I wrote Glad to Be Gay on an atic guar my flat, tendg as a one-off for a Gay Pri march. People would jo wh what begs as an anti-police number and, by the time they're at the chos, they're all ught up , beltg out: "Sg if you're glad to be gay. "I'm now married wh kids, but Glad to Be Gay was about anyone who didn't nform, om lbians to transgenrs, a way of regnisg that most of have plex sexuali.

I never imaged that, 35 years later, would be lled the gay natnal anthem, or that we'd have openly gay pop stars and a Tory prime mister mpaigng for gay marriage. He'd jt taken an overdose when Glad to Be Gay me on his llege rad statn.

Someone suggted g four tracks rerd at the Lycm as an terim release to keep the band to Be Gay was every TRB live set I saw.

"GLAD TO BE GAY" LYRICS

Songfacts®:"(Sg If You're) Glad To Be Gay" by the Tom Robson Band (TRB) was rerd as part of a live EP November 1977 and appears on Robson's crilly acclaimed but album Power In The Darkns. As the tle impli, 's a song about gay pri, released at a time when was very difficult to be gay Bra.

"A lot of heterosexuals don't unrstand that you grow up beg tght to hate and fear homosexuals before you're of an age to know you are one, " Robson told Q magaze. "After all, male homosexual activy was illegal Bra until 1967.

"In 1972, David Bowie me out as gay the Brish mic magaze Melody Maker. This was a watershed moment for many gay youth the UK who found the strength to e out, Holly Johnson of Frankie Go to Hollywood and Boy Gee of Culture Club among them. "That's what 'Glad To Be Gay' is about: fulfillg that pledge.

"The song ntas the tertg uplet:There's no nus Gay News, our one magazeBut they still found exc to ll obsceneIn June 1976, Gay News published a poem by the amic Jam Kirkup, The Love That Dar To Speak Its Name (a pun on Osr Wil). Glad To Be Gay – the first one, later retled Good To Be Gay – what do you remember wrg ?

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