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The Greatest LGBTQ+ Anthems of All Time
How does a song become a gay anthem? Like the LGBTQ+ community itself, our soundtrack is vast and diverse. We have recorded our history and contribution to the culture through music, and with this list we acknowledge and remember the forerunners that have made doable the positive changes we’ve seen over the decades. These songs are a testimony to our resilience and excellence.
While it’s impossible to define exactly what makes a song &#;gay,&#; this list definitely isn’t straight. You will see many overlaps between this list and some of the best house and disco tracks that were blasted in the ballrooms, as well as transformative hits by our beloved big-voiced divas. There are introspective slow jams by queer artists and allies that mirror our struggles with self-acceptance and social rejection. There are Billboard Warm topping sensations and hidden gems that are forgotten or yet to be discovered; instant classics and songs that grew to be our community&#;s favorites. Besides the best-known songs that are essential to a list love
Top LGBTQ Anthems Part 2: The &#;80s and &#;90s
Back in June, Taylor Swift released her single, “You Need to Calm Down,” which served as her get on making an LGBTQ anthem for It also just won the Video of the Year Award at this year&#;s MTV Video Music Awards last week. While some have looked on it with a critical eye, we’ve decided to celebrate it, along with all the gay anthems that came before it. Many are by LGBTQ artists; others have been adopted by the LGBTQ community from straight, cisgender artists whose song was either inspired by our community or spoke to us at a time when we really needed it. We’ve broken it down into 3 lists: Pre, the &#;80s and &#;90s, and the s. Below we verb our top 12 list of LGBTQ anthems from the s and s:
TIE: George Michael “Freedom! ‘90” () and Culture Club &#;Karma Chameleon&#;
The &#;80s may not have been the top time to be living as an out LGBTQ person, except apparently for English pop stars. We kick off our list with two iconic ones, George Michael and Boy George of Culture Club. Rumors had been swirling for years around Mi
Thirty days of summer is a pretty paltry window of noun to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community, and Pride is so much more than a month of parades and celebrations – it’s life. And while we’d never baulk at an excuse to celebrate everything that Pride stands for, we also believe that any time is the perfect time to crank up these gay songs and fly that rainbow flag.
That’s why we’ve assembled a song playlist perfectly calibrated for Pride Month and beyond, featuring some of history’s greatest queer artists and LGBTQ+ allies who pay more than lip service. You’ll find party anthems, pop songs, disco infernos and punk-rock proclamations, so there’s no need to wait for the parade. This is your all-seasons, all-time-great Pride playlist. Grab the aux cable and blast it loud and proud.
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Being a &#;child&#; of the &#;80s and having them be my formative years were truly something almost indescribable. Yet, if I were to try to describe how it felt to be that lonely gay boy, longing for acceptance, I would summarize the feeling with three letters: MTV.
Everyday I was barraged with a wealth of imagery that spoke to some part of myself I was not ready to reconcile, until I turned 15, and then it was game on, prefer Donkey Kong or even Frogger, as I made my way across the highway of life, trying not to get squashed while doing so.
There are indelible visuals seared into my mind, and when I watch VH-1 Classics (damn, I&#;m old) and catch them, I get a very tingly sensation that does not call for a visit to the free clinic, ok?
Its a sense memory of the very first time (when I was like a virgin) I saw, and heard, the likes of Madonna, Depeche Mode, Wham, Elton John and others who spoke to me two-fold in that secret hiding place.
Then when I came out I knew what it all meant, I was capital G to the A and add a Y for great measure.
So, I&#;d lik