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Explore the hottest hidden gems of LGBTQ music history, uncovering the queer audio archives track by track.
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This boy crazy love ballad still tugs heartstrings almost 100 years after its debut
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LISTEN: The first gay British rock song offers a peek at cruising in the ’60s
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Before Orville Peck’s latest cover, this swingin’, cowboy-lovin’ ballad had a life of its own
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That time this gay ’80s pop icon reminded us what he knows about “The Crying Game”
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Before he came out, Elton John courted controversy with this song about a schoolboy crush
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“Twistin’ King” Jack Hammer’s long-forgotten 1966 ballad celebrating queer love
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Paula Abdul’s sleeper hit defied all expectations, saved her career & made her a “Straight Up” global superstar
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Howard Ashman made queer history at the 1990 Oscars with “Under The Sea”… & saved Disney from sinking
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Troye who? These British rockers offered an intoxicating rush of “Animal Nitrate” way back in 1993
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How The Kinks casually made this queer rock ballad a smash hit in 1970
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The Velvet Underground’s ode to trans icon Candy Darling challenged norms way back in 1969
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The mysterious disco diva who invited everyone to “Follow Me” in 1978 & continues to keep them guessing today
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Remembering the trailblazer who helped kick house music into the mainstream
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LISTEN: Jennifer Lopez’s 2014 voguing bop that was too gay for mainstream radio
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Let’s dig into the Frankie Goes To Hollywood gem that underpins ‘All Of Us Strangers’
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Was this The Beatles’ track an ode to gay love inspired by John Lennon’s GBF?
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ABBA’s bittersweet ode to the New Year only gets better with age
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LISTEN: 40 years after its release, Wham!’s ‘Last Christmas’ is simultaneously loved & avoided around the world
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This unlikely post-punk holiday jingle has been remade by multiple gay icons over the years
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How Geri Halliwell’s fingerprints are all over Madonna’s biggest hit of the last 20 years
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Elton John wrote this song in a single day & it’s still an enduring holiday hit 50 years later
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That time Aretha Franklin suspected Annie Lennox was “totally gay” because of her short hair & vegan lifestyle
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