We queer folks have good reason to take pride in our music. Gay and lesbian artists have created much of the music the world enjoys, and queer fans have danced many a pop star right to the top.
So what songs belong on our Pride song list? What music makes you feel the greatest sense of queer pride? Does a great dance track remind you of the night you first went out to a gay club? Does your local gay chorus sing one especially moving show tune every holiday season?
It's up to you to choose! We offer 10 sensational gay anthems -- and give you the back story on each -- then invite you to vote for the most fabulous of them all. Christina Aguilera or Diana Ross? Gloria Gaynor or Judy Garland? You tell us, and we'll post the results.
"Beautiful," by Christina Aguilera
The heartbreakingly beautiful lyrics about acceptance and empowerment had the gay community at hello, but it was the video that featured trans people and boy-on-boy lip-locking that made Christina Aguilera a mini-gay icon and "Beautiful" a modern Pride classic.
Aguilera reportedly cried during the recording and demanded a more "polished" take. But openly lesbian producer Linda Perry refused, and after seven months of arguing over the vocal, Aguilera finally agreed to allow the "unpolished" version to be released. When aren't lesbians right?
VOTE HERE!
http://www.gay.com/content/quiz/?id=3957&navpath=/channels//pride/
