Results for: queer parenting
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Chappell Roan’s Debut Album Is the Anthem for Us Midwestern Queers
Every single song on this album makes me want to throw on a puffy prom dress and hysterically dance around.
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Caroline Rose Breaks Free
“I didn’t really involve any business people, which is probably the best thing an artist could do — not involve any business people.”
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Playlist: Ethereal Songs For Going Beyond Reality
Listen to these songs while you’re destressing on a weekend, pretending to be a sea creature in the ocean, getting high on the floor of your bedroom, or looking to the stars to tell you what your life means.
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10 Gayest Joni Mitchell Songs Ranked by Lesbian Longing
Is there a Joni Mitchell album that wasn’t born from some heartbreaking or devastating experience?
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On *NSYNC and Being a Lesbian Who Loves Boy Bands
If you had to make me into a pie chart, being queer and loving *NSYNC are basically the same size.
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Brittany Howard’s Sophomore Solo Album “What Now” Is a Risky Triumph
From a fuming response to a relationship gone bad to a sexy, queer club banger, Brittany Howard’s “What Now” is an eclectic must-listen.
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“Forever Means” EP Creates Perfect Bridge Between Angel Olsen’s Past, Present, and Future
As I finished the EP, I found myself immediately starting it over to listen again from the beginning.
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Celebrating Ten Years of She Shreds Magazine: An Interview with Fabi Reyna
“In my opinion, music is the tool for distributing change through culture, through messaging, through community and collective vision.”
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Eight LGBTQ+ Country Music Singers on Pride and Queering Country
Harlan Howard said “All you need to write a country song is three chords and the truth” — I’m pretty sure queer folks have a lot of truth to tell.
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Slow Takes: Lucy Dacus’ “Home Video” and the Representation of Specificity
Home Video isn’t universal. It’s not even universally queer. It’s solely and specifically Lucy Dacus.
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Seeing Bikini Kill Made Me Feel Like I Was 16 Again
Bikini Kill opened a door for me, a door that has stayed open ever since.
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Creative Interviewing Creatives: Mint Simon Is the Non-Binary Voice the Music Industry and Queer Community Both Need
Mint Simon, the brand new solo project from the lead singer of alternative pop trio Caveboy, talks with me about finding fluidity in gender and sexuality during quarantine and re-emerging more themselves than ever.
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The Drop: Lil Nas X’s Dykey Aunts Are Proud of MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)
This is someone showing their rejection of the oftentimes traumatizing cishet Christian ideals many young Black queers are currently being taught. We live for anything that will shorten (or make obsolete) their pain so they can live bolder happier lives.
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Kehlani’s Virtual Concert Was My Queer Full Circle Moment
It wasn’t just a concert, but a gift for their younger self — wrapped in a melodic embodiment of empathy and present-day wiseness.
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23 of the Best Songs by Queer Artists in 2021
This was a great year for LGBTQ music and my gay little heart.
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Anishinaabe/Cree Artist Jayli Wolf on What Her New Single Says About the Sixties Scoop
Jayli Wolf talks about the video for her new single “Child of the Government” drawing from her family’s experiences of the Sixties Scoop, as well as how her bisexual identity impacts her relationships and career.
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Mal Blum on Writing Music for “Trinkets,” Queer Representation, and the Trans Narratives of Bruce Springsteen
“Whether it’s the gay internet or a show like ‘Trinkets’ it makes it easier to be like maybe I’m not the one that’s wrong. Maybe everyone around me is wrong.”
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Six Songs You Love That Are Actually About Being Trans
I’m not trying to win you over to my interpretation of the lyrics of any of these songs; but I am inviting you to explore the world within each of them. Looking at songs we love through a trans lens can teach us new things about our gender.
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10 Incredible Queer and Trans Artists to Get You Ready for Summer
Some of these songs and/or albums are dark, slow, and ponderous, great for really sinking into your mattress. Most of them, though, are cute, sweet, upbeat tracks that helped me keep going when it seemed like I was going to never leave my house again.