# Songs about homophobia? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 25, 2005, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-homophobia/296179 "2005-03-25T09:06:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mississippienne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-homophobia/296179/1 "2005-03-25T09:06:51Z")
One of my favorite songs is KoRn’s “Faget”, which is about how singer Jonathan Davis was taunted with homophobic taunts like “faggot” when he was a teenager, and how he suffered from self-loathing and alienation as a result. Anyway, it got me to thinking about other songs that have anti-homophobia themes, or reference homophobia in any way. I can’t really think of any others, so I ask you, dear Dopers, to help me out. Any genre, any artist, any style. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-homophobia/296179/2 "2005-03-25T09:25:10Z")
Frank Zappa has a bunch. **He’s So Gay** and **Bobby Brown** are two examples, but they’re comedies. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/96bed5/32.png) [@Cat\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Jones)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-homophobia/296179/3 "2005-03-25T10:04:44Z")
Chumbawamba ‘Homophobia’ - [hurt angry lyrics](http://chumbawamba.lyrics-songs.com/lyrics/7664/) with a very catchy tune. ---
**Author:** ![Scoundrel\_Swanswater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@Scoundrel\_Swanswater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoundrel_Swanswater)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-homophobia/296179/4 "2005-03-25T11:18:52Z")
“Small Town Boy” from Bronski Beat. From the album “The Age of Consent”. ---
**Author:** ![todd33rpm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@todd33rpm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/todd33rpm)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-homophobia/296179/5 "2005-03-25T11:25:51Z")
Rod Stewart’s “The Killing Of Georgie” from _A Night On The Town_, but it’s probably more accurate to say it memorializes a victim from the worst-case result of homophobia. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-homophobia/296179/6 "2005-03-25T11:44:14Z")
[Glad to be gay](http://gaysongz.narod.ru/eglad2b.html) ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-homophobia/296179/7 "2005-03-25T13:19:00Z")
Charlie Daniels Band _Uneasy Rider 1988_ ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-homophobia/296179/8 "2005-03-25T13:23:36Z")
How about “CB Savage”? A police officer affects a stereotypical gay personality on the CB radio in order to sneak up on and ticket truckers. This only works because of the homophobia of the targetted drivers… ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-homophobia/296179/9 "2005-03-25T14:04:53Z")
“Masculine Women, Feminine Men” (1926) Masculine women, feminine men, which is the rooster, which is the hen? It’s hard to tell 'em apart today, and, say— Sister is busy learning to shave, Brother just loves his permanent wave, It’s hard to tell 'em apart today, hey! hey! Girls were girls and boys were boys when I was a tot, Now we don’t know who is who or even what’s what! Knickers and trousers baggy and wide, Nobody knows who’s walking inside Those masculine women and feminine men! ---
**Author:** ![LibrarySpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@LibrarySpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LibrarySpy)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-homophobia/296179/10 "2005-03-25T14:09:48Z")
Jewel’s [Pieces of You](http://www.smoe.org/lists/jewel/angels/poy.html). > [@](#): > > You say he’s a faggot, does it make you want to hurt him? > You say he’s a faggot, do you want to bash in his brain? > You say he’s a faggot, does he make you sick to your stomach? > You say he’s a faggot, are you afraid you’re just the same? ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-homophobia/296179/11 "2005-03-25T14:12:45Z")
Joe Jackson’s “Real Men” _Don’t call me a faggot Unless you are a friend._ ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-homophobia/296179/12 "2005-03-25T14:30:02Z")
Oh, and Dire Straits’ “Money for Nothing”. This verse was purged from the radio version: _That little faggot with the ear ring and the makeup – yeah, buddy, that his own hair. That little faggot got his own jet airplane. That little faggot, he’s a millionaire._ In case there’s anyone out there who has somehow managed not to hear the 2nd most overplayed song in the history of rock music, the speaker of song’s lyrics is a deliverer/installer for an appliance company, talking with his buddies about music videos playing on the TV sets on display. I’ve heard it reported that Mark Knopfler actually overheard the line “money for nothing and chicks for free” along with the remaining lyrics’ basic sentiments in that setting, but haven’t heard/read Knopfler himself saying that. ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-homophobia/296179/13 "2005-03-25T14:31:24Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Charlie Daniels Band _Uneasy Rider 1988_ That’s more of a “song where the singer is a homophobe.” ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-homophobia/296179/14 "2005-03-25T14:34:18Z")
> [@Indygrrl](#): > > That’s more of a “song where the singer is a homophobe.” No, not the singer. He calls one of the rednecks a “communist pinko fag” but only in an effort to disorient them long enough so he can get the hell out of the bar before being beaten up for his long hair and the peace signs on his car. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-homophobia/296179/15 "2005-03-25T14:40:31Z")
> [@Sample\_the\_Dog](#): > > No, not the singer. He calls one of the rednecks a “communist pinko fag” but only in an effort to disorient them long enough so he can get the hell out of the bar before being beaten up for his long hair and the peace signs on his car. No, that’s the original _Uneasy Rider_. In _Uneasy Rider 1988_ the singer is really a bit homophobic. Elton John’s _American Triangle_ from the album _Songs From The West Coast_ is about the murder of Matthew Shepard. ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-homophobia/296179/16 "2005-03-25T14:41:58Z")
> [@Sample\_the\_Dog](#): > > No, not the singer. He calls one of the rednecks a “communist pinko fag” but only in an effort to disorient them long enough so he can get the hell out of the bar before being beaten up for his long hair and the peace signs on his car. Well, then whoever wrote that particular song about going into the gay bar. I know the song you’re talking about and it’s an old one. Charlie Daniels might have been more liberal back in the day, but he’s a big 'ol redneck now. You might look into his more recent lyrics to see what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-homophobia/296179/17 "2005-03-25T14:46:55Z")
Oh, sorry – I didn’t pay attention to the date notation. Didn’t even know there’d been a remake. ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-homophobia/296179/18 "2005-03-25T14:55:20Z")
oh-kaaaay… just dug up the lyrics to “Uneasy Rider 88”. Wow. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-homophobia/296179/19 "2005-03-25T15:11:19Z")
> [@](#): > > Oh, and Dire Straits’ “Money for Nothing”. This verse was purged from the radio version: No it wasn’t, at least not on any radio station where I heard the song. Romanovsky and Philips are a gay singing duo with several songs that reference homophobia, including one called “Homophobia.” ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-homophobia/296179/20 "2005-03-25T15:36:04Z")
> [@Sample\_the\_Dog](#): > > oh-kaaaay… just dug up the lyrics to “Uneasy Rider 88”. Wow. Yeah. It’s a shame how CD went from outlaw, nonconformist rebel to reactionary redneck. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-homophobia/296179.md?page=2)