Perfect LGBT Anthem Song

To continue today's theme of music, here is another LGBT music related post!
 

In recent years, popular music has seen an increase in songs supporting marriage equality, the LGBT community, and being who you are. Songs such as "Beautiful" by Christina Aguilera (2002) "Raise Your Glass" by P!nk (2010), "Firework" by Katy Perry (2010), and  "Born This Way" by Lady Gaga (2011) - just to name a few - have shown LGBT support either in their lyrics, videos, or both.

A few days ago, a friend shared a link on my Facebook page for a music video she knew I'd love that goes with the other ones I mentioned. The video was for the song "Same Love" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. I'm not sure how I've been oblivious to this video so far since it was posted on Youtube back in October, but it is another to add to the list of amazing LGBT supportive songs. Frankly, I think it might just surpass other LGBT support songs in terms of being a real world LGBT anthem (Please don't throw stuff at me for saying that!) just simply because it talks about issues that are very real to people in the LGBT community, both youth and adults. 

The video itself made me choke up a bit, and then completely bawl my eyes out at the end. I really hope you'll check it out if you haven't seen it already.

xoxo

LGBT Supporters in Country Music

Music is something every person on the planet seems to have in common. Now, for me, I listen to all kinds - Pop, Hip-Hop, 80's, Rock, Alternative, R&B, Punk - most everything. However, the music I was raised on, that my parents listened to, was Country. So when I admitted to myself how important LGBT rights were and started finding support for the community all over the place, I was a bit disappointed to see very little support coming out of the Country music industry, even after artist Chely Wright came out as a lesbian in 2010.

Unfortunately, Country music and its artists are often stereotyped as being conservative and not LGBT friendly. So, you can imagine my excitement when I ran across an article on The Advocate's website from June 2012 entitled "Country Entertainers Who Support LGBT Equality".

The people included on this list include:

• Garth Brooks
• Laura Bell Bundy
• Dixie Chicks
• Wynona Judd 
• Toby Keith
• Martina McBride 
• Reba McEntire
• Tim McGraw
• Faith Hill
• Lorrie Morgan
• Willie Nelson
• Dolly Parton
• Rascal Flatts
• LeAnn Rimes
• Blake Shelton
• Taylor Swift (but come on she's barely country lol) 
• Sugarland
• Carrie Underwood
• Chely Wright (Obviously! the lovely lady did come out in 2010!)
• Trisha Yearwood

Now some of these aren't a big surprise to me, such as Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, and Chely Wright, and the rest were just very heartwarming to discover. However, the one name on this list that blew me away was Toby Keith. I've liked Toby as a singer since he hit country music radio, but he's never hid the fact that he's a bit conservative and a Republican (not that Republicans can't support LGBT rights, it's just not very common unfortunately) so learning his view point from this article both surprised and pleased me a lot. 

Finding articles like this one give me a bit more hope in humanity each time I run across them.

To read the article in its entirety and what was said about each artist on this list, please visit this link:
http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/music/2012/06/21/country-entertainers-who-support-lgbt-equality?page=0,0


Thank you all for sticking with me and checking back as often as you do. I love you all!

<3 

New Follow Button!

Hello Lovelies!

Guess what?! You can now follow us by email! The top of the right sidebar now has a section where you can input your email address and hit submit. Then, whenever we post something new you will know automatically! I hope you'll take advantage of this new feature.

As always, I really appreciate all your views and support!

<3

New Ace Support Page

Lately, I've noticed that, while there are many pages on Facebook for the LGBT community as a whole or for subgroups of it, there are very few pages for Asexuality. So I created one!

This page is extremely brand new, but I will be working on building it up just as I am with this blog's Facebook page. I really hope you will check it out, give it a like, and share it with all your friends.

The support means a whole lot to me and other Aces like me. <3

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Asexual-Love/353249348109027?ref=hl