Pride Month
Songs That Stick Like Glitter, A Pride Playlist
June 2021 marks the the 51st anniversary of the first ever pride-march. For those of us who are still in lockdown, pride celebrations might look a little more like Netflix in bed with a jumbo bag of Doritos, but that doesn't mean you have to completely surrender all your pride-celebration staples.
By Rachel M.J5 years ago in Pride
Your 30 Minute Rainbow Pride Playlist
Woohoo, Pride Month! Time for parties, parades, and embracing your sexuality and gender identity, whatever they may be. I've always enjoyed Pride music. Unlike other music played for holidays - like Christmas or Halloween - music blasted during Pride doesn't need to be specific. So long as it's about embracing your individuality, loving who you want to love, or even about celebration in general, it works for the month. Just like sexuality and gender, Pride music is fluid. And it's always super fun!
By Kathryn Milewski5 years ago in Pride
My Big Gay Country Playlist
Country music has never been known as a culturally progressive genre. This is why it serves as such an important touchstone to measure social change. If country music is becoming more inclusive, that means there is hope for the rainbow flag even in the deepest set, most traditional parts of our nation.
By Robyn Reisch5 years ago in Pride
You've Got Pride: A Playlist
The stories below are all fictional but come from a place of observation, love, and acceptance. I hope the songs manage to dance as they sway their ways into your thoughts, and maybe the stories you find here will make you feel a little less alone.
By Jillian Spiridon5 years ago in Pride
Melancholia In Time Of Dancing & Bears
People shouldn't be open about their sexuality. Cis folk don't worry about it, and LGBTQ+ folk shouldn't worry as well. By not being heterosexual, we have the added stress that we need to reveal our sexual preference(s). At 48 years old, I am still not open about my sexuality. Family and some friends still think that I'm waiting for a woman to make an honest man out of me.
By Will Coronel5 years ago in Pride
High Notes In The Shower
I swear I use to battle with myself on what I was suppose to like growing up. I somehow found women so attractive and it killed me to think I was weird or nasty. I remembered how I crushed so hard on a girl when I was in the 8th grade. I couldn't really shake the feeling of liking a girl. Maybe I was born that way. I would come home from school and hop straight in the shower. I would have my speaker on the opposite side of the curtain and I would sing to the top of my lungs. I never really knew if I sounded good or not; nobody ever complained. My song playlist would go on for ever and all my greatest hits would play. I would sing and think about my crush. I swear my music helped me understand my new found attraction to other girls like me. Then as I got older I heard Lady Gaga's "Born this Way".. I just knew she made that song for me.
By Dominique Gray5 years ago in Pride
