Gay ballads
25 Essential LGBTQ Self-acceptance Songs
Good advice from Canada’s raunchiest sex sage. With the help of a Roland MC-505, the bisexual drama teacher–turned-rapper sparked a titillating new wave of sleazebag disco with her 2000 LP, Teaches of Peaches. Although “Fuck the Pain Away” was too risqué to chart, its imprinted, braggadocious lines permeated everything from South Park to 30 Rock and 2003 film Lost In Translation: “Suckin’ on my titties favor you wanted me/Calling me all the time like Blondie/Check out my Chrissy behind/It’s fine all of the time.” It was reportedly Madonna’s favorite session song, and she also featured it in her London play, Up For Grabs. In a 2003 interview with The Guardian, Peaches divulges that she sent Madonna and Guy Ritchie some autographed panties as thanks. “I signed some underwear,” she says, “I wrote, ‘Dear Guy, fuck ya later, passion Peaches,’ and for Madonna I wrote, ‘Dear Madonna, fuck ya now, care for Peaches.’ It’s cool.” –SE
MIXTAPE: Flamy Grant’s Songs for Healing Same-sex attracted Religious Trauma
Welcome to the playlist you probably didn’t include on your bingo card this year: a series of songs spanning from gospel music to ’90s folk to contemporary singer-songwriters, all curated by a drag queen with a number one Christian album under her belt. I’m Flamy Grant, and I’m honored that BGS invited me to share the songs that healed my very same-sex attracted, very religious trauma.
My first record was called Bible Belt Baby, so I know a thing or two about growing up in the shadow of a religious fervor that wants boys to be boys, girls to be girls, and gays to keep it in the closet. Here are a few of the songs that helped me not only to come out, but to authorize this little soft of mine preserve shining in the faces of a lot of people who’d prefer it were hidden under a bushel. Not today, gatekeepers. Not today. – Flamy Grant
“If You Ever Leave” – Flamy Grant
Oh, hello darling. I’m a drag queen with wares to sell. Of course I’m starting off this playlist with my new single! It is, at least, very much on topic. This ballad from my forthcoming record, CHURCH, pretty much speaks for itself, but I will give
The Ultimate 2024 LGBTQ+ Identity Playlist That'll Make You Want To Party
Dove Cameron — "Boyfriend"
Dove Cameron was inspired by a "perspective of freedom" when she penned boyfriend. She wrote the song while recapping "a crazy night" she had. According to Billboard, Dove "casually said something to the room appreciate , "F–k, I could be a better boyfriend than this guy." And we were all kinda prefer, "wait, is this a good hook?" A lot of it became a report of what it felt like to mature up queer and be surrounded by all these women who were famously mistreated and under-celebrated."
Gia Woods - "Lesbionic"
Persian pop actor Gia Woods is endorse with another uplifting bop. After coming out with her debut single "Only a Girl" in 2016, she's just released "Lesbionic," and the title speaks for itself.
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George Michael — "Freedom! ‘90”
Although George Michael didn't publicly appear out for another eight years, "Freedom! '90" became an LGBTQ+ anthem upon its release in 1990.
Diana Ross — "I'm Coming Out"
There are anth
Thirty days of summer is a pretty paltry window of time to commemorate 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 Lgbtq+ fest stands for, we also believe that any second is the perfect period to crank up these gay songs and soar that rainbow flag.
That’s why we’ve assembled a 50-song playlist perfectly calibrated for Pride Month and beyond, featuring some of history’s greatest queer artists and LGBTQ+ allies who disburse 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 celebration. This is your all-seasons, all-time-great Pride playlist. Clutch the aux cable and blast it loud and proud.
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‘Hot Scary Summer’ by Villagers is set in the rare heat of a Dublin evening. Two lovers leave the house, bound for the cobblestones and the crowds. But while they are kissing al fresco, there is a sense of unease. The singer watches “all the pretty homophobes looking for a fight” and his joy ceases. He thinks about his life of pretending. He also realises that the affair is over. The two men have run out of commitment, their emotions are all used up. He sings about being “half a person, half a monster”. It is the most affecting farewell. ‘Hot Scary Summer’ breaks your heart.
The sadness is deeper because the gay ballads of Ireland have always sounded like this. Almost fifty years of covert love, about shadows and disguise and fear. Conor addresses this on his new songs while he sings out for the gift of courage and he even tries to empathise on the lyric of ‘Little Bigots’. His current album, ‘Darling Arithmetic’ was inspired by a friendship with John Grant and the latter’s monumental song ‘Glacier’. Conor vowed to be more unwrap about his own experience experiences. So there is tenderness and quiet rapture as he writes about all the phases of a relationship. Many of the songs h