Top LGBTQ Anthems Part 1: Pre-1980
(WorldNews Music)

Taylor Swift recently released her newest single, `You Need to Calm Down,` her take on making an LGBTQ anthem for 2019. 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. 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. We´ve broken it down into 3 lists: Pre-1980, the ’80s and ’90s, and the 2000s. First up we have our top 12 list of Pre-1980 LGBTQ anthems: 12. Dusty Springfield `You Don´t Own Me` (1964) Six years before Dusty Springfield came...