25 Songs About Gender Identity
(WorldNews Music)

A handful of the world’s most well-known pop gems are about gender identity -- and in even more specific ways than Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” or Christina Aguilera’s “Reflection.” Trans, non-binary, and androgynous people and ideas have influenced music for several decades, whether they were writing and performing it themselves or otherwise. Some of it has been riddled with detestable ideology -- some arguable, some blatant -- and others have been praise-worthy pieces of progress embedded in song. As many of these songs were written and released from a time when transgender wasn’t yet part of the vernacular, and using correct gender pronouns...