“I Know You All Over Again” – Trixie Mattel But now when I hang out with my guy friends, I feel like I’m infiltrating a secret club. “Comme Des Garcons (Like The Boys)” – Rina Sawayamaĭespite the fact I’ve always been called a “dainty priss,” I was once one of the boys. But with “Choke,” Poppy was able to voice my anxiety with being gender-questioning in a cisgender world. Poppy’s second album “Am I A Girl?” put into words the gender-based introspection I faced. It really opened my eyes to how I couldn’t understand my sexuality until I understood my gender identity. So, from my ears to yours, here is my playlist of queer songs and queer artists that helped me find myself.Īside from being a great song to scream and head bang along with, this Electra track is instrumental in displaying queer intimacy that isn’t cis-normative. All while pretending I wasn’t.īut now that the closet door has been taken off the hinges and that pink elephant has become a friend rather than a nuisance, these songs hit me in a way that’s so much more affirming and validating. But regardless of how hard I tried to avoid the pink elephant in the room, that elephant was a musician, and an amazing one at that.įrom my early teens up to the point before I came out, I was listening to music that was either queer-made, queer-beloved or directly referencing queer life. Growing up, I wasn’t ready to acknowledge that I was a part of the LGBTQ+ community.
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