Punk rock. Dis. Folk. Jt as the muny is all-clive, the songs that shaped span across several genr. While new gay artists and empowerg anthems pop up daily, ’s important to honor the tried-and-te classics.
Contents:
- THE ARE THE 20 MOST IMPORTANT GAY ANTHEMS OF ALL TIME
- IS ANI DIFRAN GAY?
- THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
THE ARE THE 20 MOST IMPORTANT GAY ANTHEMS OF ALL TIME
* ani difranco gay *
Ani has been the recipient of many honors and awards, cludg a Grammy for bt album package (Evolve), the Woman of Courage Award om the Natnal Organizatn for Women, the Gay/Lbian Amerin Mic Award for Female Artist of the Year, and the Woody Guthrie Award. While new gay artists and empowerg anthems pop up daily, ’s important to honor the tried-and-te classics. Fun fact: this track was penned wh Miss Ross’ gay fans md.
While high-energy classics like Whney’s “I Wanna Dance Wh Someone” and CeCe Peniston’s “Fally” see heavy rotatn among gay clubs, Grace Jon’ laid back staple out-queers them all, wh eyebrow-raisg lyrics: “Pull up to my bumper baby / In your long black limoe / Pull up to my bumper baby / And drive between. Its ntroversial mic vio follows a young man kicked out of his hoe for beg gay and ultimately takg his life. The Brish synth-pop tr regularly explored their sexualy throughout their talog (all three members were openly gay).
As if this song wasn’t gay enough, the Glee rendn was a duet between the show’s rint lbian, Santana (Naya Rivera), and gut star Ida Menzel.
IS ANI DIFRAN GAY?
Gloria Gaynor – “I Am What I Am”. While “I Will Survive” seems like the obv choice for a Gaynor classic, “I Am What I Am” has gayer origs: the song, penned by out poser Jerry Herman, was wrten as the fale performance to close out the uber-gay Broadway mil La Cage x Foll.
This track may be ls than ten years old, but beme a gay classic upon arrival.
Debutg at the top of charts across the world, the song is straightforward s tentn to empower the LGBTQ muny: “No matter gay, straight, or bi / Lbian, transgenred life / I’m on the right track, baby / I was born to survive, ” the superstar mands.
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
And like her smash rerd, Bean’s 1977 track (which was prevly rerd by fellow Motown rerdg artist Valento) was forthright s gay lyricism: “I’m happy / I’m reful / I’m gay, ” the cheery-voiced sger proclaims over a dis beat. ” She’s still hnted by the msag om gay women who said they felt hurt and abandoned.
“I mourn the modifitn and homogenizatn of mic by the mic dtry, and I fear the manufacture of nsent by the rporately ntrolled media, ” she wrote.