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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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Cyndi Lauper’s 1987 single ‘Boy Blue’ is a heartbreaking ode to a young friend lost to AIDS
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‘Fairytale of New York’ remains a Christmas classic despite that one very problematic lyric
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That time Ricky Martin & Rosie O’Donnell teamed up for a closeted gay Christmas collab
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Dusting off this haunting, long-forgotten ballad by Madonna 36 years after its release
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How k.d. lang’s “Miss Chatelaine” became an unlikely dance-floor anthem—with help from Orville Peck
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Klaus Nomi sung about being a “Simple Man,” yet he was anything but
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LISTEN: This 1960 country bop is an accidentally hilarious ode to men who love cowboys
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Is Marky Mark’s ‘Good Vibrations’ an ode to… urethral sounding?
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LISTEN: That time Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong came out in the most punk rock way possible
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How Liberace’s ‘I’ll Be Seeing You’ made him the Queen of Las Vegas
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LISTEN: Punk pioneers The Replacements’ most straightforward love song is about a couple who’s anything but
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LISTEN: You might not know Kylie Minogue has a sister. But she does! And this mashup she did with Madonna is a total bop
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The true story behind Aerosmith’s “Dude (Looks Like A Lady)” isn’t as problematic as you might think
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LISTEN: The lasting impact of Pet Shop Boys’ Duet with Dusty Springfield
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LISTEN: The first gay British rock song offers a peek at cruising in the ’60s
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LISTEN: Before becoming the cultural juggernaut he is today, RuPaul was a total ‘Sex Freak’
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LISTEN: Rod Stewart’s ode to his gay friend was an unlikely hit in 1976
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LISTEN: How heartthrob Joe Dallesandro inspired Lou Reed’s gayest—and most successful—song
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LISTEN: The Village People’s mobile anthem to safe sex
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LISTEN: The anal sex anthem urging you to ‘Relax’
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Before becoming a legendary R&B king, Luther Vandross was a funky ‘Hot Butterfly’
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LISTEN: Decoding David Bowie’s 1972 bisexual anthem “John, I’m Only Dancing”
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