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LGBTQ+ Music is History
This month marks the 51st anniversary of the first Pride march. That's true. But we didn't start living authentically in 1970. We started that long before there were protests that blanketed the streets of New York City. As a matter of fact, three years before Stonewall, a riot in San Francisco led by trans women and drag queens erupted at Compton's Cafeteria in response to constant police violent against the community.
By Jordan Reeves5 years ago in Pride
Get Lucky - Number Seven!
I don’t want to admit how many hours I lost to researching tunes and bands for this article. There’s a lot of stuff out there to sort through, even if you restrict yourself to artists you know and ones that have some element of queerness attached to them. But it was fun going back and listening to all this amazing stuff and realizing a lot of these back catalogues, side-projects, or even new albums I had no idea existed! I felt lucky revisiting parts of my childhood, teenage years, twenty-somethings, adulthood, and post-adulthood where I realize that it will never be possible for me to be what the past generation thought an adult should be.
By Leif Conti-Groome5 years ago in Pride
Pride and young
My story is still continuing but I wish it will finally come to an end now. The day I found out that I had a strong interest in my own gender. I was generally not surprised. I’ve been questioning my liking for awhile. It was a day where a female started to hit on me with her bright color here and her soft smile that lights up every time I make a joke. Butterflies started to act up in my belly like there was no tomorrow. The fact that she was there to make a smile appear at my darkest moment still questions me. Why me ? Why not me? Do I like her? Maybe it's just a type of stage that will pass by? Maybe not. I'm young and I don't know anything many people say. Those many people were liars they didn't know any better as I grief thinking be a gay is sin for those who told me made me wonder. I asked my mom would if my brother would be gay knowing I was referring to me. The silence was loud enough for me. At that moment my mother already took too long to answer. I knew the answer before she said. My mom was always there for me; she supported me when she needed to. I didn't know if I was bi, straight or gay. I would not classify me as queer. I always had an answer to everything and it's hard to accept what I am if I can't come to any conclusions. Here are songs suppressing pain and enlightening my love for a girl. My moments in a song and my songs are my moments I would never think I would ever write a word that will ever even a little bit explain how I feel. My feeling is worth a thousand words but my words are just minor just like me. Katy Perry - I kissed a girl I like it, “Lost my discretion. It's not what I'm used to (used to). Just wanna try you on. I'm curious for you (for you). Caught my attention. I kissed a girl and I liked it. The taste of her cherry chapstick. I kissed a girl just to try it”.Doja cat - Kiss me more, “We hug and yes, we make love, And always just say "Goodnight" (la-la-la-la-la), And we cuddle, sure I do love it.But I need your lips on mine. Can you kiss me more? We're so young, boy. We ain't got nothin' to lose, oh, oh”. Kehlani - Distraction,“Do you, do you, do you, do you wanna be.Do me a favor, pick me up, take me out later. Don't worry about no paper. 'Cause I got mine stacked up for nights like this. My life can get crazy, I deal with shit on the daily. But baby I'm thinking maybe. We could agree to work it out like this. I need you (you, oh). To give me your time (give me your time). I need you (you, oh).To not wanna be mine oh”. Giveon - Like I want you, “Sometimes I wish you knew. But I disguise the truth. I say I'm happy but I'm still stuck on us, mmm, mmm, mmm. Does your mind play this game too? Think 'bout me and you. I guess I'll just pretend. Until it all makes sense, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm. See you face to face, I'm thinking 'bout the days we used to be. But I can't make a scene, but I can't make a scene. See you face to face, I'm thinking 'bout the days we used to be. But I can't make a scene, but I can't make it seem.” Tylor the creator - See you again, “You exist behind my eyelids, my eyelids.Now I don't wanna wake up. 20/20, 20/20 vision. Cupid hit me, cupid hit me with precision. I wonder if you look both ways. When you cross my mind (Yeah), I said, I said. I'm sick of, sick of, sick of, sick of chasing. You're the one that's always running through my daydream, I, I can only see your face when I close my eyes. Can I get a kiss? And can you make it last forever? I said I'm 'bout to go to war. And I don't know if I'll see you again. Can I get a kiss? (Can I). And can you make it last forever? (Can you). I said I'm 'bout to go to war.” On repeat on a daily basis, one of my favorite songs. I want more but then I leave because I'm indecisive but can't wait to see her again. Her intelligence and her touch is like a spark to the brain and my heart. Speak out aloud for existence. I am gay and that is final.
By SHAMEKA SAMUEL5 years ago in Pride
How a Trans Woman Helped Me Get In Touch with the Feminine
EXPLICIT LYRICS WARNING In the summer of 2000, I was living with my first girlfriend in the small city of Richmond IN. I had just graduated from Earlham College, where we met, a Quaker liberal arts school of 1000 students that was both a place of limitations and, full of possibility. As a school, we prided ourselves on being an open minded and welcoming community, but like everywhere, prejudice finds its way in and establishes a foothold. I had spent my sophomore year writing an editorial column on race relations for the school paper. By my senior year I had been the leader or coleader of almost every student group that represented marginalized communities- BLAC, the Multicultural Alliance, Women of Color and the Womyn's Center. The only group that I belonged to and did not lead at some point was Rainbow Tribe. I had not gotten my footing there and was still discovering what loving women meant to me. I had not fully found my voice but music gave me the words.
By Angelita Hampton5 years ago in Pride
My Pride Playlist throughout Coming Out.
Paradox: I knew it but I also had no idea. You hear the word gay but you’re not sure what it means. All you know are the laughs, snickers, and uncomfortable faces that follow. You try to distance yourself as far from that word as possible. You’re attracted to girls. You know it, you feel it, but you’re thinking of princes. You’ve been told one day you’d find your Prince. And you think that’s reality, the one and only way of reality being. You hear Lady Gaga’s Born This Way. It comforts you. You don’t quite understand why. Yes, it’s a great song, with a great beat. Everyone is dancing. But there’s something more. You feel better in your own skin, you’re not doing anything wrong.
By ABCwritten5 years ago in Pride
Celebrating Pride Month...From the Closet
I discovered I was bisexual in 2013, when I drunkenly attempted to convince a girl on a cruise to come back to my room. My fiancé was sitting next to me, and - needless to say - he had questions. So did I. I’d always held the view that LGBTQIA+ relationships were no different than hetero relationships, and I guess it just took me 19 years to realize that it held true for me personally as well.
By Stephanie Nielsen5 years ago in Pride
Freedom of My Heart
Sometimes in life things get a little shaken up in our lives and things happen that change Us forever. We must remember that we all have stories that make us who we are. The question then there lies…Who Am I? The Journey to self identity is always the most intriguing journey of them all. It’s the discovery of yourself and in my case its a Re-Discovery of myself. I can never forget my first Pride event. It was the most exhilarating feeling I had ever felt.
By Princess Sparkle 5 years ago in Pride
