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'{{use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} [[File:Lady Gaga JWT LoveGame, 2018-01-31 (cropped, v2).jpg|thumb|upright|Lady Gaga is the most popular gay icon from this decade, she funded the LGBTQ center [[Born This Way Foundation]]]] A '''gay anthem''' is a [[popular music|popular song]] that has become widely popular among, or has become identified with, the gay community, particularly gay men, although some of these songs may also become anthems for the rest of the [[LGBT]] community. Multiple top-charting popular songs, such as "[[I Think I'm in Love with You]]" by [[Jessica Simpson]], "[[True Colors (Cyndi Lauper song)|True Colors]]" by [[Cyndi Lauper]], "[[For Once in My Life (Mel B song)|For Once in My Life]]" by [[Mel B]], "[[Raise Your Glass]]" by [[Pink (singer)|Pink]] and "[[We R Who We R]]" by [[Kesha]] have become a "refuge of unambiguous support for gay rights".<ref name = "Alex">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/fashion/07ANTHEM.html;pagewanted=all&amp;&amp;gwt=regi|title=For Gays, New Songs of Survival|last=Hawgood|first=Alex|date=November 5, 2010|work=New York Times|accessdate=21 April 2014}}</ref> Not all songs labelled as "gay anthems" were written with that purpose, but they are included in this subgenre of popular music if they have become particularly popular among the gay community. The lyrics of gay anthems are often marked by themes of perseverance, inner strength, acceptance, pride, and unity.<ref name="Casserly">{{cite news |url= https://www.forbes.com/sites/meghancasserly/2011/02/11/lady-gagas-born-this-way-gay-anthems-and-girl-power |title=Lady Gaga's Born This Way: Gay Anthems and Girl Power |last=Casserly |first=Meghan |date= February 11, 2011 |work= Forbes |accessdate=August 13, 2014}}</ref> Ten elements were identified by the editors of the 2002 book ''Queer'', which they claim describe themes common to many gay anthems: "big voiced divas; themes of overcoming hardship in love; "you are not alone;" themes of throwing your cares away (to party); hard won self-esteem; unashamed sexuality; the search for acceptance; torch songs for the world-weary; the theme of love conquers all; and of making no apologies for who you are."<ref name="Casserly"/> According to ''Popular Music'', a music journal, the song most commonly identified as a gay anthem is "[[I Will Survive]]" by [[Gloria Gaynor]].<ref>{{cite journal |last= Hubbs |first=Nadine |date=May 2007 |title='I Will Survive': musical mappings of queer social space in a disco anthem |journal= Popular Music |volume=26 |issue=2 |pages=231–244 |doi= 10.1017/s0261143007001250 |url= https://zenodo.org/record/854793}}</ref> The song is described as "a classic emblem of gay culture in the post-Stonewall and AIDS eras and arguably disco's greatest anthem." UK [[LGBT rights]] charity [[Stonewall (UK)|Stonewall]] named [[Christina Aguilera]]'s "[[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 |archive-url= https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20110916222010/http://www.stonewall.org.uk/media/current_releases/5511.asp |dead-url=yes |archive-date=September 16, 2011 |title= Media: Current Releases |publisher= stonewall.org.uk |access-date=May 19, 2013 }}</ref> and [[Elton John]] predicted it would replace "I Will Survive" as the pre-eminent gay anthem.<ref name="Casserly" /> [[Village People]]'s "[[Y.M.C.A. (song)|Y.M.C.A.]]",<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= April 26, 2009}}</ref> [[The Weather Girls]]'s "[[It's Raining Men]]",<ref name="queer" /><ref name="PinkHitParade" /> [[Diana Ross]]' "[[I'm Coming Out]]" and "[[Ain't No Mountain High Enough#Diana Ross solo version|Ain't No Mountain High Enough]]",<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/25-essential-gay-pride-songs-rolling-stone-editor-picks-w486762/diana-ross-im-coming-out-w487328 |title=25 Essential LGBTQ Pride Songs |publisher= Rolling Stone |access-date=July 30, 2017}}</ref> [[ABBA]]'s "[[Dancing Queen]]" are classic gay anthems.<ref name="Casserly"/> [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]'s "[[Vogue (Madonna song)|Vogue]]", [[Mariah Carey]]'s "[[Hero (Mariah Carey song)|Hero]]", [[Ultra Naté]]'s "[[Free (Ultra Naté song)|Free]]", [[Janet Jackson]]'s "[[Together Again (Janet Jackson song)|Together Again]]", [[Cher]]'s "[[Believe (Cher song)|Believe]]", [[Jessica Simpson]]'s "[[I Think I'm in Love with You]]" and "[[A Public Affair (song)|A Public Affair]]", [[Kylie Minogue]]'s "[[Spinning Around]]" and "[[Can't Get You Out of My Head]]", [[Geri Halliwell]]'s "[[It's Raining Men#Geri Halliwell version|It's Raining Men]]", [[Dannii Minogue]]'s "[[I Begin to Wonder]]", [[Melanie C]]'s "[[Never Be the Same Again]]" and "[[Think About It (Melanie C song)|Think About It]]", [[Tamar Braxton]]'s "[[Hot Sugar (Tamar Braxton song)|Hot Sugar]]" and "[[My Man (Tamar Braxton song)|My Man]]", [[Lady Gaga]]'s "[[Born This Way (song)|Born This Way]]" and [[Ariana Grande]]'s "[[Break Free (song)|Break Free]]" are considered as gay anthems for the new generation.<ref name="Casserly"/> Famous soundtracks as "[[I Will Always Love You#Whitney Houston version|I Will Always Love You]]" by [[Whitney Houston]] from ''[[The Bodyguard (1992 film)|The Bodyguard]]'', "[[There You'll Be]]" by [[Faith Hill]] from ''[[Pearl Harbor (film)|Pearl Harbor]]'', "[[Can't Fight the Moonlight]]" by [[LeAnn Rimes]] from ''[[Coyote Ugly (film)|Coyote Ugly]]'', "[[Lady Marmalade#Moulin Rouge! version|Lady Marmalade]]" by [[Christina Aguilera]], [[Mýa]], [[Lil' Kim]] and [[Pink (singer)|Pink]] from ''[[Moulin Rouge!]]'' and "[[We Can]]" by [[LeAnn Rimes]] from ''[[Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde#Soundtrack|Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde]]'' are beloved by gay community and are considered as gay anthems.<ref name="Casserly"/> The main single of [[I Turn to You (Melanie C song)|I Turn to You]] by [[Melanie C]], which became a gay anthem, was released as the "Hex Hector Radio Mix", for which [[Hex Hector]] won the 2001 [[Grammy]] as [[Grammy Award for Remixer of the Year, Non-Classical|Remixer of the Year]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2001/jan/04/entertainment/ca-8072/13|title=Grammys Cast a Wider Net Than Usual|page=13|work=Los Angeles Times|publisher=Tribune Company|first=Geoff|last=Boucher|accessdate=April 29, 2011|date=January 4, 2001}}</ref> ==Themes== [[File:Melanie B 2012.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Melanie Brown]] was shown kissing another woman in her "[[For Once in My Life (Mel B song)|For Once in My Life]]" video, making this song a hymn of the gay community.]] 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 = https://books.google.com/books?id=FPHZbVhQQTUC&printsec=frontcover | title = Queer | pages = 26–7.|isbn=1-56025-377-0 | authors = Simon Gage, Lisa Richards, and Howard Wilmot. | accessdate = April 26, 2009}}</ref> [[File: Tamar Braxton.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Tamar Braxton]]'s "[[Hot Sugar (Tamar Braxton song)|Hot Sugar]]", "[[If I Don't Have You (Tamar Braxton song)|If I Don't Have You]]" and "[[My Man (Tamar Braxton song)|My Man]]" are gay anthems.]] * Big-voiced divas ::Rather than particular 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 female [[gay icon]]s. Modern examples include [[Cher]], [[Cyndi Lauper]], [[Britney Spears]], [[Diana Ross]], [[Mariah Carey]], [[Whitney Houston]], [[Céline Dion]], [[Kylie Minogue]], [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], [[Barbra Streisand]], [[Donna Summer]], [[Evelyn "Champagne" King]], [[Tamar Braxton]], [[Geri Halliwell]], [[Christina Aguilera]], [[Beyoncé]], [[Jennifer Lopez]], [[Shakira]], [[Jessica Simpson]], [[Lady Gaga]], [[Katy Perry]], [[Adele]], [[Rihanna]], [[Miley Cyrus]], [[Demi Lovato]], [[Selena Gomez]] and [[Ariana Grande]]. *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 [[gay community|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. ==List of historically significant gay anthem songs== <!--PLEASE DO NOT ADD TO THIS LIST WITHOUT A RELIABLE SOURCE! SEE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RS--> {|class="wikitable" |- !Year Released !width=50%|Song Title !width=50%|Artist(s) !Gay anthem reference |- |1920 |"[[Das Lila Lied|The Lavender Song (Das Lila Lied)]]" |Lyrics by [[Kurt Schwabach]] |<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 = April 26, 2009}}</ref> |- |1939 |"[[Over the Rainbow]]" |rowspan=2|[[Judy Garland]] |<ref name="QueerCinema-Judy">{{cite web | url = https://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 = April 26, 2009}}</ref><ref name="PinkHitParade">{{cite news | url = https://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 = April 26, 2009 | location=London | date=November 1, 2006}}</ref> |- |1954 |"[[The Man That Got Away]]" |<ref name="CultureClash">{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=QBOARyvN-cMC&printsec=frontcover#PPP1,M1 | title = Culture Clash: The Making of Gay Sensibility | author = Michael Bronski | accessdate = April 26, 2009}}</ref> |- |1957 |"[[Somewhere (song)|Somewhere (There's a Place for Us)]]" |From the musical ''[[West Side Story (musical)|West Side Story]]'' |<ref name="queer" /><ref name="PinkHitParade" /> |- |1960 |"[[As Long as He Needs Me]]" |[[Shirley Bassey]] |<ref name="queer" /><ref name="PinkHitParade" /> |- |1966 |"[[You Don't Have to Say You Love Me]]" |[[Dusty Springfield]] |<ref name="queer" /> |- |1970 |"[[Ain't No Mountain High Enough]]" |[[Diana Ross]] |<ref name="queer" /> |- |1972 |"[[All the Young Dudes]]" |[[Mott the Hoople]] |<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> |- |rowspan=2|1975 |"[[Sweet Transvestite]]" |[[Tim Curry]] from the Motion Picture ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' |<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|access-date=May 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110512055137/http://www.samesame.com.au/news/local/2060/And-the-Gayest-Songs-Of-All-Time-Are.htm|archive-date=May 12, 2011|dead-url=yes|df=mdy-all}}</ref> |- |"[[I Was Born This Way]]" |Valentino |<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> |- |rowspan=2|1976 |"[[Dancing Queen]]" |[[ABBA]] |<ref name="queer" /><ref name="PinkHitParade" /> |- |"[[Turn the Beat Around]]" |[[Vicki Sue Robinson]] |<ref name="queer" /> |- |1977 |"[[I Feel Love]]" |[[Donna Summer]] |<ref>{{cite web |title=Exploring the Effects of Disco's Beat |url=http://www.rozanehmagazine.com/MarchApril06/Anegarafkhami.pdf | author = Benjamin Genocchio |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 19, 2006 |accessdate=April 26, 2009}}</ref> |- |rowspan=5|1978 |"[[I Will Survive]]" |[[Gloria Gaynor]] |<ref name="PinkHitParade" /><ref name="IdentijudytySocial">{{cite web | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=n9C-5XRGg4AC&pg=PA47#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 = April 26, 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 = April 26, 2009}}</ref> |- |"[[Glad to Be Gay]]" |[[Tom Robinson Band]] |<ref>Peter Tatchell. [http://www.petertatchell.net/queer%20theory/not%20glad.htm "Not Glad to Be Gay?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616060639/http://www.petertatchell.net/queer%20theory/not%20glad.htm |date=2011-06-16 }}</ref> |- |"[[You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)]]" |[[Sylvester (singer)|Sylvester]] |<ref name="PinkHitParade" /> |- |"[[Macho Man (song)|Macho Man]]" |rowspan=2|[[Village People]] |<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=[[New Jersey On-Line]]}}</ref> |- |"[[Y.M.C.A. (song)|Y.M.C.A.]]" |<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 = April 26, 2009}}</ref> |- |rowspan=5|1979 |"[[Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)]] |ABBA |<ref name="PinkHitParade" /> |- |"[[Boys Keep Swinging]]" |[[David Bowie]] |<ref name="PinkHitParade" /> |- |"[[We Are Family (song)|We Are Family]]" |[[Sister Sledge]] |<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 = April 26, 2009}}{{subscription required}}</ref> |- |"[[No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)]]" |Donna Summer & [[Barbra Streisand]] |<ref name="queer" /> |- |"[[Go West (song)|Go West]]" |Village People |<ref name="PinkHitParade" /> |- |"[[Knock on Wood (song)#Amii Stewart version|Knock on Wood]]" |[[Amii Stewart]] |<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=The Pulse of Black Music |encyclopedia=American Decades |editor-first=Judith S. |editor-last=Baughman |displayeditors=etal |volume=8: 1970-1979 |publisher=Gale |year=2001 |via=Gale Virtual Reference Library |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX3468302576/GVRL?u=pasa19871&sid=GVRL&xid=4d77f27a |accessdate=August 16, 2019 }} Gale document no. GALE<nowiki>|</nowiki>CX3468302576.</ref> |- |1980 |"[[I'm Coming Out]]" |Diana Ross |<ref name="PinkHitParade" /><ref>{{cite web | url = https://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 = April 26, 2009}}</ref> |- |rowspan=4|1982 |"[[I've Never Been to Me]]" |[[Charlene (singer)|Charlene]] |<ref name="Gayest" /> |- |"[[Do You Really Want to Hurt Me]]?" |[[Culture Club]] |<ref name="PinkHitParade" /> |- |"[[And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going]]" |[[Jennifer Holliday]] |<ref name="queer" /> |- |"[[It's Raining Men]]" |[[The Weather Girls]] |<ref name="queer" /><ref name="PinkHitParade" /> |- |rowspan=3|1983 |"So Many Men, So Little Time" |[[Miquel Brown]] |<ref name="queer" /><ref name="PinkHitParade" /> |- |"[[I Am What I Am (Broadway musical song)|I Am What I Am]]" |From the musical ''[[La Cage aux Folles (musical)|La Cage aux Folles]]'' |<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 = April 26, 2009}}</ref> |- |"[[Holiday (Madonna song)|Holiday]]" |[[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] |<ref name="queer" /> |- |rowspan="4"|1984 |"[[Smalltown Boy]]" |rowspan="2"|[[Bronski Beat]] |<ref name="queer" /> |- |"[[Why? (Bronski Beat song)|Why?]]" |<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> |- |"[[You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)]]" |[[Dead or Alive (band)|Dead or Alive]] |<ref name="Gayest" /> |- |"[[I Want to Break Free]]" |[[Queen (band)|Queen]] |<ref name="Gayest" /> |- |1985 |"[[Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves]]" |[[Eurythmics]] and [[Aretha Franklin]] |<ref name="queer" /> |- |rowspan=2|1986 |[[Don't Leave Me This Way#The Communards version|Don't Leave Me This Way]]" |[[The Communards]] |<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> |- |"[[True Colors (Cyndi Lauper song)|True Colors]]" |[[Cyndi Lauper]] |<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>{{Cite web |url= http://www.afterellen.com/music/2010/12/pink-katy-perry-and-kesha-songs-all-angle-to-become-gay-anthems-but-will-they?page=1 |title= Pink, Katy Perry and Ke$ha songs all angle to become gay anthems, but will they? |access-date= 2012-07-19 |archive-url= https://archive.is/20120719161706/http://www.afterellen.com/music/2010/12/pink-katy-perry-and-kesha-songs-all-angle-to-become-gay-anthems-but-will-they?page=1 |archive-date= 2012-07-19 |dead-url=yes }}</ref> |- |rowspan=2|1987 |"[[Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to My Room)]]" |[[Paul Lekakis]] |<ref name="Gayest" /> |- |"[[Express Yourself (Madonna song)|Express Yourself]]" |Madonna |<ref name="Gayest" /> |- |1988 |"[[A Little Respect]]" |[[Erasure]] |<ref name="queer" /> |- |rowspan=2|1989 |"[[I Want That Man]]" |[[Debbie Harry|Deborah Harry]] |<ref name="Gayest" /> |- |"Closer to Fine" |[[Indigo Girls]] |<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> |- |1990 |"[[Vogue (Madonna song)|Vogue]]" | Madonna |<ref name="PinkHitParade" /> |- |1991 |"[[Finally (CeCe Peniston song)|Finally]]" |[[CeCe Peniston]] |<ref name="queer" /> |- |rowspan=3|1992 |"[[Constant Craving]]" |[[k.d. lang]] |<ref name="Gayest" /> |- |"[[Supermodel (You Better Work)]]" |[[RuPaul]] |<ref name="Gayest" /> |- |"[[I Will Always Love You#Whitney Houston version|I Will Always Love You]]" <small>(theme from the movie ''[[The Bodyguard (1992 film)|The Bodyguard]]'')</small> |[[Whitney Houston]] |<ref name="Gayest" /> |- |rowspan=5|1993 |"[[Come to My Window]]" |rowspan=2|[[Melissa Etheridge]] |<ref name="Lesbian"/> |- |"Yes I Am" |<ref name="Lesbian"/> |- |"[[This Is It (Melba Moore song)#Dannii Minogue version|This Is It]]" |[[Dannii Minogue]] |<ref name="Gayest" /> |- |"[[I'm Every Woman#Whitney Houston version|I'm Every Woman]]" <small>(theme from the movie ''[[The Bodyguard (1992 film)|The Bodyguard]]'')</small> |[[Whitney Houston]] |<ref name="Gayest" /> |- ||"[[Hero (Mariah Carey song)|Hero]]" |[[Mariah Carey]] |<ref name="The Gay UK">{{cite web|url=https://www.thegayuk.com/11-mariah-carey-songs-every-gay-boy-needs-in-his-life/|date=May 13, 2017|title=11 Mariah Carey songs every gay boy needs in his life|publisher=The Gay UK}}</ref> |- |1994 |"[[Put Yourself in My Place (Kylie Minogue song)|Put Yourself in My Place]]" |[[Kylie Minogue]] |<ref name="Gayest" /> |- |1995 |"[[I Kissed a Girl (Jill Sobule song)|I Kissed a Girl]]" |[[Jill Sobule]] |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://therumpus.net/2009/07/the-rumpus-interview-with-jill-sobule/|author=Stephen Elliott|date=July 30, 2009|title=The Rumpus Interview with Jill Sobule|publisher=The Rumpus}}</ref> |- |1996 |"[[2 Become 1]]" |[[Spice Girls]] |<ref name="Pride">{{cite web | url=https://www.pride.com/music/2019/4/10/spice-girls-changed-song-lyric-be-more-inclusive|title= The Spice Girls Changed a Song Lyric to Be More Inclusive }}</ref> |- |rowspan=4|1997 |"[[Young Hearts Run Free]]" |[[Kym Mazelle]] |<ref name="Gayest" /> |- |"[[Free (Ultra Naté song)|Free]]" |[[Ultra Naté]] |<ref name="queer" /> |- |"[[Together Again (Janet Jackson song)|Together Again]]" |[[Janet Jackson]] |<ref name="queer" /> |- |"Outside" |[[Mariah Carey]] |<ref name="The Gay UK"/> |- |rowspan=2|1998 |"[[Outside (George Michael song)|Outside]]" |[[George Michael]] |<ref name="PinkHitParade"/> |- |"[[Believe (Cher song)|Believe]]" |[[Cher]] |<ref name="TimeOut20180524">{{cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/music/ultimate-pride-playlist-50-best-gay-songs|title=The 50 best gay songs to celebrate Gay Pride!|publisher=TimeOut|date=2018-05-24|accessdate=2018-06-02}}</ref> |- |rowspan=4|1999 |"[[Strong Enough (Cher song)|Strong Enough]]" |Cher |<ref name="Gayest" /> |- |"[[New York City Boy]]" |[[Pet Shop Boys]] |<ref name="Gayest" /> |- |"[[Mi Chico Latino]]" |[[Geri Halliwell]] |<ref name="Gayest" /> |- |"[[It's Not Right, But It's Okay]]" |[[Whitney Houston]] |<ref name="Gayest" /> |- |rowspan=11|2000 |- |"[[Stronger (Britney Spears song)|Stronger]]" |[[Britney Spears]] |<ref name="Billboard">{{cite web | url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/8461973/britney-spears-songs-lgbt-gay-pride-playlist|title= 8 Britney Spears Songs for Your Pride Month Playlist: Listen}}</ref> |- |"Proud" |[[Heather Small]] |<ref name="Gayest" /> |- |"[[Bag It Up]]" |[[Geri Halliwell]] |<ref name="Gayest" /> |- |"[[I Think I'm in Love with You]]" |[[Jessica Simpson]] |<ref name="Gayest" /> |- |"[[Never Be the Same Again]]" |[[Melanie C]] |<ref name="Gayest" /> |- |"[[I Turn to You (Melanie C song)|I Turn to You]]" |[[Melanie C]] |<ref name="Gayest" /> |- |"[[Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme)]]" |[[Mariah Carey]] |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegayuk.com/40-top-gay-anthems-for-pride/|date=May 13, 2017|title=40 top gay anthems for Pride|publisher=The Gay UK}}</ref> |- |"[[How Many Licks?]]" |[[Lil' Kim]] featuring [[Sisqó]] |<ref name="Gayest" /> |- |"[[Can't Fight the Moonlight]]" <small>(theme from the movie ''[[Coyote Ugly (film)|Coyote Ugly]]'')</small> |[[LeAnn Rimes]] |<ref name="Gayest" /> |- |"[[Spinning Around]]" |[[Kylie Minogue]] |<ref name="Gayest" /> |- |rowspan=7|2001 |"[[Your Disco Needs You]]" |rowspan=2|[[Kylie Minogue]] |<ref name="PinkHitParade" /> |- |"[[Can't Get You Out of My Head]]" |<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=November 2, 2006|accessdate=September 1, 2010 |location=London}}</ref> |- |"[[It's Raining Men#Geri Halliwell version|It's Raining Men]]" <small>(theme from the movie ''[[Bridget Jones's Diary (film)|Bridget Jones's Diary]]'')</small> |[[Geri Halliwell]] |<ref name="queer" /><ref name="PinkHitParade" /> |- |"[[Murder on the Dancefloor]]" |[[Sophie Ellis-Bextor]] |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/murder-on-the-dance-floor-a-quick-tango-with-sophie-ellisbextor-8894430.html | title= Murder on the dance floor: a quick tango with Sophie Ellis-Bextor |publisher= The Standard |accessdate= October 21, 2013}}</ref> |- |"[[Lady Marmalade#Moulin Rouge! version|Lady Marmalade]]" <small>(theme from the movie ''[[Moulin Rouge!]]'')</small> |[[Christina Aguilera]], [[Mýa]], [[Lil' Kim]] and [[Pink (singer)|Pink]] |<ref name="queer" /><ref name="PinkHitParade" /> |- |"[[I'm a Slave 4 U]]" |[[Britney Spears]] |<ref name="Billboard">{{cite web | url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/8461973/britney-spears-songs-lgbt-gay-pride-playlist|title= 8 Britney Spears Songs for Your Pride Month Playlist: Listen}}</ref> |- |"[[There You'll Be]]" <small>(theme from the movie ''[[Pearl Harbor (film)|Pearl Harbor]]'')</small> |[[Faith Hill]] |<ref name="queer" /><ref name="PinkHitParade" /> |- | rowspan="4" |2002 |"[[Beautiful (Christina Aguilera song)|Beautiful]]" |[[Christina Aguilera]] |<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/fashion/07ANTHEM.html | work=The New York Times | first=Alex | last=Hawgood | title=Ke$ha and Katy Perry Sing for Gay Rights | date=November 5, 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=April 7, 2011 |accessdate=May 19, 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=May 19, 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"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224114308/http://www.therainbowtimesmass.com/2011/12/13/state-house-vigil-held-in-wake-of-gay-suicides/ |date=2013-12-24 }} ''The Rainbow Times''. Retrieved January 31, 2013.</ref> |- |"[[Shined on Me]]" |[[Eric Miller (musician)|Praise Cats]] |<ref name="queer" /><ref name="PinkHitParade" /> |- |"[[Dove (I'll Be Loving You)]]" |[[Moony]] |<ref name="queer" /><ref name="PinkHitParade" /> |- |"[[¿A quién le importa?|A quien le importa]]" |[[Thalía discography|Thalia]] | |- |rowspan=5|2003 |"[[Defying Gravity (song)|Defying Gravity]]" |Introduced by [[Idina Menzel]], from the musical ''[[Wicked (musical)|Wicked]]'' |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.planetradiocity.com/musicreporter/celebrity-features-story.php?featureid=358&title=Gay%20Anthems:%20Singing%20it%20loud%20and%20proud&pgno=2 |title=Gay Anthems: Singing it loud and proud &#124; Celebrity Features &#124; Bollywood Celebs Features |publisher=Planetradiocity.com |date= |accessdate=2013-12-04}}</ref> |- |"[[I Begin to Wonder]]" |[[Dannii Minogue]] |<ref name="Top 50 gay icons">[http://www.femin.co.uk/?PageID=116&NewsID=636 Top 50 gay icons]. femin.co.uk. Retrieved January 17, 2008. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080125023010/http://www.femin.co.uk/?PageID=116&NewsID=636 |date=January 25, 2008 }}</ref> |- |"[[Don't Mess with My Man (Nivea song)|Don't Mess with My Man]]" |[[Nivea (singer)|Nivea]] |<ref name="Top 50 gay icons"/> |- |"[[Me Against the Music]]" |[[Britney Spears]] featuring [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] |<ref name="Billboard">{{cite web | url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/8461973/britney-spears-songs-lgbt-gay-pride-playlist|title= 8 Britney Spears Songs for Your Pride Month Playlist: Listen}}</ref> |- |"[[We Can]]" <small>(theme from the movie ''[[Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde#Soundtrack|Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde]]'')</small> |[[LeAnn Rimes]] |<ref name="PinkHitParade" /> |- |2004 |"[[Take Your Mama]]" |[[Scissor Sisters]] |<ref name="PinkHitParade" /> |- |2005 |"[[Ride It (Geri Halliwell song)|Ride It]]" |[[Geri Halliwell]] |<ref name="Top 50 gay icons"/> |- | rowspan="4" |2006 |"[[A Public Affair (song)|A Public Affair]]" |[[Jessica Simpson]] |<ref name="Top 50 gay icons"/> |- |"[[I Belong to Me]]" |[[Jessica Simpson]] |<ref name="PinkHitParade" /> |- |"[[Nothing in This World]]" |[[Paris Hilton]] |<ref name="PinkHitParade" /> |- |"[[Todos Me Miran|Todos me miran]]" |[[Gloria Trevi]] | |- |2007 |"[[Gimme More]]" |[[Britney Spears]] |<ref name="Billboard">{{cite web | url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/8461973/britney-spears-songs-lgbt-gay-pride-playlist|title= 8 Britney Spears Songs for Your Pride Month Playlist: Listen}}</ref> |- |rowspan=2|2009 |"[[Fuck You (Lily Allen song)|Fuck You]]" |[[Lily Allen]] |<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=November 25, 2012}}</ref> |- |"[[Bad Romance]]" |[[Lady Gaga]] |<ref>Gaga thanks Gays for Remakes http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1647670/lady-gagas-bad-romance-nabs-best-pop-video.jhtml</ref> |- |2010 |"[[Firework (song)|Firework"]] |[[Katy Perry]] | |- |rowspan=2|2011 |"[[Born This Way (song)|Born This Way]]" |Lady Gaga |<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=February 11, 2011 |accessdate=May 19, 2013}}</ref> |- |"[[Think About It (Melanie C song)|Think About It]]" |[[Melanie C]] |<ref name="PinkHitParade" /> |- |rowspan=2|2012 |"[[Same Love]]" |[[Macklemore & Ryan Lewis]] featuring [[Mary Lambert (singer)|Mary Lambert]] |<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/01/arts/music/stars-align-for-a-gay-marriage-anthem.html|title=The New York Times|publisher=nytimes.com|accessdate=2014-02-01|first=James C.|last=McKinley Jr|date=June 30, 2013}}</ref> |- |"[[Party or Go Home]]" |[[Trina Braxton]] |<ref name="PinkHitParade" /> |- | rowspan="7" |2013 |"[[For Once in My Life (Mel B song)|For Once in My Life]]" |[[Melanie Brown]] |<ref>[https://www.out.com/popnography/2016/5/13/scary-spice-alive-and-well-gay-icon Mel B is a gay icon on out.com]</ref><ref>[https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/interview-mel-b/#gs.ZKpokgc Mel B gay icon sur gaystarnews.com]</ref><ref>[https://pridesource.com/article/63142-2/ Mel B is a gay icon on pridesource.com]</ref><ref>[http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-mel-b-happy-to-be-known-as-a-gay-icon-1304648 Mel B happy to be known as a gay icon on dnaindia.com]</ref> |- |"[[Hot Sugar (Tamar Braxton song)|Hot Sugar]]" |[[Tamar Braxton]] |<ref name="ReferenceA">Tamar Braxton gay icon on thegavevoice.com</ref>{{better source|date=October 2018}} |- |"[[Woman's World (song)|Woman's World]]" |[[Cher]] |<ref name="PinkHitParade" /> |- |"[[Girls / Girls / Boys|Girls/Girls/Boys]]" |[[Panic! at the Disco]] |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pridesource.com/article/63018-2/|title=Panic! Frontman On Being A Little Gay, Bisexual Anthem & Getting Naked|last=Azzopardi|first=Chris|website=Pride Source|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-21}}</ref> |- |"[[Limpido]]" |[[Laura Pausini]] and [[Kylie Minogue]] |<ref name="PinkHitParade" /> |- |"[[Let It Go (Disney song)|Let It Go]]" <small>(theme from the movie ''[[Frozen (2013 film)|Frozen]]'')</small> |[[Idina Menzel]] |<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2013/12/13/250711390/pop-culture-happy-hour-frozen-princesses-and-character-deaths|title=NPR Pop Culture Happy Hour|last=Holmes|first=Linda|date=13 December 2013|work=National Public Radio|access-date=25 March 2019|at=3:10 through 4:55}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2014/02/21/1279401/-Top-Comments-A-Queer-Perspective-on-Disney-s-Frozen?|title=Top Comments: A Queer Perspective on Disney's Frozen|last=|first=|date=21 February 2014|website=Daily Kos|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=25 March 2019}}</ref> |- |"[[Work Bitch]]" |[[Britney Spears]] |<ref name="Billboard">{{cite web | url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/8461973/britney-spears-songs-lgbt-gay-pride-playlist|title= 8 Britney Spears Songs for Your Pride Month Playlist: Listen}}</ref> |- | rowspan="7" |2014 |"[[Break Free (song)|Break Free]]" |[[Ariana Grande]] |<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/photos/7864993/ariana-grande-gay-icon-her-generation|title=8 Reasons Ariana Grande Is the Gay Icon of Her Generation|work=Billboard|access-date=2018-06-07}}</ref> |- |"Born An Angel" |[[Afida Turner]] |<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39zB_lCZ9lk icône de la culture gay - 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