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LGBT Music for Inspiration

Discussion in 'Sexual Orientation' started by Foxfeather, Apr 30, 2016.

  1. Foxfeather

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    Hey y'all--

    I know that a lot of the folks here aren't out to at least one friend or family member--and these folks are of all ages, from kids to older adults--and I just think that, while I was gathering up the courage to tell my cousin (one of the first people I told), music really helped me push through my doubts and find that courage to tell the truth and come out.

    So I wanna form a community playlist with the general theme of "Embrace Your Awesome." Anything from music from LGBT artists to inspirational songs would be fabulous.


    Here's my start for the playlist:

    For anyone who's dealt with weight problems, bullying, mental disorders, Mary Lambert is a must.

    While you're looking at her, there's always Adam Lambert too, though they aren't related.

    Kacey Musgraves has helped me a lot, too.

    And of course, cheesy as she is, nobody does it louder than Gaga.
     
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    Rise Against - Make it Stop
    Kinda counts? /\
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    It's oldschool and not super easy to find, but the Fabulous Flirtations, a gay acapella group popular in the 1980s, are amazing. Lots of gay-affirming music, great harmony, and nearly guaranteed to make you laugh.
     
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    oeh, nice thread :slight_smile:

    For anyone in a relationship that you know is not gonna last/has been in such a relationship:

    Florence and the machine - Ship to wreck
    And oh my love remind me, what was it that I did?
    Did I drink too much?
    Am I losing touch?
    Did I build this ship to wreck?


    Tame impala - Keep on lying
    All I give are little clues
    Maybe one day I'll get through
    There is nothing I can do
    I just keep on lying to you


    For anyone who just keeps on questioning their identity/ sexual orientation/ or discovered they were not the person they thought they were:

    Florence and the machine - Blinding
    Seems that I have been held, in some dreaming state
    A tourist in the waking world, never quite awake


    The national - Exile vilify
    Does it feel like a trial?
    Did you fall for the same empty answers again?


    The national - Don't swallow the cap
    I have only two emotions,
    Careful fear and dead devotion.
    I can't get the balance right.
    With all my marbles in the fight.


    For anyone who feels like coming to terms with discovering themselves, but still struggles with judgements (maybe from themselves too):

    Tame impala - Let it happen
    It's always around me, all this noise
    But not really as loud as the voice saying
    Let it happen, let it happen (It's gonna feel so good)


    Tame impala - New person, same old mistakes
    I know you don't think it's right
    I know that you think it's fake
    maybe fake's what I like



    Hope you guys like it, have a nice day :grin:
     
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    Pokerface - Lady Gaga
    Scar - Missy Higgins
    A moment like this - Kelly Clarkson, Leona Lewis [and some others]
    Same love - Mackalore
    What if God was one of us? [no idea who wrote this]

    Some of these aren't really LGBT but I listen to them in that context.
     
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    heaven troye sivan
    the truth runs wild
    like a tear down a cheek
    tryin to save face, and daddy heart break
    i'm lying through my teeth


    dark come soon tegan and sara
    Hold out for the ones you know will love you
    Hide out from the ones you know will love you
    You,
    you too


    girls like girls kayle kiyoko
    girls like girls like boys do
    nothing new


    girls/girls/boys p!atd
    and never did i think that i
    would be caught in the way you got me
    pushing other girls aside
    because girls love girls and boys!


    hope that helps :grin:
     
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    I actually have a playlist that I call my "lesbosexy playlist" for when I'm feeling very gay and just need music to express that:

    Girls like girls -Hayley kiyoko
    Drive - Melissa Ferrick (omg the sexiest song ever)
    Fuck the pain away - Peaches (its hilarious)
    Girls - Beatrice Eli
    Rebel Girl - Bikini Kill (soooo fun to sing along to and also hilarious)
    Do you wanna touch me - Joan Jett (the answer is yes)
    Birthday cake - Rihanna (I want that cake cake cake cake cake cake)
    Te amo - Rihanna
    Flawless - Beyonce
    Cool for the Summer - Demi Lovato
    Confident - Demi Lovato
    Cliff's Edge - Hayley Kiyoko
    If it isn't her - Ani Difranco
    Damn I wish I was your lover - Sophie B Hawkins (this song makes me so happy)

    I've been intending to put it on a cd and make a cd cover out of this suggestive pic of younger Laura Prepon for it... These were the cute ideas I was having around Christmas when I had this sudden positivity about my gayness for a bit haha.

    I also like to just listen to loads of Bikini Kill songs. I need to go find more riot grrrl stuff because I love it.
     
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    I agree with Kacey Musgraves: Follow your Arrow really inspires me.

    Also, this song makes me feel really good about things. No matter where you are, if you're questioning, or if you're not I think this song has kind of a positive vibe about all that:[YOUTUBE]0Fec19hB1QE[/YOUTUBE]

    This thread is a really awesome idea, thanks for coming up with this!