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A '''gay anthem''' is a [[song]] that has become widely popular among, or has become identified with, the [[gay community]]; usually with [[gay men]]. The lyrics of gay anthems are often marked with hope against the odds, pride, unity, or defiance. The most notable [[English language]] gay anthems include "[[Over the Rainbow]]", performed by [[Judy Garland]] in ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]''; "[[I'm Coming Out]]", performed by [[Diana Ross]]; "[[I Will Survive]]", performed by [[Gloria Gaynor]]; and "[[It's Raining Men]]", performed by [[The Weather Girls]].
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A '''gay anthem''' is a [[song]] [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:song|(WP)]] that has become widely popular among, or has become identified with, the gay community, as referring to homosexual men, but some of these songs may also become anthems for the rest of the LGBT community.
  
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Many gay anthems are in the [[dance music]] genre, though the seminal gay anthem, "[[Over the Rainbow]]", gained notoriety because it was sung by an early [[gay icon|LGBT icon]], Judy Garland. Less common, but still notable, are gay [[hardcore punk|garage rock, punk and hardcore]] anthems, such as a number of singles by [[Pansy Division]]. (See also [[Queercore]]).
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The lyrics of gay anthems are often marked with hope against the odds, pride, unity, or defiance. UK [[Wikipedia:LGBT rights]] charity [[Wikipedia:Stonewall (UK)|Stonewall]] named [[Wikipedia:Christina Aguilera]]'s "[[Wikipedia:Beautiful (Christina Aguilera song)|Beautiful]]" the most empowering song of the 2000s decade for LGBT people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stonewall.org.uk/media/current_releases/5511.asp |title=Media: Current Releases |publisher=stonewall.org.uk |accessdate=19 May 2013}}</ref>
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*[[Wikipedia:Template:LGBT]]
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*[[Wikipedia:Portal:LGBT]]
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==Themes==
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Although every song is individual, the criteria for what makes a gay anthem has shown a trend among the years. In the book ''Queer'', the following ten main themes were listed that are common among many, if not all gay anthems:<ref name="queer">{{cite web | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=FPHZbVhQQTUC&printsec=frontcover | title = Queer | work = pp. 26-7. ISBN 1-56025-377-0 | author = Simon Gage, Lisa Richards, and Howard Wilmot. | accessdate = 26 April 2009}}</ref>
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;Big-voiced divas
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Rather than particular songs, this area of gay anthems is more akin to a [[Wikipedia:cult of personality]] of a large gay male following for some particular [[Wikipedia:diva]]-style [[Wikipedia:pop music]] vocalists who are almost always female [[Wikipedia:gay icon]]s. Modern examples include [[Wikipedia:Cher]],[[Wikipedia:Cyndi Lauper]], [[Wikipedia:Britney Spears]], [[Wikipedia:Mariah Carey]], [[Wikipedia:Kylie Minogue]], [[Wikipedia:Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], [[Wikipedia:Barbra Streisand]], [[Wikipedia:Donna Summer]], [[Wikipedia:Diana Ross]], [[Wikipedia:Christina Aguilera]], [[Wikipedia:Adele (singer)|Adele]], [[Wikipedia:P!nk]], [[Wikipedia:Evelyn "Champagne" King]], [[Wikipedia:Beyoncé]], [[Wikipedia:Lady Gaga]] and [[Wikipedia:Miley Cyrus]].
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;Overcoming hardship in love
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Usually a narrative of a wronged lover who comes back stronger than before.
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;You are not alone
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Songs about coming together as a [[Wikipedia:gay community|community]] or reassurance to the lonely that there are others like them out there.
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;Throw your cares away
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A carefree narrative about putting your troubles aside and partying.
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;Hard-won self-esteem
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Here, the theme involves fighting through oppression, darkness or fear to gain freedom, beauty or self-esteem.
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;Celebrating unashamed sexuality
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The theme here is of transcending cultural shame to celebrate one's sexual nature.
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;Search for acceptance
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Songs about a welcoming promised land where the dream of acceptance and belonging and hope lives.
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;Torch song for the world weary
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A narrative about being used, abused and surviving to tell the tale of lament.
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;Love conquers all
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Tales of not giving up on love despite seemingly insurmountable odds.
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;No apologies
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Here, the theme revolves around defiantly living one's life despite what others may want.
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==Songs==
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!Year
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!width=50%|Song
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!width=50%|Artist(s)
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!Reference
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|-
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|1920
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|"[[Wikipedia:Das Lila Lied|The Lavender Song (Das Lila Lied)]]"
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|Lyrics by [[Wikipedia:Kurt Schwabach]]
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|<ref name="Disrupt">{{cite web | url = http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1079945 | title = Disrupted Values, Erupting Culture: Cabaret and the Sexual Persona in Weimar Berlin | work = Social Science Research Network | page = 13| author = Sarah Lippek | accessdate = 26 April 2009}}</ref>
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|-
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|1939
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|"[[Wikipedia:Over the Rainbow]]"
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|rowspan=2|[[Wikipedia:Judy Garland]]
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|<ref name="QueerCinema-Judy">{{cite web | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=Uht9tepzwnkC&printsec=frontcover | title = Judy Garland and Gay Men | work = Queer Cinema ed. Harry M Benshoff and Sean Griffin. p. 162.| author = Richard Dyer | accessdate = 26 April 2009}}</ref><ref name="PinkHitParade">{{cite news | url = http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-pink-hit-parade-sing-if-youre-glad-to-be-gay-422423.html | title = The pink hit parade: Sing if you're glad to be gay | work = The Independent | accessdate = 26 April 2009 | location=London | date=1 November 2006}}</ref>
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|-
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|1954
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|"[[Wikipedia:The Man That Got Away]]"
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|<ref name="CultureClash">{{cite book | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=QBOARyvN-cMC&printsec=frontcover#PPP1,M1 | title = Culture Clash: The Making of Gay Sensibility | author = Michael Bronski | accessdate = 26 April 2009}}</ref>
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|-
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|1955
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|"[[Wikipedia:Tutti Frutti (song)|Tutti Frutti]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Little Richard]]
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|<ref name="Tarts">Joanna Frueh, "[http://www.jstor.org/pss/777915 Tarts, Stars, Jewels, and Faries]," [[Wikipedia:Art Journal (CAA)|Art Journal]], Vol. 58, No. 4. pp. 88-89. College Art Association. Winter 1999.</ref>
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|-
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|1957
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|"[[Wikipedia:Somewhere (song)|Somewhere (There's a Place for Us)]]"
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|From the musical ''[[Wikipedia:West Side Story (musical)|West Side Story]]''
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|<ref name="queer" /><ref name="PinkHitParade" />
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|-
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|1960
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|"[[Wikipedia:As Long as He Needs Me]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Shirley Bassey]]
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|<ref name="queer" /><ref name="PinkHitParade" />
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|-
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|1966
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|"[[Wikipedia:You Don't Have to Say You Love Me]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Dusty Springfield]]
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|<ref name="queer" />
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|-
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|1968
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|"It's A Fine Life"
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|[[Wikipedia:Shani Wallis]], from the motion picture of [[Wikipedia:Oliver! (film)|Oliver!]]
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|<ref name="queer" />
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|-
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|1970
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|"[[Wikipedia:Ain't No Mountain High Enough]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Diana Ross]]
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|<ref name="queer" />
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|-
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|rowspan=3|1972
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|"[[Wikipedia:John, I'm Only Dancing]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:David Bowie]]
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|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/john-im-only-dancing-mt0010676266|author=Dave Thompson|title=John, I'm Only Dancing song review|publisher=AllMusic.com}}</ref>
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|-
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|"Maybe This Time"
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|[[Wikipedia:Liza Minnelli]]
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|<ref name="queer" />
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:All the Young Dudes]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Mott the Hoople]]
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|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://davidbowienews.wordpress.com/2012/07/26/all-the-young-dudes/|title=All The Young Dudes|publisher=davidbowienews.wordpress.com|date=July 26, 2012}}</ref>
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|-
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|1973
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|"Love is The Message"
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|[[Wikipedia:MFSB]]
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|<ref name="Pride">{{cite web|url=http://www.topgaysongs.com/best-gay-pride-songs/169|title=Best Gay Pride Songs|publisher=TopGaySongs.com|date=January 6, 2013}}</ref>
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|-
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|rowspan=3|1975
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|"[[Wikipedia:Sweet Transvestite]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Tim Curry]] from the Motion Picture ''[[Wikipedia:The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]''
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|<ref name="Gayest">{{cite web|url=http://www.samesame.com.au/news/local/2060/And-the-Gayest-Songs-Of-All-Time-Are.htm|title=And the Gayest Songs Of All Time Are....|publisher=samesame.com.au|date=March 7, 2008}}</ref>
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|-
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|"Free Man"
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|[[Wikipedia:South Shore Commission]]
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|<ref name="Friendsatonce">{{cite web | url = http://www.timlawrence.info/articles/pdfs/IWantToSeeAllMyFriendsAtOnce.pdf | title = I Want to See All My Friends At Once’’: Arthur Russell and the Queering of Gay Disco | work = University of East London | author = Tim Lawrence | accessdate = 26 April 2009}}</ref>
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:I Was Born This Way]]"
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|Valentino
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|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.queermusicheritage.us/jun2002v.html|title=Valentino...he was born that way...so was Carl Bean|publisher=QMH|date=June 2002}}</ref>
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|-
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|rowspan=3|1976
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|"[[Wikipedia:Dancing Queen]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:ABBA]]
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|<ref name="queer" /><ref name="PinkHitParade" />
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:I Go to Rio]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Peter Allen]]
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|<ref name="Gayest" />
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:Turn the Beat Around]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Vicki Sue Robinson]]
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|<ref name="queer" />
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|-
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|1977
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|"[[Wikipedia:I Feel Love]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Donna Summer]]
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|<ref>{{cite web |title=Exploring the Effects of Disco’s Beat |url=http://www.rozanehmagazine.com/MarchApril06/Anegarafkhami.pdf | author = Benjamin Genocchio |work=[[Wikipedia:The New York Times]] |date=19 February 2006 |accessdate=26 April 2009}}</ref>
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|-
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|rowspan=7|1978
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|"[[Wikipedia:I Will Survive]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Gloria Gaynor]]
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|<ref name="PinkHitParade" /><ref name="IdentijudytySocial">{{cite web | url = http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=n9C-5XRGg4AC&oi=fnd&pg=PA47&dq=gay+anthem&ots=j2C-toaXy1&sig=QUF_e7vmnuHsODQhgzsJT4fV4Kk#PPA58,M1| title = We're Not Just Lip-synching Here: Music and Collective Identity in Drag Performances | work = Identity Work in Social Movements, p. 58 | author = Elizabeth Kaminski and Verta Taylor | accessdate = 26 April 2009}}</ref><ref name="PopMusic">{{cite web | url = http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=992192| title =  ‘I Will Survive’: musical mappings of queer social space in a disco anthem | work = Popular Music, 26 , pp 231-244 | author = Nadine Hubbs | accessdate = 26 April 2009}}</ref>
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:I'm Every Woman]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Chaka Khan]]
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|<ref name="Gayest" />
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:Copacabana (song)|Copacabana]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Barry Manilow]]
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|<ref name="Gayest" />
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:Glad to Be Gay]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Tom Robinson Band]]
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|<ref>Peter Tatchell. [http://www.petertatchell.net/queer%20theory/not%20glad.htm "Not Glad to Be Gay?"]</ref>
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Sylvester (singer)|Sylvester]]
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|<ref name="PinkHitParade" />
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:Macho Man (song)|Macho Man]]"
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|rowspan=2|[[Wikipedia:Village People]]
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|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2013/08/macho_macho_men_the_village_people_are_back_and_theyre_bringing_the_70s_with_them.html|author=Tris McCall|authorlink=Tris McCall|date=August 23, 2013|title=Macho, macho men: The Village People are back, and they're bringing the '70s with them|publisher=[[Wikipedia:New Jersey On-Line]]}}</ref>
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:Y.M.C.A. (song)|Y.M.C.A.]]"
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|<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.spin.com/articles/ymca-oral-history | title = "Y.M.C.A." (An Oral History) | work = Spin magazine | author = Jeff Perlman | accessdate = 26 April 2009}}</ref>
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|-
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|rowspan=7|1979
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|"[[Wikipedia:Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)]]
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|ABBA
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|<ref name="PinkHitParade" />
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:Boys Keep Swinging]]"
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|David Bowie
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|<ref name="PinkHitParade" />
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|-
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|"If You Don't Want to Fuck Me (Then Baby Fuck Off)"
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|[[Wikipedia:Jayne County]]
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|<ref name="queer" />
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:Don't Stop Me Now]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Queen (band)|Queen]]
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|<ref name="PinkHitParade" />
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:We Are Family (song)|We Are Family]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Sister Sledge]]
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|<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.socresonline.org.uk/cgi-bin/perlfect/search/search.pl?q=imagery&showurl=/5/3/roseneil.html | title = Queer Frameworks and Queer Tendencies: Towards an Understanding of Postmodern Transformations of Sexuality | work = Sociological Research Online, vol. 5, no. 3 | author = Sasha Roseneil | accessdate = 26 April 2009}}{{subscription required}}</ref>
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)]]"
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|Donna Summer & [[Wikipedia:Barbra Streisand]]
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|<ref name="queer" />
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:Go West (song)|Go West]]"
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|Village People
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|<ref name="PinkHitParade" />
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|-
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|1980
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|"[[Wikipedia:I'm Coming Out]]"
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|Diana Ross
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|<ref name="PinkHitParade" /><ref>{{cite web | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=8MJGM51nbOwC&printsec=frontcover#PPP7,M1 | title = The mining community and the ageing body | work = Realizing community Ed. By Vered Amit, European Association of Social Anthropologists | author = Andrew Dawson | accessdate = 26 April 2009}}</ref>
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|-
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|rowspan=4|1982
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|"[[Wikipedia:I've Never Been to Me]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Charlene (singer)|Charlene]]
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|<ref name="Gayest" />
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:Do You Really Want to Hurt Me]]?"
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|[[Wikipedia:Culture Club]]
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|<ref name="PinkHitParade" />
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Jennifer Holliday]]
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|<ref name="queer" />
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:It's Raining Men]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:The Weather Girls]]
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|<ref name="queer" /><ref name="PinkHitParade" />
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|-
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|rowspan=5|1983
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|"So Many Men, So Little Time"
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|[[Wikipedia:Miquel Brown]]
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|<ref name="queer" /><ref name="PinkHitParade" />
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:I Am What I Am (Broadway musical song)|I Am What I Am]]"
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|From the musical ''[[Wikipedia:La Cage aux Folles (musical)|La Cage aux Folles]]''
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|<ref name="PinkHitParade" /><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/428421 | title = When the Girls Are Men: Negotiating Gender and Sexual Dynamics in a Study of Drag Queens | work = Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 2005, vol. 30, no. 4| author = Verta Taylor and Leila J. Rupp | accessdate = 26 April 2009}}</ref>
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:Girls Just Want to Have Fun]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Cyndi Lauper]]
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|<ref name="Gayest" />
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:Holiday (Madonna song)|Holiday]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]
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|<ref name="queer" />
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:Hand in Glove]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:The Smiths]]
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|<ref>Warnes, A. "Black, white and blue: The racial antagonism of The Smiths' record sleeves," [[Wikipedia:Popular Music]], 2007. Cambridge University Press.</ref>
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|-
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|rowspan="5"|1984
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|"[[Wikipedia:Smalltown Boy]]"
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|rowspan="2"|[[Wikipedia:Bronski Beat]]
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|<ref name="queer" />
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:Why? (Bronski Beat song)|Why?]]"
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|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/andifraggs/posts/132393193566752 |title=Looking forward to... |work=www.facebook.com |date=2012-07-03 |accessdate=2012-09-22}}</ref>
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Dead or Alive (band)|Dead or Alive]]
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|<ref name="Gayest" />
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:I Want to Break Free]]"
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|Queen
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|<ref name="Gayest" />
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Wham!]]
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|<ref name="Gayest" />
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|-
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|rowspan=2|1985
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|"[[Wikipedia:Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Eurythmics]] and [[Wikipedia:Aretha Franklin]]
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|<ref name="queer" />
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:Chain Reaction (song)|Chain Reaction]]"
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|Diana Ross
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|<ref name="Gayest" />
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|-
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|rowspan=4|1986
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|"[[Wikipedia:¿A quién le importa?]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Alaska y Dinarama]]
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|<ref name="MSNewsl">{{cite web | url = http://noticias.es.msn.com/gay/fotos.aspx?cp-documentid=152161185&page=10| title = Grandes himnos gay. Great Gay Anthems}}</ref><ref name="Canciones Gays">{{cite web | url =http://cancionesgays.blogspot.com/2010/06/quien-le-importa-alaska-y-dinarama.html| title =  ‘A Quien Le Importa Cancion gay}}</ref><ref name="Musicas Gay">{{cite web | url =http://yosoybear.obolog.com/musica-gay-quien-le-importa-alaska-dinarama-241655| title =Musica Gay }}</ref><ref name="Best Gay Anthem">{{cite web | url =http://listas.20minutos.es/lista/el-mejor-himno-gay-43070/ | title =Best Gay Anthem}}</ref><ref name="Youtube A Quien Le Importa- Fangoria Documentary Gay Pride Parade footage at the ending playing A Quien Le Importa by Alaska">{{cite web | url =http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA9d0vtiIr4| title = Fangoria documentary}}</ref>
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:Don't Leave Me This Way#The Communards version|Don't Leave Me This Way]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:The Communards]]
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|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2010/01/the-communards-dont-leave-me-this-way/ |title=THE COMMUNARDS – "Don’t Leave Me This Way" |work=freakytrigger.co.uk |date=2010-01-05 |accessdate=2013-05-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://madcap156.wordpress.com/2010/05/15/guilty-pleasures/ |title=Guilty pleasures |work=madcap156.wordpress.com |date=2010-05-15 |accessdate=2013-05-20}}</ref>
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:True Colors (song)|True Colors]]"
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|Cyndi Lauper
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|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.performingartslive.com/Events/Gay-Mens-Chorus-of-Los-Angeles--anti-bullying-music-video-1029201021270 |title=Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles -anti-bullying music video |publisher=Performing Arts Live |date=2012-05-24 |accessdate=2013-12-04}}</ref><ref>[http://www.afterellen.com/music/2010/12/pink-katy-perry-and-kesha-songs-all-angle-to-become-gay-anthems-but-will-they?page=1 Pink, Katy Perry and Ke$ha songs all angle to become gay anthems, but will they? | Gossip, Theater, Sports & Politics About & For Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Women | AfterEllen.co...]{{dead link|date=December 2013}}</ref>
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:So Macho]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Sinitta]]
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|<ref name="PinkHitParade" />
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|-
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|rowspan=3|1987
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|"[[Wikipedia:I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Whitney Houston]]
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|<ref name="Gayest" />
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to My Room)]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Paul Lekakis]]
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|<ref name="Gayest" />
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:Express Yourself (Madonna song)|Express Yourself]]"
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|Madonna
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|<ref name="Gayest" />
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|-
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|rowspan=2|1988
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|"Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls"
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|[[Wikipedia:Book of Love (band)|Book of Love]]
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|<ref name="Pride" />
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:A Little Respect]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Erasure]]
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|<ref name="queer" />
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|-
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|rowspan=2|1989
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|"[[Wikipedia:I Want That Man]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Debbie Harry|Deborah Harry]]
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|<ref name="Gayest" />
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|-
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|"Closer to Fine"
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|[[Wikipedia:Indigo Girls]]
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|<ref name="Lesbian">{{cite web|url=http://www.topgaysongs.com/top-songs/top-50-lesbian-songs|title=Top Lesbian Songs|publisher=TopGaySongs.com|year=2013}}</ref>
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|-
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|rowspan=3|1990
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|"[[Wikipedia:Summer Rain (Belinda Carlisle song)|Summer Rain]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Belinda Carlisle]]
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|<ref name="Gayest" />
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:Justify My Love]]"
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|rowspan=2|Madonna
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|<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.thirdspace.ca/journal/rt/printerFriendly/thrift/112 | title = Appropriate the Stereotype: Cultural Appropriations and the Queer, Lesbian, and Gay Spectatorships of Madonna and Martha Stewart | work = thirdspace, volume 2 issue 2 (March 2003)| author = Samantha C. Thrift | accessdate = 26 April 2009}}</ref>
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:Vogue (Madonna song)|Vogue]]"
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|<ref name="PinkHitParade" />
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|-
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|rowspan=2|1991
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|"[[Wikipedia:Finally (CeCe Peniston song)|Finally]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:CeCe Peniston]]
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|"[[Wikipedia:The Show Must Go On (Queen song)|The Show Must Go On]]"
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|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/the-show-must-go-on-mt0001162806|author=Ed Rivadavia|title=The Show Must Go On|publisher=AllMusic.com}}</ref>
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|"[[Wikipedia:Deeper and Deeper]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]
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|"[[Wikipedia:Constant Craving]]"
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|"[[Wikipedia:Supermodel (You Better Work)]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Dannii Minogue]]
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|[[Wikipedia:Johnna Lee Cummings|Johnna]]
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|"[[Wikipedia:Young Hearts Run Free]]"
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|"[[Wikipedia:Outside (George Michael song)|Outside]]"
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|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://listas.20minutos.es/lista/el-mejor-himno-gay-43070/|title=El mejor HIMNO GAY!|publisher=listas.20minutos.es|date=29 August 2008|accessdate=11/3/2011}}</ref>
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|"[[Wikipedia:Strong Enough (Cher song)|Strong Enough]]"
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|"[[Wikipedia:New York City Boy]]"
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|"Proud"
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|[[Wikipedia:Heather Small]]
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|"[[Wikipedia:Can't Get You Out of My Head]]"
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|rowspan=2|[[Wikipedia:Kylie Minogue]]
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:Your Disco Needs You]]"
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|<ref>{{cite news|last=Llewellyn|first=Caspar|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2006/nov/02/gayanthems|title=Reveal your gay anthems to the world &#124; Music &#124; guardian.co.uk|publisher=Guardian|date=2 November 2006|accessdate=1 September 2010 |location=London}}</ref>
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|"[[Wikipedia:Beautiful (Christina Aguilera song)|Beautiful]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Christina Aguilera]]
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|<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/fashion/07ANTHEM.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all | work=The New York Times | first=Alex | last=Hawgood | title=Ke$ha and Katy Perry Sing for Gay Rights | date=5 November 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a313129/christina-aguilera-tops-empowering-song-poll.html |title=Christina Aguilera tops 'empowering' song poll |publisher=digitalspy.co.uk |date=7 April 2011 |accessdate=19 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Savage |first=Dan |url=http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2011/04/02/it-gets-better-columbus-gay-mens-chorus-and-columbus-childrens-choir |title=It Gets Better: Columbus Gay Men's Chorus and Columbus Children's Choir |publisher=slog.thestranger.com |date=2 April 2011 |accessdate=19 May 2013}}</ref><ref name="Massachusetts" >Siegel, Joe. [http://www.therainbowtimesmass.com/2011/12/13/state-house-vigil-held-in-wake-of-gay-suicides/ "State House Vigil held in wake of Gay Suicides"] ''The Rainbow Times''. Retrieved 31 January 2013.</ref>
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|"Endangered Species"
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|[[Wikipedia:Dianne Reeves]]
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|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jazztimes.com/articles/26802-rhapsody-in-rainbow-jazz-and-the-queer-aesthetic |title=Rhapsody in Rainbow: Jazz and the Queer Aesthetic |publisher=Jazz Times |date= December 2010 |accessdate=27 November 2010}}</ref>
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|"[[Wikipedia:All the Things She Said]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:t.A.T.u.]]
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|"[[Wikipedia:¿A quién le importa?]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Thalía]]
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|2003
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|"[[Wikipedia:Defying Gravity (song)|Defying Gravity]]"
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|Introduced by [[Wikipedia:Idina Menzel]], from the musical ''[[Wikipedia:Wicked (musical)|Wicked]]''
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|2004
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|"[[Wikipedia:Take Your Mama]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Scissor Sisters]]
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|"[[Wikipedia:Todos Me Miran]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Gloria Trevi]]
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|"[[Wikipedia:Marica tú]]", parody of [[Wikipedia:Dragostea Din Tei]]
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|Los Morancos de Triana, a Spanish comedy duo
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|"[[Wikipedia:Fuck You (Lily Allen song)|Fuck You]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Lily Allen]]
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|<ref>{{cite web|title=Song: Fuck You by Lily Allen and Stevie Bee Bishop – Anti-Hate Collab Music Video|url=http://gayswithoutborders.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/song-fuck-you-by-lily-allen-and-stevie-bee-bishop-anti-hate-collab-music-video/|work=Gays Without Borders|accessdate=25 November 2012}}</ref>
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:Bad Romance]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Lady Gaga]]
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|<ref>Gaga thanks Gays for Remakes http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1647670/lady-gagas-bad-romance-nabs-best-pop-video.jhtml</ref>
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:When Love Takes Over]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:David Guetta]] feat.[[Wikipedia:Kelly Rowland]]
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|<ref>Almighty Presents Gay Anthems, amazon.com http://www.amazon.co.uk/Almighty-Presents-Anthems-When-Takes/dp/B004WB9OP0</ref>
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|-
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|rowspan=6|2010
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|"[[Wikipedia:Dancing on My Own]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Robyn]]
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|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afterellen.com/people/robyn-discusses-her-lesbian-haircut-and-gay-fans-in-out |title=Robyn discusses her "lesbian haircut" and gay fans in "Out" |publisher=AfterEllen.com |date=2011-05-18 |accessdate=2013-05-20}}</ref>
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:Raise Your Glass]]"
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|rowspan=2|[[Wikipedia:Pink (singer)|Pink]]
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|<ref>{{cite web|last=Snarker |first=Dorothy |url=http://www.afterellen.com/music/2010/12/pink-katy-perry-and-kesha-songs-all-angle-to-become-gay-anthems-but-will-they |title=Pink, Katy Perry and Ke$ha songs all angle to become gay anthems, but will they? |publisher=AfterEllen.com |date=2010-12-03 |accessdate=2013-05-20}}</ref>
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:Fuckin' Perfect]]"
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|"[[Wikipedia:Get Outta My Way]]"
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|rowspan=2|Kylie Minogue
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:All The Lovers]]"
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:Firework (song)|Firework]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Katy Perry]]
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|<ref>{{cite web|last=Kinser |first=Jeremy |url=http://www.advocate.com/news/daily-news/2011/08/08/gay-anthems-compete-new-mtv-category |title=Gay Anthems Compete for New MTV Category |publisher=Advocate.com |date=2011-08-08 |accessdate=2013-05-20}}</ref>
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|-
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|rowspan="3"|2011
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|"[[Wikipedia:Born This Way]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Lady Gaga]]
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|<ref name="MTV">{{cite web|last=Vena |first=Jocelyn |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1657772/lady-gaga-born-this-way.jhtml |title=Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way': The New Gay Anthem? |publisher=mtv.com |date=11 February 2011 |accessdate=19 May 2013}}</ref>
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:Será Será]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Ricky Martin]]
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|<ref name="Songfacts">{{cite web|last=Vena |first=Jocelyn |url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=22001 |date=19 January 2014 |accessdate=19 January 2014}}</ref>
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|-
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|"¡Basta Ya!"
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|[[Wikipedia:Ricky Martin]]
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|<ref name="MTV">{{cite web|last=Vena |first=Jocelyn |url=http://www.mtv.es/noticias/ricky-martin-por-que-matar-a-un-joven-por-ser-gay-basta-ya-679110/|date=19 January 2014 |accessdate=19 January 2014}}</ref>
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|rowspan="3"|2012
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|"[[Wikipedia:Let's Have a Kiki]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Scissor Sisters]]
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|<ref name="Gawker">{{cite web|url=http://gawker.com/5926487/gay-anthem-lets-have-a-kiki-is-everyones-anthem?utm_campaign=socialflow_gawker_twitter&utm_source=gawker_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow |title=Gay Anthem 'Let's Have a Kiki' Is Everyone's Anthem |publisher=gawker.com |accessdate=19 May 2013}}</ref>
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|-
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|"If It's Wrong"
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|[[Wikipedia:Andi Fraggs]]
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|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.beigeuk.com/2012/08/interview-andi-fraggs |title=Interview: Andi Fraggs - Beige Magazine |work=www.beigeuk.com |accessdate=2012-08-27}}</ref>
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|-
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|"Eres Tú"
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|[[Wikipedia:Carla Morrison]]
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|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://music.remezcla.com/2012/latin/carla-morrison-eres-tu-music-video/ |title= Carla Morrison Big Gay Wedding |work=music.remezcla.com |accessdate=2014-01-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/uponsun/2013/05/carla-morrison-english-songs-mim-theater-review.php|title=Carla Morrison Gay Wedding Anthem|publisher=http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/|date=5 January 2014}}</ref>
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|rowspan="8"|2013
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|"[[Wikipedia:People Like Us (Kelly Clarkson song)|People Like Us]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Kelly Clarkson]]
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|<ref>{{cite web|last=Gilchrist |first=Tracy E. |url=http://www.shewired.com/box-office/2012/11/14/listen-kelly-clarksons-gay-anthem-people-us |title=Listen: Kelly Clarkson's Gay Anthem 'People Like Us' |publisher=shewired.com |date=14 November 2012 |accessdate=19 May 2013}}</ref>
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|-
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|"Right to Fall"
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|[[Wikipedia:Jessica Sanchez]]
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|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.afterellen.com/node/107172 |title=Jessica Sanchez sings about equal love |publisher=www.afterellen.com |date=1 May 2013 |accessdate=20 May 2013}}</ref>
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|"La différence"
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|[[Wikipedia:Lara Fabian]]
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|"Free"
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|[[Wikipedia:Liza Fox]]
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|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://music.broadwayworld.com/article/Princess-X-to-Release-New-Single-FREE-Today-20130703 |title=Princess X Releases New Single 'FREE' Today |publisher=Broadway World |date=4 July 2013 |accessdate=23 July 2013}}</ref>
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|"Take It Like a Man"
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|[[Wikipedia:Cher]]
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|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.towleroad.com/2013/09/need-some-cher-in-your-day-stream-her-whole-album-now.html |title=Info on Cher's new gay anthem, "Take It Like a Man"  |publisher=www.towleroad.com|date=17 October 2013 |accessdate=17 October 2013}}</ref>
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:Work Bitch]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Britney Spears]]
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|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.queerty.com/britney-work-bitch-is-about-respecting-the-gays-yall-20131018/ |title=Interview: Britney: "Work Bitch" Is About Respecting Gays, Y'all |work=www.queerty.com |accessdate=2013-10-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/82572442.html?page=3|title=Britney Spears Says 'Work Bitch' Is 'In Respect To The Gays'|publisher=www.ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com|date=18 October 2013 |accessdate=19 October 2013}}</ref>
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|"[[Wikipedia:Brave (Sara Bareilles song)|Brave]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Sara Bareilles]]
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|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/04/26/with-sara-bareilless-brave-lgbt-themes-become-even-more-a-pop-norm}}</ref>
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|-
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|"[[Wikipedia:Let It Go (Disney song)|Let It Go]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Idina Menzel]] / [[Wikipedia:Demi Lovato]] from the Disney Animated Motion Picture [[Wikipedia:Frozen (2013 film)]]
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|<ref>{{cite web|title=Disney's Frozen and the LGBT Community|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_r0QTzg6Bw|work=YouTube Video|publisher=Geek and Sundry Vlogs|accessdate=30 March 2014}}</ref>
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|2014
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|"[[Wikipedia:Let Them Love (Kandi song)|Let Them Love]]"
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|[[Wikipedia:Kandi Burruss]]
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|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.projectqatlanta.com/news_articles/view/kandi_burruss_drops_your_next_gay_anthem?gid=14973}}</ref>
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A '''gay anthem''' is a [[Wikipedia:song]] that has become widely popular among, or has become identified with, the [[Wikipedia:gay community]]; usually with [[Wikipedia:gay men]]. The lyrics of gay anthems are often marked with hope against the odds, pride, unity, or defiance. The most notable [[Wikipedia:English language]] gay anthems include "[[Wikipedia:Over the Rainbow]]", performed by [[Wikipedia:Judy Garland]] in ''[[Wikipedia:The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]''; "[[Wikipedia:I'm Coming Out]]", performed by [[Wikipedia:Diana Ross]]; "[[Wikipedia:I Will Survive]]", performed by [[Wikipedia:Gloria Gaynor]]; and "[[Wikipedia:It's Raining Men]]", performed by [[Wikipedia:The Weather Girls]].
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Many gay anthems are in the [[Wikipedia:dance music]] genre, though the seminal gay anthem, "[[Wikipedia:Over the Rainbow]]", gained notoriety because it was sung by an early [[Wikipedia:gay icon|LGBT icon]], Judy Garland. Less common, but still notable, are gay [[Wikipedia:hardcore punk|garage rock, punk and hardcore]] anthems, such as a number of singles by [[Wikipedia:Pansy Division]]. (See also [[Wikipedia:Queercore]]).
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
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*''[[Wikipedia:Gay Anthems]]''
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*[[Wikipedia:LGBT marketing]]
 
*[[sexual minority cultures]]
 
*[[sexual minority cultures]]
 
*[[gay icon]]
 
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A gay anthem is a song (WP) that has become widely popular among, or has become identified with, the gay community, as referring to homosexual men, but some of these songs may also become anthems for the rest of the LGBT community.

The lyrics of gay anthems are often marked with hope against the odds, pride, unity, or defiance. UK Wikipedia:LGBT rights charity Stonewall named Wikipedia:Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful" the most empowering song of the 2000s decade for LGBT people.[1]

Themes[edit]

Although every song is individual, the criteria for what makes a gay anthem has shown a trend among the years. In the book Queer, the following ten main themes were listed that are common among many, if not all gay anthems:[2]

Big-voiced divas

Rather than particular songs, this area of gay anthems is more akin to a Wikipedia:cult of personality of a large gay male following for some particular Wikipedia:diva-style Wikipedia:pop music vocalists who are almost always female Wikipedia:gay icons. Modern examples include Wikipedia:Cher,Wikipedia:Cyndi Lauper, Wikipedia:Britney Spears, Wikipedia:Mariah Carey, Wikipedia:Kylie Minogue, Madonna, Wikipedia:Barbra Streisand, Wikipedia:Donna Summer, Wikipedia:Diana Ross, Wikipedia:Christina Aguilera, Adele, Wikipedia:P!nk, Wikipedia:Evelyn "Champagne" King, Wikipedia:Beyoncé, Wikipedia:Lady Gaga and Wikipedia:Miley Cyrus.

Overcoming hardship in love

Usually a narrative of a wronged lover who comes back stronger than before.

You are not alone

Songs about coming together as a community or reassurance to the lonely that there are others like them out there.

Throw your cares away

A carefree narrative about putting your troubles aside and partying.

Hard-won self-esteem

Here, the theme involves fighting through oppression, darkness or fear to gain freedom, beauty or self-esteem.

Celebrating unashamed sexuality

The theme here is of transcending cultural shame to celebrate one's sexual nature.

Search for acceptance

Songs about a welcoming promised land where the dream of acceptance and belonging and hope lives.

Torch song for the world weary

A narrative about being used, abused and surviving to tell the tale of lament.

Love conquers all

Tales of not giving up on love despite seemingly insurmountable odds.

No apologies

Here, the theme revolves around defiantly living one's life despite what others may want.

Songs[edit]

Year Song Artist(s) Reference
1920 "The Lavender Song (Das Lila Lied)" Lyrics by Wikipedia:Kurt Schwabach [3]
1939 "Wikipedia:Over the Rainbow" Wikipedia:Judy Garland [4][5]
1954 "Wikipedia:The Man That Got Away" [6]
1955 "Tutti Frutti" Wikipedia:Little Richard [7]
1957 "Somewhere (There's a Place for Us)" From the musical West Side Story [2][5]
1960 "Wikipedia:As Long as He Needs Me" Wikipedia:Shirley Bassey [2][5]
1966 "Wikipedia:You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" Wikipedia:Dusty Springfield [2]
1968 "It's A Fine Life" Wikipedia:Shani Wallis, from the motion picture of Oliver! [2]
1970 "Wikipedia:Ain't No Mountain High Enough" Wikipedia:Diana Ross [2]
1972 "Wikipedia:John, I'm Only Dancing" Wikipedia:David Bowie [8]
"Maybe This Time" Wikipedia:Liza Minnelli [2]
"Wikipedia:All the Young Dudes" Wikipedia:Mott the Hoople [9]
1973 "Love is The Message" Wikipedia:MFSB [10]
1975 "Wikipedia:Sweet Transvestite" Wikipedia:Tim Curry from the Motion Picture Wikipedia:The Rocky Horror Picture Show [11]
"Free Man" Wikipedia:South Shore Commission [12]
"Wikipedia:I Was Born This Way" Valentino [13]
1976 "Wikipedia:Dancing Queen" Wikipedia:ABBA [2][5]
"Wikipedia:I Go to Rio" Wikipedia:Peter Allen [11]
"Wikipedia:Turn the Beat Around" Wikipedia:Vicki Sue Robinson [2]
1977 "Wikipedia:I Feel Love" Wikipedia:Donna Summer [14]
1978 "Wikipedia:I Will Survive" Wikipedia:Gloria Gaynor [5][15][16]
"Wikipedia:I'm Every Woman" Wikipedia:Chaka Khan [11]
"Copacabana" Wikipedia:Barry Manilow [11]
"Wikipedia:Glad to Be Gay" Wikipedia:Tom Robinson Band [17]
"Wikipedia:You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" Sylvester [5]
"Macho Man" Wikipedia:Village People [18]
"Y.M.C.A." [19]
1979 "Wikipedia:Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) ABBA [5]
"Wikipedia:Boys Keep Swinging" David Bowie [5]
"If You Don't Want to Fuck Me (Then Baby Fuck Off)" Wikipedia:Jayne County [2]
"Wikipedia:Don't Stop Me Now" Queen [5]
"We Are Family" Wikipedia:Sister Sledge [20]
"Wikipedia:No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" Donna Summer & Wikipedia:Barbra Streisand [2]
"Go West" Village People [5]
1980 "Wikipedia:I'm Coming Out" Diana Ross [5][21]
1982 "Wikipedia:I've Never Been to Me" Charlene [11]
"Wikipedia:Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?" Wikipedia:Culture Club [5]
"Wikipedia:And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" Wikipedia:Jennifer Holliday [2]
"Wikipedia:It's Raining Men" Wikipedia:The Weather Girls [2][5]
1983 "So Many Men, So Little Time" Wikipedia:Miquel Brown [2][5]
"I Am What I Am" From the musical La Cage aux Folles [5][22]
"Wikipedia:Girls Just Want to Have Fun" Wikipedia:Cyndi Lauper [11]
"Holiday" Madonna [2]
"Wikipedia:Hand in Glove" Wikipedia:The Smiths [23]
1984 "Wikipedia:Smalltown Boy" Wikipedia:Bronski Beat [2]
"Why?" [24]
"Wikipedia:You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" Dead or Alive [11]
"Wikipedia:I Want to Break Free" Queen [11]
"Wikipedia:Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" Wikipedia:Wham! [11]
1985 "Wikipedia:Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves" Wikipedia:Eurythmics and Wikipedia:Aretha Franklin [2]
"Chain Reaction" Diana Ross [11]
1986 "Wikipedia:¿A quién le importa?" Wikipedia:Alaska y Dinarama [25][26][27][28][29]
"Don't Leave Me This Way" Wikipedia:The Communards [30][31]
"True Colors" Cyndi Lauper [32][33]
"Wikipedia:So Macho" Wikipedia:Sinitta [5]
1987 "Wikipedia:I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" Wikipedia:Whitney Houston [11]
"Wikipedia:Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to My Room)" Wikipedia:Paul Lekakis [11]
"Express Yourself" Madonna [11]
1988 "Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls" Book of Love [10]
"Wikipedia:A Little Respect" Wikipedia:Erasure [2]
1989 "Wikipedia:I Want That Man" Deborah Harry [11]
"Closer to Fine" Wikipedia:Indigo Girls [34]
1990 "Summer Rain" Wikipedia:Belinda Carlisle [11]
"Wikipedia:Justify My Love" Madonna [35]
"Vogue" [5]
1991 "Finally" Wikipedia:CeCe Peniston [2]
"The Show Must Go On" Queen [36]
1992 "Wikipedia:Deeper and Deeper" Madonna [11]
"Wikipedia:Constant Craving" Wikipedia:k.d. lang [11]
"Wikipedia:Supermodel (You Better Work)" Wikipedia:RuPaul [11]
1993 "Wikipedia:Come to My Window" Wikipedia:Melissa Etheridge [34]
"Yes I Am" [34]
"This Is It" Wikipedia:Dannii Minogue [11]
1995 "I Kissed a Girl" Wikipedia:Jill Sobule [37]
1996 "Pride" Johnna [10]
1997 "Wikipedia:Young Hearts Run Free" Wikipedia:Kym Mazelle [11]
"Free" Wikipedia:Ultra Naté [2]
1998 "Outside" Wikipedia:George Michael [5]
"Believe" Wikipedia:Cher [38]
1999 "Strong Enough" Cher [11]
"Wikipedia:New York City Boy" Pet Shop Boys [11]
2000 "Proud" Wikipedia:Heather Small [11]
2001 "Wikipedia:Can't Get You Out of My Head" Wikipedia:Kylie Minogue [5]
"Wikipedia:Your Disco Needs You" [39]
2002 "Beautiful" Wikipedia:Christina Aguilera [40][41][42][43]
"Endangered Species" Wikipedia:Dianne Reeves [44]
"Wikipedia:All the Things She Said" Wikipedia:t.A.T.u. [34]
"Wikipedia:¿A quién le importa?" Wikipedia:Thalía [45]
2003 "Defying Gravity" Introduced by Wikipedia:Idina Menzel, from the musical Wicked [46]
2004 "Wikipedia:Take Your Mama" Wikipedia:Scissor Sisters [5]
2006 "Wikipedia:Todos Me Miran" Wikipedia:Gloria Trevi [47]
"Wikipedia:Marica tú", parody of Wikipedia:Dragostea Din Tei Los Morancos de Triana, a Spanish comedy duo [48]
2009 "Fuck You" Wikipedia:Lily Allen [49]
"Wikipedia:Bad Romance" Wikipedia:Lady Gaga [50]
"Wikipedia:When Love Takes Over" Wikipedia:David Guetta feat.Wikipedia:Kelly Rowland [51]
2010 "Wikipedia:Dancing on My Own" Wikipedia:Robyn [52]
"Wikipedia:Raise Your Glass" Pink [53]
"Wikipedia:Fuckin' Perfect" [54]
"Wikipedia:Get Outta My Way" Kylie Minogue [55]
"Wikipedia:All The Lovers"
"Firework" Wikipedia:Katy Perry [56]
2011 "Wikipedia:Born This Way" Wikipedia:Lady Gaga [57]
"Wikipedia:Será Será" Wikipedia:Ricky Martin [58]
"¡Basta Ya!" Wikipedia:Ricky Martin [57]
2012 "Wikipedia:Let's Have a Kiki" Wikipedia:Scissor Sisters [59]
"If It's Wrong" Wikipedia:Andi Fraggs [60]
"Eres Tú" Wikipedia:Carla Morrison [61][62]
2013 "People Like Us" Wikipedia:Kelly Clarkson [63]
"Right to Fall" Wikipedia:Jessica Sanchez [64]
"La différence" Wikipedia:Lara Fabian [65]
"Free" Wikipedia:Liza Fox [66]
"Take It Like a Man" Wikipedia:Cher [67]
"Wikipedia:Work Bitch" Wikipedia:Britney Spears [68][69]
"Brave" Wikipedia:Sara Bareilles [70]
"Let It Go" Wikipedia:Idina Menzel / Wikipedia:Demi Lovato from the Disney Animated Motion Picture Wikipedia:Frozen (2013 film) [71]
2014 "Let Them Love" Wikipedia:Kandi Burruss [72]


A gay anthem is a Wikipedia:song that has become widely popular among, or has become identified with, the Wikipedia:gay community; usually with Wikipedia:gay men. The lyrics of gay anthems are often marked with hope against the odds, pride, unity, or defiance. The most notable Wikipedia:English language gay anthems include "Wikipedia:Over the Rainbow", performed by Wikipedia:Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz; "Wikipedia:I'm Coming Out", performed by Wikipedia:Diana Ross; "Wikipedia:I Will Survive", performed by Wikipedia:Gloria Gaynor; and "Wikipedia:It's Raining Men", performed by Wikipedia:The Weather Girls.

Many gay anthems are in the Wikipedia:dance music genre, though the seminal gay anthem, "Wikipedia:Over the Rainbow", gained notoriety because it was sung by an early LGBT icon, Judy Garland. Less common, but still notable, are gay garage rock, punk and hardcore anthems, such as a number of singles by Wikipedia:Pansy Division. (See also Wikipedia:Queercore).

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Trivial: song, English language


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