TIE: George Michael “Freedom! ‘90” (1990) and Culture Club “Karma Chameleon” Below we have our top 12 list of LGBTQ anthems from the 1980s and 1990s:ġ2. We’ve broken it down into 3 lists: Pre-1980, the ’80s and ’90s, and the 2000s. Many are by LGBTQ artists others have been adopted by the LGBTQ community from straight, cisgender artists whose song was either inspired by our community or spoke to us at a time when we really needed it. While some have looked on it with a critical eye, we’ve decided to celebrate it, along with all the gay anthems that came before it. It also just won the Video of the Year Award at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards last week.
Back in June, Taylor Swift released her single, “You Need to Calm Down,” which served as her take on making an LGBTQ anthem for 2019.
