The 50 Gayt Songs of the 1990s: Part 1

Contents:

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

THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG

Sign up today for our ee To TopOur plete tribute to the '90sTwo weeks ago, we unleashed Part 1 of the Gayt Songs of the 1990s. After many days of meetgs, the Out magaze staff has fally pleted the list of the 50 gayt songs (although there are, like, 500 other songs or so that are layg bloodily on the cuttg-room floor). In fact, there are many reasons queer people gravate toward particular songs, whether their relatable lyrics rell hardships often experienced by LGBTQ+ dividuals (Cyndi Lper’s “Te Colors, ” Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive”) and help listeners feel ls alone or feature the beltg chops of a big-voiced diva á la Whney Hoton’s “I Wanna Dance Wh Somebody.

” Other songs receive queer anthem stat for tongue--cheek nods to g out (Diana Ross’s “I’m Comg Out”) or more straightforward referenc to gay cisg (Village People’s “YMCA”). And let’s not fet about songs like ABBA’s “Dancg Queen” and Madonna’s “Exprs Yourself, ” which are beloved by the LGBTQ+ muny for promotg unabashed happs and celebratn — feelgs that many dividuals strive for suatns where their sexuali aren’t before Lil Nas X slid down a pole and gave Satan a lap dance one of the gayt mic vios of all time for “MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name), ” artists like Crystal Waters and Ja Jackson released tracks the ’90s that reflected LGBTQ+ issu like homelsns and the AIDS crisis. Jt look at Lady Gaga, who beme the first person ever to say the words “lbian, ” “gay, ” “bi, ” or “transgenr” at the Super Bowl 2017 while performg “Born This Way.

” She also featured the Hoe of Xtravaganza her Blond Ambn world tour and later on the big screen Madonna: Tth Or Dare and has been creded wh troducg the world to a subculture now reprented TV seri like Pose and S, “Show Me Love”Not to be nfed wh gay in Robyn’s 1997 h of the same name, Rob S’s “Show Me Love” is a feel-good hoe track about searchg for te love after a seri of hardships, a ncept all-too-relatable to many LGBTQ+ Peniston, “Fally”Siarly, this 1991 dance h is another posive, upbeat song about “meetg Mr. By addg a shimmerg club beat and emphasizg the le “I’m gonna be okay / I’m gonna be alright, ” Thunrps perfectly crafted the track to be shouted along to on the dance floors of gay clubs for life. ” Christa Aguilera, “Betiful”The empowerg lyrics of Christa Aguilera’s “Betiful” are pretty universal, but s mic vio featur a gay uple kissg ont of a judgg crowd and a drag queen nfintly embracg their inty, which wasn’t an everyday sight on TRL.

ULTIMATE PRI PLAYLIST: THE 50 BT GAY SONGS

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Rumors had been swirlg for years around Michael’s sexualy but nothg was ever nfirmed by him prr to this song’s release (shortly thereafter he me out as bisexual, before g out as gay further down the le). While there’s nothg explicly homosexual the play, many believe that the ma characters Vladimir and Estragon are an ageg homosexual uple, who are worn out and not engagg sexually any longer. If you’ve ever wnsed eher of the played a gay club, you’d fely agree when you hear the entire place go crazy and sg along wh every word.

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

Nile Rodgers (om the band Chic), who was workg wh Ross on material for her album Diana, got the spiratn for the song after seeg multiple drag queens drsed as Ross at a gay-iendly New York Cy club. Freddie Mercury was fely a rd-rryg member of the LGBTQ muny, although there is some bate about whether he intified as gay or bisexual. Group, Bronski Beat, released a gay anthem lled “Smalltown Boy” as the first sgle off their but album The Age of Consent.

It was the semi-tobgraphil story of lead sger Jimmy Somerville about the opprsn of homosexuals the early ’80s provcial Stland. It showed Somerville beg attacked by a homophobic gang before beg brought home by police to the fay whom he is tryg to n away om. Sure, RuPl had already broken before this song and movie (see our number one song) and the mid-’90s were surprisgly gay-iendly — To Wong Foo was sandwiched between the release of two other celebrated and succsful mastream LGBTQ films, The Adventur of Priscilla, Queen of the Dert 1994 and The Birdge 1996.

Although only reached number 46 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, was a number one h on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play, large part bee so many gay men loved the song — after all, was fun, sexy, danceable and mpy. Charts after a Facebook mpaign was lnched to get the song back on the charts rponse to a polician who blamed floodg and adverse weather on gay marriage.