From the glam-punk of Handbag to the ultra-mp Steve Elg, award-wng gay mic historian Darryl W Bullock picks out ep cuts to play at this year’s Pri celebratns
Contents:
- THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG
- 55 BT GAY SONGS OF ALL TIME (LGBTQ+ PRI SONGS)
- IS TROYE SIVAN’S ‘RH’ SEXY FUN OR GAY DETR?
- ULTIMATE PRI PLAYLIST: THE 50 BT GAY SONGS
- 30 GAY LOVE SONGS: MEN SGG ABOUT MEN
- ‘WE’RE COMG FOR YOUR CHILDREN’: SAN FRANCIS GAY MEN’S CHOIR SGS IN VIRAL VIO
- SCHOOL BOARD TERMAT TEACHER OVER DOLLY PARTON, MILEY CYS 'RABOWLAND' SONG, FOLKS STILL GAY
- A MSAGE FROM THE GAY COMMUNYSAN FRANCIS GAY MEN’S CHOSFEATURGDANIEL QUADRO & TROY IWATAPRODUCED BYARTS LREATEJUL. 1, 20211 VIEWER17.4K VIEWS2 CONTRIBUTORSA MSAGE FROM THE GAY COMMUNY LYRICSYOU THK WE'RE SFULYOU FIGHT AGAST OUR RIGHTSYOU SAY WE ALL LEAD LIVE YOU N'T RPECTBUT YOU'RE JT IGHTENEDYOU THK THAT WE'LL RPT YOUR KIDSIF OUR AGENDA GO UNCHECKEDFUNNY, JT THIS ONCE, YOU'RE RRECTWE'LL NVERT YOUR CHILDRENHAPPENS B BY BQUIETLY AND SUBTLELYAND YOU WILL BARELY NOTICE YOU N KEEP THEM OM DISWARN ABOUT SAN FRANCISMAKE 'EM WEAR PLEATED PANTSWE DON'T RE...WE'LL NVERT YOUR CHILDREN...WE'LL MAKE THEM TOLERANT AND FAIRJT LIKE YOU WORRIеDTHEY'LL CHANGE THEIR GROUP OF IеNDSYOU WON'T APPROVE OF WHERE THEY GO AT NIGHT(TO PROTTS)OH, AND YOU'LL BE DISGTED(SO GROSS)WHEN THEY START FDG THGS ONLETHAT YOU'VE KEPT FAR OM THEIR SIGHT(LIKE RMATN...)GUS WHAT?YOU'LL STILL BE ALRIGHT!YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEWE'LL NVERT YOUR CHILDRENREACHG ONE AND ALLTHERE'S REALLY NO PG 'E EVEN GRANDMA LIK RUPLAND THE WORLD'S GETTG KRGEN Z'S GAYER THAN GRDRLEARN TO LOVELEARN TO VOGUEFACE YOUR FATE!WE'LL NVERT YOUR CHILDRENSOMEONE'S GOTTA TEACH THEM NOT TO HATEWE'RE G FOR THEMWE'RE G FOR YOUR CHILDRENWE'RE G FOR THEMWE'RE G FOR THEMWE'RE G FOR YOUR CHILDRENFOR YOUR CHILDRENYOU'RE CHILDREN WILL RE ABOUTFAIRNS AND JTICE FOR OTHERSYOUR CHILDREN WILL WORK TO NVERTALL THEIR SISTERS AND BROTHERSTHEN, SOON, WE'RE ALMOST CERTAYOU'RE KIDS WILL START NVERT' YOU!THE GAY AGENDA IS G HOMETHE GAY AGENDA IS HERE!BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY'E THERE'S NOTHG WRONG WHSTANDG BY OUR SIGET ON BOARD A HURRYBEE THE WORLD ALWAYS NEEDSA B MORE PRIBUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY'E THERE'S NOTHG WRONG WHSTANDG BY OUR SI(THE GAY AGENDA)GET ON BOARD A HURRYBEE THE WORLD ALWAYS NEEDSA B MORE PRI(THE GAY AGENDA)COME ON, TRY A LTLE PRI!WE'LL NVERT YOUR CHILDRENTHEN WE'LL TURN TO YOUGIVG UP THE FEAR SIIS EEG LIKE YOU NEVER KNEW!GO AND SEE SAN FRANCIS!GO AND TURN UP THAT DIS!YOU'LL FET YOU WERE EVER UPSETWE'LL NVERT YOUR CHILDRENAND MAKE AN ALLY OF YOU YET!WE'LL MAKE AN ALLY OF YOU YET!WE'LL MAKE AN ALLY OF YOU YET!EMBEDCANCELHOW 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 FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *WHO PRODUCED “A MSAGE FROM THE GAY COMMUNY” BY SAN FRANCIS GAY MEN'S CHOS?WHEN DID SAN FRANCIS GAY MEN'S CHOS RELEASE “A MSAGE FROM THE GAY COMMUNY”?WHO WROTE “A MSAGE FROM THE GAY COMMUNY” BY SAN FRANCIS GAY MEN'S CHOS?CREDSFEATURGDANIEL QUADRO & TROY IWATAPRODUCED BYARTS LREATEWRTEN BYCHARLIE SOHNERELEASE DATEJULY 1, 2021TAGSPOPEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE
- “WE’RE COMG FOR YOUR CHILDREN”– FIVE WAYS THE SAN FRANCIS GAY MEN’S CHOIR VIO WASN’T SATIRE
- WEIRD AL YANKOVIC - WE'RE ALL GAY (BACKSTREET BOYS) LYRICS
- HALLMARK UNR FIRE FOR DROPPG 'GAY' FROM CHRISTMAS LYRIC
THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG
Pri serv more than a month. The gay songs – om dis hs to club classics – are perfect for Pri year-round. * we are gay song *
While some classics do appear on our list, others do not – sorry, Gloria Gaynor, Kylie Mogue, RuPl, Brney and Cher, we still adore you — here are 25 sential pri songs om the 1970s to today. Somewhat rctively lled the “Queen of Dis, ” the virtuosic, openly gay sger approached genr ( his performative and private liv) as a fluid, non-bary ncept a pre–Judh Butler era.
Although seems most of Queen’s fans were cluels as to how openly gay and subversive ontman Freddie Mercury was – spe the unabashed swank of his stage prence – he also never really tried to hi . Much of Erasure’s disgraphy embodi not precisely celebratory gay pri but gay romantic realy – a ankns about the emotnal, if not overtly sexual, liv of gay men toward the end of the 20th century. The Bay Area gay punk pneers found a ht of mastream fame when they toured wh Green Day on their Dookie n 1994, but was their sexy lyrics and who-giv-a-fuck attu that enared them to a generatn of queer kids – before that term was even fashnable.
It’s difficult to pick one song that f them – wh songs like “Dick of Death, ” “Groovy Unrwear” or their classic ver of Prce’s “Jack You Off” – but we went wh one that seems to fy the ia of a gay “anthem” no matter how you thk of . I thk, over time, some of them are ls specifilly gay than they were at first bee seemed like, when we had the chance that was really what we wanted to sg about and that was really unique. As both voutly straight edge and proudly homosexual, their substance-ee stance ma them stand out a time when bars, clubs and other toxitg spac prised the few safe havens for LGBTQ people.
55 BT GAY SONGS OF ALL TIME (LGBTQ+ PRI SONGS)
Lookg for LGBTQ+ pri songs to celebrate pri all year long? Look no further! Here's our list of the bt gay songs of all time. * we are gay song *
” Sgg “No fay is safe when I sashay, ” he slks to a nference room and gyrat his hips for a room full of sus – a sly riposte to the legns of homophob who weaponize their fears agast LGBTQ people, om wh board rooms, Congrs, or out on the streets. For her sophomore album, Mariah Carey enlisted the help of Robert Clivill and David Cole (the lears of C+C Mic Factory) who -wrote and -produced the gospel fluenced dance track “Make It Happen. While her one-two punch of her femme-bashg “Ur So Gay” and her exhibnist fx-lbian “I Kissed A Girl” haven’t aged well, Perry has bee more progrsive and would be hard to fd a Pri para not playg this boomg (pun tend) anthem.
The drag-centric mil took home six Tonys, cludg bt mil; bt sre (wh mic and lyrics by gay in Cyndi Lper); and outstandg actor a mil, for out-and-proud Billy Porter’s eback performance as Lola, a drag queen. In what appeared to be a rponse to the Brish ernment’s damng Sectn 28 act (which crimalized the promotn of homosexualy, rultg the closg of lbian, gay and bisexual support groups across Brish schools and lleg), the song qutns “What relign or reason uld drive a man to forsake his lover?
Not only is Frozen’s Elsa the first Disney prcs whout a love tert, which has ved terpretatns of her beg gay or ace/aro, Elsa’s experience of isolatn and rejectn and her inty stggl are all too relatable to the movie’s queer dienc. Lil Nas X’s flamen-spired “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” was a cultural ret – never had a gay hip-hop star so ostentatly mercialized his queerns and sexualy to such succs. Controversy asi, this song’s stayg power is unniable: RuPl sent two queens packg on the same episo of RuPl’s Drag Race for not dog jtice to a lip sync of the gay staple.
IS TROYE SIVAN’S ‘RH’ SEXY FUN OR GAY DETR?
Get ready to celebrate wh our list of gay anthems to stir the heart and move the hips. Happy Pri, everyone! * we are gay song *
Even at s nceptn, this song was a gay anthem: After seeg three drag queens impersonate Ross at a New York distheque, Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards were spired to wre somethg for her gay fandom. Wh s fect beat and posive msage, “Supermol (You Better Work)” is one of the bt gay songs out there, and ntu to be a powerful source of pri and spiratn for the LGBTQ+ muny.
ULTIMATE PRI PLAYLIST: THE 50 BT GAY SONGS
Gay love songs where men sg about men, cludg tracks om Troye Sivan, MNEK and more. * we are gay song *
The lyrics clu the poignant l: “And I see your te lors… And that’s why I love you, So don’t be aaid to let them show… Te lors are betiful (they’re betiful), Like a rabow.” Next: The bt gay & LGBTQ sgers of all time 2. It pok fun at the homophobic argument that the LGBTQ muny is threateng tradnal fay valu, pecially the le “No fay is safe, When I sashay.” The upbeat song is fectly danceable. Frh off shock-llar torture on The Idol, Troye Sivan has jt released his new song “Rh, ” a tle meant to voke both the feelg of poppers and dancg wh someone hot, along wh an acpanyg mic vio burstg wh gay smut.
So we cid to get one gay who remembers the release of Kylie Mogue’s “Lootn” and another gay who is too young to remember the release of “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” to bate whether this track is actually a Bop or Flop. Y, has a Village People qualy to , but I also thk ’s tertg to see what happens when you streamle the mp of our gay tracks of yore and rce them down to one sgular emotn (horny).
It feels like part of the reason Troye miss out on the spotlight is bee he’s gay and unwillg to create the kd of watered-down mp that his queer peers are g to ga attentn (hi, Sam Smh). But when Orville Peck’s myster barone follows the twangy guar to “My mama told me when I was young/ We are all born superstars, ” brgs the gay anthem to another level.
30 GAY LOVE SONGS: MEN SGG ABOUT MEN
From Lady Gaga and Christa Aguilera, to Elton John and Gloria Gaynor, we rank the 50 most spiratnal LGBTQ+ songs to uplift the queer muny * we are gay song *
When Joni Sledge died 2017, the webse opened their ob of the sger by sayg, “Every gay man who’s ever been on a dance floor or attend a Pri Para knows the words to ‘We are Fay. ” Before her ath, however, Joni did an terview wh, and when she was asked how ma her feel that the song had bee an anthem for the gay muny, she gave a tly great answer. But Tracy Young, a celebry DJ who plays at gay parti and Pri events around the untry, says that's not the only reason people still love the YOUNG: I thk she h Young, a lbian, says anyone who has stggled to e to terms wh their sexual inty rponds to those lyrics - born this way.
" She was even acced of explog her gay fan base, a charge mic wrer John Savage SAVAGE: Obvly, Lady Gaga wanted to say somethg about her gay dience and what she thought about the posn of gay people. He says he had always known that he was gay, so felt like a perfect I always say the lyric found me, and was very Bean, now a retired pastor, was the founr of Uny Fellowship Church. "20"I'm Comg Out" by Diana Ross20"I'm Comg Out" by Diana RossCred: AmazonApparently, Chic's Nile Rodgers was spired to wre this funky 1980 dance h for Diana Ross after seeg multiple drag queens drsed as the sger at a New York gay club.
‘WE’RE COMG FOR YOUR CHILDREN’: SAN FRANCIS GAY MEN’S CHOIR SGS IN VIRAL VIO
A Msage From the Gay Communy Lyrics: You thk we're sful / You fight agast our rights / You say we all lead live you n't rpect / But you're jt ightened / You thk that we'll rpt your kids / If our * we are gay song *
” The Brish star’s track employs his exuberant sexualy, a hard-htg beat and expertly-crafted melodi to make this one of the sexit songs about gay romance recent memory. But by the song’s send verse, the duo’s openly gay member, Chad Kg, chim to show that exact same sentiment to a boy, th showg once aga that pronouns matter when to penng a queer love song. As ially reported by Not the Bee, the San Francis Gay Men’s Chos, first tablished 1975, has released a new origal song which they clare they are “g for your children.
”The vers the song directly mock the fears of parents who attempt to keep their children away om media that ph an LGBTQ agenda, claimg that fai will not be able to protect their ltle on om gay propaganda:You say we all lead liv you don’t rpect.
SCHOOL BOARD TERMAT TEACHER OVER DOLLY PARTON, MILEY CYS 'RABOWLAND' SONG, FOLKS STILL GAY
Weird Al Yankovic - We`re All Gay (Backstreet Boys) Lyrics. Weird Al Yankovic Miscellaneo We're All Gay (Backstreet Boys) Yeh, We are on fire, We have sir, But one is that way, One backstree * we are gay song *
”While the choir’s posn appears somewhat tongue--cheek, new analysis The Daily Wire vered earlier this week reveals that LGBTQ activists have been workg behd the scen popular children’s programmg to clu more gay and transgenr ntent.
A MSAGE FROM THE GAY COMMUNYSAN FRANCIS GAY MEN’S CHOSFEATURGDANIEL QUADRO & TROY IWATAPRODUCED BYARTS LREATEJUL. 1, 20211 VIEWER17.4K VIEWS2 CONTRIBUTORSA MSAGE FROM THE GAY COMMUNY LYRICSYOU THK WE'RE SFULYOU FIGHT AGAST OUR RIGHTSYOU SAY WE ALL LEAD LIVE YOU N'T RPECTBUT YOU'RE JT IGHTENEDYOU THK THAT WE'LL RPT YOUR KIDSIF OUR AGENDA GO UNCHECKEDFUNNY, JT THIS ONCE, YOU'RE RRECTWE'LL NVERT YOUR CHILDRENHAPPENS B BY BQUIETLY AND SUBTLELYAND YOU WILL BARELY NOTICE YOU N KEEP THEM OM DISWARN ABOUT SAN FRANCISMAKE 'EM WEAR PLEATED PANTSWE DON'T RE...WE'LL NVERT YOUR CHILDREN...WE'LL MAKE THEM TOLERANT AND FAIRJT LIKE YOU WORRIеDTHEY'LL CHANGE THEIR GROUP OF IеNDSYOU WON'T APPROVE OF WHERE THEY GO AT NIGHT(TO PROTTS)OH, AND YOU'LL BE DISGTED(SO GROSS)WHEN THEY START FDG THGS ONLETHAT YOU'VE KEPT FAR OM THEIR SIGHT(LIKE RMATN...)GUS WHAT?YOU'LL STILL BE ALRIGHT!YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEWE'LL NVERT YOUR CHILDRENREACHG ONE AND ALLTHERE'S REALLY NO PG 'E EVEN GRANDMA LIK RUPLAND THE WORLD'S GETTG KRGEN Z'S GAYER THAN GRDRLEARN TO LOVELEARN TO VOGUEFACE YOUR FATE!WE'LL NVERT YOUR CHILDRENSOMEONE'S GOTTA TEACH THEM NOT TO HATEWE'RE G FOR THEMWE'RE G FOR YOUR CHILDRENWE'RE G FOR THEMWE'RE G FOR THEMWE'RE G FOR YOUR CHILDRENFOR YOUR CHILDRENYOU'RE CHILDREN WILL RE ABOUTFAIRNS AND JTICE FOR OTHERSYOUR CHILDREN WILL WORK TO NVERTALL THEIR SISTERS AND BROTHERSTHEN, SOON, WE'RE ALMOST CERTAYOU'RE KIDS WILL START NVERT' YOU!THE GAY AGENDA IS G HOMETHE GAY AGENDA IS HERE!BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY'E THERE'S NOTHG WRONG WHSTANDG BY OUR SIGET ON BOARD A HURRYBEE THE WORLD ALWAYS NEEDSA B MORE PRIBUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY'E THERE'S NOTHG WRONG WHSTANDG BY OUR SI(THE GAY AGENDA)GET ON BOARD A HURRYBEE THE WORLD ALWAYS NEEDSA B MORE PRI(THE GAY AGENDA)COME ON, TRY A LTLE PRI!WE'LL NVERT YOUR CHILDRENTHEN WE'LL TURN TO YOUGIVG UP THE FEAR SIIS EEG LIKE YOU NEVER KNEW!GO AND SEE SAN FRANCIS!GO AND TURN UP THAT DIS!YOU'LL FET YOU WERE EVER UPSETWE'LL NVERT YOUR CHILDRENAND MAKE AN ALLY OF YOU YET!WE'LL MAKE AN ALLY OF YOU YET!WE'LL MAKE AN ALLY OF YOU YET!EMBEDCANCELHOW 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 FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *WHO PRODUCED “A MSAGE FROM THE GAY COMMUNY” BY SAN FRANCIS GAY MEN'S CHOS?WHEN DID SAN FRANCIS GAY MEN'S CHOS RELEASE “A MSAGE FROM THE GAY COMMUNY”?WHO WROTE “A MSAGE FROM THE GAY COMMUNY” BY SAN FRANCIS GAY MEN'S CHOS?CREDSFEATURGDANIEL QUADRO & TROY IWATAPRODUCED BYARTS LREATEWRTEN BYCHARLIE SOHNERELEASE DATEJULY 1, 2021TAGSPOPEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE
* we are gay song *
While there have been many inic anthems to soundtrack Pri parti and gay gathergs alike, there are equally as many songs to turn to the more trospective moments of life. Released 1984, Bronski Beat’s breakout sgle, “Smalltown Boy, ” was the bold, semi-tobgraphil story of s openly gay lead volist Jimmy Somerville — a tale of homophobia, a hate crime, and eventual liberatn. Released the midst of Pri month 2019, “You Need to Calm Down” tak aim at anti-gay protters s lyrics and s vio, which featur a lorful st of LGBTQ celebri cludg the st of Queer Eye and Hayley Kiyoko.
As the lead sgle om Renaissance — the 2022 album dited to Beyoncé’s gay uncle Jonny — “Break My Soul” is nately a self-empowerment hoe anthem and o to the Black, queer muny. We'll nvert your childrenReachg one and allThere's really no pg 'e even grandma lik RuplAnd the world's gettg krGen Z's gayer than GrdrLearn to loveLearn to vogueFace your fate!
“WE’RE COMG FOR YOUR CHILDREN”– FIVE WAYS THE SAN FRANCIS GAY MEN’S CHOIR VIO WASN’T SATIRE
But you don't have to worry'e there's nothg wrong whStandg by our siGet on board a hurryBee the world always needsA b more priBut you don't have to worry'e there's nothg wrong whStandg by our si(The Gay Agenda)Get on board a hurryBee the world always needsA b more pri(The Gay Agenda)Come on, try a ltle pri! The San Francis Gay Men’s Chos is receivg signifint backlash, mostly om nservativ on social media, after postg a mic vio onle jokgly tailg how the group will “nvert your children.
WEIRD AL YANKOVIC - WE'RE ALL GAY (BACKSTREET BOYS) LYRICS
Standards have changed que a b terms of what referenc the culture at large ems offensive s h songs, om sual homophobia pop songs om Katy Perry and Taylor Swift to the jaw-droppg lyril ntent of some Rollg Ston classics.
HALLMARK UNR FIRE FOR DROPPG 'GAY' FROM CHRISTMAS LYRIC
"Why wouldn't fly today: Another disgtg entry the Ston’ songbook, the song about a woman who’s been mold to “talk when she's spoken to” is an embarrassment for even Ur So Gay by Katy Perry, 2007Choice lyric: “I n't believe I fell love wh someone that wears more makp and / You're so gay and you don't even like boys”Why wouldn't fly today: If Perry’s I Kissed A Girl was borrle gross for s exploative take on same-sex experimentatn, Ur So Gay cross the le wh s eply immature rattlg-off of gay stereotyp, driven home by the e of the word as a Picture to Burn by Taylor Swift, 2008Choice lyric: “So go and tell your iends that I'm obssive and crazy / That's fe, I'll tell me that you're gay. ”Why wouldn't fly today: Perry’s enemy Taylor Swift wasn’t immune to the same kd of sophomoric homophobia, wh Picture To Burn subscribg to the same backward view that the worst thg you uld ll a teenage boy is “gay.