2017-07-30: Amy Lamé sits in. As part of BBC 6 Music's Loud and Proud season, she takes a look at the anthems — both underground and mainstream — that drove the LGBT+ liberation movement. She also chats to writer Martin Aston about how gay music-makers have had a DNA-level involvement in popular music throughout its history.
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Reading list:
Breaking Down the Walls of Heartache: How Music Came Out by Martin Aston
(As discussed in the show...)
(An accessible and inspiring look at the struggles and achievements of the LGBTQ+ movement, suitable for readers aged 11 and up.)
The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make?
Diana Ross - I'm Coming Out
Wayne County and The Electric Chairs - Man Enough to Be a Woman
Christine Jorgensen - I Enjoy Being A Girl
Jobriath - I'maman
Soft Cell - Bedsitter
Love Is a Drag (feat. Gene Howard) - My Man
Bikini Kill - Rebel Girl
Jackie Shane - Any Other Way
Byrd E Bath and The Gentlemen - Homer the Happy Little Homo
Fred Barnes - Black Sheep of the Family [1907]
Elton Motello - Jet Boy Jet Girl
Dusty Springfield - Beautiful Soul
Valentino - I Was Born This Way
Janis Ian - At Seventeen
Lavender Country - Back in the Closet Again
Sylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way
Billy Strayhorn - Lush Life
David Bowie - Queen Bitch
Rufus Wainwright (feat. Kate McGarrigle) - Over the Rainbow
Sue Fink - Leaping Lesbians
Merrit Brunies and His Friars Inn Orchestra - Masculine Women Feminine Men
Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy
Erasure - A Little Respect
Alix Dobkin (feat. Kay Gardner, Lavender Jane Loves Women) - View from Gay Head
