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Ever sce middle school, people have asked Thomas Lloyd the same qutn repeatedly. "If I had a dime for every time I was asked, 'Why am I so gay?' I uld probably pay for one cred at Geetown." In this humoro talk, Lloyd explor the trici of social "verg" as a gay man, fdg muny and the importance of inty ownership.

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I FEEL PRETTYMARNI NIXON, JOANNE MIYA, JOHNNY GREEN, SUZIE KAYE, YVONNE OTHON & WT SI STORY ORCHTRATRACK 11 ON WT SI STORY (1961 MOTN PICTURE SOUNDTRACK) PRODUCED BYDIDIER C. DTSCH & SL CHAPLSEP. 29, 19571 VIEWER128.8K VIEWS12 CONTRIBUTORSI FEEL PRETTY LYRICS[MARIA]I FEEL PRETTYOH, SO PRETTYI FEEL PRETTY, AND WTY AND GAYAND I PYANY GIRL WHO ISN’T ME TODAYI FEEL CHARMGOH, SO CHARMGIT’S ALARMG HOW CHARMG I FEELAND SO PRETTYTHAT I HARDLY N BELIEVE I’M REALSEE THE PRETTY GIRL THAT MIRROR THERE:WHO N THAT ATTRACTIVE GIRL BE?SUCH A PRETTY FACESUCH A PRETTY DRSSUCH A PRETTY SESUCH A PRETTY ME!I FEEL STUNNGAND ENTRANCGFEEL LIKE NNG AND DANCG FOR JOYFOR I’M LOVEDBY A PRETTY WONRFUL BOY!YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[ROSALIA, CONSUELO, FRANCISCA]HAVE YOU MET MY GOOD IEND MARIATHE CRAZIT GIRL ON THE BLOCK?YOU’LL KNOW HER THE MUTE YOU SEE HERSHE’S THE ONE WHO IS AN ADVANCEDSTATE OF SHOCKSHE THKS SHE’S LOVESHE THKS SHE’S SPASHE ISN’T LOVESHE’S MERELY SANE[ROSALIA]IT MT BE THE HEAT[CONSUELO]OR SOME RARE DISEASE[FRANCISCA]OR TOO MUCH TO EAT[CONSUELO]OR MAYBE ’S FLEAS[ROSALIA, CONSUELO, FRANCISCA]KEEP AWAY OM HERSEND FOR CHO!THIS IS NOT THE MARIAWE KNOW!MOST AND PUREPOLE AND REFEDWELL-BRED AND MATUREAND OUT OF HER MD![MARIA]I FEEL PRETTYOH, SO PRETTYTHAT THE CY SHOULD GIVE ME S KEYA MTEESHOULD BE ANIZED TO HONOR MEI FEEL DIZZYI FEEL SUNNYI FEEL FIZZY AND FUNNY AND FEAND SO PRETTYMISS AMERI N JT RIGN!SEE THE PRETTY GIRL THAT MIRROR THERE:[ROSALIA, CONSUELO, FRANCISCA]WHAT MIRROR WHERE?[MARIA]WHO N THAT ATTRACTIVE GIRL BE?[ROSALIA]WHICH?[CONSUELO]WHAT?[FRANCISCA]WHERE?[FRANCISCA]WHOM?[MARIA]SUCH A PRETTY FACESUCH A PRETTY DRSSUCH A PRETTY SESUCH A PRETTY ME![ROSALIA]SUCH A PRETTY ME![CONSUELO]SUCH A PRETTY ME![FRANCISCA]SUCH A PRETTY ME![ALL]I FEEL STUNNGAND ENTRANCGFEEL LIKE NNG AND DANCG FOR JOYFOR I’M LOVEDBY A PRETTY WONRFUL BOY!1EMBEDCANCELHOW 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

I Feel Pretty Lyrics: I feel pretty / Oh, so pretty / I feel pretty, and wty and gay / And I py / Any girl who isn’t me today / I feel charmg / Oh, so charmg / It’s alarmg how charmg I feel * i so happy and gay *

This is supposed to be gay heaven.

We’ve left the dull, homophobic towns, but we’ve lost somethg the procs. Tom Robson a Brish mician and sger, one of the first, if not the very first pop artist who did not disguise or hi his homosexualy om the general public.

HOW TO BE HAPPY AS A GAY MAN

Happy & Gay: Directed by Lorelei Pepi. Wh Leah Callahan, Brian Carpenter, Brian Kg, Charlie Miller. "Happy and Gay" is a revisnist history document reflectg the classic 1930's-styled rtoon mil misadventure. It's rpondg to this early animatn era's acts of censorship, prejudice and stereotype through the placement of a simply posive reprentatn of gay and lbian characters to the narrative. Stereotyp are embedd as historil markers, ntextualizg the nversn. This rultg reprentatn means that this is document that uld not have existed at the time referenc." data-id="ma * i so happy and gay *

Until then homosexual actors, micians, athlet or anyone the public eye had two choic life: to keep their homosexualy a secret, pecially om the media, or adopt the mannerisms and a of drs which were very mp but at the same time (ironilly) never admtg their sexual preferenc publicly.

Tom Robson released a very succsful song entled (Sg if you're) Glad to be Gay, was the mid-70s, and I was still at a Catholic primary school when I remember que distctly hearg gay beg ed for the first time to unteract the BrEng rogatory terms such as: poofter, poof, queer, not normal, fairy and queen that were rife at the time. Glad to be Gay. The song was origally wrten by Tom Robson for a London gay pri.

GAY (HOMOSEXUAL) AND GAY (HAPPY)

* i so happy and gay *

An out gay sger, he subsequently formed the. "Glad to Be Gay" is built around four vers cricizg Brish society's attus towards gay people.

In the first verse, criciz the Brish police for raidg gay pubs for no reason at all, once homosexualy had been crimalized sce the 1967 Sexual Offenc Act. In the send verse, pots to the hypocrisy of Gay News beg prosecuted for obsceny stead of porn magaz like magaz Playboy or the tabloid The Sun which publish photographs of topls girls on Page 3.

WHICH SONG I'M SO HAPPY OH SO HAPPY AND GAY E OM?

It also criciz the way homosexual people are portrayed other parts of the prs, pecially nservative newspapers News of the World and Sunday Exprs.

On the third verse, pots out the extreme nsequenc of homophobia, such as vlence agast LGBT people.

ARE GAY MEN HAPPIER THAN STRAIGHT MEN?

For me, a young child livg London at the time, the term gay (meang homosexual and not "happy") was ed much more equently by the media and the general public after the release of "Glad to be Gay". It also helped that Tom Robson looked straight and was not the least mp, he did not f the stereotypil ia of how homosexuals looked and behaved.

Contue Learng about Mic & RadWhat song ntas the lyrics im gay im gay im gay? im gay. not gayWhen did the song take a bow e out?

Most people the LGBTQ+ muny know om experience that acceptg your sexualy will lead to your beg a happier, more open person.In this gui, the term gay has been ed to clu all forms of non-heterosexual attractn, whether that be people who are lbian, gay, bisexual, queer, pansexual, or otherwise not straight. Know if you are gay. Consir takg an onle sexualy quiz, like this one, to see if intifyg as gay feels right for you.

GAY= HAPPY (ED THE DAY?)

There isn't any need to change yourself - beg gay is jt another way of simply existg, and there is nothg wrong wh at all. Neher is there anythg wrong wh you for beg gay.[4].

WHO ARE THE HAPPIT? STRAIGHTS AND GAYS, BUT NOT BISEXUALS

The fact that I am gay is jt another facet of who I am, jt as beg creative, or optimistic, or havg brown ey is. Remember that beg gay do not require you to nform to typil gay stereotyp.

Most people who are gay are distguishable om those that aren't. Beg gay do not necsarily make you any ls mascule or feme, and there is no need or prsure to nform to stereotyp that don't feel right to you - bee you are who you are.[5].

You do not need to f to the gay muny jt as much as you don't need to f to the straight muny. In 100 years, "gay" will be an entirely different ncept. There is no evince that "helpg gay people to bee heterosexual" is possible.

HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY

Homosexualy is not viewed as an illns and short, won't be treated as such.[6].

HAPPY & GAY

There are many, many gay people all sorts of muni, and there are many people there for you when you need support. Fd a group or a hangout where you feel fortable, and where there will be other gay people to talk wh.

If you were raised an environment that owns on homosexualy, you are not worth any ls. The laws the Bible were maly for health purpos - shunng homosexualy is right next to not gettg tattoos, not eatg pork, and not wearg mixed lens, but you n bet your bottom dollar all your neighbors do those thgs. Your iends and fay love "you," not straight you or gay you, they love you.

WHY AM I "SO GAY?"

Unrstand that a person who is gay is no different om any other person. Like everyone else, gay people have dreams and goals and want pannship and love jt like anyone else you know.

If you are the USA, there is the Gay-Straight Alliance. What if my whole fay is agast homosexualy? I don't want to e out bee my siblgs may get bullied for havg a gay brother.

It is important to note that the Amerin Psychologil Associatn has clared that groups claimg to cure homosexualy are dangero and unhealthy. If you are still beg supported by parents whom you are que sure would disown you for beg gay, may be pnt to wa to tell them until you are pennt.

"THAT'S SO GAY" IS JT SO WRONG

You may regret the acceptance of your orientatn the future, pecially if you're a part of the world where the gay muny is beg prosecuted by a specific culture. Article SummaryXIf you stggle wh acceptg your attractn to the same sex, know that beg gay is pletely normal and you n be proud of who you are by fdg support and embracg your dividualy. It’s also important to unrstand that you don’t need to nform to gay stereotyp or tl, as they are artificial social nstcts.

A good illtratn of the facts is the recent spate of news stori about how gay men are happier than heterosexual men. "A new study has found that gay and bisexual men are ls likely to be prsed and have psychologil problems than heterosexual men.

"Of urse gays are ls strsed. Alas, none of this good news for gays and spankg fetishists is really backed up by the data the origal study, which, while trigug, is hardly evince that is beg out and gay that mak men happier (let alone women). For one, the study reced participants Montreal, a large and fairly progrsive cy where beg openly gay do not e wh high social or enomic sts.

MEANG OF GAY ENGLISH

While gay men the study seemed to experience ls strs and prsn than straight men, there are a variety of alternative explanatns that might expla this fact (like whether they worked out or not; whether they had children or not; e level and stabily). In other words, you might be out at work and at home, but if your grandparents don't know you're gay, then you're marked as closeted.

Once upon a time there was a gay man and he me out of the closet and was happy and lived happily everyafter.

HAPPY & GAY

It seems like more than jt bad reportg to tell gay men and women that happs is up to them, not the world at large, and happs will rive om disclosure when that very disclosure n be dangero.

All the study really told is that beg gay, male, young, ted and whe a large, libreral cy like Montreal n be advantageo.

I learned that the word gay also has the meang of beg happy om an old song. We had a gay old time down down at the dance floor. Like if we are happy, we do not and nnot say "I'm so gay.

"THAT'S SO GAY" IS JT SO WRONG

Y, 's not possible to say 'gay old time' the days unls you are tendg to make a pun of . I rell a time when "a gay old time" was unremarkable, but I don't rell a time when "I'm so gay" uld mean "I'm so happy".

” Optns of gay/lbian; bisexual; heterosexual or straight; or don’t know. ” [only 4 optns, neglect inti such as mostly straight, pansexual, mostly gay, asexual, kk, qutng].

Only 2% intified as gay/lbian and only 2% intified as bisexual.

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