Pride season approaches, and before you decide what to wear (we’re already working on our wardrobe), do yourself a favor and load up some gay anthems on your playlist. For years the community has compiled a discography of music which–unofficially, anyway–speaks to the pleasure, the pain and the pride of living out loud.
Granted, the hymns of the gay church are not limited to the songs listed here, and music gods willing, artists will continue to grace the world with tunes that speak to the LGBT.
Before hitting up the festivals, the brunches, the parades and the parties, cue up these ditties for some rainbow rocking out…
magicmike
How can you leave off Janet Jackson’s “Together Again?” It’s a song written about friends lost to AIDS. How can some of these be considered pride anthems and Janet be left off?
jess_lopez
Madonna – Vogue
Christina Aguilera – Beautiful
Katy Perry – Firework
Heather Smalls – Proud
Ultra Nate – Free
Queen – I want to Break Free
robertkalin
Watching RuPaul’s “Supermodel”. Face painting was much simpler in that time….a totally different look for drag makeup!