Y, Kurt Coba was a gnge in. He was also a gay rights hero. - The Washgton Post

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• Y, KURT COBA WAS A GNGE IN. HE WAS ALSO A GAY RIGHTS HERO.
• ALL APOLOGINIRVANATRACK 12 ON IN UTERO PRODUCED BYSTEVE ALBIAN ATIC FAN FAVORE, “ALL APOLOGI” HAS KURT COBA “APOLOGIZG” FOR HOW HE BEHAV, A WAY HE SUMMARIZED AS “PEACEFUL, HAPPY, FORT”. HE WENT ON TO DITE … READ MORE SEP. 13, 19931 VIEWER581.1K VIEWS132 CONTRIBUTORSTRANSLATNSPORTUGUêSALL APOLOGI LYRICS[VERSE 1]WHAT ELSE SHOULD I BE? ALL APOLOGIWHAT ELSE ULD I SAY? EVERYONE IS GAYWHAT ELSE ULD I WRE? I DON'T HAVE THE RIGHTWHAT ELSE SHOULD I BE? ALL APOLOGI[CHOS]IN THE SUN, THE SUN, I FEEL AS ONEIN THE SUN, THE SUN[POST-CHOS]MARRIED, BURIED[VERSE 2]I WISH I WAS LIKE YOU, EASILY AMEDFD MY NT OF SALT, EVERYTHG'S MY FLTI'LL TAKE ALL THE BLAME, AQUA SEA FOAM SHAMESUNBURN, EEZER BURN, CHOK' ON THE ASH OF HER ENEMY[CHOS]IN THE SUN, THE SUN, I FEEL AS ONEIN THE SUN, THE SUN[POST-CHOS]MARRIED, MARRIEDMARRIED, BURIEDYEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAHYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[OUTRO: KURT COBA & DAVE GROHL]ALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE ARE64EMBEDCANCELHOW 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

Y, KURT COBA WAS A GNGE IN. HE WAS ALSO A GAY RIGHTS HERO.

“I'm fely gay spir, and I probably uld be bisexual, ” Coba told The Advote Magaze 1993. Jt a year earlier, Nirvana performed at a gay rights benef Oregon, and the band’s 1992 pilatn album Inctici clud the followg statement s ler not: a msage supportg the LGBTQ muny as well as opposg racism, sexism and misogyny. "If any of you any way hate homosexuals, people of different lor, or women, please do this one favor for : leave the fuck alone!

“I am not gay, ” the sger and songwrer was quoted by Gay Star News as havg said, “Although I wish I were, jt to piss off homophob. Coba is the Gen X in who popularized alternative mic and culture, but on the 25th anniversary of his ath this week, I cherish another aspect of his legacy much more: his nsistent and vol support of gay rights.

Coba’s “oh well, whatever, never md” attu about sexual inty, exprsed lyrics and terviews, changed the urse of my Coba might not be the first name you thk of when to gay rights, his band was never shy about s polics, pecially where LGBTQ issu were ncerned. In 1992, Nirvana played a “No on #9” benef ncert and issued a public statement opposg Measure 9, a statewi anti-gay cizen ballot iative Oregon that would have required “all ernments” the state to treat homosexualy as “abnormal, wrong, unnatural and perverse. ” And the ler not of their album “Inctici, ” released that December, they warned: “If any of you any way hate homosexuals, people of different lor, or women, please do this one favor for — leave the f--- alone!

ALL APOLOGINIRVANATRACK 12 ON IN UTERO PRODUCED BYSTEVE ALBIAN ATIC FAN FAVORE, “ALL APOLOGI” HAS KURT COBA “APOLOGIZG” FOR HOW HE BEHAV, A WAY HE SUMMARIZED AS “PEACEFUL, HAPPY, FORT”. HE WENT ON TO DITE … READ MORE SEP. 13, 19931 VIEWER581.1K VIEWS132 CONTRIBUTORSTRANSLATNSPORTUGUêSALL APOLOGI LYRICS[VERSE 1]WHAT ELSE SHOULD I BE? ALL APOLOGIWHAT ELSE ULD I SAY? EVERYONE IS GAYWHAT ELSE ULD I WRE? I DON'T HAVE THE RIGHTWHAT ELSE SHOULD I BE? ALL APOLOGI[CHOS]IN THE SUN, THE SUN, I FEEL AS ONEIN THE SUN, THE SUN[POST-CHOS]MARRIED, BURIED[VERSE 2]I WISH I WAS LIKE YOU, EASILY AMEDFD MY NT OF SALT, EVERYTHG'S MY FLTI'LL TAKE ALL THE BLAME, AQUA SEA FOAM SHAMESUNBURN, EEZER BURN, CHOK' ON THE ASH OF HER ENEMY[CHOS]IN THE SUN, THE SUN, I FEEL AS ONEIN THE SUN, THE SUN[POST-CHOS]MARRIED, MARRIEDMARRIED, BURIEDYEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAHYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[OUTRO: KURT COBA & DAVE GROHL]ALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE ARE64EMBEDCANCELHOW 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

” The ler not to their next album, “In Utero, ” echoed that admonn: “If you’re a sexist, racist, homophobe or basilly an a--hole, don’t buy this CD. ” Coba himself repeatedly and publicly affirmed his pro-gay stance.

In a 1993 terview wh the Advote, which I remember readg breathlsly a Borrs bookstore wh the ver fold over so no one uld tell what I was holdg, Coba lled himself “gay spir” and revealed that as a teenager, he often qutned his sexualy and sprayed “God is gay” graffi the small town of Aberen, Wash., where he grew up. (The le “God is gay” later popped up the Nirvana song “Stay Away.

All this played out the early ’90s, when AIDS jok and the word “fag” were mon, ias about allowg gays to openly serve the ary were nsired radil, and policians were wagg culture wars over “fay valu. ’s Michael Stipe, but Nirvana’s pro-gay gtur and s inoclastic sound were remarkable for any popular mic act.