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THE GAY ’80S, ’90S AND ’00S
While there have, undoubtedly, been signifint ton LGBT history earlier s, I believe the Eighti was a particularly important perd. That saw a major shift towards the emergence of a global gay culture. The gay genie me right out of s ltle pk bottle and to the streets (and the * gay 80 90 *
Rumors had been swirlg for years around Michael’s sexualy but nothg was ever nfirmed by him prr to this song’s release (shortly thereafter he me out as bisexual, before g out as gay further down the le). While there’s nothg explicly homosexual the play, many believe that the ma characters Vladimir and Estragon are an ageg homosexual uple, who are worn out and not engagg sexually any longer. Nile Rodgers (om the band Chic), who was workg wh Ross on material for her album Diana, got the spiratn for the song after seeg multiple drag queens drsed as Ross at a gay-iendly New York Cy club.
Sure, RuPl had already broken before this song and movie (see our number one song) and the mid-’90s were surprisgly gay-iendly — To Wong Foo was sandwiched between the release of two other celebrated and succsful mastream LGBTQ films, The Adventur of Priscilla, Queen of the Dert 1994 and The Birdge 1996. Although only reached number 46 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, was a number one h on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play, large part bee so many gay men loved the song — after all, was fun, sexy, danceable and mpy.
Charts after a Facebook mpaign was lnched to get the song back on the charts rponse to a polician who blamed floodg and adverse weather on gay marriage. Martha Wash and Izora Armstead may not be LGBTQ, but the duo, pecially Wash, are nsired to be gay ins today, thanks large part to “It’s Rag Men. 1990 was the year that the unrground gay ball scene sort of went mastream, thanks large part to this Billboard Hot 100 number one h om one of the most famo artists the world at the time.
GAYSPE #10: GROWG UP GAY THE 80’S AND 90’S
Prime-time soap hunks and nascent superstars livered the beefke, while Stallone and Schwarzenegger changed the ial male body to impossible standards that gay men still stggle to achieve. * gay 80 90 *
For those unfaiar, the New York Cy ball scene was an LGBTQ subculture where different ho — mostly Black and Lat gay, bi, lbian and trans people — walked (or peted) for trophi tegori such as Face, Body, Butch Queen Realns, Femme Queen Realns, miscellaneo drag and Vogueg. But I’m sure Ru uldn’t have imaged that 27 years later, not only would his song still be played gay bars, but people all over the world, both LGBTQ and our alli, would still be sayg l om this song, thanks to their cln a realy show lled RuPl’s Drag Race. Eher way, g out as gay was a life-changg (and liberatg) cisn for Ricky Mart, and he is now nsired one of the most fluential LGBT artists the world.
In this lson, stunts rearch and create a timele that illtrat how attus towards gay and lbian issu have changed over the last thirty years. * gay 80 90 *
That beg said, Gee Michael’s ntributn to LGBT right was immense, and he will always be remembered as one of the most proment gay sgers of all time. The song spent 19 weeks on the top of the Billboard Hot 100 – meanwhile, Lil Nas X me out as gay, which ma him the first artist to do so while beg on the top of the chart.
So here go, for the first time an terview: Fuck you Katy Perry, you fuckg stupid, maybe ‘not good for the gays, ’ tle-thievg, haven’t heard much else, so not que sure if you’re talented, fuckg ltle slut. His g out got a lot of media attentn and he got a lot of support om NSYNC fans, but he was cricised for referrg to himself as “straight-actg”, which perpetuat gay stereotyp and perpetuat margalisatn of gay men who act more feme. In the UK, the Thatcher ernment created Sectn 28 of the Lol Government Act, makg illegal for lol thori to support anythg that might promote homosexual relatnships as a viable alternative to heterosexual ‘fay life’.
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And even the US Army, who had clared homosexualy to be “patible wh ary service” 1982, were forced to adm 1989 that gay recs were “jt as good or better” than heterosexuals.