Courtesy of La Buena Fortuna Music
It’s International LGBT Pride Day (June 28) and to celebrate, we’ve created a playlist with great music from artists queer who have broken down barriers and conventions and paved the way for others after them to present themselves to the world as they are.
With songs like “FruityBoy” by Villano Antillano (part of his new album Miss Misogynyreleased Thursday), Arca’s “Nonbinary,” Young Miko’s “MADRE,” and Pabllo Vittar’s “Rubi,” to name a few, the list encompasses emerging and established artists of different nationalities and musical genres who have raised awareness with their art.
International LGBT Pride Day commemorates the Stonewall Riots of 1969, a series of protests against a police raid that took place in the early hours of June 28 of that year at the Stonewall Inn pub in Greenwich Village in Manhattan, frequently cited as the first occasion when the LGBTQ+ community fought against a system that persecuted them in the United States. It is celebrated to reaffirm the feeling of pride in traditionally marginalized and repressed sexual orientations and gender identities, and to make their presence in society visible.
In the music industry, Ricky Martin was one of the first mainstream Latin stars to come out of the closet. “I am very proud to say that I am a lucky gay man,” he said in 2010 in an open letter. Since then, many other artists have not only spoken openly about his sexual orientation or identity, but have recorded music that is coherent, sensitive and true to themselves.
The titles in our playlist, which also include “Mi secreto” by Kany García, “Dime preciosa” by Álex Anwandter and “La isla de los lesbos” by Javier Mena, are a representation of this. Listen to them below.
