For Gay Pri Month, Billboard asked numero pop culture lumari to wre 'love letters' to the LGBTQ muny.
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- HOW A SONG BE A QUEER ANTHEM, ACRDG TO LGBTQ+ ARTISTSTRACKS CELEBRATG QUEER EXPERIENC HAVE BEE MASTREAM, BUT MIC BY AND FOR THE MUNY HAS ALWAYS {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MICBY MTV NEWS STAFFJUNE 21, 2021/1:16 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:1080PX;WIDTH:1920PX;}JOEY JAM / GETTY IMAGBY MTV NEWS STAFFJUNE 21, 2021 / 1:16 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"HOW A SONG BE A QUEER ANTHEM, ACRDG TO LGBTQ+ ARTISTS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2021-06-21T17:16:04.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2021-06-21T17:16:04.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"MTV NEWS STAFF","KEYWORDS":"PRI MONTH","ARTICLESECTN":"MIC"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BY ROB {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON S SURFACE, BIG FREEDIA’S “CHASG RABOWS” SOUNDS LIKE ANY OTHER POP ANTHEM. WH A HUMMABLE MELODY, SPARKLG PRODUCTN, AND EARWORM CHOS FEATURG FELLOW STAR KHA, THE TRACK HAS THE ABILY TO EXPLO OUT OF SPEAKERS ON MILY ALONE. BUT ZERO ON THE NFECTN’S PERSONAL LYRICS AND YOU’LL DISVER THEY CENTER ON TOPICS OF SEXUALY, EQUALY, AND SPIRUALY. THE SONG IS A EP MATN AND VULNERABLE SIGHT TO THE SGER’S WORLD AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT’S REALLY ABOUT GROWG UP AS A GAY BOY AND SOME OF THE THGS I HAD TO FACE,” BIG FREEDIA TELLS MTV NEWS OF THE TRACK, WHICH WAS FEATURED ON HER 2020 EP LOUR. “IT’S ME BEG MYSELF AND BEG LOUD AND PROUD. IT’S MY STORY FOR PEOPLE TO RELATE AND NNECT WH; CHASG YOUR DREAMS AND CHASG YOUR RABOW, WHATEVER LOR THAT MAY BE, WHATEVER JOURNEY THAT MAY BE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WHERE I'VE BEEN, WHAT I'VE SEEN, PEOPLE DY', THEY N'T BE WHO THEY BE 'E THEY'RE HID'” FREEDIA SGS. “YOU KNOW ME, BE' EE, WON'T BE SILENT. I PRAY FOR MY ENEMI.” “CHASG RABOWS” IS A LL TO ACTN; AN TOBGRAPHIL ANTHEM WHICH SHE TELLS THE LISTENER EXACTLY WHO SHE IS AND WHERE SHE’S OM. “IT’S ABOUT GIVG PEOPLE A MOMENT OF HOPE, NO MATTER WHAT YOUR BACKGROUND IS,” SHE SAYS. “SO I HAD MOMENTS WHERE I CRIED AS I WAS WRG AND MOMENTS WHERE I CRIED AS I WAS PERFORMG . IT WAS VERY THERAPTIC TO LET OUT SOME OF THE THGS THAT HAD BEEN BOTTLED UP FOR SO LONG.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FREEDIA IS RRYG ON A TRADN OF DISTCT QUEER TTH MIC, A THARTIC SONIC RELEASE THAT HAS BEEN TERTWED WH THE LGBTQ+ MUNY LONG BEFORE THE VERY ACRONYM ME TO VOGUE. THEY’RE QUEER ANTHEMS; ANNOUNCEMENTS ON A PERSONAL, YET RELATABLE LEVEL, MEANT TO ENPSULATE EHER THE HOP, FEARS, LOVE, LOSS, PLITNS, OR JOYS OF A LONG-MARGALIZED MUNY. THEY’RE DANCE BANGERS OR BALLADS, SONGS THAT MAKE YOU THK OR CRY. IT’S MIC WHERE A MICROPHONE N LEAD THE WAY TO RAW EXPRSN, BUT N ALSO BE A LIFE PRERVER FOR SOMEONE WHO MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE SEE THEMSELV {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN TO THE LATTER EFFECT, THE VETERAN SONGWRER JT TRANTER REMEMBERS EXACTLY WHAT TRACK AFFECTED HIM WHEN HE WAS G TO HIS OWN SEXUALY. “‘SWAN DIVE’ BY ANI DIFRAN HAS IMPACTED ME THE MOST,” THEY EXPLA OF THE 1998 SONG ABOUT WHICH FEATUR RAW, PERSONAL LYRICS THAT TRANTER FIRST HEARD WHILE GROWG UP SUBURBAN CHIGO. “I WAS STILL A TEENAGER. THE LYRICS, ‘I BUILT MY OWN EMPIRE OUT OF R TIR AND CHICKEN WIRE, I’M THE QUEEN OF MY OWN POST HEAP AND I’M GETTG ED TO THE SMELL,’ KD OF SET ME OFF ON MY JOURNEY OF BEG QUEER AND FEMME AS FUCK BUT HAVG THE STRENGTH TO TAKE SH OVER.” HAVG WRTEN POP SMASH FOR EVERYONE OM LADY GAGA TO HALSEY, TRANTER HAS LEARNED A FEW KEY TRICKS TO CRAFTG A SOLID PRI ANTHEM ALONG THE WAY. “SPEAK YOUR TTH, EMBRACE THE POWER OF THE MAGIL UNRDOG, AND SG YOUR FACE OFF.”{BACKGROUND:#616161;MAX-WIDTH:90%;HEIGHT:2PX;MARG:36PX TO;BORR:NONE;WIDTH:LC((((100% - 11 * 12PX) / 12) * 10) + (12PX * 9));}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){{WIDTH:LC((((100% - 11 * 24PX) / 12) * 8) + (24PX * 7));}}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{WIDTH:65%;}}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MIC WRTEN BY AND FOR LGBTQ+ PEOPLE HAS ALWAYS EXISTED, EVEN IF ALLNS TO QUEERNS HAD TO BE SLYLY SNUCK . IN THE 1930S, COLE PORTER, A GAY WRER OM THE GREAT AMERIN SONGBOOK ERA OF STANDARDS, NCTED PEPPY TUN THAT VERTLY REFERENCED HIS SEXUALY. DEEPLY CLOSETED, HIS H SONG “YOU’RE THE TOP,” A PROCLAMATN OF UTTER LOVE OM THE MIL ANYTHG GO, HAS A CHOS THAT LERALLY CROONS, “BEE BABY IF I’M THE BOTTOM, YOU’RE THE TOP.” MEANWHILE, HIS SONG “JT ONE OF THOSE THGS,” RERD BY FRANK SATRA 1953, IS A NOD TO THE THEN-CLANSTE NATURE OF GAY HOOKUPS. PERHAPS WAS NO CINCE THAT FOLLOWG THE STONEWALL UPRISGS OF 1969, A SERI OF CLASH BETWEEN POLICE AND PATRONS OF A MANHATTAN BAR THAT L THE SPARK OF GAY LIBERATN, A MORE OVERT PRI ANTHEM EMERGED. THE 1978 DANCE H “Y.M.C.A.” WH S HOKEY CHOREOGRAPHY, ALLUS TO THE MEN’S CENTER’S PENCHANT FOR BEG A CISG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SIMULTANEOLY, THE LGBTQ+ MUNY BEGAN RALLYG AROUND OTHERWISE STRAIGHT STARS WHO SUBSEQUENTLY BEME HERO OF THE MARGALIZED. IN THE ’60S, A PASSN FOR JUDY GARLAND EMERGED, NO DOUBT THANKS TO HER STGGL, PASSN, AND MP. BY THE ’70S, ARTISTS LIKE DONNA SUMMER, CHER, AND BARBRA STREISAND BEME TREASURED INS OF QUEER LISTENERS, WHILE THE ’80S BROUGHT ARTISTS LIKE MADONNA AND WHNEY HOTON. WHILE MANY OF THE WERE ADOPTED BY LGBTQ+ FANS ANILLY, SOME ANTHEMS HAVE BEEN WRTEN WH THIS DIENCE MD: BY 1982, THE WEATHER GIRLS’S NOVELTY H “IT’S RAG MEN,” -WRTEN BY THE STRAIGHT WRER PL SHAFFER, TERED SPECIFILLY TO THE GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;MARG:0PX TO;MAX-WIDTH:92%;PADDG:18PX 0;WIDTH:LC((((100% - 11 * 12PX) / 12) * 10) + (12PX * 9));}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){{MAX-WIDTH:80%;WIDTH:LC((((100% - 11 * 24PX) / 12) * 8) + (24PX * 7));}}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{MAX-WIDTH:75%;PADDG:24PX 0;WIDTH:75%;}}{DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;FILL:CURRENTCOLOR;-WEBK-FLEX-SHRK:0;-MS-FLEX-NEGATIVE:0;FLEX-SHRK:0;HEIGHT:24PX;STROKE-WIDTH:0;STROKE:CURRENTCOLOR;}{MARG:24PX 0;}{FONT:NORMAL 700 2.4REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;MARG:24PX 0;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){{FONT-SIZE:2.8REM;}}SPEAK YOUR TTH, EMBRACE THE POWER OF THE MAGIL UNRDOG, AND SG YOUR FACE {DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;FILL:CURRENTCOLOR;-WEBK-FLEX-SHRK:0;-MS-FLEX-NEGATIVE:0;FLEX-SHRK:0;HEIGHT:24PX;STROKE-WIDTH:0;STROKE:CURRENTCOLOR;-WEBK-TRANSFORM:ROTATE(180G);-MS-TRANSFORM:ROTATE(180G);TRANSFORM:ROTATE(180G);}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TODAY, OVERT PRI ANTHEMS TOUCHG ON SPECIFILLY QUEER EXPERIENC HAVE SUCCSFULLY BEE MASTREAM, OM LADY GAGA’S “BORN THIS WAY” 2011 TO THE BULK OF THE ATRALIAN POP STAR TROYE SIVAN’S TALOG. LIL NAS X’S “MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME),” A UNIQUELY GEN Z TAKE ON QUEERNS WHICH THE ARTIST FAC HIS SEXUALY AND CRICS HEAD ON, HAVG A BLAST ON A TRIP TO HELL SELF ALONG THE WAY. THE SONG ROCKETED TO NO. 1 ON THE BILLBOARD CHARTS. “IT’S A BETIFUL THG TO SEE,” EXPLAS TAYLA PARX. A SONGWRG FORCE WHO HAS -WRTEN UBIQUO HS FOR THE LIK OF ARIANA GRAN AND DUA LIPA, PARX, WHO IS BISEXUAL, POTS OUT THAT AN ARTIST LIKE LIL NAS X WRG BLATANTLY ABOUT QUEER BLACK LOVE, ULD HAVE NEVER GONE TO NO. 1 EVEN 10 YEARS AGO. “IT JT WASN’T SOMETHG THAT WAS MASTREAM, QUOTE-UNQUOTE, OR THAT PEOPLE WERE WILLG TO TALK ABOUT. PEOPLE WERE MARGALIZED. LOOKG BACK, WE’RE GOG TO REALIZE A SHIFT CULTURE HAPPENED AROUND THIS TIME. THE FACT IS, MY GENERATN IS VERY FLUID WH BOTH GENRE AND GENR.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT’S THAT FLUIDY THAT ALSO F THE MILY OF WHAT A QUEER ANTHEM SOUNDS LIKE. WHILE THE ’70S AND ’80S ERAS OF THE MIC QUEER PEOPLE GRAVATED TO RANGED OM DANCE SMASH OR BALLADS, TODAY THE MIC THAT REACH OUT TO THE LGBTQ+ MUNY RANGE OM THE SUBTLE DIE-POP OF THE TROYE SIVAN ALBUM BLUE NEIGHBOURHOOD, TO THE MORN UNTRY TWANG OF KACEY MGRAV AND A SONG LIKE “FOLLOW YOUR ARROW.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS A POWERFUL CREATIVE FORCE BEHD THE SCEN, PARX HAS DONE HER OWN PART TO IMPACT CHANGE. “ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN YEARS AGO, I CID TO SAY, “I’M NOT GOG TO SAY ‘HIM’ OR ‘HER’ ON A RERD. I JT WANTED TO THROW THAT IA OUT,” SHE EXPLAS, FIRST APPLYG THE NCEPT TO HER SOLO WORK. “I APPLIED TO OTHER MASTREAM ARTISTS IF G ‘HIM’ OR ‘HER’ IS NOT NECSARY OR ADDS TO THE SONG.” IT WAS A RADIL IA AT THE TIME AND ONE THAT HAS ONLY PRCIENTLY AGED. “A LOT OF TIM, PEOPLE FET THAT A SONG IS ONE OF THE MOST SRY PLAC THEY N BE VULNERABLE,” SHE EXPLAS, POTG TO HER OWN SAME-GENR LOVE SONG, “ACT RIGHT.” “YOU MIGHT HEAR OVER AND OVER AGA FOR THE RT OF YOUR LIFE. NOW WE’RE SEEG SO MANY MORE ARTISTS JT BE OPEN AND AS REAL AS THEY N BE. THEY’RE TAKG ON THEIR JOURNEYS WH THEM, AND THAT’S WHAT MAK GREAT MIC.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TRANTER, MEANWHILE, WAS EPLY MOVED AND FLUENCED BY A YOUTUBE VIO OF THE ARTIST SHEA DIAMOND. “SHE WAS SGG ‘I AM HER’ APELLA AT A GATHERG FOR TRANS LIV AND MY HEART STOPPED,” THEY EXPLA. “IT WAS LYRIL RAWNS AND PERFECTN ALL AT THE SAME TIME, ALONG WH A VOICE THAT KILLS. I’D NEVER HEARD A MICIAN SPEAK TO THE BLACK TRANS EXPERIENCE SO SPECIFILLY AND I WAS PLETELY MOVED.” FOR TRANTER, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS OF HIS VIEWS ON PRI ANTHEMS IS A SEEMGLY SIMPLE IA. “BE QUEER. WE’VE HAD ENOUGH STRAIGHT PEOPLE TELLG OUR STORI FOR ,” THEY EXPLA. “IT’S TIME TO CELEBRATE QUEER MICIANS WHO ARE MAKG QUEER ANTHEMS. LIL NAS X FOR PRINT. SAM SMH FOR V.P. SHEA DIAMOND FOR SECRETARY OF STATE. JAKE WLEY ROGERS FOR SPEAKER OF THE HOE.” SPEAKG TO TRANTER’S POT, CELEBRATN OF LADY GAGA’S TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF BORN THIS WAY, THE SEMAL ALBUM OM THE BISEXUAL STAR, SHE RECED A HOST OF LGBTQ+ ARTISTS TO REIMAGE S TRACKS, WHETHER ORVILLE PECK’S “BORN THIS WAY (THE COUNTRY ROAD VERSN)” OR BIG FREEDIA'S SP ON “JUDAS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FREEDIA, MEANWHILE, WHO DO HER FAIR SHARE OF ADVOCY (CLUDG BEG THE FACE OF THE NEW PLANNED PARENTHOOD MPAIGN “BE SEEN”) ENPSULAT ALL SUCCCTLY. “I THK THE PRI ANTHEMS ARE IMPORTANT BEE THEY SUPPORT THE LGBTQ+ MUNY BY GIVG THE MOMENTS OF HOPE, HAPPS, AND JOY,” SHE EXPLAS. “THE ARE SONGS STRICTLY FOR . IT GIV A MOMENT WHERE WE N SAY, ‘DAMN, THAT REPRENTS .’”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS YEAR, EXPRS YOUR SELF-RE AND CELEBRATE PRI MDFULLY. VIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}PRI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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HOW A SONG BE A QUEER ANTHEM, ACRDG TO LGBTQ+ ARTISTSTRACKS CELEBRATG QUEER EXPERIENC HAVE BEE MASTREAM, BUT MIC BY AND FOR THE MUNY HAS ALWAYS {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MICBY MTV NEWS STAFFJUNE 21, 2021/1:16 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:1080PX;WIDTH:1920PX;}JOEY JAM / GETTY IMAGBY MTV NEWS STAFFJUNE 21, 2021 / 1:16 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"HOW A SONG BE A QUEER ANTHEM, ACRDG TO LGBTQ+ ARTISTS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2021-06-21T17:16:04.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2021-06-21T17:16:04.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"MTV NEWS STAFF","KEYWORDS":"PRI MONTH","ARTICLESECTN":"MIC"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BY ROB {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON S SURFACE, BIG FREEDIA’S “CHASG RABOWS” SOUNDS LIKE ANY OTHER POP ANTHEM. WH A HUMMABLE MELODY, SPARKLG PRODUCTN, AND EARWORM CHOS FEATURG FELLOW STAR KHA, THE TRACK HAS THE ABILY TO EXPLO OUT OF SPEAKERS ON MILY ALONE. BUT ZERO ON THE NFECTN’S PERSONAL LYRICS AND YOU’LL DISVER THEY CENTER ON TOPICS OF SEXUALY, EQUALY, AND SPIRUALY. THE SONG IS A EP MATN AND VULNERABLE SIGHT TO THE SGER’S WORLD AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT’S REALLY ABOUT GROWG UP AS A GAY BOY AND SOME OF THE THGS I HAD TO FACE,” BIG FREEDIA TELLS MTV NEWS OF THE TRACK, WHICH WAS FEATURED ON HER 2020 EP LOUR. “IT’S ME BEG MYSELF AND BEG LOUD AND PROUD. IT’S MY STORY FOR PEOPLE TO RELATE AND NNECT WH; CHASG YOUR DREAMS AND CHASG YOUR RABOW, WHATEVER LOR THAT MAY BE, WHATEVER JOURNEY THAT MAY BE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WHERE I'VE BEEN, WHAT I'VE SEEN, PEOPLE DY', THEY N'T BE WHO THEY BE 'E THEY'RE HID'” FREEDIA SGS. “YOU KNOW ME, BE' EE, WON'T BE SILENT. I PRAY FOR MY ENEMI.” “CHASG RABOWS” IS A LL TO ACTN; AN TOBGRAPHIL ANTHEM WHICH SHE TELLS THE LISTENER EXACTLY WHO SHE IS AND WHERE SHE’S OM. “IT’S ABOUT GIVG PEOPLE A MOMENT OF HOPE, NO MATTER WHAT YOUR BACKGROUND IS,” SHE SAYS. “SO I HAD MOMENTS WHERE I CRIED AS I WAS WRG AND MOMENTS WHERE I CRIED AS I WAS PERFORMG . IT WAS VERY THERAPTIC TO LET OUT SOME OF THE THGS THAT HAD BEEN BOTTLED UP FOR SO LONG.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FREEDIA IS RRYG ON A TRADN OF DISTCT QUEER TTH MIC, A THARTIC SONIC RELEASE THAT HAS BEEN TERTWED WH THE LGBTQ+ MUNY LONG BEFORE THE VERY ACRONYM ME TO VOGUE. THEY’RE QUEER ANTHEMS; ANNOUNCEMENTS ON A PERSONAL, YET RELATABLE LEVEL, MEANT TO ENPSULATE EHER THE HOP, FEARS, LOVE, LOSS, PLITNS, OR JOYS OF A LONG-MARGALIZED MUNY. THEY’RE DANCE BANGERS OR BALLADS, SONGS THAT MAKE YOU THK OR CRY. IT’S MIC WHERE A MICROPHONE N LEAD THE WAY TO RAW EXPRSN, BUT N ALSO BE A LIFE PRERVER FOR SOMEONE WHO MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE SEE THEMSELV {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN TO THE LATTER EFFECT, THE VETERAN SONGWRER JT TRANTER REMEMBERS EXACTLY WHAT TRACK AFFECTED HIM WHEN HE WAS G TO HIS OWN SEXUALY. “‘SWAN DIVE’ BY ANI DIFRAN HAS IMPACTED ME THE MOST,” THEY EXPLA OF THE 1998 SONG ABOUT WHICH FEATUR RAW, PERSONAL LYRICS THAT TRANTER FIRST HEARD WHILE GROWG UP SUBURBAN CHIGO. “I WAS STILL A TEENAGER. THE LYRICS, ‘I BUILT MY OWN EMPIRE OUT OF R TIR AND CHICKEN WIRE, I’M THE QUEEN OF MY OWN POST HEAP AND I’M GETTG ED TO THE SMELL,’ KD OF SET ME OFF ON MY JOURNEY OF BEG QUEER AND FEMME AS FUCK BUT HAVG THE STRENGTH TO TAKE SH OVER.” HAVG WRTEN POP SMASH FOR EVERYONE OM LADY GAGA TO HALSEY, TRANTER HAS LEARNED A FEW KEY TRICKS TO CRAFTG A SOLID PRI ANTHEM ALONG THE WAY. “SPEAK YOUR TTH, EMBRACE THE POWER OF THE MAGIL UNRDOG, AND SG YOUR FACE OFF.”{BACKGROUND:#616161;MAX-WIDTH:90%;HEIGHT:2PX;MARG:36PX TO;BORR:NONE;WIDTH:LC((((100% - 11 * 12PX) / 12) * 10) + (12PX * 9));}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){{WIDTH:LC((((100% - 11 * 24PX) / 12) * 8) + (24PX * 7));}}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{WIDTH:65%;}}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MIC WRTEN BY AND FOR LGBTQ+ PEOPLE HAS ALWAYS EXISTED, EVEN IF ALLNS TO QUEERNS HAD TO BE SLYLY SNUCK . IN THE 1930S, COLE PORTER, A GAY WRER OM THE GREAT AMERIN SONGBOOK ERA OF STANDARDS, NCTED PEPPY TUN THAT VERTLY REFERENCED HIS SEXUALY. DEEPLY CLOSETED, HIS H SONG “YOU’RE THE TOP,” A PROCLAMATN OF UTTER LOVE OM THE MIL ANYTHG GO, HAS A CHOS THAT LERALLY CROONS, “BEE BABY IF I’M THE BOTTOM, YOU’RE THE TOP.” MEANWHILE, HIS SONG “JT ONE OF THOSE THGS,” RERD BY FRANK SATRA 1953, IS A NOD TO THE THEN-CLANSTE NATURE OF GAY HOOKUPS. PERHAPS WAS NO CINCE THAT FOLLOWG THE STONEWALL UPRISGS OF 1969, A SERI OF CLASH BETWEEN POLICE AND PATRONS OF A MANHATTAN BAR THAT L THE SPARK OF GAY LIBERATN, A MORE OVERT PRI ANTHEM EMERGED. THE 1978 DANCE H “Y.M.C.A.” WH S HOKEY CHOREOGRAPHY, ALLUS TO THE MEN’S CENTER’S PENCHANT FOR BEG A CISG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SIMULTANEOLY, THE LGBTQ+ MUNY BEGAN RALLYG AROUND OTHERWISE STRAIGHT STARS WHO SUBSEQUENTLY BEME HERO OF THE MARGALIZED. IN THE ’60S, A PASSN FOR JUDY GARLAND EMERGED, NO DOUBT THANKS TO HER STGGL, PASSN, AND MP. BY THE ’70S, ARTISTS LIKE DONNA SUMMER, CHER, AND BARBRA STREISAND BEME TREASURED INS OF QUEER LISTENERS, WHILE THE ’80S BROUGHT ARTISTS LIKE MADONNA AND WHNEY HOTON. WHILE MANY OF THE WERE ADOPTED BY LGBTQ+ FANS ANILLY, SOME ANTHEMS HAVE BEEN WRTEN WH THIS DIENCE MD: BY 1982, THE WEATHER GIRLS’S NOVELTY H “IT’S RAG MEN,” -WRTEN BY THE STRAIGHT WRER PL SHAFFER, TERED SPECIFILLY TO THE GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;MARG:0PX TO;MAX-WIDTH:92%;PADDG:18PX 0;WIDTH:LC((((100% - 11 * 12PX) / 12) * 10) + (12PX * 9));}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){{MAX-WIDTH:80%;WIDTH:LC((((100% - 11 * 24PX) / 12) * 8) + (24PX * 7));}}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{MAX-WIDTH:75%;PADDG:24PX 0;WIDTH:75%;}}{DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;FILL:CURRENTCOLOR;-WEBK-FLEX-SHRK:0;-MS-FLEX-NEGATIVE:0;FLEX-SHRK:0;HEIGHT:24PX;STROKE-WIDTH:0;STROKE:CURRENTCOLOR;}{MARG:24PX 0;}{FONT:NORMAL 700 2.4REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;MARG:24PX 0;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){{FONT-SIZE:2.8REM;}}SPEAK YOUR TTH, EMBRACE THE POWER OF THE MAGIL UNRDOG, AND SG YOUR FACE {DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;FILL:CURRENTCOLOR;-WEBK-FLEX-SHRK:0;-MS-FLEX-NEGATIVE:0;FLEX-SHRK:0;HEIGHT:24PX;STROKE-WIDTH:0;STROKE:CURRENTCOLOR;-WEBK-TRANSFORM:ROTATE(180G);-MS-TRANSFORM:ROTATE(180G);TRANSFORM:ROTATE(180G);}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TODAY, OVERT PRI ANTHEMS TOUCHG ON SPECIFILLY QUEER EXPERIENC HAVE SUCCSFULLY BEE MASTREAM, OM LADY GAGA’S “BORN THIS WAY” 2011 TO THE BULK OF THE ATRALIAN POP STAR TROYE SIVAN’S TALOG. LIL NAS X’S “MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME),” A UNIQUELY GEN Z TAKE ON QUEERNS WHICH THE ARTIST FAC HIS SEXUALY AND CRICS HEAD ON, HAVG A BLAST ON A TRIP TO HELL SELF ALONG THE WAY. THE SONG ROCKETED TO NO. 1 ON THE BILLBOARD CHARTS. “IT’S A BETIFUL THG TO SEE,” EXPLAS TAYLA PARX. A SONGWRG FORCE WHO HAS -WRTEN UBIQUO HS FOR THE LIK OF ARIANA GRAN AND DUA LIPA, PARX, WHO IS BISEXUAL, POTS OUT THAT AN ARTIST LIKE LIL NAS X WRG BLATANTLY ABOUT QUEER BLACK LOVE, ULD HAVE NEVER GONE TO NO. 1 EVEN 10 YEARS AGO. “IT JT WASN’T SOMETHG THAT WAS MASTREAM, QUOTE-UNQUOTE, OR THAT PEOPLE WERE WILLG TO TALK ABOUT. PEOPLE WERE MARGALIZED. LOOKG BACK, WE’RE GOG TO REALIZE A SHIFT CULTURE HAPPENED AROUND THIS TIME. THE FACT IS, MY GENERATN IS VERY FLUID WH BOTH GENRE AND GENR.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT’S THAT FLUIDY THAT ALSO F THE MILY OF WHAT A QUEER ANTHEM SOUNDS LIKE. WHILE THE ’70S AND ’80S ERAS OF THE MIC QUEER PEOPLE GRAVATED TO RANGED OM DANCE SMASH OR BALLADS, TODAY THE MIC THAT REACH OUT TO THE LGBTQ+ MUNY RANGE OM THE SUBTLE DIE-POP OF THE TROYE SIVAN ALBUM BLUE NEIGHBOURHOOD, TO THE MORN UNTRY TWANG OF KACEY MGRAV AND A SONG LIKE “FOLLOW YOUR ARROW.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS A POWERFUL CREATIVE FORCE BEHD THE SCEN, PARX HAS DONE HER OWN PART TO IMPACT CHANGE. “ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN YEARS AGO, I CID TO SAY, “I’M NOT GOG TO SAY ‘HIM’ OR ‘HER’ ON A RERD. I JT WANTED TO THROW THAT IA OUT,” SHE EXPLAS, FIRST APPLYG THE NCEPT TO HER SOLO WORK. “I APPLIED TO OTHER MASTREAM ARTISTS IF G ‘HIM’ OR ‘HER’ IS NOT NECSARY OR ADDS TO THE SONG.” IT WAS A RADIL IA AT THE TIME AND ONE THAT HAS ONLY PRCIENTLY AGED. “A LOT OF TIM, PEOPLE FET THAT A SONG IS ONE OF THE MOST SRY PLAC THEY N BE VULNERABLE,” SHE EXPLAS, POTG TO HER OWN SAME-GENR LOVE SONG, “ACT RIGHT.” “YOU MIGHT HEAR OVER AND OVER AGA FOR THE RT OF YOUR LIFE. NOW WE’RE SEEG SO MANY MORE ARTISTS JT BE OPEN AND AS REAL AS THEY N BE. THEY’RE TAKG ON THEIR JOURNEYS WH THEM, AND THAT’S WHAT MAK GREAT MIC.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TRANTER, MEANWHILE, WAS EPLY MOVED AND FLUENCED BY A YOUTUBE VIO OF THE ARTIST SHEA DIAMOND. “SHE WAS SGG ‘I AM HER’ APELLA AT A GATHERG FOR TRANS LIV AND MY HEART STOPPED,” THEY EXPLA. “IT WAS LYRIL RAWNS AND PERFECTN ALL AT THE SAME TIME, ALONG WH A VOICE THAT KILLS. I’D NEVER HEARD A MICIAN SPEAK TO THE BLACK TRANS EXPERIENCE SO SPECIFILLY AND I WAS PLETELY MOVED.” FOR TRANTER, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS OF HIS VIEWS ON PRI ANTHEMS IS A SEEMGLY SIMPLE IA. “BE QUEER. WE’VE HAD ENOUGH STRAIGHT PEOPLE TELLG OUR STORI FOR ,” THEY EXPLA. “IT’S TIME TO CELEBRATE QUEER MICIANS WHO ARE MAKG QUEER ANTHEMS. LIL NAS X FOR PRINT. SAM SMH FOR V.P. SHEA DIAMOND FOR SECRETARY OF STATE. JAKE WLEY ROGERS FOR SPEAKER OF THE HOE.” SPEAKG TO TRANTER’S POT, CELEBRATN OF LADY GAGA’S TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF BORN THIS WAY, THE SEMAL ALBUM OM THE BISEXUAL STAR, SHE RECED A HOST OF LGBTQ+ ARTISTS TO REIMAGE S TRACKS, WHETHER ORVILLE PECK’S “BORN THIS WAY (THE COUNTRY ROAD VERSN)” OR BIG FREEDIA'S SP ON “JUDAS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FREEDIA, MEANWHILE, WHO DO HER FAIR SHARE OF ADVOCY (CLUDG BEG THE FACE OF THE NEW PLANNED PARENTHOOD MPAIGN “BE SEEN”) ENPSULAT ALL SUCCCTLY. “I THK THE PRI ANTHEMS ARE IMPORTANT BEE THEY SUPPORT THE LGBTQ+ MUNY BY GIVG THE MOMENTS OF HOPE, HAPPS, AND JOY,” SHE EXPLAS. “THE ARE SONGS STRICTLY FOR . IT GIV A MOMENT WHERE WE N SAY, ‘DAMN, THAT REPRENTS .’”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS YEAR, EXPRS YOUR SELF-RE AND CELEBRATE PRI MDFULLY. VIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}PRI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
Tranter's wrten for the biggt nam pop mic cludg Selena Gomez, Brney Spears, Janelle Monae, Jt Bieber, Halsey, Ariana Gran, Gwen Stefani, and Kelly Tranter spoke wh the LGBTQ&A pod this week about why their "femme queerns" is so overwhelmg to people, how the opportuny to wre pop mic happened by accint, and why we need to stop llg straight women "gay ins.
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JT TRANTER TALKS BEG "THE MIC INDTRY GAY BOY" WHO'S WRG FOR CIS STARS
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JT TRANTER NET WORTH 2021, WIFE, PARTNER, GAY, SPOE, MARRIED, WIKI, BGRAPHY
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