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Affirmative, celebratory and subversive: these are the song that celebrate queer life.

The first queer song to win Eurovision was a crooner’s calling out of discrimination against homosexuals.

What’s the link between Christianity and queer club culture? In 1978 the answer was Village People’s YMCA.

Somewhere Over The Rainbow from The Wizard of Oz is a song of hope and a symbol of a better world for the queer community.

Troye Sivan plays with drag, desire and gender roles in his pop songs which are steeped in queer tradition.

Sexy Sushi celebrate lesbian desire with racy lyrics as part of a queer scene that’s all about humour and fun.

In 2014 Conchita Wurst became the first bearded drag queen to win the Eurovision Song Contest with an affirming anthem of queer identity.

Ma Rainey sang candidly and confidently about her relationships with women in the 1920s. As a black and bisexual woman, she turned the blues into a space of queer freedom.

In the 1980s, one song celebrating gay sexual climax became a worldwide hit.

One of the first songs in French to deal with a young lesbian’s desire to have children. It was written in the wake of the major anti-gay rights protests in France in 2013.

With his countertenor voice and synthesisers, Klaus Nomi created an alien persona that blurred the lines between genres and challenged conventions.

In an era when female homosexuality was invisible, Juliette Gréco sings about lesbians with animal metaphors and mischievous humour.

1985. In an atmosphere of rising homophobia and moral panic around AIDS, French rock group sing about non-binary identities.

Straight to the point, Girl In Red sings of her same-sex desire and her love for another woman.

French singer Eddy de Pretto talks about homophobia and unrealistic expectations of masculinity in a very personal song.

Legendary French singer Charles Trenet’s song uses poetic imagery to depict the Jardin des Tuileries, a gay cruising area in Paris.