Bruce, Stephen, Phil, Hema, and Neel
Bruce, Stephen, Phil, Hema, and Neel

Special Pride Theme Show

To celebrate Pride in Toronto this week, we brought in five LGBTQ-themed songs to play and talk about. The songs spanned from 1983 to 2017, and included a diverse range of songwriters and topics. Musical book writer Stephen Witkin joined us for the show. Special thank you’s to Hema for handling our social media, and @SharonRose2012 for tweeting in!

We talked about:

  • Bruce and Stephen’s own coming-out stories
  • Heavy-handed vs. light and fun approach with the “message” in LGBTQ-themed songs
  • Acceptance of LGBTQ songwriters and songs in popular culture
  • Universal vs. LGBTQ-specific messages in the songs
  • Stephen’s blog: From Here to Epiphany

We featured these songs (click on the titles to download the lyrics):

Listen to the show

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