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Pride Playlist: 9 Songs to Celebrate You Being You
June is Pride Month, chosen to commemorate the anniversary of the Stonewall riots that happened in June and is largely regarded as the catalyst for the gay rights movement. This month, many cities hold their own Pride parades and festivals, which represents an opportunity for the LGBTQ community to be visible, to be celebrated, and to inspire.
Alabama has pride festivals in Montgomery, Birmingham, Huntsville, Auburn, Mobile, Tuscaloosa, Selma, Florence, and more are being added every year. To celebrate the LGBTQ community and their contributions, we selected 9 songs that speak to our right to be who we are without shame, fear, or discrimination. What are your favorite songs?
1. Queen - I Want To Break Free
The “I Want To Break Free” music video opens up with all four members of Queen dressed in drag, cleaning a house, as a parody of the British soap opera Coronation Street. The lyric is seen as one of the most important, and controversial songs, the band released, pushing the boundaries on. The ballad has been embraced by the
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"Born This Way" by Lady Gaga
No playlist is complete without this banger by Lady Gaga, a longtime LGBTQ+ icon who's bisexual herself. It proclaims, “No matter gay, straight or bi / Lesbian, transgendered life / I’m on the right track, baby / I was born to survive.” The song (and album) later inspired Gaga's non-profit organization, the Born This Way Foundation.
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"Pink Pony Club" by Chappell Roan
With lyrics like, "I heard that there's a special place/Where boys and girls can all be queens every single day," this song is basically made for Pride. Play it when you're getting ready, to get the party rolling or to maintain it going.
"I'm Coming Out" by Diana Ross
Apparently, Chic's Nile Rodgers was inspired to write this funky dance hit for Diana Ross after seeing multiple drag queens dressed as the singer at a New York gay club. Since then, the anthem has become an empowering and celebratory LGBTQ+ co Subscribe Newsletters FacebookEmailXLinkedInCopy linkImpact Link This story is accessible exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and begin reading an account? . For much of music history, it was far too rare to catch a woman sing a verb song using female pronouns, or a full album exploring the ups and downs of a queer relationship. And while there's still a heavy imbalance in favor of straight love stories, that rarity is beginning to fade. From label-eschewing artists like Kehlani and Frank Ocean to proudly gay creators like Kevin Abstract and Hayley Kiyoko, queer music is taking up more space than ever before. So, Insider com Thirty days of summer is a pretty paltry window of day to celebrate 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 Pride stands for, we also believe that any time is the perfect 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. Listen to these songs on Amazon Music RECOMMENDED: Been there, done that? Think again, my frieThe 18 best LGBTQ love songs of all time
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