UK LGBT rights charity Stonewall named Christina Aguilera's " Beautiful" the most empowering song of the 2000s decade for LGBT people, and Elton John predicted it would replace "I Will Survive" as the pre-eminent gay anthem. No apologies: The theme revolves around defiantly living one's life despite what others may want.Love conquers all: Tales of not giving up on love despite seemingly insurmountable odds.Torch song for the world weary: A narrative about being used, abused, and surviving to tell the tale of lament.For example, " Somewhere (There's a Place for Us)" from West Side Story. Search for acceptance: Songs about a welcoming promised land where the dream of acceptance and belonging and hope lives.Celebrating unashamed sexuality: The theme is of transcending cultural shame to celebrate one's sexual nature." The Greatest Love of All" as sung by Whitney Houston. Hard-won self-esteem: The theme involves fighting through oppression, darkness, or fear to gain freedom, beauty, or self-esteem.Throw your cares away: A carefree narrative about putting your troubles aside and partying.You are not alone: Songs about coming together as a community or reassurance to the lonely that there are others like them out there.Overcoming hardship in love: Usually a narrative of a wronged lover who comes back stronger than before.Big-voiced divas: Rather than particular to the songs, this area of gay anthems is more akin to a cult of personality of a large gay male following for some particular diva-style pop music vocalists who are almost always black, female gay icons.In the 2002 book Queer, the following ten main themes were listed that are common among many, if not all gay anthems: When using a search engine such as Google, Bing or Yahoo check the safe search settings where you can exclude adult content sites from your search results Īsk your internet service provider if they offer additional filters īe responsible, know what your children are doing online.Melanie Brown was shown kissing another woman in her " For Once in My Life" video, making this song a hymn of the gay community.Īlthough every song is individual, the criteria for what makes a gay anthem has shown a trend among the years. Use family filters of your operating systems and/or browsers Other steps you can take to protect your children are: More information about the RTA Label and compatible services can be found here. Parental tools that are compatible with the RTA label will block access to this site. We use the "Restricted To Adults" (RTA) website label to better enable parental filtering. Protect your children from adult content and block access to this site by using parental controls. PARENTS, PLEASE BE ADVISED: If you are a parent, it is your responsibility to keep any age-restricted content from being displayed to your children or wards. Furthermore, you represent and warrant that you will not allow any minor access to this site or services.
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