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LGBT+ Representation in Music
LGBT Struggle With Religious Faith Turned Into Glorious, Power-Pop AnthemParson James calls “Temple” a celebration of “who we are as human beings.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/p...
A variety of heart-felt songs of grief in response to the tragedy in Orlando NYC Gay Men's Chorus performing "Light" in tribute - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL_mu...
Columbia Gay men's chorus - Somewhere Over the Rainbow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou_lZ...
London Gay Men's Chorus - "Bridge Over Troubled Water" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8z8L...
Melissa Etheridge - "Pulse" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAI9n...
Arielle - "Pulse" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYjzh...
**warning for painful/aftermath images** : "Forty-Nine Times" - Brandon Parsons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTtuv...
Kaje wrote: "A variety of heart-felt songs of grief in response to the tragedy in Orlando NYC Gay Men's Chorus performing "Light" in tribute - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL_mu...
Columbia Gay men's c..."
That was so touching. I particularly enjoyed Arielle's, had me tearing up a bit. Thanks for sharing Kaje.
David Hernandez - Beautiful {Official Music Video} Kade Boheme says : David Hernandez was top 12 on American Idol in 2008. He came out recently. Aside from being cute af, I'm also digging this song hard. The diversity in this video, tho. <3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Sua3...
RISE (Katy Perry Cover) by SUPERFRUIT, Mary Lambert, Brian Justin Crum, Mario Josehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U85U3...
"Download Ty Herndon's New Song 'Fighter' to Help Save LGBTQ Lives." Herndon was "the first major male country artist to publicly come out as gay."
Thanks Kim, for the info on Herndon's new track. I just downloaded it. :)
i haven't seen anything about kevin abstract on here, but basically, he's a gay rapper and a bunch of his songs deal with that!!here's a couple, all off of his second album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RSQa... ~ empty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=via3R... ~ miserable america
Amélie, thanks for the info. I remember when Frank Ocean came out, it was considered a very big deal in the hip-hop industry.
Music videos:Ghost (2nd version) by Halsey
Girls Like Girls, Cliff's Edge, Gravel to Tempo, and One Bad Night by Hayley Kiyoko
I'd recommend checking out Hayley Kiyoko's music in general. It's all pretty lgbt themed.
no problem!!here are some more songs, because my middle name is "gay song recommendations":
ALL of citrine, hayley kiyoko's new ep:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9C8g... ~ ease my mind (uses female pronouns, god bless)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnI7n... ~ palace (also uses female pronouns)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGV2Q... ~ pretty girl (!!! a beautiful song about being in love with girls !!!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_wXW... ~ one bad night (song is about a steamy love affair in a car, kind of like halsey's "drive", but with female pronouns. the music video has a trans actress in it, too!!)
also;
PWR BTTM is a gr8 queer band, with this song, i wanna boi (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqwwk...) just being Actually The Best.
zolita's "holy" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdYiY...) is about a matriarchal cult with a great lesbian couple in the music video. highly recommend, tbh.
Annie wrote: "Music videos:Ghost (2nd version) by Halsey
Girls Like Girls, Cliff's Edge, Gravel to Tempo, and One Bad Night by Hayley Kiyoko
I'd recommend checking out Hayley Kiyoko's music in general. It's a..."
you and i had the exact same idea... great minds think alike ;^)
Wow, I'm definitely gonna check all those tracks out. Thanks guys!
This is more QUILTBAG appeal than representation necessarily: "Broadway Records Releases Charitable Recording 'I Have a Voice' to Fight Bullying."
Frank Ocean is bi, and I know his song "Thinking About You" is supposed to be about a man. Here's this article that describes the tracks on his newest album: http://www.out.com/music/2016/8/22/frank-oceans-top-10-songs-blonde-track-track-breakdownThere is also Mary Lambert; her songs "Secrets" and "She Keeps Me Warm" are good :)
Oh, and Angel Haze is agender!
Jordyn wrote: "Frank Ocean is bi, and I know his song "Thinking About You" is supposed to be about a man. Here's this article that describes the tracks on his newest album: http://www.out.com/music/2016/8/22/fran..."Thanks for linking Jordyn!
This is from 2002, very popular back then Russian band made this fantastic video. M/M coupleРуки Вверх - Он тебя целует
and this is from 1998
Гости из будущего - Беги от меня
F/F couple in the video, AND the singer is using feminine nouns
I wanted to add this post - an Aussie sports crowd showed their love for acceptance in the season of the Aussie mail vote on equal marriageMacklemore's performance of 'Same Love' rouses the NRL crowd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrjlx...
The NRL publicly supports marriage equality, and on Sunday night during Macklemore’s performance the stadium screen displayed messages reading, “We stand for inclusiveness” and “We stand for equality”.
Its position is reportedly due to the intervention of the only openly gay NRL player in history, Ian Roberts, who wrote directly to NRL chief executive Todd Greenberg asking him not to “miss this moment in history”.
Greenberg said in response that the NRL had a “a duty” to back up its policy of “inclusiveness” with action. “We need to treat everyone equally both on and off the field and that’s why we will publicly support the same-sex marriage proposal,” he said.
The song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k8Dw...from heathers. Warning about heathers, it mentions suicided and has inappropriate content, but it is still a good musical. And Joey Graceffa's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcwo_...
which features a gay representation of Merlin and Authur.
'Kiss the Boy' is the new song from Love, Simon actor Keiynan Lonsdalehttps://www.gaystarnews.com/article/l...
https://youtu.be/Ndlt_SjsZqII can't believe I didn't share this a year ago when I did a long post, but this video has rep, and the singer is bisexual
Hayley Kiyoko’s new album Expectations is available now! She’s gay and most of her songs are catchy pop tunes about liking other girls.Another song that came out yesterday was “When It’s Right” by Alyson Stoner (known for her roles in Disney Channel tv series and the Step-Up movies). Here’s a link to the audio: https://youtu.be/5np5EE8uhR4. She also wrote an Op-Ed about her experience with coming to terms with her sexuality: https://t.co/M6laCBXvd9.
Troye Sivan's Blue Neighbourhood trilogy is also good. The songs are "Wild", "Fools", "Talk Me Down".He's gay and his songs tell about the struggles being gay, especially the blue Neighbourhood trilogy song. His new single is called "My My My". It became my fav song and I've been listening to it so many times, repeatedly. You should check it out.
See Kesha Officiate a Same-Sex Wedding for Two Women in New 'I Need a Woman to Love' Videohttps://www.rollingstone.com/music/ne...
I was scrolling through and I don't think we have this one posted. Old (from 2012) but lovely gay wedding video with Lady Gaga's "The Edge of Glory" - I watch this sometimes when I need feels. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0Qe8...
Jaimie Wilson’s “We #WontBeErased” Is a Musical Response to Trump’s Anti-Trans Memohttp://www.newnownext.com/jaimie-wils...
Gay teen gets his heart broken by older man in powerful new pop videoThe song, Afterglow, is the latest track from California-based singer songwriter Christopher Sorensen
https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/c...
a really good, really gay spotify playlist. filled with the gayest tunes of our time. https://open.spotify.com/user/elenalo...
ahh so much girl in red on this! i love herelena wrote: "a really good, really gay spotify playlist. filled with the gayest tunes of our time.
https://open.spotify.com/user/elenalo..."
I'm so glad this thread exists bc I'm super happy to be able to share some I've found.Kehlani- 'Honey': uses female pronouns, and the music video is aesthetically pleasing and features her and a non-binary person.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wVB6...
Halsey & Lauren Jauregui - 'Strangers' -Uses female pronouns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVd_7...
Frank Ocean- 'Chanel' : Although he hasn't commented explicitly on his sexuality, the lyrics to this song hint at bisexuality
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnbsI...
Janelle Monae-She recently came out as pansexual, and her song 'Pynk' is my favourite. The music video may also be the gayest thing I've ever seen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaYvl...
MNEK- He is a gay artist and my favourite of his songs are 'Colour' and 'Tongue'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMmwD...
I see Hayley Kiyoko has been introduced! :) Has King Princess been mentioned yet? If not, here's a link to her YouTube channel. Definitely worth checking out.
Thanks for all the new links to check out <3
Conleth Kane is a gay singer and songwriter who’s just had a massive win in his career.The Northern Irish performer got to number two on the iTunes singer-songwriter chart.
https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/t...
Rez wrote: "An article popped up in FB news feed last night about LGBT+ people and stories in music and it was mostly music from before 2005. So I'm wondering about music/music videos with LGBT themes that i..."
This version of, "Only Us" from 'Dear Evan Hansen' with real life couple performing will make you CRY. Watch it now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJkwj...
Kaje wrote: "Broadway star Ben Platt comes out in poignant music videohttps://www.gaystarnews.com/article/b..."
Thank you for this! I missed it somehow. What a beautiful video! Made me teary!
"Broadway's Jelani Alladin and Matt Doyle sing The King and I's 'We Kiss in a Shadow': The reimagined duet 'shows how this world does not accept all kinds of love between two people.'"
Singaporean singer Wils comes out in music video with his boyfriend as the leading manhttps://www.queerty.com/singaporean-s...
https://youtu.be/DkV-9vVBm0oAmor Valiente (English: Brave Love)
I posted about this storyline in the TV thread.
The singers, neither of which is openly gay, play a gay teen couple on a Mexican telenovela and seem to be having a tremendous impact there, or at least they're hugely popular.
Thus is an English-subbed version of a song that first appeared as part of that storyline. I don't know the details of this particular performance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eJDY...