Re: nostalgic with a big voice

marika <[email protected]> wrote:
> The Village People performed at Trump’s inauguration.  A lot of people were
> upset because the Trump administration is vocal anti about a lot of rights.
> They have for instance barred trans people from serving in the military. 
> And declared there are only two sexes, with the term gender not to be used.
> 
> The leader of the Village People was interviewed leading up to the
> inauguration and proclaimed that the YMCA  song is in no way a gay anthem.
> 
> “The writer was gay, the singers were gay, and our first album was gay….
> But we’re not gay”. Okey dokey, dude. And btw, being a gay anthem didn’t
> “ruin the song”. Being a gay anthem is what made it famous and made him
> tons of money. 
> 
> Incidentally, more often than not, songs that are “gay anthems” are
> designated so by the GAY COMMUNITY. Not directly by the performers. 
> Some songs by Diana Ross, Whitney Houston, and Dolly Parton I can think of,
> are “gay anthems” but only because the gay community designated them so.
> 
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