Gay pop
Lady Gaga
It&#;d be unworkable to understate out bisexual musician and actor Lady Gaga&#;s impact on identity and pop song, or the impact she&#;s made as an outspoken advocate for LGBTQ+ rights. Every Gaga recital and high-camp costume was iconic. Her male alter-ego Jo Calederone was absurdly hot. Her tune video for &#;Telephone&#; opened with Gaga making out with butch Canadian production artist Heather Cassils and ended with her holding hands with Beyonce and driving into the sunset. &#;Born This Way&#; doesn&#;t even matter —it&#;s &#;Bad Romance&#; and &#;Poker Face&#; and &#;Alejandro&#; and &#;Bad Romance&#; and &#;You and I&#; and &#;Paparazzi.&#; Lady Gaga is a queen of gay pop.
Hayley Kiyoko
On the cover of Nylon Magazine&#;s first-ever Pride Issue, Hayley Kiyoko was described as an unprecedented force in the gay pop scene, a lesbian teen heartthrob unafraid to court a enthusiastic, starving queer fan base who crowned her Lesbian Jesus. She was the first lesbian pop star signed to a major label to make multiple music videos in which she kisses girls. It&
The Greatest LGBTQ+ Anthems of All Time
How does a song become a lgbtq+ anthem? Like the Homosexual community itself, our soundtrack is vast and diverse. We have recorded our history and contribution to the culture through song, and with this list we acknowledge and retain the forerunners that include made possible 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 vertical. 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 gay artists and allies that mirror our struggles with self-acceptance and social rejection. There are Billboard Scorching topping sensations and veiled 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 like
No, JoJo Siwa Did Not Invent Gay Pop
Jojo Siwa, the former Nickelodeon celebrity and honorary fifth member of the band Peck, landed herself in heated water in April after saying she “wanted to start a new genre … called ‘gay pop’ ” during promotions for her modern single, “Karma.”
Many people online subsequently pointed out that the year-old Siwa in no way, shape or form created gay pop, as it’s existed for a long time. Siwa later walked back her remark, but the initial announcement marked an attempt from a shining new mainstream painter, who has been a brand for much of her young life, to thrust a new brand idea to stakeholders. This one butted up against the life that the genre is actually well-trodden and storied, complete with an ancestrally rich community. Gay pop — and gay dance and club culture overall — arguably traces itself back to the illustrious drag balls of the Harlem Renaissance, flits through the postwar era to the Cold War and Lavender Scare, stemming from Ma Rainey, Little Richard, Sylvester, Erasure, the Pet Shop Boys and so many more. In t
Thirty days of summer is a pretty paltry window of age to celebrate the LGBTQ+ people, 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 flawless 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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