Pride

Happy Pride Month! Queer and LGBTQ music is incredible for ALL audiences, every day of the year (not just Pride month, of course!). This week we share some under the radar gay anthems and celebrate the queer musicians who made them. SONGS: Lavender Country: "Cryin' These Cocksucking Tears" (   • Lavender Country - "Cryin' These Cocksucki...  ) (1973) Elton John: Philadelphia Freedom (   • Philadelphia Freedom  ) (1975) RESOURCES AND REFERENCES: Hundreds Turn Out for Wisconsin High Schoolers’ Performance of Banned LGBTQ Song (https://truthout.org/articles/hundred...) (truthout) 'Don't Sneak': Dad's Unexpected Advice To His Gay Son In The '50s (https://www.npr.org/2014/06/27/325917...) (NPR) Sissy Podcast: Lavender Country (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...)   50 years of Lavender Country: the radical history of the first queer country album (https://crackmagazine.net/article/pro...) Philadelphia Freedom Isn't Just a Gay Anthem. It's a Pride Anthem (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/04/ma...) (NYT - Allyson McCabe; Please note: Christine ACCIDENTALLY mispronounces Megan Rapinoe's last name when quoting from this essay.) Billie Jean King Talks About Philadelphia Freedom (https://www.eltonjohn.com/stories/bil...) (EltonJohn.com)  Billie Jean King was told not to come out 45 years ago. She did it anyway. (https://www.outsports.com/2026/3/20/2...) (Outsports.com) Elton John performing Philadelphia Freedom on Soul Train (   • Elton John Philadelphia Freedom (Soul Trai...  ) (1975) Elton John Comes Out as Bisexual In Rolling Stones' 1976 Cover Story (https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/...) Elton John Aids Foundation (https://www.eltonjohnaidsfoundation.o...) Billie Jean King: “I don’t think people have any idea how hard it is for trans people” (https://diva-magazine.com/2025/07/08/...) (Diva) Whip-poor-will (https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/E...) (All About Birds) Best LGBTQ Anthems of All Time (https://www.billboard.com/lists/lgbtq...) (Billboard) BBC Soul Music - Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love” (https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/m0029rgc) Connect with us on Instagram (  / stereothematica  ) (to share your song picks or troll us), Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/user/31muhjm...) (for our ever-growing playlist), and Stereothematica.com  (https://stereothematica.blog/) (for extra fun)! If you like what you’re hearing, please subscribe, and if you love it, a five-star rating and review would send us into the exosphere of excitement. And email us at [email protected]! We will write back!